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‘Privacy by design’: Purdue tech protects against identity leaking during AI photo editing
3+ hour, 10+ min ago (339+ words) Patent-pending system reduces AI's ability to detect attributes like eye color, facial hair "Results of validation testing show that we can preserve editing quality while dramatically reducing what AI models can learn about your identity," Aggarwal said. "This is a…...
The ‘croak’ conundrum: Parasites complicate love signals in frogs
6+ hour, 6+ min ago (487+ words) image:Male green treefrogs use loud, repeated "honking" calls to attract mates. view more Parasites can influence these mating signals. Infections drain energy and trigger immune responses that weaken the body, altering traits tied to mating success, such as stamina…...
A new reagent makes living brains transparent for deeper, non-invasive imaging
8+ hour, 29+ min ago (899+ words) Researchers at Kyushu University have developed a new tissue-clearing reagent, SeeDB-Live, which enables repeated, reversible, and real-time imaging of the living brain at greater depth and clarity Credit: Shigenori Inagaki and Takeshi Imai, Kyushu University Fukuoka, Japan'Making a living brain…...
Iowa-led research team names, describes new crocodile that hunted iconic Lucy’s species
14+ hour, 13+ min ago (673+ words) image:Researchers led by the University of Iowa have described and named a new crocodile species that roamed a region in Africa more than 3 million years ago. The species is named Lucy's hunter, because it overlapped with the famed Lucy…...
Johns Hopkins scientists engineer nanoparticles able to seek and destroy diseased immune cells
1+ day, 52+ min ago (520+ words) Proof of principle study in mice uses emerging technology mRNA-based therapies image:The Johns Hopkins-developed nanoparticles were able to induce the destruction of the majority of the immune system cells called B cells, which contribute to diseases such as lupus…...
Chromatin regulation controls access to genes
19+ hour, 14+ min ago (220+ words) Emily Dykhuizen is an expert in chromatin regulation, exploring the cellular machinery that controls access to genes and developing molecules that selectively inhibit access as the basis of new cancer therapies. Her research findings include discovering a'previously unknown regulator'that plays…...
Invivo CAR-T combined
1+ day, 30+ min ago (155+ words) The Johns Hopkins-developed nanoparticles were able to induce the destruction of the majority of the immune system cells called B cells, which contribute to diseases such as lupus and cancers of the blood. Top image: Blue dyed B cells in…...
Howler monkeys began eating leaves 13 million years ago, changing course of primate history in South America
23+ hour, 54+ min ago (566+ words) New analysis of two jaw fossils also indicates when loudest land mammal may have developed its iconic, guttural 'howl' image:The mandible of Stirtonia victoriae. view more The mandible of Stirtonia victoriae. A report of the findings, led by Cooke,…...
The complete genome of the golden lancehead reveals how genes responsible for venom toxins evolved
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (639+ words) image:Approximately 100,000 years ago, a portion of a continental population of around 140,000 individuals likely became isolated on a mountain that now comprises Queimada Grande Island view more The golden lancehead was described in 1921 as a different species from the one…...
Fasting turns brain lysosomes into reservoirs for TCA cycle metabolites
1+ day, 4+ hour ago (158+ words) image:Potential origins of TCA cycle intermediates within lysosomes. view more Credit: HIGHER EDUCATON PRESS Lysosomes were once viewed mainly as cellular waste disposers, but are now recognized as key hubs for nutrient sensing and metabolic signaling. Still, what lysosomes…...