Bug that causes stomach cancer could play a role in colorectal cancer
A bacterium known for causing stomach cancer might also increase the risk of certain colorectal cancers, particularly among African Americans, according to a new study.
Scientists mimic the earliest stages of human development
Scientists have modeled the first step in human development in a laboratory with the goal of better understanding how organs form. In the new study, the researchers edited groups of human pluripotent ..
To crash or swerve? Study reveals which actions taken by self-driving cars are morally defensible
Researchers asked the public what they believed would be the most morally and ethically sound behavior for an autonomous vehicle (AV) faced with an oncoming collision. Even a perfectly functioning AV ..
AI tool automatically reveals how to write apps that drain less battery
Researchers have created a new tool, called 'DiffProf,' that uses artificial intelligence to automatically decide for the developer if a feature should be improved to drain less battery and ..
Rapid, widespread changes may be coming to Antarctica’s Dry Valleys
Antarctica's sandy polar desert, the McMurdo Dry Valleys, has undergone changes over the past decade and the recent discovery of thawing permafrost, thinning glaciers and melting ground ice by a ..
Improving paleotemperature reconstruction: Swiss lakes as a model system
For years, scientists have been trying to determine the climate of the past in order to make better predictions about future climate conditions. Now, there has been a breakthrough in the methodology o..
Gene mutation points to new way to fight diabetes, obesity, heart disease
Researchers say they have discovered a gene mutation that slows the metabolism of sugar in the gut, giving people who have the mutation a distinct advantage over those who do not. Those with the mutat..
Microsoft open-sources Infer.Net machine learning
Microsoft has released through open source its Infer.Net cross-platform framework for model-based machine learning.
Infer.Net will become part of the ML.Net machine learning framework for .Net develop..
Microsoft open-sources Infer.Net machine learning
Microsoft has released through open source its Infer.Net cross-platform framework for model-based machine learning.
Infer.Net will become part of the ML.Net machine learning framework for .Net develop..
Clean Water Act dramatically cut pollution in US waterways
The 1972 Clean Water Act has driven significant improvements in US water quality, according to the first comprehensive study of water pollution over the past several decades. The team analyzed data fr..