Cardiovascular diseases are a leading health concern in Hong Kong, prompting many to undergo regular heart check-ups for their early detection and management. Echocardiography, a key diagnostic imaging tool, plays a crucial role in assessing heart function, offering non-invasive insights into cardiovascular health and aiding in timely intervention. However, interpreting these ultrasound images manually is challenging due to speckle noise and ambiguous boundaries, requiring significant expertise and time. Consequently, a heart check-up is rarely included in a regular annual body check scheme. 

Artificial intelligence is infamous for its resource-heavy training, but a new study may have found a solution in a novel communications system that markedly improves the way large language models train.

A team of researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory has published a new study in the Royal Society of Chemistry’s journal Chemical Science that shows how using the “standard” 2 (or more) femtosecond time step — the time interval at which computer simulations are analyzed — can lead to errors in molecular dynamics simulations involving water.

Reducing the number of animals used in experimentation is a key challenge in research. To address this issue, the Universitat Jaume I in Castelló and the company Semicrol, S.L. have developed aRukon, an innovative platform that facilitates the reuse of biological samples stored in laboratories around the world.

 

aRukon has revolutionised the way researchers manage and share their samples. Its free sample manager is available globally and allows users to manage, catalogue and reuse tissues, biological fluids and genetic material. The platform optimises their use, guarantees traceability, improves storage and facilitates collaboration between scientists.

Hypertension has long affected communities across China, contributing to 60% of strokes and half of all heart attacks nationwide.

As a leading cardiovascular expert, Prof. Feng Yingqing of Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital is transforming chronic disease management through innovative strategies like genetic sequencing and systematic prevention to effectively reducing cardiovascular risks.

On April 6, the 129th anniversary commemoration meeting of Shanghai Jiao Tong University was held at the Minhang campus. President (Principal) Ding Kuiling announced the list of the third "Ruiyuan Science and Technology Award" and the second "Ruiyuan Youth Science and Technology Award" at the meeting. Professor Qian Kun, editor of LabMed Discovery and professor at the School of Biomedical Engineering of Shanghai Jiao Tong University, won the Life and Medical Science and Technology Award of the second "Ruiyuan Youth Science and Technology Award".

For John B. Anderson, the Gulf Coast is personal. The W. Maurice Ewing Professor Emeritus of Oceanography at Rice University spent his early years on Alabama’s Fort Morgan Peninsula, where his father was a party boat fisherman. That lifelong connection to the region, combined with a decades-long scientific career, has culminated in his newest and most urgent book: “Gulf Coast Demise? Climate Change, Conservation and Saving the American Sea.”