The beer brewing industry produces vast amounts of grain waste, which can be efficiently utilized to produce food, biofuel, and valuable chemicals. Recent research elucidates how this waste can be seen as a raw material for new products rather than…
We need more food – we’ll be 10 billion people by 2050 – we must pollute less, and reduce freshwater usage. These three necessities don’t seem to go well together. Aquaponics might be of help here. This technique consists of…
Our recent article on a future in which energy will be abundant and freely available for every person and company on Earth received some interesting feedback. Bottom line: even if this future were within reach, would humanity be capable of…
A new drug has proven to be effective in slowing down osteoarthritis (OA) progress in racehorses and might help people struggling with this disease, too. In a clinical study from the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU) and the University…
Scientists at Brown University’s Carney Institute for Brain Science have created CRAFT, a tool to elucidate how artificial intelligence (AI) systems perceive images, and why they occasionally fumble classifications. CRAFT deciphers visual representations learned by neural networks, offering insights into…
Research to implement innovations in healthcare takes an average of seventeen years. Especially given the speed of technological developments, that is far too long. So argues Guid Oei, a gynecologist at the Máxima Medical Center in Eindhoven and professor of…
The Netherlands has successfully chosen to develop knowledge of complex molecular systems in the past, leading to, among other things, a Nobel Prize for Ben Feringa. Further understanding, manipulating, and synthesizing such systems could trigger breakthroughs toward new sustainable materials…
In the laboratory of Maastricht UMC+, it has been possible to measure activity in surgically removed brain tissue for six days. This unique model provides a new perspective on developing a brain biopsy-on-a-chip for medical, scientific research. This could reduce…
In May, scientists at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, published about their groundbreaking discovery with their “Air-gen”. How did they get to this discovery? “To be frank, it was an accident,” says the study’s lead author, Prof Jun Yao, to…
Staff shortages and the constant desire to provide high-quality medical care. These are two main reasons why the application of artificial intelligence (AI) in healthcare will take off in the coming years. With the opening of the first AI ethics…