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Insights on Human Gaze Behavior in Various Situations
Review Reveals Limitations in Perinatal Palliative Care Evidence
Language Barrier Impact on Emergency Room Triage
Wildfire Smoke and Heat Stress Impact Birth Outcomes
New Solution Improves Accuracy of Fitness Trackers
Study Reveals Infant Pain Response Development
Study Reveals Herpes Simplex Virus-1's Host Hijacking
Northeastern US Heat Wave: Varied Risks for Safety
Conference Explores Chemosensory Testing in Healthcare
New Study Reveals Promising Colorectal Cancer Treatment
New Gene Therapy Method Revives Inactive Genes
Soccer Ball Heading Alters Brain: University of Sydney Study
Precision Psychiatry Roadmap Revolutionizes Diagnosis
Study Links Well-Being to Lower Memory Loss
Anti-Aging Drug Rapamycin Equals Life Extension
Intermittent Fasting Equals Traditional Diets for Weight Loss
Rising Unintentional Fall Deaths Among Older White Americans
Nutrition's Impact on Cancer Patients' Health
Patient Diagnosed with Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma Due to Fusion Gene
Study: Inflation Reduction Act Won't Impact R&D Investment
Histamine's Impact on Exercise Performance
Puberty Hormonal Changes Impacting Transgender Youth
Weight-Loss Behaviors Overlooked in Eating Disorder Diagnoses
Cannabis Use Doubles Cardiovascular Disease Risk
Virtual Ward Bed Lowers Carbon Emissions for NHS
Adolescents with Type 1 Diabetes Benefit from Combination Therapy
Hospital Pharmacist Guidance Improves COPD Inhaler Use
UCLA Study: Cardiac Markers Link Cancer & Heart Disease
University of Twente Unveils First MDR-Compliant Open-Source Medical Device
Managing Age-Related Risks: Advances in Geroprotection
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SpaceX Rocket Test Ends in Texas Explosion
Hurricane Erick Strengthens Rapidly Towards Mexico Coast
Life Finds Shelter in Pools of Melted Ice During Earth's Freeze
Peatlands Expansion in European & Canadian Arctic
U.S. Government to Open Fly Factory in Texas
Climate Change Indicators Surge: Scientists Sound Alarm
New Rules to Protect Cats and Dogs: Microchipping and Bans
10 Cents or 1-in-10,000 Shot at $1,000: What's Your Pick?
"Technology for Mass-Producing Artificial Cells with Model Nuclei"
Astronomers Find Massive Hot Gas Filament Linking Galaxy Clusters
Global Climate Change Study Warns of Carbon Budget Exhaustion
Canada Seeks Top US Scientists Amid Trump Crackdown
Volcano Eruption: Mount Lewotobi Laki Laki Alert Raised
Amazonian Scorpion Venom: Potential Cancer Drug
Plant Cell Wall Components: Abundant Sources for Biofuels
Study Reveals UK's Changing Extreme Hot Episode Trends
4,000 Tree Species in Mexico & Central America Face Extinction
Newly Discovered Armored Monstersaurian in Southern Utah
The Manchurian Candidate and The IPCRESS File: Brainwashing Revisited
Rare Earth Metals: Key Assets in Trade War
Willow Leaves Reduce Ammonia Emissions in Cattle Farming
Cloud Fraction Diurnal Variation Impact on Earth's Climate
Global Environmental Crisis: Urgent Need for Real-Time Data
E. Coli: Antibiotic Resistance Testing in Agricultural Environments
Europe Faces Devastating Floods: 335 Lives Lost
Genetic Markers Boost Meat Quality in Nelore Cattle
Disposable Face Masks: Impact on Environment and Health
Study Reveals Strategic Market Withdrawal Boosts International Firm Growth
Danish Primary Schools Rely on Google Tech
WVU Researchers Develop Flood Resilience Toolkit
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NTSB urges quick fix on Boeing plane engines to prevent smoke from filling cabin after a bird strike
Boeing 737 Max Engines Modified for Safety
Waymo Seeks Permit for Self-Driving Car Tests in New York
Waymo looks to test its self-driving cars in New York
Justice at stake as generative AI enters the courtroom
GenAI Impact on Courts: Legal System and Justice
AI Model Uses Tokens to Generate Answers
Some AI prompts could cause 50 times more CO₂ emissions than others, researchers find
Repurposing Coal Mines for Solar Panels: Unlikely Green Energy Solution
Energy transition: How coal mines could go solar
Meta Attempts $100 Million Bonuses to Lure OpenAI Talent
Meta offered $100 mn bonuses to poach OpenAI employees: CEO Altman
A new tool predicts when users will reject a new technology
Paradoxical Relationship: High Hopes, Tech Skepticism
