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Concussion in Sport: Impact on "RunIt" and Australian Rules Football

International Doctors Delayed, U.S. Hospitals Face Staff Shortage

Late-Night Dairy's Dream Impact: Scientific Backing

Understanding the Impact of Gut Bacteria on Health

Study Reveals Infants' Gut Bacteria Impact Disease Risk

Leipzig University Study: Reliable Brain Cell Communication

Government Webpages on Gender and Sexual Orientation Vanish Post-Trump Inauguration

Pregnant Women's Comprehensive Health Monitoring

Breast Cancer Relapse Risk: Dormant Tumor Cells Persist

Pioneer Fellow Develops Hydrogel for Chronic Wound Healing

Man in His 50s Dies from Lyssavirus in New South Wales

Structured Exercise Program Lowers Death Risk

Covid-19 Impact: Women's Health Hit Harder Than Men's

Planned C-Section Linked to Higher Leukemia Risk

Childhood Cancer Survivors Face Higher COVID-19 Risk

Physician Associates: Safe and Effective Care Under Supervision

Large Oncosomes in Blood: Key for Cancer Diagnosis

Measles Outbreak Hits Kentucky: 1,267 Cases Nationwide

Fireworks Safety: Experts Warn of Fourth of July Risks

National Health Spending Growth Outpaces GDP from 2024-2033

Variability in Commercial Pricing for General Surgery Services

Chinese Medicine Ingredient Boosts Autoimmune Treatment

Community-Based Pneumococcal Vaccination Program in Sera Town

Surgeons' Precise Techniques for Nerve Protection

Study Shows Introducing Peanut Butter and Eggs at Six Months Reduces Allergy Risk

Study Reveals Rising Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease

Study Reveals 15% Doxycycline Use in Dutch LGBTQ+ Community

First-Ever Map Reveals Chikungunya Virus T Cell Triggers

Nad+ Deficiency Accelerates Aging

Study: Physical Activity and Sedentary Behavior Vary by Sex and Education

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Father-Daughter Bond Boosts Baboon Survival

Desire for Love: A Universal Quest

Discovery of Greenhouse Effect: Linking CO2 to Climate Change

Mystery of Mars' Barrenness Compared to Earth's Thriving Life

Zuckerman Institute Finds Chickadees' Spatial Memory Secret

Uncovering the Hidden World Beneath Forest Floors

Global Wildlife Loss Linked to Population Growth

Importance of Understanding Randomness in Various Fields

Rare Heavy Snow Blankets Northeastern Turkey

New Fire Near Greek Capital Sparks High Alert

Unusual Molecules in Glaciers and Mountains: Brain Cell Control

Debate Over Giant Arctic Ice Shelf Resolved

Climate Change's Impact on Livestock: Neglected Research Area

Sydney Researchers Harness Lightning for Ammonia Production

Trekking Through Bornean Rainforest: Searching for Jungle Frogs

Genetic Technique Reveals Insights on Mitochondria

Record Low Temperatures Hit Argentina, Chile, Uruguay

Firefighters Gain Control Over Major Wildfire in Izmir

Switzerland's Glaciers Witness Early Melting: Glacier Loss Day

Wildfire on Crete Forces Evacuation, New Blaze Near Athens

Scientists Collaborate to Restore Miami Reef

Astronomers Unveil Nearby Spiral Galaxy in Brilliant Colors

Study Reveals Tharsis Fish Choking on Belemnites

Water Scarcity Challenge in Country Townships

Astronomers Discover Quasi-Periodic Oscillations in XTE J0111.2−7317

NASA's New Horizons Achieves Deep Space Stellar Navigation

Study Explores Earth4All Scenarios for Human Well-Being

Early Humans' High-Calorie Diet: Balancing Protein, Carbs, and Fat

Alarming 92% Coral Mortality at Lizard Island Reef

Tin Catalysts: Unlocking Potential for Reactions

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Brazilian Authorities Arrest Suspect in $100M Cyberattack

Police in Brazil arrest a suspect over $100M banking hack

Pilot program integrates AI-generated notes with human community notes on X platform

"X Introduces Community Notes to Combat Misinformation"

Scientists Pursue New Semiconductor Materials for Enhanced Solar Cell Efficiency

Robotic probe quickly measures semiconductor properties to accelerate solar panel development

Open-source engine enables high-performance data processing for Internet of Things devices

Playing games with robots makes people see them as more humanlike

Interacting with Robots Shapes Human Perception

Berlin Institute Releases NebulaStream: Next-Gen IoT Processing

3D-printed magnetoelastic smart pen may help diagnose Parkinson's

Thousands Overlooked: Parkinson's Disease Progression Unnoticed

Spoken Language Models: Next-Gen Tech Learning Human Speech

Researcher develops 'SpeechSSM,' opening up possibilities for a 24-hour AI voice assistant

Luna v1.0 & FlexQAOA bring constraint-aware quantum optimization to real-world problems

