Environmental DNA in rivers: A novel tool for detecting wildlife communities

- By Nuadox Crew - Ecologists in England and Scotland, collaborating with ecologists Christopher Sutherland and Joseph Drake at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, reported this week on a novel... | Continue reading


@nuadox.com | 4 years ago

Heat stress could affect more than 1.2B people per year by 2100

- By Nuadox Crew - Heat stress from extreme heat and humidity could affect areas now home to 1.2 billion people per year by 2100, assuming current greenhouse gas emissions, as per a recent Rutgers... | Continue reading


@nuadox.com | 4 years ago

Google researchers are teaching a robot how to walk via reinforcement learning

- By Nuadox Crew - Our partner Technicity recently reported on Google teaching a robot how to walk through an advanced reinforcement learning technique. It takes an average human about 12 months to... | Continue reading


@nuadox.com | 4 years ago

Shell indicates that days were half-hour shorter 70M years ago

- By Nuadox Crew - Planet Earth turned faster at the end of the time of the dinosaurs than it does today, rotating 372 times a year, compared to the current 365, according to a new study of fossil... | Continue reading


@nuadox.com | 4 years ago

Autonomous vehicles can be fooled to ‘see’ nonexistent obstacles

- By Yulong Cao , Z. Morley Mao , The Conversation - Nothing is more important to an autonomous vehicle than sensing what’s happening around it. Like human drivers, autonomous vehicles need the... | Continue reading


@nuadox.com | 4 years ago

The state of 5G deployment around the globe [audio]

- By Nuadox Crew - Counterpoint, a global research firm that specializes in the telecom industry, recently posted an insightful podcast on the current state of 5G deployment around the world (with an... | Continue reading


@nuadox.com | 4 years ago

Growing Salad Greens in Space

- By Nuadox Crew - Astronauts in space live on processed, pre-packaged space rations such as fruits, nuts, chocolate, shrimp cocktails, peanut butter, chicken, and beef to name a few. Such have often... | Continue reading


@nuadox.com | 4 years ago

New shelf-stable film could revolutionize how medicines are distributed

- By Maria Croyle , The Conversation - The race is on to identify an effective vaccine for the COVID-19 virus. Once discovered, the next challenge will be manufacturing and distributing it around the... | Continue reading


@nuadox.com | 4 years ago

Texas A&M conceives novel flooding prediction tool

- By Nuadox Crew - Incorporating the architecture of city drainage systems and readings from flood gauges into a comprehensive statistical framework, researchers at Texas A&M University are now able... | Continue reading


@nuadox.com | 4 years ago

We could perhaps learn a lot by looking into a fruit fly’s gut

- By Nuadox Crew - A new research tool enabled biologists to watch in real time the cell renewal process that keeps gut tissue healthy, as well as the interactions between bacterial species that make... | Continue reading


@nuadox.com | 4 years ago

Durian: First evidence of rare amino acid in plants

- By Nuadox Crew - Researchers at the Leibniz-Institute for Food Systems Biology at the Technical University of Munich (Germany) have confirmed the presence of the rare amino acid ethionine in a plant... | Continue reading


@nuadox.com | 4 years ago

Xiaomi Mi Mix Alpha first impressions [video]

- By Phil Siarri - Tech influencer and YouTuber Marques Brownlee recently got hold of the Xiaomi Mi Mix Alpha smartphone prototype whose “wrap-around display” could influence new functionalities in... | Continue reading


@nuadox.com | 4 years ago

University of British Columbia astronomy student discovers 17 new planets

- By Nuadox Crew - University of British Columbia (Canada) astronomy student Michelle Kunimoto has discovered 17 new planets, including a potentially habitable, Earth-sized world, by combing through... | Continue reading


@nuadox.com | 4 years ago

Asthma: Researchers uncover critical role for Caspase-11 protein

- By Nuadox Crew - Researchers from Trinity College Dublin have made a discovery that may eventually lead to improved therapeutic options for people living with asthma. The researchers have uncovered... | Continue reading


@nuadox.com | 4 years ago

Emory Healthcare Innovation Hub (EHIH) to be powered by 5G

- By Nuadox Crew - A partnership between Verizon and Emory University will create the first 5G-powered healthcare innovation lab in the United States. The Emory Healthcare Innovation Hub (EHIH)... | Continue reading


@nuadox.com | 4 years ago

Katherine Johnson: NASA mathematician and much-needed role model

- By Monica Grady , The Conversation - Katherine Johnson, who has died at the age of 101, was an amazing woman. But up until a few years ago, hardly anyone had heard of her or her achievements. She... | Continue reading


