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New Algorithm Can Identify Pre-Alzheimer’s Brain Changes With Over 99% Accuracy
One of the most important ways in which artificial intelligence algorithms are proving beneficial is in diagnosing disease much faster than mere human beings can – and a new system for detecting potential indicators of Alzheimer’s has reached close to 100 percent accuracy.
These Australian Ducks Can Learn to Swear Like People, And Biologists Are Excited
Acquiring vocalizations by learning them from other individuals is only known from a limited number of animal groups
Physicists Have Successfully Advanced a Key Device For Producing Fusion Power
Physicists working on a type of fusion reactor called a stellarator are getting closer to actually harnessing the power of nuclear fusion.
The Arctic Is Now Leaking Out High Concentrations of ‘Forever Chemicals’
Polyfluoroalkyl and perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are known as ‘forever chemicals’ because they don’t naturally break down in the environment. Now a new study reveals the increasing pace of Arctic ice melt is leaking more of these chemicals into the environment.
‘Magic-Angle’ Graphene Discovered to Have a Very Rare Form of Superconductivity
‘Magic angle’ twisted trilayer graphene doesn’t only have an impressively exotic name, it might be a particularly rare type of superconductor, according to new research – one that could be useful everywhere from medical equipment to quantum computers.
Scientists Are Giving AI The Ability to Imagine Things It’s Never Seen Before
Artificial intelligence (AI) is proving very adept at certain tasks – like inventing human faces that don’t actually exist, or winning games of poker – but these networks still struggle when it comes to something humans do naturally: imagine.
We Now Have Precise Math to Describe How Black Holes Reflect The Universe
A new set of equations can precisely describe the reflections of the Universe that appear in the warped light around a black hole.
An Entire Swarm of Black Holes Has Been Caught Moving Through The Milky Way
A fluffy cluster of stars spilling across the sky may have a secret hidden in its heart: a swarm of over 100 stellar-mass black holes.
Astronomers Detect a Lurking Cosmic Cloud, Bigger Than The Entire Milky Way
In the yawning vacuum of intergalactic space, something large is lurking.
Methane Keeps Showing Up on Mars. NASA Just Got Closer to Solving The Mystery
Methane is an organic molecule that hangs around in Earth’s atmosphere and is mostly produced by living organisms, most notoriously by farting cows. Its detection on Mars, on the other hand, has been a weird mystery for planetary scientists.