Is identity or diversity key to managing disease in crops? – Functional Ecologists

In this post, Seraina Cappelli – postdoctoral fellow at University of Minnesota – presents her work ‘The potential of undersown species identity vs. diversity to manage disease in crops’. She…

ARQUIN provides framework for simulating distributed quantum computing system

Dilution refrigerators keep superconducting qubits cold. Credit: Andrea Starr | Pacific Northwest National Laboratory One of the most difficult problems with quantum computing relates to increasing the size of the…

Novel procedure may bridge the treatment gap for symptomatic flexible flatfoot

A SESA screw stabilizing a patient’s foot and preventing bones from returning to a flat position. Credit: Children’s Hospital Boston Most children develop arches in their feet by early adolescence.…

For Deaf people, train travel can be a gamble—AI-powered Auslan avatar can help

Credit: Donald Tong from Pexels For Deaf people, train travel can be a gamble. On an average day, nothing goes wrong: they catch their train to their destination and carry…

Children with multiple long-term conditions hospitalized with COVID are almost three times more likely to die

Credit: Monstera, Pexels (CC0, creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) Individuals with multiple long-term conditions are two and a half times more likely to die following COVID-19 infection than others. When children were assessed separately,…

Historic wreck of the Hetman Żółkiewski discovered

Archaeologists have discovered the submerged wreck of the Hetman Żółkiewski in the town of Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki, Poland. The wreck lies at the foot of Modlin Fortress, a 19th century…

AI-driven video analyzer sets new standards in human action detection

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain What if a security camera could not only capture video but understand what’s happening—distinguishing between routine activities and potentially dangerous behavior in real time? That’s the…

Space Force’s X-37B will perform ‘never before-seen maneuvers’ in orbit

The X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle taxiing on the flightline on March 30th, 2010, at the Astrotech facility in Titusville, Florida. Credit: USAF The X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle (OTV) has been…

Hybrid quantum error correction technique integrates continuous and discrete variables

Fault-tolerant quantum computing architecture using hybrid qubits / Fault-tolerant quantum computing architecture based on hybrid qubits that utilize both DV and CV qubits simultaneously. It utilizes hybrid fusion techniques to…

Sound-based diagnostic system could deliver bedside blood test results in an hour

The acoustic pipette uses sound waves to test for biomarkers in blood. Credit: Patrick Campbell/CU Boulder Go to the doctor to provide a blood sample, and you’re typically faced with…