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Scientists may one day be able to freeze brains and bring them back to life following a major breakthrough in cryogenics.
Researchers in China have successfully frozen and thawed human brain tissue, after which it regained normal function.
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Researchers at Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH) have achieved a breakthrough in surpassing the limitations of traditional acoustic metalenses. They have successfully developed the first wide field-of-hearing metalens. Their research has been published in Nature Communications.
In a scientific breakthrough, Mount Sinai researchers have revealed the biological mechanisms by which a family of proteins known as histone deacetylases (HDACs) activate immune system cells linked to inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and other inflammatory diseases.
This discovery, reported in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), could potentially lead to the development of selective HDAC inhibitors designed to treat types of IBD such as ulcerative colitis and Crohn’s disease.
“Our understanding of the specific function of class II HDACs in different cell types has been limited, impeding development of therapies targeting this promising drug target family,” says senior author Ming-Ming Zhou, PhD, Dr. Harold and Golden Lamport Professor in Physiology and Biophysics and Chair of the Department of Pharmacological Sciences at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. “Through our proof-of-concept study, we’re unraveling the mechanisms of class II HDACs, providing essential knowledge to explore their therapeutic potential for safer and more effective disease treatments.”
In a first for communications, researchers in Sweden 3D printed silica glass micro-optics on the tips of optic fibers—surfaces as small as the cross section of a human hair. The advance could enable faster internet and improved connectivity, as well as innovations like smaller sensors and imaging systems.
From Microsoft MS MARCO Web Search: a Large-scale Information-rich Web Dataset with Millions of Real Click Labels.
From Microsoft.
MS MARCO Web Search: a Large-scale Information-rich Web Dataset with Millions of Real Click Labels.
Since the first microbial genome was sequenced in 1995, scientists have reconstructed the genomic makeup of hundreds of thousands of microorganisms and have even devised methods to take a census of bacterial communities on the skin, in the gut, or in soil, water and elsewhere based on bulk samples, leading to the emergence of a relatively new field of study known as metagenomics.
In a milestone, supermaterials trailblazer Lyten has shipped lithium-sulfur (Li-S) batteries to Stellantis and other US and EU OEMs for testing.
Lyten’s shipment of A samples of its 6.5 Ah Li-S pouch cells is the first major step in the commercial evaluation of lithium-sulfur batteries by leading US and European automakers. Stellantis announced that it had invested in Lyten’s lithium-sulfur battery development in May 2023.
“This milestone is the result of years of dedicated work and innovation from the Lyten team, and we are just at the start of further expanding the capabilities of our lithium-sulfur battery cells,” said Lyten CEO and cofounder Dan Cook.
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**Breakthrough*** Clinical trial shows promising results.
Opal Sandy from Oxfordshire is the first patient treated in a global gene therapy trial, which shows ‘mind-blowing’ results.
A baby girl born deaf can hear unaided for the first time, after receiving gene therapy when she was 11 months old at Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridge.
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Graph Neural Networks (GNNs) are crucial in processing data from domains such as e-commerce and social networks because they manage complex structures. Traditionally, GNNs operate on data that fits within a system’s main memory. However, with the growing scale of graph data, many networks now require methods to handle datasets that exceed memory limits, introducing the need for out-of-core solutions where data resides on disk.
Despite their necessity, existing out-of-core GNN systems struggle to balance efficient data access with model accuracy. Current systems face a trade-off: either suffer from slow input/output operations due to small, frequent disk reads or compromise accuracy by handling graph data in disconnected chunks. For instance, while pioneering, these challenges have limited previous solutions like Ginex and MariusGNN, showing significant drawbacks in training speed or accuracy.
The DiskGNN framework, developed by researchers from Southern University of Science and Technology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Centre for Perceptual and Interactive Intelligence, AWS Shanghai AI Lab, and New York University, emerges as a transformative solution specifically designed to optimize the speed and accuracy of GNN training on large datasets. This system utilizes an innovative offline sampling technique that prepares data for quick access during training. By preprocessing and arranging graph data based on expected access patterns, DiskGNN reduces unnecessary disk reads, significantly enhancing training efficiency.
