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U.S. Health Secretary Cancels Government Health Panel Meeting

Insomnia Linked to Alcohol Risk in College Students

Moderna's Covid-19 Vaccine Approved for At-Risk Children

Global Deaths from Aids Hit 30-Year Low, U.S. Funding Cuts Threaten Progress

Nationwide Recall of Ritz Peanut Butter Crackers

Impact of Childhood Maltreatment on Survivors

Key Role of Echocardiography in Hong Kong Heart Health

Rugby Players Question Headgear Efficacy

Revolutionizing Brain-Computer Interfaces for Memory Disorders

New Physical Fitness Test Includes Shuttle Run

Heatstroke: Risks of Overexertion in High Temperatures

Challenges in Social Communication for Autism Spectrum Disorder

Study Reveals Public Moral Judgment Escalation

Heart Orientation Impact on ECG Signals: Key Study Findings

Researchers Uncover Brain's Use of Shading

Study Reveals Gender Differences in Digestion of Milk

Bionic Knee Enhances Amputee Mobility

Innovative Device Enhances Drug Delivery to Brain

University of Adelaide Researchers Explore Semen Analysis Benefits

Fluorescent Probe Reveals Brain Cell Synapses

Families Concerned About Extreme Weather Impact on Young Children

How Humans Store Meaningful Stories in Memory

Antifungal Olorofim Shows Promise in Treating Invasive Fungal Disease

Link Found Between Toxic Metals in Mayan Breast Milk and Infant Growth

Massive Measles Outbreak in US Surpasses '90s Peak

Improved Fertility in Young Hodgkin's Lymphoma Patients

Improved Cardiovascular Risk Prediction in Diverse Ethnic Groups

FDA Releases Over 200 Decision Letters for Drug Applications

University of South Australia Study: In-Person Events Boost Well-Being

Weekly Injectable Drug for Parkinson's Disease: Life-Changing Solution

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Astronomers Spot Rare Object Beyond Solar System

Challenges in Food Safety: Pathogens and Realities

Europe Study: PE Packaging's Lower Global Warming Potential

Unveiling Centuries-Old Landscape Transformations

Promising Results: LA County's Homelessness Prevention Unit Success

Shark Migration Patterns Extended in Northeast Atlantic

Deciphering Evolutionary Arms Race in Human Cells

ESA Links with NASA's DSOC on Psyche Mission

Rising Wildfires: Georgia Tech's Solutions for Climate Impact

Study Reveals Disparity in Social Housing Access

Artificial Sweeteners Impact Environment in Wastewater

Academic Cheating Crisis: Students Misusing AI for Assignments

Neutrinos: Low-Mass Particles with Weak Interactions

Atlas Collaboration Discovers Higgs-Boson Decays, Boosts Sensitivity

Researcher at University of Manchester Examines Global AI Portrayal

James Webb Space Telescope Delivers Stunning Science

Decline of Great Lakes Whitefish: A Warning from State Biologist

Key Role of Phot1 in Plant Phototropism

Utilizing Coordination Nanosheets for Energy Storage

Indian Ocean Fisheries Vital for Global Nutrition

Optical Chip Revolutionizes AI Power Efficiency

Nasa Picks Three Moon Instruments

Choosing the Perfect Wine for a Dinner Party

Parasitic Egg-Eating Worms: Blue Crabs' Reality in Chesapeake

Cordyceps Unilateralis: Real Species Mirrors "The Last of Us"

The Vital Role of Tungsten in High-Tech Industries

Breakthrough Miniaturized Spectrometer Tech Developed

New Recipe for Self-Strengthening Muscle-Like Hydrogel

Researchers Map Protein Localization Changes with High-Throughput System

Microsoft Research AI Introduces BioEmu for Protein Modeling

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Tallest Steel-Framed Building Tests Earthquake Resilience

Engineers shake tallest steel-framed building ever tested on an earthquake simulator

Novel Communications System ZEN Enhances AI Training

Autonomous Shuttles Revolutionize Public Transport

Beating the AI bottleneck: Communications innovation could markedly improve AI training process

New Airport Security Screener: HEXWAVE Evaluation for PreCheck

Walk-through screening system enhances security at airports nationwide

High acceptance and potential of autonomous shuttles as an opportunity for local public transport

Researcher develops generative learning model to predict falls

Texas Tech Study: AI Model Detects Instability for Fall Prevention

Bitcoin Surpasses $118,000 Mark, Flood of Money Boosts ETFs

Bitcoin tops $118,000 for the first time, and keeps on going

Improved Electricity Demand Forecasting with Group Encoding

Detecting electricity demand patterns using a new method for high-dimensional binary data

Microsoft Donates $4 Billion for AI Education

A week after layoffs linked to AI cost, Microsoft pledges $4B to AI education

World's First Solid-State Hydrogen Storage Material Developed

Solid-state alloy enables safe, low-cost hydrogen storage and transport

World-first study uses First Nations calendars for solar power forecasting

First Nations Seasonal Calendars Enhance Solar Power Forecasting

Animal-inspired AI robot learns to navigate unfamiliar terrain

AI System Enables Four-Legged Robot to Adapt Gait

Solar Power Tops EU Energy Sources in June

Solar becomes Europe's main energy source in June: consultants

Enhanced geothermal systems: An underground tech surfaces as a serious clean energy contender

Earth's Heat Power Could Supply 20% US Electricity by 2050

AI device startup that sued OpenAI and Jony Ive is now suing its own ex-employee over trade secrets

Openai's Chatbot Communication Contest Sparks Trademark Dispute

Wimbledon 2025: Absence of Human Line Judges

Wimbledon's electronic line-calling system shows that we still can't replace human judgment

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Friday, December 11, 2020

No deal Brexit could have detrimental impact for people in UK living with a rare disease

Experts have warned that a 'no deal' Brexit will result in the exclusion of the UK from the 24 European Reference Networks (ERNs) that were established to improve the care of patients bearing the lifelong burden of a rare disease, which require highly specialised diagnosis and treatment.

Rectal cancer patients who 'watch and wait' may only need few years of stringent follow-up

An international team of scientists, including doctors from the Champalimaud Clinical Centre, in Lisbon, has just published results in the prestigious journal The Lancet Oncology that suggest that the majority of rectal cancer patients may be able, in the not so distant future, to replace aggressive colorectal surgery with a course of radiochemotherapy and few years of close surveillance. All this with a very low probability of seeing their tumor regrow locally or leading to the development of distant metastases later on if they survived the first years after treatment without signs of reappearance of the tumor.

They got the placebo—should they be next in line for vaccine?

With America poised to become the next country to approve a COVID-19 vaccine, authorities find themselves facing an ethical dilemma: when to give trial participants who received a placebo the real deal.

Sanofi, GSK Covid vaccine delayed until end of 2021

France's Sanofi and Britain's GSK said Friday their COVID-19 vaccines will not be ready until the end of 2021, after interim results showed a low immune response in older adults.

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.

Egypt receives 1st shipment of Chinese vaccine tested in UAE

Egypt on Thursday received its first shipment of a Chinese coronavirus vaccine, which was tested in the United Arab Emirates and is said to be 86% effective.

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.

EU leaders struggle to break deadlock on climate deal

European Union leaders were still looking Friday for an agreement to cut the bloc's net greenhouse gas emissions by at least 55% by the end of the decade compared to 1990 levels following a night of intense discussions.

US panel endorses widespread use of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine

A U.S. government advisory panel endorsed widespread use of Pfizer's coronavirus vaccine Thursday, putting the country just one step away from launching an epic vaccination campaign against the outbreak that has killed close to 300,000 Americans.

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.

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+.