Aqarios Unveils Luna V1.0: Quantum Optimization Milestone

AI designs new underwater gliders with shapes inspired by marine animals

Efficient Aquatic Navigation: Secrets of Fish and Seals

Researchers develop a quality design method for real-time videos from uncrewed aerial vehicles

University of Tsukuba Unveils SPADE Method for UAV Video Quality

Hydrogen Infrastructure Rollout in EU Reveals Regulatory Gaps

Study finds EU hydrogen station rollout may cause millions in annual losses

Congress Passes Bill Ending Federal Tax Incentives for Electric Vehicles

What to know about buying electric vehicles after the federal tax incentives end

Interdisciplinary Team Studies Cooling Methods on Satellite

Space-based experiments show wax-filled heat sinks keep electronics cooler for longer

Nostalgic Paint-By-Number Sets: Colorful Creations

NASA advances pressure-sensitive paint research capability

Architects Enhancing Society Through New Building Approach

Importance of Clean Water for Health and Industry

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Thursday, December 10, 2020

Amazon community files lawsuit against Chinese firm over gas flaring

Indigenous Waorani from Ecuador's Amazon filed a lawsuit Thursday against state-owned Chinese oil company PetroOriental, accusing it of contaminating their ancestral lands by burning off natural gas from oil wells in a process known as flaring.

source https://phys.org/news/2020-12-amazon-lawsuit-chinese-firm-gas.html

Mass extinctions of land-dwelling animals occur in 27-million-year cycle

Mass extinctions of land-dwelling animals—including amphibians, reptiles, mammals, and birds—follow a cycle of about 27 million years, coinciding with previously reported mass extinctions of ocean life, according to a new analysis published in the journal Historical Biology.

source https://phys.org/news/2020-12-mass-extinctions-land-dwelling-animals-million-year.html

EU leaders spar over climate in marathon summit

EU leaders debated through the night into Friday trying to agree more ambitious climate targets, despite earlier winning a victory for unity in unblocking the bloc's two trillion euro budget and recovery fund.

source https://phys.org/news/2020-12-eu-leaders-struggle-deadlock-climate.html

Window opens for Virgin Galactic test flight from spaceport

The window opens Friday for Virgin Galactic's first rocket-powered test flight from Spaceport America in southern New Mexico as the company prepares for commercial flights next year.

source https://phys.org/news/2020-12-window-virgin-galactic-flight-spaceport.html

Disney unveils plans to stream a galaxy of new series, films

The Walt Disney Co.'s streaming plans shifted into hyper speed Thursday, as the studio unveiled a galaxy's worth of new streaming offerings including plans for 10 "Star Wars" series spinoffs and 10 Marvel series that will debut on Disney+.

source https://techxplore.com/news/2020-12-disney-unveils-stream-galaxy-series.html

Disney unveils plans to stream a galaxy of new series, films

The Walt Disney Co.'s streaming plans shifted into hyper speed Thursday, as the studio unveiled a galaxy's worth of new streaming offerings including plans for 10 "Star Wars" series spinoffs and 10 Marvel series that will debut on Disney+.

COVID lockdown causes record drop in CO2 emissions for 2020

The global COVID-19 lockdowns caused fossil carbon dioxide emissions to decline by an estimated 2.4 billion tonnes in 2020—a record drop according to researchers at the University of East Anglia (UEA), University of Exeter and the Global Carbon Project.

COVID lockdown causes record drop in CO2 emissions for 2020

The global COVID-19 lockdowns caused fossil carbon dioxide emissions to decline by an estimated 2.4 billion tonnes in 2020—a record drop according to researchers at the University of East Anglia (UEA), University of Exeter and the Global Carbon Project.

source https://phys.org/news/2020-12-covid-lockdown-co2-emissions.html

Patient death rates higher on surgeons' birthdays

Patients who undergo surgery on the surgeon's birthday experience higher mortality compared with patients who undergo surgery on other days of the year, finds a US study in the Christmas issue of The BMJ.

Soothing words and music during surgery might reduce postoperative pain

Listening to soothing words and music during surgery appears to reduce pain levels and the need for pain relieving drugs after surgery, finds a trial published in the Christmas issue of The BMJ.

Who is the girl behind the face of CPR?

She is the face that many have kissed during cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) training and she has saved millions of lives, but who is she and what is her story?

Dogs and their owners share a risk of developing diabetes

Owners of a dog with diabetes are more likely to develop type 2 diabetes themselves than owners of a dog without diabetes, finds a study published in the Christmas issue of The BMJ.

New treatment could spare early-stage rectal cancer patients life-altering side effects

A new and less invasive treatment developed by Cancer Research UK researchers is safer than standard major surgery for early-stage rectal cancer, giving patients a better quality of life with fewer life-altering side effects, results from a pilot study show.

Is George's 'Marvellous Medicine' medically useful, dangerous, or both?

Increased time at home during the COVID-19 pandemic may inspire budding scientists to search for a cure, but researchers in the Christmas issue of The BMJ warn of the potential toxicity of homemade potions.

