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April 19, 2024

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GPT-4 for Identifying Cell Types in Single Cells Matches and Sometimes Outperforms Expert Methods

Mar. 25, 2024 — GPT-4 can accurately interpret types of cells important for the analysis of single-cell RNA sequencing -- a sequencing process fundamental to interpreting cell types -- with high consistency compared ...

Revealing the Landscape of Software as a Medical Device Industry

Dec. 7, 2023 — There has been a surge in academic and business interest in software as a medical device (SaMD). It enables medical professionals to streamline existing medical practices and make innovative medical processes such as digital therapeutics a reality. ...

AI Accelerates Problem-Solving in Complex Scenarios

Dec. 5, 2023 — Researchers have developed a new, data-driven machine-learning technique that speeds up software programs used to solve complex optimization problems that can have millions of potential solutions. Their approach could be applied to many complex ...

AI Networks Are More Vulnerable to Malicious Attacks Than Previously Thought

Dec. 4, 2023 — Artificial intelligence tools hold promise for applications ranging from autonomous vehicles to the interpretation of medical images. However, a new study finds these AI tools are more vulnerable ...

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Scientists Release State-of-the-Art Spike-Sorting Software Kilosort4

Apr. 8, 2024 — Researchers have released Kilosort4, the newest version of a popular spike-sorting software that enables scientists to make sense of the mountains of data collected from recording the simultaneous ...

A Pulse of Innovation: AI at the Service of Heart Research

Apr. 8, 2024 — Researchers unveiled BeatProfiler, a groundbreaking new tool -- a comprehensive software that automates the analysis of heart cell function from video data. It's the first system to integrate the ...

Physicists Develop Modeling Software to Diagnose Serious Diseases

Mar. 22, 2024 — Researchers have recently published FreeDTS -- a shared software package designed to model and study biological membranes at the mesoscale -- the scale 'in between' the larger macro level and smaller ...

AI Can Now Detect COVID-19 in Lung Ultrasound Images

Mar. 20, 2024 — Artificial intelligence can spot COVID-19 in lung ultrasound images much like facial recognition software can spot a face in a crowd, new research shows. The findings boost AI-driven medical ...

AI Can Speed Design of Health Software

Mar. 6, 2024 — Artificial intelligence helped clinicians to accelerate the design of diabetes prevention software, a new study ...

Software Speeds Up Drug Development

Mar. 1, 2024 — Sugars cover nearly all proteins present at the surface of the cells in our bodies, forming a shield around the proteins. Thus, these sugars influence how cells interact with their environment ...

Health Researchers Develop Software to Predict Diseases

Jan. 23, 2024 — IntelliGenes analyzes genomic data to discover biomarkers associated with health ...

'Dolomite Problem': 200-Year-Old Geology Mystery Resolved

Nov. 23, 2023 — For 200 years, scientists have failed to grow a common mineral in the laboratory under the conditions believed to have formed it naturally. Now, researchers have finally pulled it off, thanks to a ...

AI: Researchers Develop Automatic Text Recognition for Ancient Cuneiform Tablets

Nov. 20, 2023 — A new artificial intelligence (AI) software is now able to decipher difficult-to-read texts on cuneiform tablets. Instead of photos, the AI system ...

New Computer Code for Mechanics of Tissues and Cells in Three Dimensions

Nov. 20, 2023 — Biological materials are made of individual components, including tiny motors that convert fuel into motion. This creates patterns of movement, and the material shapes itself with coherent flows by ...

Maths: Smart Learning Software Helps Children During Lockdowns -- And Beyond

Feb. 27, 2024 — Intelligent tutoring systems for math problems helped pupils remain or even increase their performance during the coronavirus pandemic, according to a new study. Researchers analyzed data from five ...

The Mind's Eye of a Neural Network System

Nov. 16, 2023 — A new tool, based on topology, makes finding the areas where neural networks are confused as simple as spotting mountaintops from an airplane. The ability to spot and address those areas of confusion ...

