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An approach to enhance machine learning explanations

Researchers at IBM Research U.K., the U.S. Military Academy and Cardiff University have recently proposed a technique they call Local Interpretable Model Agnostic Explanations (LIME) for attaining a better understanding ...

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Under the dome: Fears Pacific nuclear 'coffin' is leaking

As nuclear explosions go, the US "Cactus" bomb test in May 1958 was relatively small—but it has left a lasting legacy for the Marshall Islands in a dome-shaped radioactive dump.

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Comet inspires chemistry for making breathable oxygen on Mars

Science fiction stories are chock full of terraforming schemes and oxygen generators for a very good reason—we humans need molecular oxygen (O2) to breathe, and space is essentially devoid of it. Even on other planets with ...

Materials Science

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FDA approves $2M medicine, most expensive ever

U.S. regulators have approved the most expensive medicine ever, for a rare disorder that destroys a baby's muscle control and kills nearly all of those with the most common type of the disease within a couple of years.

Medications

May 24, 2019

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Medical Xpress

HIV & AIDS
Over 600 people test HIV positive in Pakistan city
Health
In vaping response, schools mull treatment with discipline
Pediatrics
Support needed for multiple-birth families to improve outcomes
Health
Would overturning abortion rights turn back clock to 1973?
Health
Growing up high: Neurobiological consequences of adolescent cannabis use
Cardiology
A gut check for heart failure patients
Cardiology
Diuretic withdrawal is safe for stable heart failure patients
Cardiology
Lonely patients with heart failure least likely to follow treatment recommendations
Cardiology
In vitro fertilization linked to deadly heart disease in pregnancy
Cardiology
Biomarkers help tailor diuretic use in acute heart failure patients
Cardiology
Don't overdo omega-6 fat consumption during pregnancy
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Malaria back with a vengeance in crisis-hit Venezuela
Medications
FDA approves $2M medicine, most expensive ever
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Engineering B cells to express pathogen-specific antibodies to protect against infection
Neuroscience
New neurons form in the brain into the tenth decade of life, even in people with Alzheimer's
Medical research
Biotech startup uses nanoparticles to induce immune tolerance
Medical research
Researchers discover how three-dimensional organization of the genome regulates cell differentiation
Diabetes
High sugar levels during pregnancy could lead to childhood obesity
Medical research
New study reveals gut segments organized by function
Diabetes
Researchers investigate hormonal links between diet and obesity
Medical research
A step closer to identifying cause of a blinding disease
Cardiology
Researchers spot tell-tale signs of potentially fatal cardiac arrest
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Drug-resistant infections: If you can't beat 'em, starve 'em, scientists find
Autism spectrum disorders
Study suggests infants with autism risk may be less able to distinguish between familiar and unfamiliar speech patterns
Medications
Short-term use of opioids increases subjective pleasure
Cardiology
Blood pressure and glucose control may prevent common arrhythmia
Health
Mobile phone app designed to boost physical activity in women shows promise in trial
Sports Medicine & Kinesiology
Study analyzes mortality risks among pro athletes
Genetics
If you could learn every disease your child could possibly develop in life, would you?
Neuroscience
ALS research reveals new treatment approach

