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Rice-based cheese? Study points to possibility for new rice markets

University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A variety of proteins extracted from rice milling byproducts were shown to provide different qualities desired in plant-based cheesemaking, including firm texture and meltability. Mahfuzur Rahman, a food scientist and grain processing engineer with the Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station, and graduate student Ruslan Mehadi Galib published their results in the journal Future Foods under the title "Three shads of plant protein from a single rice cultivar: Insights into subunit profiles, molecular structures, functional and nutritional properties, and cheesemaking performance."

Journal: Future Foods

AI-driven chart review accurately identifies potential rare disease trial participants in new study

Cleveland Clinic
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Newly published research by Cleveland Clinic and Dyania Health demonstrates how a medically trained large language model system can accurately and efficiently screen electronic medical records (EMRs) to identify patients who are eligible for a rare disease clinical trial.

Published in The Journal of Cardiac Failure, the official journal of the Heart Failure Society of America, the study offers real-world evidence that artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled medical chart review can improve the speed, accuracy and equity of trial enrollment.

Journal: Journal of Cardiac Failure

New farm-scale biochar system could cut agricultural emissions by 75 percent while removing carbon from the atmosphere

Biochar Editorial Office, Shenyang Agricultural University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new study published in Biochar presents a practical and regulation-compliant design for producing biochar on farms that could dramatically reduce greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture while permanently removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.

Journal: Biochar

Fund for Science and Technology awards $15 million to Scripps Oceanography

University of California - San Diego
Grant and Award Announcement

Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California San Diego has received a $15 million grant from the Fund for Science and Technology (FFST). This support will expand observational capabilities into parts of the ocean where data has historically been sparse or nonexistent.

George Mason Univeristy and local governments partner to employ VR training for crisis management

George Mason University
Grant and Award Announcement

Social work researchers Holly Matto and Emily Ihara partner with Fairfax City, Va., and Loudoun County, Va., to improve crisis response using a Virginia Opioid Abatement Authority Grant.

Wildlife imaging shows that AI models aren’t as smart as we think

University of Exeter
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Using AI to identify wildlife reveals a potential “transferability crisis”, researchers say. Marketing for AI imaging systems often suggests that models can easily tackle novel scenarios across ecosystems and settings, much in the same way as human observers. But University of Exeter researchers argue that this is based on a “flawed assumption”.

Journal: PLOS Biology

Microbial assembly line makes plastic upcycling programmable

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, News Bureau
Peer-Reviewed Publication

By converting plastic waste into a microbe-friendly food source, scientists have built an upcycling pipeline that turns the waste into a variety of useful products.

Journal: Nature Sustainability
Funder: Advanced Research Projects Agency

Deepfake songs are exploding. This tool shuts them down.

Binghamton University
Reports and Proceedings

In collaboration with the startup company Cauth AI, faculty and students at Binghamton University, State University of New York have developed My Music My Choice (MMMC), a digital safeguard that empowers artists by protecting their songs from generative AI cloning.

Electron microscopy shows ‘mouse bite’ defects in semiconductors

Cornell University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Cornell researchers have used high-resolution 3D imaging to detect, for the first time, the atomic-scale defects in computer chips that can sabotage their performance.

Journal: Nature Communications