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Artificial intelligence, or AI, is an umbrella term for machine learning and deep learning. It is where a machine takes in information from its surroundings and, from that, makes the most optimal decision appropriate to the situation.

A new camera-based separation system for recycling plastics

A new research project is aiming to develop a camera-based separation system that can separate plastic waste according to type. The machine will be implemented at plastic recyclers, enabling the manufacturing industry to significantly increase the use of recycled plastics.

1 Oct 2020

Researchers analyze individual cells to build an atlas of the human heart

Scientists have created a cellular and molecular map of the healthy human heart, to understand how this vital organ functions, and to shed light on what goes wrong in cardiovascular disease.

25 Sep 2020

How Artificial Intelligence aids Gene Activation Discovery

Professor James Kadonaga speaks to AZoLifeSciences about his research into gene activation, and how artificial intelligence can help to aid its discovery.

From UC San Diego 18 Sep 2020

Machines match expert human assessment of stored red blood cell quality

Each year, nearly 120 million units* of donated blood flow from donor veins into storage bags at collection centres around the world.

25 Aug 2020

Microsoft's AI supports the development of Vaxine's COVAX-19 vaccine

Given the global urgency of the COVID-19 pandemic, Microsoft's AI for Health program has stepped in to support the development and potential deployment of Vaxine's COVAX-19™ vaccine with a philanthropic grant.

25 Aug 2020

Study sheds light on inner workings of the human heart

Researchers have investigated the function of a complex mesh of muscle fibers that line the inner surface of the heart.

20 Aug 2020

Adaptive parallel mutations are more common in Lake Baikal amphipods

A group of scientists from Skoltech and the Institute for Information Transmission Problems of RAS (IITP RAS) showed, using Lake Baikal amphipods as an example, that parallel evolution driven by adaptations can be detected at the whole-genome level.

11 Aug 2020

Deep Learning On Cell Signaling Networks Establishes AI For Single-Cell Biology

Computer systems that emulate key aspects of human problem solving are commonly referred to as AI. This field has seen massive progress over the last years.

6 Aug 2020

New method reveals the dynamics of cell development and gene activity

Studies on cellular dynamics are vital to interpret the development of cells and the progression of various diseases.

5 Aug 2020

Machine learning can increase effectiveness of drug repurposing for psychiatric disorders

Artificial intelligence can increase the effectiveness of drug repositioning or repurposing research, according to a study published in Translational Psychiatry.

4 Aug 2020

Konstanz biologists win Ursula M. Händel Animal Welfare Prize

Marcel Leist, Professor of In-Vitro Toxicology and Biomedicine at the University of Konstanz, and Thomas Hartung, Professor of Environmental Health Sciences at the University of Konstanz and Doerenkamp-Zbinden Chair of Evidence-Based Toxicology at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in Baltimore, have been awarded the Ursula M. Händel Animal Welfare Prize 2020 of the German Research Foundation.

3 Aug 2020

Deep learning algorithm can infer molecular alterations in cancer from histology images

Researchers at the University of Chicago Medicine Comprehensive Cancer Center, working with colleagues in Europe, created a deep learning algorithm that can infer molecular alterations directly from routine histology images across multiple common tumor types.

29 Jul 2020

AI algorithm can identify patterns of mutations and prognosis from tumor images

Researchers at EMBL's European Bioinformatics Institute, the Wellcome Sanger Institute, Addenbrooke's Hospital in Cambridge, UK, and collaborators have developed an artificial intelligence algorithm that uses computer vision to analyse tissue samples from cancer patients.

28 Jul 2020

Artificial intelligence-based process can help design novel proteins

Proteins are known to perform complex tasks and catalyze chemical reactions, making them crucial for cell survival.

27 Jul 2020

AI can be used as a supplementary tool for identifying causal pathogens of pneumonia

A team of researchers showed that artificial intelligence (AI) could help predict the type of bacteria that caused the infection in patients with pneumonia.

27 Jul 2020

Less invasive imaging system can improve cancer diagnosis

Cancer diagnosis requires a lengthy process of multiple analyses of tissue biopsies, impeding the quick and early detection of cancers.

From Osaka University 24 Jul 2020

Scientists imitate the functioning of brain neurons using semiconductor materials

Especially activities in the field of artificial intelligence, like teaching robots to walk or precise automatic image recognition, demand ever more powerful, yet at the same time more economical computer chips.

15 Jul 2020

Bioinformaticians reveal previously unknown features of genes involved in brain functioning

In a recent study of genes involved in brain functioning, their previously unknown features have been uncovered by bioinformaticians from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology and the Institute of Mathematical Problems of Biology, RAS. The findings are reported in PLOS One.

10 Jul 2020

Cover Crops- Scaling Up a Key Sustainable Farming Practice

AZoLifeSciences speaks to agricultural scientists about their research into cover crops, and how this can help sustainable farming practices.

2 Jul 2020

Scientists develop novel image processing techniques to reduce processing time

Researchers have created novel image processing techniques for microscopes that can decrease the time for post-processing by up to several thousand-fold.

1 Jul 2020