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Insight’s Matt Jackson on the exciting potential of an AI-filled future

By Guest PostAugust 19, 2018Technologyartificial intelligence, dream big, matt jackson, potential of ai

Matt Jackson has always been passionate about building things: forts as a kid, video games in high school, then software in his early career. Now, as vice president of digital innovation at Insight, he helps others build up their companies. Every day, he and his team construct innovative technology solutions so Insight’s clients and their employees can be more productive, whether that’s a chatbot to update customers on their stock portfolios or an algorithm to help a hospital with staffing. (more…)

Das plastische Gehirn: Bessere Vernetzung von Gehirnarealen schon nach kurzem Training

By Guest PostAugust 18, 2018Healthelise klein, faserverbindungen im gehirn, neuronale plastizitaet, plastische gehirn, regionen im gehirn

Tübinger Wissenschaftler beobachten, wie schnell sich das Gehirn anpassen kann

Forscher des Leibniz-Institutes für Wissensmedien (IWM) sowie der Graduiertenschule und des Forschungsnetzwerkes LEAD an der Universität Tübingen haben jetzt herausgefunden: Durch ein kurzes und intensives Rechentraining werden die neuronalen Verbindungen zwischen wichtigen Regionen im Gehirn im Erwachsenenalter stärker. Diese neuronale Plastizität durch numerisches Lernen war bereits nach nur fünf Trainingseinheiten nachweisbar. Die Ergebnisse der Studie wurden im renommierten Fachmagazin Cortex veröffentlicht. (more…)

Researchers discover new lead-free perovskite material for solar cells

By Guest PostAugust 18, 2018Technologylead free, nitin padture, perovskite material, perovskite solar cell, silicon technology, solar cell, yuanyuan zhou

Perovskite solar cells are a promising new low-cost photovoltaic technology, but most contain toxic lead; a team led by Brown researchers has introduced solar cells with a new titanium-perovskite material that gets the lead out. (more…)

IBM Foundation and National Center for Learning Disabilities Release Watson-Enabled Tool for Teachers

By Guest PostAugust 17, 2018Technologyibm foundation, jennifer ryan crozier, learning disabilities, mimi corcoran

Updates to Teacher Advisor With Watson content supports diverse learners and middle school math

ARMONK, N.Y., Aug. 16, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Today, the IBM (NYSE: IBM) Foundation and the National Center for Learning Disabilities (NCLD) announced their collaboration on a suite of classroom resources focused on supporting teachers who work with students with learning and attention issues. Teacher Advisor With Watson uses machine learning to correlate and understand nuances within a curated content collection of over 8,000 Open Educational Resources (OER) including vetted, quality lesson plans, student-facing activities and classroom strategies. (more…)

Klimawandel: Gletscherschmelze nicht mehr abwendbar

By Guest PostAugust 16, 2018Environmentben marzeion, fabien maussion, georg kaser, gletscherschmelze, klimaforscher, klimawandel, nicolas champollion, schmelzende gletscher

Forscher der Universitäten Bremen und Innsbruck zeigen in einer aktuellen Studie, dass das weitere Abschmelzen der Gletscher im laufenden Jahrhundert nicht mehr verhindert werden kann – selbst wenn alle Emissionen gestoppt würden. Über das 21. Jahrhundert hinaus hat unser Verhalten aber massive Auswirkungen: 500 Meter Autofahrt kosten langfristig ein Kilo Gletschereis. (more…)

UCLA study could explain link between high-cholesterol diet and colon cancer

By Guest PostAugust 15, 2018Healthcolon cancer, high cholesterol diet, link, peter tontonoz, stem cell, tumor grow

Fats spur cells to divide faster, promoting tumor growth

New UCLA research could help explain the link between a high-cholesterol diet and an elevated risk for colon cancer. (more…)

Why Don’t Turtles Still Have Tail Spikes? Researchers Explain Why Tail Weaponry Is Rare

By Guest PostAugust 14, 2018Natureancient turtles, evolution, lindsay zanno, tail spikes, tail weaponry, turtles, victoria arbour

We’re all familiar with those awesome armored giants of the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods – Stegosaurus and Ankylosaurus – and their amazing, weaponized tails. But why aren’t similar weaponized tails found in animals living today? In a study covering 300 million years of evolutionary history, researchers from North Carolina State University and the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences found four necessary components to tail weapon development: size, armor, herbivory and thoracic stiffness. (more…)

From Belgrade to Berkeley: A Postdoctoral Researcher’s Path in Particle Physics

By Guest PostAugust 13, 2018Scienceanti proton, bevatron accelerator, detectors at cern, particle detectors, w boson mass, w boson measurements

Berkeley Lab’s Aleksandra Dimitrievska is working on a next-gen particle detector for CERN’s Large Hadron Collider

After completing her Ph.D. thesis in calculating the mass of the W boson – an elementary particle that mediates one of the universe’s fundamental forces – physics researcher Aleksandra Dimitrievska is now testing out components for a scheduled upgrade of the world’s largest particle detectors. (more…)

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