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
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
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.
Subscribe STEMM Global Audio Learning Podcast and join the STEMM Global Scientific Community
#podcast #business #entrepreneurship #startup
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Deep Neural Networks in medical imaging.
Scientists at the University of California are investigating how neural networks can be used to efficiently and accurately analyse associations between gene expression and features of biological tissues. They consider how the neural networks could lead to improvements in lung cancer diagnosis.
The results are published in the Journal of Medical Imaging: https://www.spiedigitallibrary.org/journals/journal-of-medical-imaging/volume-8/issue-03/031906/Using-deep-neural-networks-and-interpretability-methods-to-identify-gene/10.1117/1.JMI.8.3.031906.full
#sciencenews #AI #ML #healthcare #medicine
Scientists at the University of California are investigating how neural networks can be used to efficiently and accurately analyse associations between gene expression and features of biological tissues. They consider how the neural networks could lead to improvements in lung cancer diagnosis.
The results are published in the Journal of Medical Imaging: https://www.spiedigitallibrary.org/journals/journal-of-medical-imaging/volume-8/issue-03/031906/Using-deep-neural-networks-and-interpretability-methods-to-identify-gene/10.1117/1.JMI.8.3.031906.full
#sciencenews #AI #ML #healthcare #medicine
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Using deep neural networks and interpretability methods to identify gene expression patterns that predict radiomic features and…
The <i>Journal of Medical Imaging</i> allows for the peer-reviewed communication and archiving of fundamental and translational research, as well as applications, focused on medical imaging, a field that continues to benefit from technological improvements…
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
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
Nature
A cryogenic electro-optic interconnect for superconducting devices
Nature Electronics - A commercial titanium-doped lithium niobate phase modulator can be employed at temperatures as low as 800 mK for the electro-optical readout of a superconducting...
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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
🎓 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
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
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3D printing technique for lateral flow diagnostics
A 3D printing technique developed at the Ameloot Group (KU Leuven) promises to bring the kind of rapid diagnosis seen with lateral flow tests for Covid-19 to other medical conditions. The goal is to produce a wide range of sophisticated diagnostic tests that…
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
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
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Ultrafast Terahertz Nanoseismology of GaInN/GaN Multiple Quantum Wells
Ultrafast terahertz (THz) emission from laser-excited Ga0.8In0.2N/GaN multiple quantum wells (MQWs) consists of three distinct, differently timed signals. They originate from i) laser-induced dynamic...
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
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
Subscribe STEMM Global Audio Learning Podcast and join the STEMM Global Scientific Community
#podcast #PhD #interview #Career_In_Science
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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
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
PNAS
Continuous learning of emergent behavior in robotic matter
In the last century, robots have been revolutionizing our lives, augmenting human actions with greater precision and repeatability. Unfortunately, most robotic systems can only operate in controlled environments. While increasing the complexity of the centralized…
A health boost from nature.
Access to nature increases city-dwellers’ physical activity and overall health. Researchers from Stanford University explain that parks, lakes, trees and other urban green spaces are a necessary part of creating more healthy, equitable, and sustainable cities.
Learn more from their article in PNAS: https://www.pnas.org/content/118/22/e2018472118
#sciencenews #medicine #healthcare #health
Access to nature increases city-dwellers’ physical activity and overall health. Researchers from Stanford University explain that parks, lakes, trees and other urban green spaces are a necessary part of creating more healthy, equitable, and sustainable cities.
Learn more from their article in PNAS: https://www.pnas.org/content/118/22/e2018472118
#sciencenews #medicine #healthcare #health
PNAS
An ecosystem service perspective on urban nature, physical activity, and health
Nature underpins human well-being in critical ways, especially in health. Nature provides pollination of nutritious crops, purification of drinking water, protection from floods, and climate security, among other well-studied health benefits. A crucial, yet…
Ending childhood respiratory infections.
Human parainfluenza viruses are the leading cause of childhood respiratory infections. There are currently no available vaccines for the most prevalent of these viruses. Research from the University of Wisconsin shows that engineering suitable short chunks of protein can prevent the attachment of human parainfluenza viruses to cells.
The work has recently been published in JACS: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/jacs.1c01565
#sciencenews #healthcare #health #medicine #vaccine
Human parainfluenza viruses are the leading cause of childhood respiratory infections. There are currently no available vaccines for the most prevalent of these viruses. Research from the University of Wisconsin shows that engineering suitable short chunks of protein can prevent the attachment of human parainfluenza viruses to cells.
The work has recently been published in JACS: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/jacs.1c01565
#sciencenews #healthcare #health #medicine #vaccine
ACS Publications
Engineering Protease-Resistant Peptides to Inhibit Human Parainfluenza Viral Respiratory Infection
The lower respiratory tract infections affecting children worldwide are in large part caused by the parainfluenza viruses (HPIVs), particularly HPIV3, along with human metapneumovirus and respiratory syncytial virus, enveloped negative-strand RNA viruses.…
Artificial muscles.
Universidad Carlos III de Madrid researchers offer guidance on the design of magneto-active structural systems that can be applied to stimulate wound healing and artificially replicate muscle tissues. They describe their method as creating an ‘athletic track for cells’.
Two articles on their work have been published recently in Composites Part B: Engineering and International Journal of Solids and Structures: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compositesb.2021.108796 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijsolstr.2020.10.028
#sciencenews #AI #bioengineering
Universidad Carlos III de Madrid researchers offer guidance on the design of magneto-active structural systems that can be applied to stimulate wound healing and artificially replicate muscle tissues. They describe their method as creating an ‘athletic track for cells’.
Two articles on their work have been published recently in Composites Part B: Engineering and International Journal of Solids and Structures: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compositesb.2021.108796 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijsolstr.2020.10.028
#sciencenews #AI #bioengineering
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Influence of elastomeric matrix and particle volume fraction on the mechanical response of magneto-active polymers
Magneto-active polymers (MAPs) are revolutionising the fields of material science and solid mechanics as well as having an important presence in the b…
Diagnosing prostate cancer with light.
Prostate cancer is the second most common cancer globally in men, but rapid and accurate screening remains a challenge. Researchers from Chernivtsi National University & University of Oulu demonstrate a diagnostic method using polarized light that can quickly analyze prostate tissue samples for signs of cancer.
The results are published in Scientific Reports: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-021-83986-4
#sciencenews #medicine #healthcare #health #light
Prostate cancer is the second most common cancer globally in men, but rapid and accurate screening remains a challenge. Researchers from Chernivtsi National University & University of Oulu demonstrate a diagnostic method using polarized light that can quickly analyze prostate tissue samples for signs of cancer.
The results are published in Scientific Reports: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-021-83986-4
#sciencenews #medicine #healthcare #health #light
Nature
3D Mueller matrix mapping of layered distributions of depolarisation degree for analysis of prostate adenoma and carcinoma diffuse…
Scientific Reports - <ArticleTitle Language="En" OutputMedium="All" xml:lang="en">3D Mueller matrix mapping of layered...