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Saving seaweed with machine learning

Oct 28, 2021

They then use a machine learning system known as a neural network to convert the 2D image into a representation of the microbiome present in the 3D environment. To figure...

Moderna chairman says booster could be yearly

Oct 28, 2021

Moderna Chairman Noubar Afeyan indicated on Tuesday that his company's COVID-19 shot could require yearly boosters. Afeyan added that the impact and death toll of the pandemic have been unlike...

Tesla Becomes Lowest-Revenue Company to Hit $1 Trillion Market Value

Oct 28, 2021

Tesla Inc. has joined the trillion-dollar-valuation club as the member with the lowest revenue. The electric vehicle maker’s shares have run past several milestones over the past couple of weeks...

Astronomers detect signs of an atmosphere stripped from a planet during giant impact

Oct 28, 2021

In our own solar system, the Earth and moon are thought to be products of this type of giant impact. The MIT-led team has observed further evidence of a giant...

Study finds that social justice and health issues impact electric vehicle uptake

Oct 27, 2021

The researchers found that effective communication of social and health benefits of EV ownership can be a motivating factor for influencing higher EV uptake. “Social media offers a treasure trove...

Advancing agriculture threatens the livelihoods of forest-dependent people

Oct 27, 2021

Forest-dependent people living across the Gran Chaco have been put on the map for the first time. The researchers believe that mapping forest-dependent people is a much-needed step to better...

A new model could help stall shifting sand dunes, protecting infrastructure and ecosystems

Oct 27, 2021

The model, published in Physical Review Fluids, is the first to describe interactions between sand dunes and obstacles. The research could help in the design of more effective barriers that...

Affordable housing push needs socially minded design innovations and a national housing policy

Oct 27, 2021

Socially minded design innovations are crucial to guide affordable housing investment. More than 30 speakers will examine out-of-the-box ideas make affordable housing a reality, sharing tools to unearth affordable housing...

Cambridge-led Ceres Agri-Tech launches first three spin-outs

Oct 27, 2021

Led by Cambridge Enterprise, the commercialisation arm of the University of Cambridge, Ceres was launched in 2018 – funded by Research England – to commercialise agri-tech based on university research....

Possible discovery of the first planet outside our galaxy

Oct 26, 2021

Signs of a planet transiting a star outside of the Milky Way galaxy may have been detected for the first time. The possible exoplanet candidate is located in the spiral...