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Data Squashing Technique Speeds Up Computers
A novel technique developed by MIT researchers rethinks hardware data compression to free up more memory used by computers and mobile devices, allowing them to run faster and perform more tasks simultaneously.
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Protein Structure Predictions With Deep-learning
Scientists have used a form of artificial intelligence known as deep learning to predict the 3D structure of effectively any protein based on its amino acid sequence.
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Army Researchers Find Strategy to Improve Cybersecurity
With cybersecurity one of the nation's top security concerns and billions of people affected by breaches last year, government and businesses are spending more time and money defending against it. Researchers at the Army's corporate research laboratory, in collaboration with Towson University, may have identified a new way to improve network security.
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Technology Senses How Parkinson's Patients Respond to Medication
Researchers have developed an innovative way to automatically and reliably detect and monitor medication "on" and "off" states in Parkinson's disease patients.
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Creating a Catalog of Individual Genomic Differences
There are hundreds of thousands of structural variants (SVs) in the human genome that are hard to identify than single nucleotide variants. Researchers have used a full suite of genomic technologies to analyze the number of SVs in three individuals, and the results present as the most comprehensive catalog of SVS to date.
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Bacteria Even More Resistant to Antiseptic Thanks to New Gene Variant
A team of investigators has discovered a new, more powerful variant on an antimicrobial resistance gene common among Staphylococcus species.
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38 Newly Discovered Genes Offer Hope for Restoring Hearing
Multiple new genes involved in hearing loss have been revealed in a large study of mouse mutants. The new genes identified reveal the metabolic pathways and regulatory processes involved in hearing.
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Don't Use Unapproved Devices to Diagnose Concussions, Warns FDA
The FDA warned that some tools — such as apps on a smartphone marketed to coaches or parents for use during sporting events — have not been reviewed by the FDA for safety and efficacy and could result in an incorrect diagnosis, potentially leading to a person with a serious head injury returning to their normal activities instead of getting medical care.
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Virtual Reality Training Offers Benefits to Parkinson's Patients
Researchers are reporting early success with a new tool to help people with Parkinson's disease improve their balance and potentially decrease falls with high-tech help: virtual reality.
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What Evolutionary Secrets Can Long-lived Bats Tell Us?
Researchers analyzed an evolutionary tree reconstructed from the DNA of a majority of known bat species and found four bat lineages that exhibit extreme longevity. They also identified, for the first time, two life history features that predict extended life spans in bats.
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