Source: techexplorist.com A team from MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL), in collaboration with Ava Robotics and the Greater Boston Food Bank (GBFB), designed a new robotic system that powerfully disinfects surfaces and neutralizes aerosolized forms of the coronavirus. Using a custom UV-C light fixture, the system can clean a warehouse floor in Read More
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Source: genomeweb.com NEW YORK – A team from the National Library of Medicine, Broad Institute, and Massachusetts Institute of Technology has started tallying the genetic features that distinguish pathogenic coronaviruses — particularly the SARS-CoV-2 virus behind the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and the Middle Eastern respiratory syndrome-causing MERS-CoV — from less dangerous coronaviruses. “We were able Read More
Source: analyticsinsight.net Recently, a team of researchers at MIT discovered a powerful new antibiotic using machine learning algorithms. The antibiotic is named for the AI in 2001: A Space Odyssey, halicin. It successfully wiped out numerous bacterial strains, including some of the most dangerous drug-resistant bacteria on the World Health Organization’s most wanted list. After Read More