Artificial intelligence improves control of powerful plasma accelerators
Researchers have used AI to control beams for the next generation of smaller, cheaper accelerators for research, medical and industrial applications.
Researchers have used AI to control beams for the next generation of smaller, cheaper accelerators for research, medical and industrial applications.
Plasma Physics
Dec 11, 2020
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Scientists have developed a cost-effective method of biofuel extraction which could make them viable alternatives to fossil fuels in transport.
Materials Science
Nov 19, 2020
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Researchers have discovered how to engineer bacteria that normally attack human cells so that they kill other pathogens instead.
Cell & Microbiology
Nov 16, 2020
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Imperial College London researchers have simulated for the first time how soil moisture content affects the ignition and spread of smouldering peat fires, which can release up to 100 times more carbon into the atmosphere ...
Environment
Oct 30, 2020
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A type of wrinkled 'super pea' may help control blood sugar levels and could reduce the risk of type 2 diabetes, suggests a new study.
Plants & Animals
Oct 26, 2020
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Global stimulus plans for economic recovery after the pandemic could easily cover climate-friendly policies, suggests new study.
Environment
Oct 15, 2020
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A growing area of medicine looks at how cellular binding observed in nature—where molecules like viruses or proteins bind to specific receptors on a cell—can be mimicked to aid drug delivery.
Molecular & Computational biology
Oct 6, 2020
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Chemical probes that detect changes in two factors related to inflammation within cells could lead to earlier disease detection.
Cell & Microbiology
Oct 2, 2020
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Precariously balanced rocks (PBRs) are formations found throughout the world where a slender boulder is balanced precariously on a pedestal boulder. They form as blocks preserved on cliffs, or when softer rocks erode and ...
Earth Sciences
Oct 1, 2020
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Three of the Solar Orbiter spacecraft's instruments, including Imperial's magnetometer, have released their first data.
Space Exploration
Sep 30, 2020
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