Deep Doo-Doo: AI App Diagnoses Poop Better Than People
Biology

Deep Doo-Doo: AI App Diagnoses Poop Better Than People

People who suffer from gastrointestinal conditions such as irritable bowel syndrome are number two when it comes to describing the characteristics of their own poop.

June 22, 20222 min read
Tech Imitates Life, Life Imitates Art: Image Generation Technique Works Pixel By Pixel
Biology

Tech Imitates Life, Life Imitates Art: Image Generation Technique Works Pixel By Pixel

The computational systems known as cellular automata reproduce patterns of pixels by iteratively applying simple rules based loosely on the behavior of biological cells. New work extends their utility from reproducing images to generating new ones.

June 8, 20223 min read
Tech Imitates Life, Life Imitates Art: Image Generation Technique Works Pixel By Pixel
Biology

Tech Imitates Life, Life Imitates Art: Image Generation Technique Works Pixel By Pixel

The computational systems known as cellular automata reproduce patterns of pixels by iteratively applying simple rules based loosely on the behavior of biological cells. New work extends their utility from reproducing images to generating new ones.

June 8, 20223 min read
Slime Pays: AI Helps Grow Algae for Renewable Fuel
Biology

Slime Pays: AI Helps Grow Algae for Renewable Fuel

A new machine learning technique is boosting algae as a renewable, carbon-neural source of fuel for airplanes and other vehicles typically powered by fossil fuels.

April 6, 20222 min read
Slime Pays: AI Helps Grow Algae for Renewable Fuel
Biology

Slime Pays: AI Helps Grow Algae for Renewable Fuel

A new machine learning technique is boosting algae as a renewable, carbon-neural source of fuel for airplanes and other vehicles typically powered by fossil fuels.

April 6, 20222 min read
Spot the Bad Mutation: AI Model Spots Disease Linked Protein Mutations
Biology

Spot the Bad Mutation: AI Model Spots Disease Linked Protein Mutations

Every gene in the human genome exists in a variety of mutations, and some encode protein variants that cause cells to malfunction, resulting in illness. Yet which mutations are associated with disease is largely unknown.

March 30, 20222 min read
Spot the Bad Mutation: AI Model Spots Disease Linked Protein Mutations
Biology

Spot the Bad Mutation: AI Model Spots Disease Linked Protein Mutations

Every gene in the human genome exists in a variety of mutations, and some encode protein variants that cause cells to malfunction, resulting in illness. Yet which mutations are associated with disease is largely unknown.

March 30, 20222 min read
Bugbot: How AI can help with the insect biodiversity crisis.
Biology

Bugbot: How AI can help with the insect biodiversity crisis.

An insect-sorting robot could help scientists grapple with the global biodiversity crisis. An automated insect classifier sucks in tiny arthropods, classifies them, and maps their most important identifying features.

July 7, 20212 min read
Bugbot: How AI can help with the insect biodiversity crisis.
Biology

Bugbot: How AI can help with the insect biodiversity crisis.

An insect-sorting robot could help scientists grapple with the global biodiversity crisis. An automated insect classifier sucks in tiny arthropods, classifies them, and maps their most important identifying features.

July 7, 20212 min read
What AI Knows About Proteins: NLP systems can be used to code amino acids.
Biology

What AI Knows About Proteins: NLP systems can be used to code amino acids.

Transformer models trained on sequences of amino acids that form proteins have had success classifying and generating viable sequences. New research shows that they also capture information about protein structure.

June 2, 20212 min read
What AI Knows About Proteins: NLP systems can be used to code amino acids.
Biology

What AI Knows About Proteins: NLP systems can be used to code amino acids.

Transformer models trained on sequences of amino acids that form proteins have had success classifying and generating viable sequences. New research shows that they also capture information about protein structure.

June 2, 20212 min read
Algorithms for Orcas: AI-powered drones help with killer whale conservation.
Biology

Algorithms for Orcas: AI-powered drones help with killer whale conservation.

A combination of computer vision and drones could help restore dwindling killer whale populations. Researchers at Oregon State University and conservation groups SR3 and Vulcan developed a system that assesses the health of orcas.

May 19, 20211 min read
Algorithms for Orcas: AI-powered drones help with killer whale conservation.
Biology

Algorithms for Orcas: AI-powered drones help with killer whale conservation.

A combination of computer vision and drones could help restore dwindling killer whale populations. Researchers at Oregon State University and conservation groups SR3 and Vulcan developed a system that assesses the health of orcas.

May 19, 20211 min read
Boosting Biomedicine: The NIH's Bridge2AI program will fund new health datasets.
Biology

Boosting Biomedicine: The NIH's Bridge2AI program will fund new health datasets.

The U.S. government aims to turbocharge biomedical AI research. The National Institutes of Health, which invests $41.7 billion annually in medical research, announced a program called Bridge to Artificial Intelligence (Bridge2AI) to promote machine learning in human biology and medicine.

April 28, 20211 min read
Boosting Biomedicine: The NIH's Bridge2AI program will fund new health datasets.
Biology

Boosting Biomedicine: The NIH's Bridge2AI program will fund new health datasets.

The U.S. government aims to turbocharge biomedical AI research. The National Institutes of Health, which invests $41.7 billion annually in medical research, announced a program called Bridge to Artificial Intelligence (Bridge2AI) to promote machine learning in human biology and medicine.

April 28, 20211 min read

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