The Life Technology™ News Blog: 02/19/19

Terror attacks carried out by Muslims receive on average 357 percent more media coverage than those committed by other groups, according to a University of Alabama researcher's newly published study.

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Study finds inadequate FDA oversight of prescribing of fentanyl products

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Study finds inadequate FDA oversight of prescribing of fentanyl products

Tue, 19 Feb 2019 12:10:03 EST

A study led by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health suggests that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and manufacturers did not take action when evidence emerged that potentially lethal fentanyl products were being inappropriately prescribed to patients.

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In the blink of an eye: Team uses quantum of light to create new quantum simulator

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In the blink of an eye: Team uses quantum of light to create new quantum simulator

Tue, 19 Feb 2019 15:40:03 EST

Imagine being stuck inside a maze and wanting to find your way out. How would you proceed? The answer is trial and error. This is how traditional computers with classical algorithms operate to find the solution to a complex problem. Now consider this: What if, by magic, you were able to clone yourself into multiple versions so that you were able to go through all the various paths at the same time? You'd find the exit almost instantly.

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Ford pulls out of S. America truck business, closes Brazil plant

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Ford pulls out of S. America truck business, closes Brazil plant

Tue, 19 Feb 2019 15:58:04 EST

US automaker Ford said Tuesday it was pulling out of the commercial heavy truck business in South America, closing a plant in Brazil employing 2,800 workers that has been operating for half a century.

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Physically active women have significantly decreased risk of heart disease

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Physically active women have significantly decreased risk of heart disease

Tue, 19 Feb 2019 15:50:07 EST

Women who spent less of their day in sedentary behaviors—sitting or reclining while awake—had a significantly decreased risk of heart disease, but there has been an increase in the incidence of younger women having acute heart attacks in the U.S., according to two studies in a special Go Red for Women issue of the American Heart Association's journal Circulation, published in February, American Heart Month.

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Berlin to get single travel app for public, private services

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Berlin to get single travel app for public, private services

Mon, 18 Feb 2019 10:16:44 EST

Travelers in Berlin will soon be able to use a single app to switch seamlessly between public transport, rental bikes, car-sharing and taxis without signing up for each service individually, officials said Monday.

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Giving keener 'electric eyesight' to autonomous vehicles

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Giving keener 'electric eyesight' to autonomous vehicles

Thu, 14 Feb 2019 07:18:43 EST

Autonomous vehicles relying on light-based image sensors often struggle to see through blinding conditions, such as fog. But MIT researchers have developed a sub-terahertz-radiation receiving system that could help steer driverless cars when traditional methods fail.

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Great disparities exist in how news media cover terror attacks

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Great disparities exist in how news media cover terror attacks

Tue, 19 Feb 2019 16:00:06 EST

Terror attacks carried out by Muslims receive on average 357 percent more media coverage than those committed by other groups, according to a University of Alabama researcher's newly published study.

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New open-source bioinformatics tool identifies factors responsible for diseases

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New open-source bioinformatics tool identifies factors responsible for diseases

Tue, 19 Feb 2019 16:20:02 EST

Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) have developed and tested a new computational tool, Candidate Driver Analysis (CaDrA), which will search for combinations of factors that are likely to cause a specific disease. CaDrA recognizes that diseases are complex and likely induced by multiple causes. It is now available free to members of the research community.

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Digital PLL achieves a power consumption of 0.265 mW

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Digital PLL achieves a power consumption of 0.265 mW

Tue, 19 Feb 2019 10:30:02 EST

Scientists at Tokyo Institute of Technology have developed an advanced phase-locked loop (PLL) frequency synthesizer that can drastically cut power consumption. This digital PLL could be an attractive building block for Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) and other wireless technologies to support a wide range of Internet of Things (IoT) applications.

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