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Imaging the invisible: how can research software and imaging techniques help scientists study the things we can’t see?

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Imaging the invisible: how can research software and imaging techniques help scientists study the things we can’t see? Dr Joanna Leng , from the University of Leeds in the UK, is a research software engineer who designs and develops the software that allows scientific imaging devices to be used to their full potential. Pinterest.

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Can artificial intelligence detect hidden heart attacks?

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ACS represents a continuum of disease, ranging from partial to complete blockage of a coronary artery,” explains Dr Salah Al-Zaiti, a researcher at the University of Pittsburgh who specialises in cardiology and machine learning. Medically speaking, a heart attack is known as an acute coronary syndrome (ACS).

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Growing a community: building the Plant Cell Atlas

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This means that research teams tend to focus on discovering more about specific, often quite niche, topics. Networking and training opportunities will help strengthen collaboration, not only on scientific research itself but also exploring funding opportunities and developing useful shared tools and methods. WHY WE NEED THE ATLAS.

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