🤖 Tech & Computer Science

Apple reportedly has ‘several hundred’ working on a robot arm with attached iPad

Apple is reportedly developing a home robot, focusing on a robotic arm with an "iPad-like" display, similar to Amazon's Echo Show 10. The project, which has been in the works for about two years, gained momentum recently after the company paused its electric car efforts. While home robots have had limited success, Apple is taking on the challenge.

An efficient colorectal cancer detection network using atrous convolution with coordinate attention transformer and histopathological images

Researchers developed CCDNet, a new deep learning model combining transformers and atrous convolution to improve colorectal cancer diagnosis. It achieved over 98% accuracy on two datasets, outperforming existing methods, and can assist clinicians in hospitals.

⚛️ Physics and Chemistry

Photon entanglement could explain the rapid brain signals behind consciousness

A study suggests that quantum entanglement of photons within myelin sheaths may explain the rapid neuron communication underlying consciousness. This could address the issue of how neural synchronization happens faster than previously thought possible. The research was published in Physical Review E.

Cryo-electron tomography reveals structure of Alzheimer’s plaques and tangles in the brain

Researchers at the University of Leeds have created the first 3D maps of amyloid-beta plaques and tau tangles in an Alzheimer's brain using cryo-electron tomography. Their study, published in Nature, details the molecular structures and new entangled structures associated with Alzheimer's pathology.

Potential new class of antibiotics takes on flesh-eating infections

A new class of antibiotics, including the compound PS757, shows promise against multidrug-resistant gram-positive pathogens and is effective in treating skin and soft tissue infections like necrotizing fasciitis caused by Streptococcus pyogenes.

🧬 Biology & Medicine

FDA Approves Neoadjuvant/Adjuvant Durvalumab for NSCLC

The FDA approved durvalumab (Imfinzi) for use in resectable non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) before and after surgery. The approval includes use with chemotherapy before surgery and as monotherapy after. Future studies are advised to prove the need for post-surgery treatment.

New insights into COVID-19 spike protein offer hope for universal vaccines

Researchers from Rice University and Northeastern University have discovered new details about how SARS-CoV-2 infects cells and how to neutralize it. They found that the virus's S2 domain of the spike protein, which is conserved across strains, could be a key target for broad-spectrum vaccines and therapies. Their findings, published in Science on August 15, could enhance strategies to combat COVID-19.

🔭 Space & Astronomy

NASA-Designed Greenhouse Gas-Detection Instrument Launches

The Tanager-1 satellite, launched on August 16, 2024, from Vandenberg Space Force Base, carries a NASA-designed imaging spectrometer to track greenhouse gas emissions. Developed by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory and part of the Carbon Mapper Coalition, it will measure methane and carbon dioxide emissions from individual facilities globally. This data aims to aid in reducing emissions contributing to global warming. A second Tanager satellite is planned for launch in the future.

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