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Machine learning helps find other Earths

Posted on July 14, 2025June 24, 2025 by Ben Pauley

Astronomers used an algorithm on stars with known exoplanets to identify 44 systems with potential Earth-like planets, 8 of which they…

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    How do cats communicate?

    Posted on April 28, 2025June 25, 2025 by Aubrey Zerkle

    Researchers tracked facial expressions in domestic cats and showed they mimic each others’ faces to bond.

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      This rendering shows a snapshot from a cosmological simulation of a Lyman-alpha Blob similar to LAB-1. This simulation tracks the evolution of gas and dark matter using one of the latest models for galaxy formation running on the NASA Pleiades supercomputer. This view shows the distribution of gas within the dark matter halo, colour coded so that cold gas (mainly neutral hydrogen) appears red and hot gas appears white. Embedded at the centre of this system are two strongly star-forming galaxies, but these are surrounded by hot gas and many smaller satellite galaxies that appear as small red clumps of gas here. Lyman-alpha photons escape from the central galaxies and scatter off the cold gas associated with these satellites to give rise to an extended Lyman-alpha Blob.
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      Astronomers find distant galaxies with neural networks

      Posted on April 7, 2025June 25, 2025 by Ben Pauley

      Researchers developed a computer algorithm that correctly predicted the light emission characteristics of ancient faraway galaxies based on…

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        Scientists use fungal networks to improve robotics

        Posted on January 13, 2025June 25, 2025 by Sciworthy

        Researchers found robots attached to a network of king oyster mushrooms interacted more closely with their environment.

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          Researchers developed new AI to treat cancer

          Posted on May 13, 2024June 26, 2025 by Ankita Murmu

          Scientists created an artificial intelligence model, called CancerGPT, that predicted the effect of different drug combinations on patients…

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            How well can AI diagnose lung cancer?

            Posted on October 2, 2023December 4, 2023 by Ankita Murmu

            Researchers developed an artificial intelligence tool that surpassed doctors in identifying patients at high risk of lung cancer from their…

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              Can nutgrass prevent gastric ulcer?

              Posted on September 18, 2023June 25, 2025 by Halimat Chisom Atanda

              Researchers used computer software to identify compounds in nutgrass that neutralize gastric ulcer bacteria. These compounds are safe for…

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                Models can predict new treatments for pneumonia

                Posted on January 9, 2023February 15, 2023 by Sciworthy

                Scientists designed a mathematical model to replicate how specialized viruses called bacteriophages can treat mice with pneumonia. This…

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                  Teaching a computer to play the game Go is difficult

                  Posted on December 23, 2021June 25, 2025 by Sciworthy

                  A mathematical strategy called Objective Monte-Carlo helped a team of researchers teach a computer how to play the ancient and complex game…

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                    How old and young people react to the Prisoner’s Dilemma

                    Posted on December 6, 2021October 24, 2022 by Sciworthy

                    This study was the first to report on different age groups’ interactions with different people when presented with a multi-round…

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