Singapore Engineers Develop Flying Drum Robot
Two-actuator robot combines efficient ground rolling and spinning flight in one design
Study Reveals Language Models Overemphasize Start and End
Lost in the middle: How LLM architecture and training data shape AI's position bias
AI Video Reconstruction of Christopher Pelkey's Impact Statement Leads to Maximum Sentence
AI 'reanimations': Making facsimiles of the dead raises ethical quandaries
Global Fossil Fuel Phase-Out by 2050: G20's Renewable Energy Potential
G20 countries could produce enough renewable energy for the whole world: What needs to happen
Dutch Government Urges Parents to Limit Social Media for Kids
Dutch suggest social media ban for under-15s
Global oil demand to dip in 2030, first drop since COVID: IEA
Why stablecoins are gaining popularity
Global Oil Demand to Dip in 2030: International Energy Agency
US Senate to Vote on Regulating Stablecoins
Rising Popularity of AI Chatbots for Daily News
London Workshop Develops Prototype for Capturing Ship Emissions
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Iron deficiency can be managed better
Australian and European researchers have released updated, evidence-based guidance for managing iron deficiency, a serious worldwide health problem.
Increased school choice linked to better mental health for students
Allowing families to choose schools that are more suited to their children may play a key role in improving student mental health, including reducing adolescent suicide rates, suggests new research published in the peer-reviewed journal School Effectiveness and School Improvement.
New review confirms disproportionate impact of COVID-19 on Black, Hispanic populations
Black and Hispanic populations are disproportionately affected by COVID-19, according to a systematic review published this week.
People with rare autoimmune diseases at increased risk of dying during COVID-19 pandemic
A new study, led by experts from the University of Nottingham, has shown that people with rare autoimmune rheumatic diseases are at a greater risk of dying at a younger age during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Pediatric ER saw steep drop in asthma visits during spring COVID-19 lockdown
A new study published online in the Annals of the American Thoracic Society discusses a steep drop off from prior years in asthma-related emergency department (ED) visits at Boston Children's Hospital during the spring 2020 COVID-19 surge and lockdown.
China turns on nuclear-powered 'artificial sun'
China successfully powered up its "artificial sun" nuclear fusion reactor for the first time, state media reported Friday, marking a great advance in the country's nuclear power research capabilities.
source https://phys.org/news/2020-12-china-nuclear-powered-artificial-sun.html
source https://phys.org/news/2020-12-china-nuclear-powered-artificial-sun.html
A plant immune receptor: It takes four to tango
A collaborative study on a plant intracellular immune receptor from researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research (MPIPZ) not only shows how an important resistance protein is activated during pathogen infection but also reveals some common operational principles with immunity proteins from humans.
source https://phys.org/news/2020-12-immune-receptor-tango.html
source https://phys.org/news/2020-12-immune-receptor-tango.html
UK vows 68 percent emissions cut by end of decade
Britain will aim to cut its greenhouse gas emissions by more than two-thirds this decade, in what the government on Thursday said would be the fastest reduction of any major economy.
source https://phys.org/news/2020-12-uk-vows-percent-emissions-decade.html
source https://phys.org/news/2020-12-uk-vows-percent-emissions-decade.html
Ecuador finds nest of huge, endangered sea turtle
Conservationists in Ecuador have found a nest of endangered leatherback sea turtles, a whopper of a species that can weigh up to a tonne and be three meters (10 feet) long.
source https://phys.org/news/2020-12-ecuador-huge-endangered-sea-turtle.html
source https://phys.org/news/2020-12-ecuador-huge-endangered-sea-turtle.html
Pacific Islands Forum to hold virtual climate summit
Pacific island leaders will hold a virtual summit next week to demand urgent worldwide action on climate change ahead of UN-brokered talks on the issue.