Tech Xplore

Machine Learning & AI
An approach to enhance machine learning explanations
Robotics
Italy team cheers robot pulling a passenger plane
Business
Electrified methane reformer produces far less carbon dioxide
Computer Sciences
Three convolutional neural network models for facial expression recognition in the wild
Robotics
A quicker eye for robotics to help in our cluttered, human environments
Engineering
'Neural Lander' uses AI to land drones smoothly
Machine Learning & AI
Mona Lisa guest on TV? Researchers work out talking heads from photos, art
Energy & Green Tech
100% renewables doesn't equal zero-carbon energy, and the difference is growing
Energy & Green Tech
Researchers gain key insight into solar material's soaring efficiency
Robotics
MobiKa: A low-cost mobile robot that can assist people in a variety of settings
Energy & Green Tech
Engineered bacteria could be missing link in energy storage
Computer Sciences
Bringing human-like reasoning to driverless car navigation
Robotics
This robot helps you lift objects—by looking at your biceps
Engineering
NASA's first-of-kind tests look to manage drones in cities
Software
Private, stable and landed: Meet Tor Browser 8.5
Energy & Green Tech
PixelGreen: A hybrid, green media wall for existing high-rise buildings
Robotics
Soft, social robot brings coziness to home robotics
Semiconductors
Production of more than 250,000 chips embedded within fibers in less than a year
Consumer & Gadgets
Google Glass struck out for masses but enterprise class has takers
Energy & Green Tech
Threat or promise? E-auto boom could cost industry jobs
Energy & Green Tech
Zero-carbon electric transport is already in reach for small islands
Machine Learning & AI
CycleMatch: a new approach for matching images and text
Computer Sciences
New framework improves performance of deep neural networks
Robotics
With a hop, a skip and a jump, high-flying robot leaps over obstacles with ease
Hardware
LG will smarten home appliances with eyes and ears
Energy & Green Tech
Methane is a potent greenhouse gas. Could turning it into CO2 fight climate change?
Consumer & Gadgets
Huawei could be stripped of Google services after US ban
Consumer & Gadgets
PAL: A wearable system for context-aware health and cognition support
Hi Tech & Innovation
Driverless cars working together can speed up traffic by 35%
Robotics
Dog-like robot jumps, flips and trots

Clotilda: Last US slave ship discovered among gators, snakes

The old wooden ship hull didn't look like much when researchers first saw it: just broken, waterlogged boards and a few pieces of rusted metal, all stuck in the muddy bottom of a bug-infested Alabama bayou where an alligator ...

Archaeology & Fossils

May 24, 2019

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Scientists discover ancient seawater preserved from the last Ice Age

Twenty thousand years ago, in the thick of an Ice Age, Earth looked very different. Because water was locked up in glaciers hundreds of feet thick, which stretched down over Chicago and New York City, the ocean was smaller—shorelines ...

Earth Sciences

May 24, 2019

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Solving geothermal energy's earthquake problem

On a November afternoon in 2017, a magnitude 5.5 earthquake shook Pohang, South Korea, injuring dozens and forcing more than 1,700 of the city's residents into emergency housing. Research now shows that development of a geothermal ...

Earth Sciences

May 24, 2019

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Adding a carbon atom transforms 2-D semiconducting material

A technique that introduces carbon-hydrogen molecules into a single atomic layer of the semiconducting material tungsten disulfide dramatically changes the electronic properties of the material, according to Penn State researchers ...

Nanomaterials

May 24, 2019

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Hubble spies curious galaxy moving a little closer

This Hubble image stars Messier 90, a beautiful spiral galaxy located roughly 60 million light-years from the Milky Way in the constellation of Virgo (the Virgin). The galaxy is part of the Virgo Cluster, a gathering of galaxies ...

Astronomy

May 24, 2019

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Two decades of tie-ups and break-ups among EU carmakers

French auto giant Renault and Italian-US counterpart Fiat Chrysler are planning to announce an alliance, further reshaping Europe's auto sector which has already witnessed two decades of takeovers, alliances and break-ups.

WWII researcher: Sea wreck must be plane of US MIA pilot

Wreckage on the ocean floor near a Japanese island must be from a fighter-bomber that crashed in 1945 with an American pilot who is still listed as missing in action, according to a World War II researcher who recently visited ...

NASA's Mars 2020 mission drops in on Death Valley

On a test flight in Death Valley, California, an Airbus helicopter carried an engineering model of the Lander Vision System (LVS) that will help guide NASA's next Mars mission to a safe touchdown on the Red Planet. During ...

World celebrates centenary of confirmation of relativity

Celebrations are underway across the globe to commemorate 100 years since a UK-led expedition confirmed Einstein's general theory of relativity. The theory fundamentally changed our understanding of physics and astronomy, ...

Sea dragons captivate visitors at California aquarium

At first glance, it looks like a branch of kelp, but then an eye moves among its leafy appendages, and ridges of tiny, translucent fins start to flutter, sending the creature gliding through the water like something from ...

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