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How Machine Learning and AI Can Help in the Fight Against Climate Change
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Climate change has emerged as the biggest threat to humanity. How can technologies like AI and machine learning lend a hand? Let’s examine the three main benefits that ML and its derivatives can offer to the organizations fighting for the future of our planet.
Scientists Take Action To Stop Gender Inequality and Sexual Harassment in STEM
ArticleIn December 2018, a diverse group of scientific researchers gathered to challenge a key issue in the science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) workforce: gender bias, and sexual harassment. Now, the conclusions from the meeting have been eloquently described by 23 authors in an article published in the journal Science.
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The Cloud With a Shiny Lining: The Advanced Data Visualization Tools Uncovering Hidden Biopharma Insight
ArticleThe biopharmaceutical industry has access to more information than ever before. This data must be stored, managed and ultimately analyzed efficiently to advance the development of safe and efficacious treatments. In this article, Thermo Fisher Scientific’s Cheryl Moody Bartel explores how new tools are meeting this challenge.
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Are Automation and AI the Future of Brain Scan Analysis?
ArticleThe difficult part of looking inside the brain only starts after you leave the scanner. The error rate for image analysis remains alarmingly high, and radiologists are being asked to handle larger numbers of scans. Can automation lend a hand? We talked to Dr. Chris Airriess, CEO at CorTechs Labs Inc., which has developed a software designed to streamline the analysis pipeline.
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How the Latest Data Management Solutions Offer Fertile Ground for Soil Analysis
ArticleMore efficient data management is the top priority for numerous soil analysis facilities and many of them look to laboratory information management systems (LIMS) to achieve this. In this article, we describe how Agrosavia improved the efficiency and capacity of their soil analysis workflow by implementing a LIMS with a centralized results portal and integrated business tools.
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Merging With Machines: A Look at Emerging Neuroscience Technologies
ArticleIn this article, we explore how emerging neurotechnologies are taking us from movement-controlled to mind-controlled machines and from machine extensions of ourselves to machines integrated into ourselves.
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Is DNA the Next Frontier for Data Storage?
ArticleWhether you are an individual consumer, or a large enterprise, data storage is a hassle. However, there may be a new answer; storing our digital data on DNA. To find out more, we spoke to Dr Bill Efcavitch, Co-founder and Chief Scientific Officer of Molecular Assemblies, Inc.
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Automation in 2019: Friend or Foe?
ArticleAutomation has changed the face of many industries, the medical field being no exception. Can man and machine collaborate? New software could ensure that they can work together harmoniously.
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Who Is Responsible for Reproducible Science?
ArticleReproducibility is now recognized as a core feature of good scientific practice but too many papers fail to meet the grade. We talked to Leslie D McIntosh, CEO of Ripeta, on the topic of reproducibility. In this interview, we ask Leslie about the concepts within Ripeta’s recent report on the state of reproducible science in 2019.
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Feeling Like a Fraud: Impostor Syndrome in STEM
ArticleImpostor syndrome is experienced by millions of people around the world cross culturally, and describes difficulty internalizing one's accomplishments or abilities, and instead attributing their success to other factors. In this article, we explore the prevalence of impostor syndrome in STEM and the impact it has on the scientific community.
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