EurelAlert July 15, 2019 Researchers in Belgium successfully applied Nanobodies® – small antibody fragments – to control the assembly of the bacterial armor and study its structure. The Nanobodies were not only effective in preventing the armor from forming, but also proved highly efficient in breaking down existing S-layers. When applied to live bacteria, breaking down the armor slowed bacterial growth and led to drastic changes in the surface of the bacterial cell. Nanobodies were tested as a treatment in mice infected with B. anthracis. All treated mice recovered from lethal anthrax within days…read more. TECHNICAL ARTICLE
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A USB stick? In the distant future, a little powder should suffice
Nanowerk October 29, 2018 Researchers in Belgium developed a chemical process that allowed information, such as a piece of text or a QR code, to be stored in powder form. This information can then be read out by means of a biochemical method of analysis. They wrote two programs to make the processing of information run fast and automatically. The first program makes sure that the data on the molecules can be analysed in seconds, the second program automates the translation process from the QR code to the molecules and vice versa. That is how the information stored in the […]
New algorithm can create movies from just a few snippets of text
Science Magazine February 23, 2018 Researchers in Belgium have developed a machine learning a neural network algorithm. During training, software assesses its performance after each attempt, and feedback circulates through the millions of network connections to refine future computations. The first stage uses the text to create a “gist” of the video, the second stage takes both the gist and the text and produces a short video. During training, a second network acts as a “discriminator.” As it gets better, it becomes a harsher critic, and its feedback sets a higher bar for the generator network. Currently, the videos are […]