@nuadox.com | 4 years ago

New insights on the use of automated trading

- By Nuadox Crew - Today, Technicity reported on recent findings on the use of automated trading models in the financial services industry. Faisal Khan wrote: Trading bots, Algorithmic trading & more... | Continue reading


@nuadox.com | 4 years ago

Novel tiny battery-free ID chip can authenticate many products

- By Nuadox Crew - In order to fight supply chain counterfeiting, which can cost companies billions of dollars annually, MIT researchers have conceived a cryptographic ID tag that’s small enough to... | Continue reading


@nuadox.com | 4 years ago

Researchers fool autonomous vehicle frameworks with phantom images

- By Nuadox Crew - Earlier this week, researchers from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev's (BGU) Cyber Security Research Center in Israel have found that they can cause the autopilot on an autonomous... | Continue reading


@nuadox.com | 4 years ago

KIST researchers conceive EV battery materials that could double driving range

- By Nuadox Crew - Dr. Hun-Gi Jung and his research team at the Center for Energy Storage Research of the Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST) has announced the development of silicon... | Continue reading


@nuadox.com | 4 years ago

Semios raises $75M to expand largest agricultural IoT network

- By Nuadox Crew - Vancouver, Canada-based Semios, a leading precision farming platform for permanent crops, has raised US$75 million in private equity funding to advance the development of its... | Continue reading


@nuadox.com | 4 years ago

Overview of the 2020 US consumer electric vehicle market [video]

- By Nuadox Crew - CNBC recently published an insightful video on the U.S. consumer electric vehicle (EV) market; commenting on Tesla’s and competitors’ latest moves. Video: “Which Automakers Can... | Continue reading


@nuadox.com | 4 years ago

Covid-19: 1,700 healthcare workers infected says China [video]

- By Nuadox Crew - The Chinese government revealed on Friday that more than 1,700 health workers have been infected by the novel coronavirus recently named COVID-19. Video: “More than 1,700 healthcare... | Continue reading


@nuadox.com | 4 years ago

Will YouTube Compete with Netflix?

- By Nuadox Crew - On Wednesday, The Last Futurist discussed YouTube increasingly venturing into subscription-streaming services; possibly trying to catch up to Netflix. Michael Spencer wrote: YouTube... | Continue reading


@nuadox.com | 4 years ago

Tempest: An influential video game [video]

- By Phil Siarri - The PatmanQC YouTube channel recently posted a mini-documentary on “Tempest”, which was released in 1981 by Atari as an arcade game. The space shooting game has been influential... | Continue reading


@nuadox.com | 4 years ago

Can 7-Eleven catch up with Amazon Go in cashierless stores?

- By Nuadox Crew - Yesterday, our partner The Last Futurist reported on multinational retailer 7-Eleven testing cashier-less convenience stores. Michael Spencer wrote: The 7-Eleven pilot store will... | Continue reading


@nuadox.com | 4 years ago

Atos' Zeina Zakhour shares cybersecurity nuggets [audio]

- By Nuadox Crew - In this episode of “The Wave of Change” podcast, host Tony Flath chats with Zeina Zakhour. Zeina is the Global CTO for Cybersecurity at global IT firm Atos. Needless to say, she... | Continue reading


@nuadox.com | 4 years ago

The Samsung Galaxy S20 Ultra features a 108 megapixel camera [video]

- By Phil Siarri - Yesterday, tech influencer Marques Brownlee reviewed Samsung’s newest premium phone: the Galaxy S20 Ultra (which boasts an impressive 108 megapixel camera). Video: “Samsung Galaxy... | Continue reading


@nuadox.com | 4 years ago

Terahertz quantum cascade lasers could lead to data transfer at 100 Gbit/s

- By Nuadox Crew - Researchers at the University of Leeds in the U.K. have made a breakthrough in the control of terahertz quantum cascade lasers, which could lead to the transmission of data at the... | Continue reading


@nuadox.com | 4 years ago

Home valuation fintech startup HouseCanary secures $65M Series C round

- By Nuadox Crew - Home valuation fintech startup HouseCanary announced last Thursday it has closed a $65 million growth funding round led by Morpheus Ventures, Alpha Edison, and PSP Growth. The... | Continue reading


@nuadox.com | 4 years ago

Mapping the Future of Bioprinting Research

- By Nuadox Crew - Published on February 7 in IOP Publishing's Biofabrication, researchers defined the status of bioprinting, challenges and opportunities in the field, and “forecast(ed) the required... | Continue reading


@nuadox.com | 4 years ago

Exploring soil biodiversity via a genomics metadatabase

- By Nuadox Crew - Microbiological communities (including bacteria, single-celled organisms and nematodes) reveal significant information about the state of soils. Around the globe, a lot of research... | Continue reading


