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Testing AI with AI: Ensuring effective AI implementation in clinical practice

Flinders University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Using a pioneering artificial intelligence platform, Flinders University researchers have assessed whether a cardiac AI tool recently trialled in South Australian hospitals actually has the potential to assist doctors and nurses to rapidly diagnose heart issues in emergency departments.

Journal: International Journal of Medical Informatics
Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council

AI accelerates the search for new tuberculosis drug targets

University of California - San Diego
Peer-Reviewed Publication

As one of the largest tuberculosis outbreaks in the U.S. unfolds in Kansas, UC San Diego researchers and their colleagues have published research describing the use of artificial intelligence tools to screen for new antimicrobial candidates to treat the disease.

Journal: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Funder: Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

Hybrid job training improves participation for women in Nepal, study finds

University of Illinois College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Globally, women’s workforce participation is about 25% lower than men’s, often due to barriers such as domestic responsibilities and cultural norms. Vocational training can increase employment opportunities, but women may not be able to attend training programs that require them to be away from home. A new study from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, in collaboration with an international research team, explored whether hybrid distance learning can improve accessibility to job training for rural women in Nepal.

Journal: Journal of Development Economics

A new tool could exponentially expand our understanding of bacteria

Boston Children's Hospital
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new study, combining powerful genomic-scale microscopy with a technical innovation, captured which genes bacteria turn on in different situations and in different spatial environments. The technology, described January 23 in Science, promises to take the study of bacteria to the next level.

Journal: Science

Recognizing Indigenous rights in environmental data

Dartmouth College
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Every day across the globe, environmental scientists are collecting approximately 274 terabytes of data, and that data is often collected or sampled from ecosystems that are stewarded by Indigenous peoples. In a new Perspectives piece in Nature Communications, a group of researchers called the Earth Data Relations Working Group provide recommendations for how research practices can improve the governance of Indigenous data.

Journal: Nature Communications

Qubits to qudits: Using quantum mechanics to transmit information more securely

University of Pennsylvania
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Leveraging principles of quantum mechanics to securely transmit messages has promised a revolution in encryption, keeping sensitive information secure. Now, a collaborative team of researchers led by Penn Engineering's Liang Feng and Ph.D. candidate Yichi Zhang have developed a system that enables more stable, robust, high-efficiency, and long-range quantum communication, paving the way for practical, high-dimensional quantum networks.

Journal: Physical Review X
Funder: Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, U.S. National Science Foundation, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, Office of Naval Research

New study finds students' attitudes towards computer science impacts final grades

University of Delaware
Peer-Reviewed Publication

University of Delaware Associate Professor Teomara Rutherford, along with UD co-authors Hye Rin Lee, Austin Cory Bart and Andrew Rodrigues and Megan Englert of the University of Colorado Boulder, investigated changes in student motivation in first-year university CS courses. Although students’ perception of the value of CS declined over the semester, their sense of belonging and beliefs in their ability to succeed increased. Rutherford and her co-authors also found that students’ beliefs in their ability to succeed, their view of the course’s importance and their perception of its emotional cost predicted final course grades. These findings are already helping UD faculty enhance their courses.

Journal: Computer Science Education