A new artificial intelligence tool developed by researchers at the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering and Florida State University’s Center for Advanced Power Systems treats the power grid as a connected network to generate more accurate forecasts. The research was published in IEEE Transactions on Network Science and Engineering.

A new review highlights how advances in DNA technology are reshaping the future of healthcare by shifting the focus from treatment to prevention. Cutting-edge tools are enabling earlier detection of risk and more precise intervention at the genetic level, offering the potential to stop diseases before symptoms ever appear.

Inspired by naturally-occurring mats and balls of seaweed, researchers have created highly-porous, superadhesive meshes that are capable of capturing both large and small microplastic particles – a longstanding challenge in the field. The mesh can clean microplastics from both saltwater and freshwater and is made from sustainable and widely available biopolymers.

The cerebral cortex is densely packed with different nerve cells that enable us to perceive, think and act. Yet how these cell types arise while the brain develops is still not fully understood. Irene Varela-Martínez, a postdoctoral researcher at the Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA), traces their origins like a family-tree detective of nerve cells. Her new study, now published in Science Advances, shows that precursor cells of neurons, contrary to previous assumptions, split early into two independent lineages and thereby give rise to types of neurons.