@nuadox.com | 4 years ago

Mapping mutations in 38 different types of cancer

- By Nuadox Crew - Mutations in 38 different cancer types have been mapped via genome analysis by an international team of researchers from, among others, the University of Copenhagen, Aarhus... | Continue reading


@nuadox.com | 4 years ago

A 3D system that prints ‘structures of submicrometer accuracy at record speed’

- By Nuadox Crew - 3D printers working in the millimeter range are increasingly used in industrial production processes. That being said, many applications require precise printing on the micrometer... | Continue reading


@nuadox.com | 4 years ago

Novel tool monitors Real-Time mutations in flu

- By Nuadox Crew - A Rutgers University-led team has developed a tool to monitor influenza A virus mutations in real-time, which could help virologists learn how to cease viruses from replicating. The... | Continue reading


@nuadox.com | 4 years ago

Google’s Meena: A Promising Chatbot

- By Nuadox Crew - Today, Technicity reported on Google’s Meena: a promising chatbot which can have “near-human conversations”. Faisal Khan wrote: ... AI-enabled assistants are not really meant for... | Continue reading


@nuadox.com | 4 years ago

Study: Residents willing to work for benefits of green infrastructure

- By Nuadox Crew - Urban areas face growing problems with stormwater management. Impermeable surfaces on roads and buildings provoke flooding, which impacts the water quality of streams, rivers and... | Continue reading


@nuadox.com | 4 years ago

Fireflies face decline due to habitat loss, light pollution, pesticides

- By Nuadox Crew - Habitat loss, pesticides as well as artificial light are the three most serious threats endangering fireflies around the world, raising the spectre of extinction for certain species... | Continue reading


@nuadox.com | 4 years ago

StyleGAN2 can produce convincing human face synthesis [video]

- By Nuadox Crew - YouTube channel Two Minute Papers took a close look at StyleGAN2, a generative adversarial network (GAN) introduced by Nvidia researchers in 2018. StyleGAN2 can generate... | Continue reading


@nuadox.com | 4 years ago

Does greater biodiversity increase the economic value of managed ecosystems?

- By Nuadox Crew - The main question addressed by a study from TUM School of Life Sciences Weihenstepha in Germany is: Does greater biodiversity increase the economic value of managed ecosystems? "We... | Continue reading


@nuadox.com | 4 years ago

2019-NCoV: Institut Pasteur Isolates Strains of Coronavirus Detected in France

- By Nuadox Crew - As well as sequencing the entire genome of coronavirus 2019-nCoV, the Institut Pasteur continued to work on the samples taken from the first confirmed cases in France. The quality... | Continue reading


@nuadox.com | 4 years ago

Delving into controversial facial recognition startup Clearview AI

- By Nuadox Crew - Our partner Technicity recently reported on controversial startup Clearview AI, which specializes in facial recognition. Faisal Khan wrote: ...a tiny startup by the name of... | Continue reading


@nuadox.com | 4 years ago

Microsoft Launches ‘AI for Health’

- By Nuadox Crew - On January 29, Microsoft announced “AI for Health”, a new $40 million, five-year program that is part of the AI for Good initiative. This endeavor will leverage artificial... | Continue reading


@nuadox.com | 4 years ago

How social media is changing research and reactions to coronavirus outbreak

- By Jason Kindrachuk , Alyson Kelvin , The Conversation - Over the past two decades, three novel coronaviruses — SARS (severe acute respiratory syndrome) in 2002, MERS (Middle East respiratory... | Continue reading


@nuadox.com | 4 years ago

Color-changing ‘smart bandages’ sense and treat bacterial infections

- By Nuadox Crew - Sensing and treating bacterial infections earlier could help improve patients' recovery, and curb the spread of antibiotic-resistant microbes. Researchers reporting in ACS Central... | Continue reading


@nuadox.com | 4 years ago

How contagious is 2019-nCoV and can you spread it before symptoms start?

- By C Raina MacIntyre , The Conversation - Cases of the Wuhan coronavirus have increased dramatically over the past week, prompting concerns about how contagious the virus is and how it spreads.... | Continue reading


@nuadox.com | 4 years ago

Benefits of telehealth across healthcare systems [video]

- By Nuadox Crew - In a recent interview with Patient Orator, Dr. Shruti Chandra, MD (who practices Emergency Medicine in Philadelphia, PA, USA) explained how “telehealth” can help healthcare... | Continue reading


@nuadox.com | 4 years ago

Mapping neural activity in response to watching horror movies

- By Nuadox Crew - Researchers at the University of Turku in Finland mapped the neural activity in response to watching horror movies. Their study showed how the top horror movies of the past hundred... | Continue reading


@nuadox.com | 4 years ago