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When healthcare professionals treat patients suffering from advanced cancers, they usually need to use a combination of different therapies. In addition to cancer surgery, the patients are often treated with radiation therapy, medication, or both. Medication can be combined, with different drugs acting on different cancer cells. Combinatorial drug therapies often improve the … [Read more...] about AI predicts which drug combinations kill cancer cells: A machine learning model developed in Finland can help us treat cancer more effectively

Researchers have found a way to protect highly fragile quantum systems from noise, which could aid in the design and development of new quantum devices, such as ultra-powerful quantum computers. The researchers, from the University of Cambridge, have shown that microscopic particles can remain intrinsically linked, or entangled, over long distances even if there are random … [Read more...] about Hidden symmetry could be key to more robust quantum systems

Computer simulations have struggled to capture the impact of elusive particles called neutrinos on the formation and growth of the large-scale structure of the Universe. But now, a research team from Japan has developed a method that overcomes this hurdle. In a study published this month in The Astrophysical Journal, researchers led by the University of Tsukuba present … [Read more...] about Next step in simulating the universe: New approach to show how ghost-like neutrinos helped shape the Universe

Imagine changing the TV channel with a wave of your hand or turning on the car radio with a twist of your wrist. Freehand gesture-based interfaces in interactive systems are becoming more common, but what if your preferred way to gesture a command -- say, changing the TV to channel 10 -- significantly differed from that of a user from another culture? Would the system recognize … [Read more...] about Researchers study influence of cultural factors on gesture design

You don't need a sledgehammer to crack a nut. Jonathan Frankle is researching artificial intelligence -- not noshing pistachios -- but the same philosophy applies to his "lottery ticket hypothesis." It posits that, hidden within massive neural networks, leaner subnetworks can complete the same task more efficiently. The trick is finding those "lucky" subnetworks, dubbed winning … [Read more...] about Shrinking massive neural networks used to model language

As cars keep getting smarter, automation is taking many tricky tasks -- from parallel parking to backing up -- out of drivers' hands. Now, a University of Toronto Engineering study is underscoring the importance of drivers keeping their eyes on the road -- even when they are in an automated vehicle (AV). Using an AV driving simulator and eye-tracking equipment, Professor Birsen … [Read more...] about How automated vehicles can impede driver performance, and what to do about it

The chip, developed at Imperial College London and known as TriSilix, is a 'micro laboratory' which performs a miniature version of the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) on the spot. PCR is the gold-standard test for detecting viruses and bacteria in biological samples such as bodily fluids, faeces, or environmental samples. Although PCR is usually performed in a laboratory, … [Read more...] about New lab-on-a-chip infection test could provide cheaper, faster portable diagnostics

Dropping a cell phone can sometimes cause superficial cracks to appear. But other times, the device can stop working altogether because fractures develop in the material that stores data. Now, researchers reporting in ACS Applied Polymer Materials have made an environmentally friendly, gelatin-based film that can repair itself multiple times and still maintain the electronic … [Read more...] about Self-repairing gelatin-based film could be a smart move for electronics

Automated deep learning analysis of abdominal CT images produces a more precise measurement of body composition and predicts major cardiovascular events, such as heart attack and stroke, better than overall weight or body mass index (BMI), according to a study presented today at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA). "Established cardiovascular … [Read more...] about AI abdominal fat measure predicts heart attack and stroke

A new machine learning algorithm is poised to help urban transportation analysts relieve bottlenecks and chokepoints that routinely snarl city traffic. The tool, called TranSEC, was developed at the U.S. Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory to help urban traffic engineers get access to actionable information about traffic patterns in their … [Read more...] about New machine learning tool tracks urban traffic congestion: UBER driver data helps track and potentially alleviate urban traffic congestion