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Artificial intelligence can accelerate clinical diagnosis of fragile X syndrome, Researchers Say
An analysis of electronic health records for 1.7 million Wisconsin patients revealed a variety of health problems newly associated with fragile X syndrome, the most common inherited cause of intellectual disability and autism, and may help identify cases years in advance of the typical...
Scientists develop third and final ‘made-to-order’ nanotube synthesis technique
The current method of manufacturing carbon nanotubes--in essence rolled up sheets of graphene--is unable to allow complete control over their diameter, length and type. This problem has recently been solved for two of the three different types of nanotubes, but the third type, known...
Fossil discovery deepens snakefly mystery, Says New Study
Fossil discoveries often help answer long-standing questions about how our modern world came to be. However, sometimes they only deepen the mystery--as a recent discovery of four new species of ancient insects in British Columbia and Washington state is proving.
The fossil species, recently discovered...
Hubble Spots Double Quasars in Merging Galaxies (Video)
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope is "seeing double." Peering back 10 billion years into the universe's past. Hubble astronomers found a pair of quasars that are so close to each other they look like single object in ground-based telescopic photos, but not in Hubble’s crisp...
Researchers Collect Animal DNA From Air For the First Time Ever
Scientists from Queen Mary University of London have shown for the first time that animal DNA shed within the environment can be collected from the air.
The proof-of-concept study, published in the journal PeerJ, opens up potential for new ecological, health and forensic applications of...
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Offbeat: Universal features of music around the world —
Is music really a "universal language"? Two articles in the most recent issue of Science support the idea that music all around the globe shares important commonalities, despite many differences. Researchers led by Samuel Mehr at Harvard University have undertaken a large-scale analysis...
Offbeat: The difference between an expert’s brain and a novice’s —
When mice learn to do a new task, their brain activities change over time as they advance from 'novice' to 'expert.' The changes are reflected in the wiring of cell circuits and activities of neurons.
Using a two-photon imaging microscope and a wealth of...
Offbeat: Data-driven definition of unhealthy yet pervasive ‘hyper-palatable’ foods —
A popular U.S. brand of potato chips once promoted itself with the slogan, "betcha can't eat just one!"
Maybe that's because potato chips, like so many foods in the American diet, can pack a mix of ingredients apt to light up people's brain-reward neural...