Machine learning algorithms are designed to mimic neural networks of the human brain, but can the human brain think like a computer? According to a new study that appeared on
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A new study, published in January in eLife, a peer-reviewed open access journal, showed that epigenetic modifications passed along to plant offspring can instil disease resistance ― importantly, without decreasing
A new study published on 25 March in Nature provides “clear and definitive evidence” that neurogenesis ― the process used by the brain to make new cells or neurons ―
A new analysis published on 23 March in the European Journal of Preventive Cardiology indicates that parental smoking ― both maternal and paternal ― increases the risk of congenital heart
“A sweetener’s not-so-sweet effects” – corn syrup in soft drinks enhances tumour growth
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Obesity is known to increase the risk of developing cancer, including colorectal cancer. Now, a new study published on 22 March in Science suggests high-fructose corn syrup, a sweetener used
A special edition of The American Statistician published on 20 March presents over 40 papers from “forward-looking statisticians” on “Statistical inference in the 21st century: a world beyond P <
An interesting study published on 18 March in Phytobiomes, a new open-access journal published by APS, provides further evidence of the risks associated with the use of phosphorous fertilisers. According
From the beginning of the industrial revolution to the mid-1990s, the ocean absorbed around one-third of man-made carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, according to a new study published on 15 March
The number of women in science and technology in the EU is growing, but at a very slow pace according to the latest She Figures 2018 report recently released by
In a new commentary published on 13 March in Nature, an international team of scientists calls for a global moratorium on all clinical uses of human germline editing (1). In