A team of scientists led by Yosuke Toda, Designated Assistant Professor at the Institute of Transformative Bio-Molecules (WPI-ITbM), Nagoya University, and Fumio Okura, Assistant Professor at the Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research,Osaka University, have developed a system which utilizes image analysis and artificial intelligence (AI) to automatically and precisely analyze the shape of large numbersof seeds from a single image. As the shape of the seed is an important agronomic trait that is closely linked to the yield and quality of crops, a method for automatically determining and evaluating suchfrom an image is an indispensable tool for plant breeding. However, creating the training dataset is laborious and time consuming, especially when the number of objects to annotate is as large as it is in the case of seeds. To date,it has been difficult to quickly and conveniently analyze the number of seeds of different crop species at once.

Scientists in Texas and Pennsylvania have identified a protein sensor that restricts how much sugar and fat our cells convert into energy during periods of starvation.

As the world reels from a global viral wildfire costing hundreds of thousands of lives and trillions of dollars, epidemiologists are turning their attention to how best to prevent the next pandemic.

As the spread of the new coronavirus continues, researchers at the University of Arizona Water and Energy Sustainable Technology Center are using municipal wastewater to monitor the incidence of the virus in communities across the United States.

Despite longstanding popular belief, bicycle lanes can actually improve business.

Researchers at the University of Waterloo are developing a DNA-based vaccine that can be delivered through a nasal spray.

Falling visibility in three major African cities reveals that air pollution has increased significantly over the last 45 years – leaving citizens facing further short-term increases in man-made pollution due to increasing urbanization and economic development, a new study reveals.

Researchers at MIT; the Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT, and Harvard; and the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard; along with colleagues from around the world have identified specific types of cells that appear to be targets of the coronavirus that is causing the Covid-19 pandemic.

At the Delaware Memorial Bridge, about 35 miles southwest of Philadelphia, the tidal waters of the Delaware River estuary push upstream with every incoming tide but are opposed by the river’s downstream flow. 

We may all be drinking more coffee to help us survive the COVID-19 lockdown.