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Study Reveals Alarming Teen Distracted Driving Trends

Prevent Injuries While Biking: Expert Tips from Dr. Sanj Kakar

Covid Disruption Spurs Rise in Non-Covid Illnesses

Study Reveals Serum Calcitonin Predicts Lymph Node Metastasis

Forensic Pathologists' Vital Role in Public Health

Child Tax Credit Boost Reduces Child Poverty, Reversal Looms

Medical Community Turns to Bacteriophages for Superbug Fight

Protein Linked to Alzheimer's Aids Lung Cancer Brain Metastasis

Study Reveals High Granzyme Levels in Early Rheumatoid Arthritis

Gender's Influence on Alcohol's Decision-Making Impact

Breakthrough: Mouse Models for Testing Childhood Neurological Disorder

Neuroscientists Struggle with Building Simple Models

Speckle Contrast Optical Spectroscopy for Blood Pressure Monitoring

Antibodies and Soil Microbe Compound Fight Blood Cancer

Researchers Uncover Process Behind Barrett's Esophagus

Male Patients with Hidradenitis Suppurativa Report Improved Physician Communication

Bowel Preparation Costs Impact Colonoscopy Screening

Obesity Linked to Financial Hardship & Food Insecurity

Genetic Link Found Between Ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia

Dyslexia Study: Motor Activities Boost Reading Speed

Study Reveals Health Care Disparities for Adults with Disabilities

UCLA Researchers Develop AI System for EHR Transformation

Effects of Overtraining on Human Body: Risks & Symptoms

Theater Intervention Boosts Parkinson's Patients' Well-Being

Researchers at Lund University Track Aneurysm Formation in Mice

Confusion Persists: When to Start Regular Mammograms

Study Reveals Link Between Expressing Love and Well-Being

WHO Declares Second Public Health Emergency for Mpox

New Funding Approach for ALS Clinical Trials Introduced

Secret Revealed: Cheek Wound Healing Discovery

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Cherry Tomato Farms Thrive in Morocco's Chtouka Amid Drought

Gigablue Sells 200,000 Carbon Credits for Climate Tech

Swiss Pine Forest: Testing Treetop Survival in Mist

University of East Anglia Report Raises Global Democracy Concerns

Promising Candidates for Sustainable Aviation Fuel

Green Transition Boosts Productivity in UK Economy, Reveals Climate Policy Study

Revealing Hidden Coral Life Processes with New Microscope

Vanilla Flavoring: Climate Threats to Wild Vanilla Crop

AI's Promise Falters for Marginalized Americans

Astronomers at University of Toronto Use AI to Determine Stellar Ages

Earth's Energy Balance: Satellite Measurements Since the 1960s

Innovative 3D-Printed Food from Drought-Tolerant Sorghum

Scientists Achieve Spontaneous Symmetry Breaking Milestone

Know Your Money: Key to Retirement Readiness

Heat Wave Scorches Europe, Extends to Germany

Decline of Global Shellfish Beds: Countering the Trend

"Carbon Credits Impact: Credibility Concerns in Offset Projects"

New Study Reveals Potential Drug Families for Tuberculosis

Astronomers Monitor Object Approaching from Another Star

Study Reveals Group Work Boosts Math Confidence

NASA's Lucy Mission Analyzes Data from Encounter with Asteroid

Fascinating Ways Snakes Move: Undulating, Sidewinding, Crawling

Enzymatic Recycling: Greener Alternative to Plastic Processing

Mining the Moon and Asteroids: Fiction to Reality

Global Review: Half World Endures 30 Extra Hot Days

The Impact of Education on Mental Sharpness

Harvard Researchers Explore Biological Solution for Space Habitats

Study Suggests Early Childhood Education Favors Individual Efforts

Emojis Boost Relationship Satisfaction: Study

Great Barrier Reef Corals: Parental Distance Crucial for Protection

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Topology Optimization Revolutionizing Engineering Structures

Faster topology optimization: An emerging industrial design technique gets a speed boost

West Virginia University Engineers Develop Flexible Energy Grid

Tough fuel cell can stabilize power grid by making and storing energy in extreme industrial conditions

Robots could one day crawl across the moon, and undergrads are laying the groundwork

Future Moon Exploration: Robot Rolling at CU Boulder

Tesla reports lower car sales, extending slump

Tesla Reports Hefty Drop in Auto Sales Amid Electric Vehicle Competition

Impact of AI Integration in Wearable Devices

AI-powered assistive technologies are changing how we experience and imagine public space

Researchers develop first hull-attached sensor system for predicting underwater radiated noise

