A primer on medieval chants, minimalist opera and everything in between. By Mitchell Kuga The origins of what we think of as Western classical music date back to the 10th century, with the development ...

Can a handful of atoms outperform a much larger digital neural network on a real-world task? The answer may be yes. In a study published in Physical Review Letters, a team led by Prof. Peng Xinhua and ...

C3G and IC-MPGN can be difficult to diagnose because they are so rare and their symptoms are vague and nonspecific. A kidney biopsy is considered the gold standard and usually needed to confirm the ...

Skin, our largest organ, acts as a protective barrier against pathogens that try to invade our bodies while constantly monitoring for potential threats. In the skin's outermost layer, the epidermis, ...

Quantum computers—devices that process information using quantum mechanical effects—have long been expected to outperform classical systems on certain tasks. Over the past few decades, researchers ...

Pour one out for the ancient MetroCard and its equally old cousin, the PATH SmartLink card. The beginning of the end for these longtime ways to pay fares on the bi-state PATH system came Thursday when ...

Novo Nordisk is paying $240 million for global rights to a Phase 3-ready drug from Omeros that could rival immune disorder medications currently available from companies such as AstraZeneca, Novartis, ...

Health tech company Doximity bought Pathway Medical to bulk up its healthcare artificial intelligence capabilities as it looks to offer more free AI tools to doctors. The transaction closed July 29 ...

Doximity has acquired the AI startup Pathway Medical for $63 million. Pathway has one of the largest structured datasets in medicine, Doximity said. The integration is underway, and the companies are ...

Among people with sickle cell disease—an inherited blood disorder—acute chest syndrome (ACS) is the leading cause of death. The condition is the result of red blood cells becoming stiff, sticky, and ...