Behind the Paper
The real stories behind the latest research papers, from conception to publication, the highs and the lows
Lighting the Path to Definitive Thyroid Cancer Detection
A cross-Atlantic collaboration between the University of Massachusetts Lowell (USA) and the Zurich University of Applied Sciences (Switzerland) combined expertise in optics and AI, to implement a rapid thyroid cancer diagnosis based on fluorescence polarization imaging and deep learning.
Evolutionary Studies Drive the Elucidation of Plant Natural Product Biosynthetic Pathways
Plant natural products are a major source of pharmaceuticals, with over one-third of FDA-approved drugs derived from natural products and their derivatives.
ABAA! – Alternating-Bias Assisted Annealing of Amorphous Oxide Tunnel Junctions
Rigetti’s novel technique, Alternating-Bias Assisted Annealing (ABAA), allows for more precise qubit frequency targeting, enabling improved execution of 2-qubit gates and a reduction in defects, which both contribute to higher fidelity.
