by Admin | Jan 6, 2022 | Articles
Teaching computers to understand our language Artificial intelligence has advanced in leaps and bounds in recent years and has become an increasingly integrated part of our lives. However, it still lacks the capacity to truly understand human language; subtext,...
by Admin | Jan 5, 2022 | Articles
How can we read genetic codes in a single piece of DNA… quickly? Gene sequencing is an incredibly useful tool for reading the vast amounts of information DNA contains. With a cutting-edge technique called ‘nanopore gene sequencing,’ this can be done using just a...
by Admin | Jan 4, 2022 | Articles
Why do people stay? Though migration is in the news almost daily, most people do not migrate, even if they have the opportunity and means to do so. Why not? At the University of Cambridge in the UK, Dr Daniel Robins has been researching immobility, and has discovered...
by Admin | Dec 22, 2021 | Articles
How can computers help crops grow better? Computers have revolutionised the planet in many ways. Plant science is one of the fields to have benefitted from recent advances in technology, thanks to computer scientists such as Professor Tony Pridmore at the University...
by Admin | Dec 21, 2021 | Articles
How can we treat multidrug-resistant tuberculosis? Professor Andrew Nunn is an epidemiologist at the Medical Research Council Clinical Trials Unit at University College London in the UK. His research focuses on clinical trials of drugs that have the potential to...
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