Masked education: Which face coverings are best for student comprehension?

With the ubiquity of masks due to the coronavirus pandemic, understanding speech has become difficult. This especially applies to speech in classroom settings, where the presence of a mask and the acoustics of the room have an impact on students' comprehension.

Johns Hopkins: Census records show founder owned slaves

Johns Hopkins University, whose researchers have been at the forefront of the global response to COVID-19, announced on Wednesday that its founder owned slaves during the 19th century, a revelation for the Baltimore-based school that had taken pride in the man purportedly being a staunch abolitionist.

Delta asks more workers to take leave as travel slump widens

Delta Air Lines has managed to avoid furloughs but is now asking more employees to take unpaid leaves of absence, a sign of the deepening slump in air travel as coronavirus cases increase across the United States.

Kids gain weight when new convenience stores open nearby

A new study in the Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics found that changes in the food environment around low-income and high-ethnic/racial minority populations over time impact childhood obesity. Increased availability of small grocery stores selling a selection of healthy items in close proximity to children's homes improves their weight status over time, whereas increased availability of convenience stores selling predominantly unhealthy foods is likely to be detrimental.

Increased social media use linked to developing depression, research finds

Young adults who increased their use of social media were significantly more likely to develop depression within six months, according to a new national study authored by Dr. Brian Primack, dean of the College of Education and Health Professions and professor of public health at the University of Arkansas.

Examining psychiatric consequences of COVID-19

COVID-19 may complicate mental illness and substance abuse, while the related social isolation can trigger adverse psychiatric effects associated with loneliness.

Insufficient screening for heart damage after noncardiac surgery puts patients at risk

About five percent of patients experience heart muscle injury around the time of their surgery for a noncardiac condition, yet guideline recommendations to identify patients at risk using biomarkers are not being followed. A five-year study in Alberta, Canada appearing in the Canadian Journal of Cardiology, determined that the recommended biomarker screening is very much underutilized.

US experts debate Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine in live event

Britain and Canada have already approved the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine—will the United States be next?

Can I stop wearing a mask after getting a COVID-19 vaccine?

Can I stop wearing a mask after getting a COVID-19 vaccine?

Airbnb, resilient in pandemic, goes forward with IPO

Airbnb proved its resilience in a year that has upended global travel. Now it needs to prove to investors that it sees more growth ahead.

Google CEO says company will review AI scholar's abrupt exit

Google CEO Sundar Pichai has apologized for how a prominent artificial intelligence researcher's abrupt departure last week has "seeded doubts" in the company.

Researchers say new species of beaked whale found off Mexico

Researchers looking for an elusive species of beaked whale said Wednesday they think they have found another new, previously unknown species off Mexico's western Pacific coast.

SpaceX launches Starship on highest test flight, crash-lands

SpaceX launched its shiny, bullet-shaped, straight-out-of-science fiction Starship several miles into the air from a remote corner of Texas on Wednesday, but the 6 1/2-minute test flight ended in an explosive fireball at touchdown.

First woman, next man on moon will come from these NASA 18

NASA has named the 18 astronauts—half of them women—who will train for its Artemis moon-landing program.

France imposes 135 mn euros in fines on Google, Amazon

France's CNIL data privacy watchdog said Thursday it had fined two Google units a total of 100 million euros and an Amazon subsidiary 35 million euros over advertising cookies.

Airbnb, resilient in pandemic, goes forward with IPO

Airbnb proved its resilience in a year that has upended global travel. Now it needs to prove to investors that it sees more growth ahead.

source https://techxplore.com/news/2020-12-airbnb-resilient-pandemic-ipo.html

Google CEO says company will review AI scholar's abrupt exit

Google CEO Sundar Pichai has apologized for how a prominent artificial intelligence researcher's abrupt departure last week has "seeded doubts" in the company.

source https://techxplore.com/news/2020-12-google-ceo-company-ai-scholar.html

Researchers say new species of beaked whale found off Mexico

Researchers looking for an elusive species of beaked whale said Wednesday they think they have found another new, previously unknown species off Mexico's western Pacific coast.

source https://phys.org/news/2020-12-species-beaked-whale-mexico.html

SpaceX launches Starship on highest test flight, crash-lands

SpaceX launched its shiny, bullet-shaped, straight-out-of-science fiction Starship several miles into the air from a remote corner of Texas on Wednesday, but the 6 1/2-minute test flight ended in an explosive fireball at touchdown.

source https://phys.org/news/2020-12-spacex-starship-highest-flight-crash-lands.html

First woman, next man on moon will come from these NASA 18

NASA has named the 18 astronauts—half of them women—who will train for its Artemis moon-landing program.

source https://phys.org/news/2020-12-woman-moon-nasa.html

France imposes 135 mn euros in fines on Google, Amazon

France's CNIL data privacy watchdog said Thursday it had fined two Google units a total of 100 million euros and an Amazon subsidiary 35 million euros over advertising cookies.

source https://techxplore.com/news/2020-12-france-imposes-mn-euros-fines.html