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AI fighting breast cancer.

According to the WHO, breast cancer has recently overtaken lung cancer to become the most common cancer globally. The BreastPathQ Challenge was launched at the SPIE Medical Imaging 2019 conference to support the development of computer-aided diagnosis for assessing breast cancer pathology. 39 teams from 12 countries participated, with 100 new algorithms developed.

The exciting results and ideas produced by the challenge have recently been reported in the Journal of Medical Imaging: https://www.spiedigitallibrary.org/journals/journal-of-medical-imaging/volume-8/issue-03/034501/SPIE-AAPM-NCI-BreastPathQ-challenge--an-image-analysis-challenge/10.1117/1.JMI.8.3.034501.full?SSO=1

#sciencenews #AI #ML #healthcare #medicine
Volcanoes on Mars could be active.

Evidence of recent volcanic activity on Mars shows that eruptions could have taken place in the past 50,000 years, according researchers at the University of Arizona's Lunar and Planetary Laboratory. This geologically recent activity suggests that eruptions could still take place in the future.

The evidence has been published in the journal Icarus: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0019103521001779
#sciencenews #astronomy
60 years ago, United States of America announced the Apollo program that successfully brought humankind to the Moon!

Hurray to Science!

For thousands of years Moon was studied and admired by our ancestors, eventually because of its proximity to Earth, so one can spot it with a bare eye.
But in the 60s of 20th century the tremendous scientific work made it possible for humans to walk on the surface of Moon!

What are your thoughts about Moon and the ways we need further explore it?

#sciencenews #astronomy
How do you start a business as an academic?

Could your research change the world? To have a real impact, it’s often necessary to take your innovation from the lab to the market. However, scientists aren’t trained for business. What does it take to turn your research ideas, concepts, and prototypes into real-world products?

We chat with Professor Andrey Somov (Skoltech) about his recent start-up experience with Head Kraken

Learn about navigating the challenges of start-up funding, pitching to investors, intellectual property, and work-life balance as a Scientific Entrepeneur.

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#podcast #business #entrepreneurship #startup
Light meets superconductivity.

Researchers at Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne have developed a novel approach using light to read data from low temperature superconducting devices. Using light avoids the problems caused by heat transfer through conventional cables.

The work is published in the journal Nature Electronics: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41928-021-00570-4

#sciencenews #supercondactivity #light #physics
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🎓 In Quantum Mechanics an orbital is a mathematical function which portrays the wave-like behavior of an electron pair, electron or nucleons.

Atomic orbitals are the 3D regions of space around the nucleus of an atom. Atomic orbitals allow the atoms to make covalent bonds. s, p, d and f orbitals are the most commonly filled orbitals. These orbitals have a variety of shapes. As defined by the Pauli Exclusion Principle, only two electrons can be found in any orbital space.

But there are also nodes. Node is a region where the probability of finding the electron will be zero. The nodal plane is the plane that passes through the nucleus on which the probability of finding an electron is zero.

#science #quantum
3D printed diagnostic tools.

Lateral flow testing is widely used for pregnancy tests and more recently for mass coronavirus testing. A team working at KU Leuven has developed a new 3D printing technique using porous polymers to produce advanced diagnostic tests quickly, cheaply, and easily.

The method can be seen in action at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRVa7X_LnV4

#sciencenews #healthcare #medicine #polymers
Terahertz spectroscopy of quantum wells.

A collaboration between physicists in Japan and Germany applied terahertz emission spectroscopy to understand the 3D dynamics in quantum wells. Their non-contact, non-destructive method can be applied to assessing the ultrafast carrier dynamics, strain physics, phonon dynamics, and ultrafast dielectric responses at the local level in new materials.

Their work can be found in Advanced Optical Materials: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/adom.202100258

#sciencenews #THz #spectroscopy #SmartMaterials
How to get involved in research if you are undergraduate student?

Undergraduate student Jasmin joins Anna and Kate from STEMM Global to discuss how to get your first research experience.

Whether you’re going on to a Masters or PhD, or aiming to work in a research lab over the summer, learn what potential supervisors are looking for in an applicant here

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#podcast #PhD #interview #Career_In_Science
Self-learning robots.

Researchers from AMOLF's Soft Robotic Matter group have shown small, autonomous, self-learning robots can adapt easily to changing circumstances. They connected a group of simple robots in a line, after which each individual robot taught itself to move forward as quickly as possible.

The results are available in PNAS: https://www.pnas.org/content/118/21/e2017015118/tab-article-info

#sciencenews #AI #robots