New Deep Learning AI Tool Helps Ecologists Monitor Rare Birds Through Their Songs

Nov. 15, 2023 — Researchers have developed a new deep learning AI tool that generates life-like birdsongs to train bird identification tools, helping ecologists to monitor rare species in the ...

Lightening the Load: Researchers Develop Autonomous Electrochemistry Robot

Nov. 6, 2023 — Researchers have developed an automated laboratory robot to run complex electrochemical experiments and analyze data. The Electrolab will be used to explore next-generation energy storage materials ...

Novel Device Promotes Efficient, Real-Time and Secure Wireless Access

Oct. 27, 2023 — Researchers have created new technology for more accessible, real-time wireless ...

AI Drones to Help Farmers Optimize Vegetable Yields

Oct. 4, 2023 — For reasons of food security and economic incentive, farmers continuously seek to maximize their marketable crop yields. As plants grow inconsistently, at the time of harvesting, there will ...

AI Increases Precision in Plant Observation

Sep. 22, 2023 — Artificial intelligence (AI) can help plant scientists collect and analyze unprecedented volumes of data, which would not be possible using conventional methods. Researchers have now used big data, ...

AI-Driven Tool Makes It Easy to Personalize 3D-Printable Models

Sep. 14, 2023 — With Style2Fab, makers can rapidly customize models of 3D-printable objects, such as assistive devices, without hampering their ...

When Electronic Health Records Are Hard to Use, Patient Safety May Be at Risk

Sep. 11, 2023 — New research suggests that hospital electronic health records (EHRs) that are difficult to use are also less likely to catch medical errors that could harm ...

Software Analyzes Calcium 'Sparks' That Can Contribute to Arrhythmia

Sep. 1, 2023 — Researchers developed a new software tool, SparkMaster 2, that allows scientists to analyze normal and abnormal calcium activity in ...

Pros and Cons of ChatGPT Plugin, Code Interpreter, in Education, Biology, Health

Aug. 25, 2023 — Researchers see potential in educational settings for the newest official ChatGPT plugin, called Code Interpreter, they've found limitations for its use by scientists who work with biological ...

How Artificial Intelligence Gave a Paralyzed Woman Her Voice Back

Aug. 23, 2023 — Researchers have developed a brain-computer interface (BCI) that has enabled a woman with severe paralysis from a brainstem stroke to speak through a digital ...

Sharing Chemical Knowledge Between Human and Machine

Aug. 22, 2023 — Researchers have developed a platform that uses artificial neural networks to translate chemical structural formulae into machine-readable form. With this platform, they have created a tool with ...

Quantum Material Exhibits 'Non-Local' Behavior That Mimics Brain Function

Aug. 8, 2023 — New research shows that electrical stimuli passed between neighboring electrodes can also affect non-neighboring electrodes. Known as non-locality, this discovery is a crucial milestone toward ...

Deep Learning for New Protein Design

Aug. 3, 2023 — Deep learning methods have been used to augment existing energy-based physical models in 'do novo' or from-scratch computational protein design, resulting in a 10-fold increase in success ...

GPT-3 Can Reason About as Well as a College Student, Psychologists Report

July 31, 2023 — The artificial intelligence language model GPT-3 performed as well as college students in solving certain logic problems like those that appear on standardized tests. The researchers who conducted ...

Scientists Develop AI-Based Tracking and Early-Warning System for Viral Pandemics

July 21, 2023 — Machine-learning system effectively predicts emergence of prominent ...

Dreaming in Technicolor

July 20, 2023 — A team of computer scientists and designers has developed a tool to help people use color better in graphic ...

AI to Predict Your Health Later in Life -- All at the Press of a Button

July 17, 2023 — Common bone density scans can detect a predictor of cardiovascular health risk -- a process which can now be done a LOT ...

Machine Learning Takes Materials Modeling Into New Era

July 7, 2023 — The arrangement of electrons in matter, known as the electronic structure, plays a crucial role in fundamental but also applied research such as drug design and energy storage. However, the lack of a ...