South Korea Unveils Hull-Attached Sensor System for Underwater Noise Prediction

"Stretchable Foam Sensor Developed for Wide Range Sensing"

Stretchable polymer foam sensor detects wide range of motion with high sensitivity

Centaur: AI that thinks like us—and could help explain how we think

Innovative ternary alloy films pave the way for ultra-low-power memory devices

Helmholtz Munich AI Model Centaur Mimics Human Behavior

Record-High Scandium Levels in (Al,Ga,Sc)N Thin Films

Decoding Implicit Messages in Written Communication

AI might now be as good as humans at detecting emotion, political leaning and sarcasm in online conversations

Study Suggests Diesel Car Exhaust Positioning Cuts UK Air Pollution

Shifting UK car exhausts to the right could dramatically cut roadside air pollution

UCLA Study: Biological Brains and AI Share Neural Patterns

Striking parallels between biological brains and AI during social interaction suggest fundamental principles

Cheaper energy bills: AI-created materials could cool cities and spacecraft

New Materials Developed with Machine Learning for Energy Efficiency

Accountants Utilize AI to Boost Efficiency

How AI is improving accounting efficiency—without replacing jobs

Distrust in AI is on the rise—but along with healthy skepticism comes the risk of harm

Video Game Cover Art Criticized for AI Generation

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Monday, December 14, 2020

New dinosaur showed descendants how to dress to impress

Scientists have found the most elaborately dressed-to-impress dinosaur ever described and say it sheds new light on how birds such as peacocks inherited their ability to show off.

African families in UK are 'parenting in fear'

Black African families in the UK are parenting in fear of being penalized by authorities due to cultural differences and institutional racial misconceptions, according to new research published today in The British Journal of Social Work.

African families in UK are 'parenting in fear'

Black African families in the UK are parenting in fear of being penalized by authorities due to cultural differences and institutional racial misconceptions, according to new research published today in The British Journal of Social Work.

source https://phys.org/news/2020-12-african-families-uk-parenting.html

New dinosaur showed descendants how to dress to impress

Scientists have found the most elaborately dressed-to-impress dinosaur ever described and say it sheds new light on how birds such as peacocks inherited their ability to show off.

source https://phys.org/news/2020-12-dinosaur-descendants.html

Apathy could predict onset of dementia years before other symptoms

Apathy—a lack of interest or motivation—could predict the onset of some forms of dementia many years before symptoms start, offering a 'window of opportunity' to treat the disease at an early stage, according to new research from a team of scientists led by Professor James Rowe at the University of Cambridge.

Type and abundance of mouth bacteria linked to lung cancer risk in non-smokers

The type and abundance of bacteria found in the mouth may be linked to lung cancer risk in non-smokers, finds the first study of its kind, published online in the journal Thorax.

Vastly differing opioid prescribing patterns in England even in similarly deprived areas

Opioid prescribing patterns vary hugely across England, even in similarly deprived areas, reveals an analysis of general practice data, published online in the Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health.

Study reveals the devastating impact and hidden danger of type 2 diabetes diagnosis in younger adults

Type 2 diabetes and its complications are often associated with adults of middle or older age. However new research published in Diabetologia (the journal of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes [EASD]) shows that younger, rather than older, age at diabetes diagnosis are associated with a higher risk of mortality and cardiovascular disease.

Russia stages 'successful' second launch of new rocket

Russia on Monday conducted a second launch of its new heavy-class Angara rocket—the first developed after the fall of the Soviet Union—nearly six years after its maiden voyage.

Storms help Australia contain UNESCO heritage island fire

Australian firefighters have managed to control a bushfire that burned more than half of the UNESCO world heritage-listed Fraser Island, around two months after a suspected illegal campfire sparked the blaze.

Reddit snaps up TikTok rival Dubsmash

Reddit has acquired the Tik Tok-like app Dubsmash, both companies said Sunday, as big tech moves to carve out territory in the lucrative short-form video-sharing market.

US to start vaccinating as Germany returns to partial lockdown

The United States prepared to start its COVID-19 vaccination program on Monday as the nation's death toll edged towards 300,000, while Germany announced a partial lockdown over the holidays due to an explosion of cases.

Researchers reveal how our brains know when something's different

Imagine you are sitting on the couch in your living room reading. You do it almost every night. But then, suddenly, when you look up you notice this time something is different. Your favorite picture hanging on the wall is tilted ever so slightly. In a study involving epilepsy patients, National Institutes of Health scientists discovered how a set of high frequency brain waves may help us spot these kinds of differences between the past and the present.

