Tech & Engineering
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9-Jan-2025
Discovering hidden wrinkles in spacecraft membrane with a single camera
Osaka Metropolitan UniversityPeer-Reviewed Publication
An Osaka Metropolitan University-led team has developed a method that makes it easy to measure the wrinkles in thin membranes used on large spacecraft using just a single camera.
- Journal
- Measurement
- Funder
- Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Nohmura Foundation for Membrane Structure’s Technology
8-Jan-2025
A new turning point in lung cancer treatment, inspired by mussels
Pohang University of Science & Technology (POSTECH)Peer-Reviewed Publication
POSTECH & Kyungpook National University develop inhalable lung cancer therapeutics utilizing mucoadhesive proteinic nanoparticles.
- Journal
- Biomaterials
8-Jan-2025
Federated learning-outcome prediction with multi-layer privacy protection
Higher Education PressPeer-Reviewed Publication
The team proposed a distributed grade prediction model, dubbed FecMap, by exploiting the federated learning (FL) framework that preserves the private data of local clients and communicates with others through a global generalized model.
- Journal
- Frontiers of Computer Science
8-Jan-2025
Synthetic chemicals and chemical products require a new regulatory and legal approach to safeguard children’s health
Boston CollegePeer-Reviewed Publication
Nations must better safeguard health and reduce childhood diseases linked to exposures to toxic chemicals, according to researchers from the Consortium for Children’s Environmental Health. Governments need to test and regulate chemicals and chemical products as closely as they safeguard prescription drugs, the researchers write in the New England Journal of Medicine.
- Journal
- New England Journal of Medicine
8-Jan-2025
A new ultrathin conductor for nanoelectronics
Stanford UniversityPeer-Reviewed Publication
Researchers at Stanford Engineering have developed an ultrathin material that conducts electricity better than copper and could enable more energy-efficient nanoelectronics.
- Journal
- Science
8-Jan-2025
Unique Stanford Medicine-designed AI predicts cancer prognoses, responses to treatment
Stanford MedicinePeer-Reviewed Publication
A new artificial intelligence tool developed at Stanford Medicine combines data from medical images with text to predict cancer prognoses and treatment responses.
- Journal
- Nature