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Machine learning meets medicine in the fight against superbugs

Aug 18, 2022

This new research can predict how effective different treatments will be by combining patient data with estimates of how MRSA moves between different parts of the body. In one group,...

Algorithm learns to correct 3D printing errors for different parts, materials and systems

Aug 18, 2022

3D printers using the algorithm could also learn how to print new materials by themselves. 3D printing has the potential to revolutionise the production of complex and customised parts, such...

NDIS fraud reports reveal the scheme's weakest points

Aug 17, 2022

Last year, nearly $45 million in National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) payments were cancelled as they were thought to be fraudulent. There are a number of ways NDIS fraud might...

Largest-ever gift to McGill’s School of Continuing Studies will establish unique professional development program for members of marginalized groups

Aug 17, 2022

The generous gift from Scotiabank is part of ScotiaRISE, the Bank’s 10-year, $500-million initiative that aims to promote economic resilience among disadvantaged groups. It will support the School’s Experiential Empowerment...

Unlikely that high cholesterol or statins increase the risk of dementia

Aug 17, 2022

Unlikely that high cholesterol or statins increase the risk of dementiaMany patients stop taking medication for high cholesterol because they are afraid it may have negative side effects. But the...

Passion projects prepare to launch

Aug 16, 2022

“This makes for a fantastic idea because you have the courage to actually question if your ideas are the right ones. The program reflects a new approach to entrepreneurship education,...

Citizen science: how public participation helps grow knowledge

Aug 16, 2022

Amateur researchers, known as ‘citizen scientists’, often collaborate with our professional scientists to help them find out more about our world. Improving public understanding of scienceDr Harley says citizen science...

Cambridge researchers change donor kidney blood type

Aug 15, 2022

"Blood group classification is also determined via ethnicity and ethnic minority groups are more likely to have the rarer B type. This research offers a glimmer of hope to over...

Transplant hope for minority communities as researchers alter donor kidney blood type

Aug 15, 2022

A kidney from someone with an A blood type cannot be transplanted to someone with a B blood type, nor the other way around. But changing the blood type to...

29-year-old man from Delaware ID'd as man who crashed car into Capitol and then committed suicide

Aug 15, 2022

The man has been named by the United States Capitol Police as 29-year-old Richard A. York III with an address in Delaware. The statement identifying York said: 'It is still...