Monthly Archives: Ottobre 2019
Israeli startup use artificial intelligence and NLU for a conversational – virtual shopping assistant
When you walk into a clothing store, it usually doesn’t take very long to hear the question “can I help you?” from a hopefully...
AI tool can identify breast cancer with 90 percent accuracy when combined with analysis...
An artificial intelligence (AI) tool - trained on roughly a million screening mammography images - identified breast cancer with approximately 90 percent accuracy when...
People taking angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs) appear to be more likely to die by...
A common type of blood pressure medication might be associated with an increased risk of suicide, a new study suggests.
People taking angiotensin receptor blockers...
People might solve a problem better if they sleep on it
New Northwestern University research shows people actually might solve a problem better if they "sleep on it."
In fact, the researchers were able to...
Humans have the ability to regrow cartilage
Humans have the ability to regrow cartilage, a new study has found.
In a way similar to how salamanders and other creatures can regrow lost...
Creatine serves as a molecular battery for immune cells by storing and distributing energy...
Creatine, the organic acid that is popularly taken as a supplement by athletes and bodybuilders, serves as a molecular battery for immune cells by...
Researchers developed ultrasensitive nanoscale optical probes to monitor the bioelectric activity of neurons and...
Researchers at UC Santa Cruz have developed ultrasensitive nanoscale optical probes to monitor the bioelectric activity of neurons and other excitable cells.
This novel...
Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus – diabetes contributes to mortality
Since the Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) first emerged in Saudi Arabia in 2012, there have been more than 2,400 confirmed cases of...
First bilateral implant plus brain-machine interface technology allow the controls of two prosthetic arms
Researchers from the Johns Hopkins University’s Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) and School of Medicine (SOM) have, for the first time, demonstrated simultaneous control of...
Fake news has created a skeptical and misinformed public
One study says coffee is good for you, while another study says that it’s not. They’re both right, within context.
This dichotomy together with...
New algorithm to look at online anonymous marketplaces
As you read this, cocaine, bounties, and other illicit products and services are being bought and sold on dozens of online anonymous marketplaces.
These...
Control blood sugar levels changing the timing of when you eat and exercise
According to a new study, published in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, health scientists at the Universities of Bath and Birmingham found...
Ketogenic diet can be used to treat polycystic kidney disease
Hereditary and relatively common, polycystic kidney disease (PKD) has long been thought to be progressive and irreversible, condemning its sufferers to a long, slow...
Exposure to BPAF increased lipid accumulation
A compound used to reduce public exposure to possible toxic effects of the chemical Bisphenol A (BPA) may cause impairment to fat cells, which...
The World Bank’s Pandemic Emergency Financing Facility (PEF) appears to be serving private...
The World Bank's Pandemic Emergency Financing Facility (PEF) – set up to ensure swift funding to countries and agencies responding to pandemic outbreaks of...