source https://phys.org/news/2020-12-pacific-islands-forum-virtual-climate.html
source https://phys.org/news/2020-12-pacific-islands-forum-virtual-climate.html
NASA buying Moon dust for $1
The US space agency NASA awarded contracts to four companies on Thursday to collect lunar samples for $1 to $15,000, rock-bottom prices that are intended to set a precedent for future exploitation of space resources by the private sector.
source https://phys.org/news/2020-12-nasa-moon.html
source https://phys.org/news/2020-12-nasa-moon.html
Trash tracking satellites help Indonesia tackle marine waste
Every year, pounding rains wash away mountains of plastic waste from the streets of Jakarta, with some of it ending up as far away as Bali's beaches. So scientists are turning to satellites to trace the rubbish and figure out how to tackle the problem.
source https://phys.org/news/2020-12-trash-tracking-satellites-indonesia-tackle.html
source https://phys.org/news/2020-12-trash-tracking-satellites-indonesia-tackle.html
California monolith pops up after finds in Utah, Romania
Days after the discovery and swift disappearance of two shining metal monoliths half a world apart, another towering structure has popped up and then quickly vanished, this time from the pinnacle of a trail in California.
source https://phys.org/news/2020-12-california-monolith-utah-romania.html
source https://phys.org/news/2020-12-california-monolith-utah-romania.html
Amazon workers in bid to unionize at Alabama warehouse
Workers at an Amazon warehouse in Alabama are seeking to form a union, setting up a potential battle in the Deep South with a company that has opposed unionization efforts.
source https://techxplore.com/news/2020-12-amazon-workers-unionize-alabama-warehouse.html
source https://techxplore.com/news/2020-12-amazon-workers-unionize-alabama-warehouse.html
Tapping overlooked marketing data to drive business growth
Researchers from University of Houston, Columbia University, Emory University, and University of Connecticut published a new paper in the Journal of Marketing that reviews factors that contribute to the disconnect between the data companies create and the productive use of that data.
source https://phys.org/news/2020-12-overlooked-business-growth.html
source https://phys.org/news/2020-12-overlooked-business-growth.html
Chemists get peek at novel fluorescence in carbon nanotubes
That carbon nanotubes fluoresce is no longer a surprise. Finding a second level of fluorescence is surprising and potentially useful.
source https://phys.org/news/2020-12-chemists-peek-fluorescence-carbon-nanotubes.html
source https://phys.org/news/2020-12-chemists-peek-fluorescence-carbon-nanotubes.html
Scientists took a rare chance to prove we can quantify biodiversity by 'testing the water'
Organisms excrete DNA in their surroundings through metabolic waste, sloughed skin cells or gametes, and this genetic material is referred to as environmental DNA (eDNA).
source https://phys.org/news/2020-12-scientists-rare-chance-quantify-biodiversity.html
source https://phys.org/news/2020-12-scientists-rare-chance-quantify-biodiversity.html
Advancing gene editing with new CRISPR/Cas9 variant
Using a new variant to repair DNA will improve both safety and effectiveness of the much-touted CRISPR-Cas9 tool in genetic research, Michigan Medicine researchers say.
source https://phys.org/news/2020-12-advancing-gene-crisprcas9-variant.html
source https://phys.org/news/2020-12-advancing-gene-crisprcas9-variant.html
New DNA modification 'signature' discovered in zebrafish
Researchers at the Garvan Institute of Medical Research have uncovered a new form of DNA modification in the genome of zebrafish, a vertebrate animal that shares an evolutionary ancestor with humans ~400 million years ago.
source https://phys.org/news/2020-12-dna-modification-signature-zebrafish.html
source https://phys.org/news/2020-12-dna-modification-signature-zebrafish.html
Special delivery: Japan space probe to bring asteroid dust to Earth
Call it a special delivery: after six years in space, Japan's Hayabusa-2 probe is heading home, but only to drop off its rare asteroid samples before starting a new mission.
source https://phys.org/news/2020-12-special-delivery-japan-space-probe.html
source https://phys.org/news/2020-12-special-delivery-japan-space-probe.html
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