Social media use increases belief in COVID-19 misinformation

The more people rely on social media as their main news source the more likely they are to believe misinformation about the pandemic, according to a recent survey analysis by Washington State University researcher Yan Su.

No association between COVID-19 and Guillain-Barré syndrome: study

Neuroscientists at UCL have found no significant association between COVID-19 and the potentially paralysing and sometimes fatal neurological condition Guillain-Barré syndrome.

Research reveals unexpected insights into early dinosaur's brain, eating habits and agility

A pioneering reconstruction of the brain belonging to one of the earliest dinosaurs to roam the Earth has shed new light on its possible diet and ability to move fast.

Molecule holds promise to reprogram white blood cells for better cancer treatment

Cancer immunotherapy using "designer" immune cells has revolutionized cancer treatment in recent years. In this type of therapy, T cells, a type of white blood cell, are collected from a patient's blood and subjected to genetic engineering to produce T cells carrying a synthetic molecule termed chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) that is designed to enable T cells to recognize and destroy cancer cells. Then these genetically modified CAR T cells are expanded to large quantity and infused back to the patient.

Everything you want to know about sunscreen

From safety and effectiveness to who should use sunscreen and how to apply it, Canadian dermatologists review the latest evidence and guidelines on use of sunscreen.

US agencies hacked in monthslong global cyberspying campaign

U.S. government agencies were ordered to scour their networks for malware and disconnect potentially compromised servers after authorities learned that the Treasury and Commerce departments were hacked in a monthslong global cyberespionage campaign discovered when a prominent cybersecurity firm learned it had been breached.

Endangered-species decision expected on beloved butterfly

Trump administration officials are expected to say this week whether the monarch butterfly, a colorful and familiar backyard visitor now caught in a global extinction crisis, should receive federal designation as a threatened species.

Workers riot at India iPhone factory over 'exploitation' claims

Authorities vowed to crack down on workers who went on a violent rampage at a Taiwanese-run iPhone factory in southern India over allegations of unpaid wages and exploitation, with 100 people arrested so far.

source https://techxplore.com/news/2020-12-workers-riot-india-iphone-factory.html

Russia stages 'successful' second launch of new rocket

Russia on Monday conducted a second launch of its new heavy-class Angara rocket—the first developed after the fall of the Soviet Union—nearly six years after its maiden voyage.

source https://phys.org/news/2020-12-russia-stages-successful-rocket.html

Reddit snaps up TikTok rival Dubsmash

Reddit has acquired the Tik Tok-like app Dubsmash, both companies said Sunday, as big tech moves to carve out territory in the lucrative short-form video-sharing market.

source https://techxplore.com/news/2020-12-reddit-snaps-tiktok-rival-dubsmash.html

Storms help Australia contain UNESCO heritage island fire

Australian firefighters have managed to control a bushfire that burned more than half of the UNESCO world heritage-listed Fraser Island, around two months after a suspected illegal campfire sparked the blaze.

source https://phys.org/news/2020-12-storms-australia-unesco-heritage-island.html

Social media use increases belief in COVID-19 misinformation

The more people rely on social media as their main news source the more likely they are to believe misinformation about the pandemic, according to a recent survey analysis by Washington State University researcher Yan Su.

source https://phys.org/news/2020-12-social-media-belief-covid-misinformation.html

Research reveals unexpected insights into early dinosaur's brain, eating habits and agility

A pioneering reconstruction of the brain belonging to one of the earliest dinosaurs to roam the Earth has shed new light on its possible diet and ability to move fast.

source https://phys.org/news/2020-12-reveals-unexpected-insights-early-dinosaur.html

US agencies hacked in monthslong global cyberspying campaign

U.S. government agencies were ordered to scour their networks for malware and disconnect potentially compromised servers after authorities learned that the Treasury and Commerce departments were hacked in a monthslong global cyberespionage campaign discovered when a prominent cybersecurity firm learned it had been breached.

source https://techxplore.com/news/2020-12-agencies-hacked-monthslong-global-cyberspying.html

Endangered-species decision expected on beloved butterfly

Trump administration officials are expected to say this week whether the monarch butterfly, a colorful and familiar backyard visitor now caught in a global extinction crisis, should receive federal designation as a threatened species.

source https://phys.org/news/2020-12-endangered-species-decision-beloved-butterfly.html

Scientists focus on bats for clues to prevent next pandemic

Night began to fall in Rio de Janeiro's Pedra Branca state park as four Brazilian scientists switched on their flashlights to traipse along a narrow trail of mud through dense rainforest. The researchers were on a mission: capture bats and help prevent the next global pandemic.