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Scientists Create Liquid Fuel That Can Store The Sun's Energy For Up to 18 Years
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The hidden treasure of digital piracy? Can boost bottom line for manufacturers, retailers
Research analysis finds that a moderate level of piracy can have a positive impact on the bottom line for both the manufacturer and the retailer — and not at the expense of consumers.
15h
New family of fungi threatens a UNESCO-listed 8-century-old cathedral in Portugal
A peculiar fungus was retrieved from an artwork in the Old Cathedral of Coimbra, Portugal during a multi-disciplinary scientific survey. The organism was found to belong to the group of microcolonial black fungi, which are infamous amongst conservationists and biologists who care for historic monuments. They cause significant biodeterioration to stone monuments due to their successful adaptation t
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In test of wisdom, new research favors Yoda over Spock
A person's ability to reason wisely about a challenging situation may improve when they also experience diverse yet balanced emotions, say researchers from the University of Waterloo.
5h
World's Oldest Nobel Prize Winner Says His New Device Will Give Clean, Cheap Energy
The 96-year-old is making "dirt cheap" electricity.
9h
Retreating Ice Exposes Arctic Landscape Unseen for 120,000 Years
As the Arctic melts, ancient vegetation is revealed.
9h
Molecular analysis of anchiornis feather gives clues to origin of flight
An international team of researchers has performed molecular analysis on fossil feathers from a small, feathered dinosaur from the Jurassic. Their research could aid scientists in pinpointing when feathers evolved the capacity for flight during the dinosaur-bird transition.
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Converting Wi-Fi signals to electricity with new 2D materials
Imagine a world where smartphones, laptops, wearables, and other electronics are powered without batteries. Researchers have taken a step in that direction, with the first fully flexible device that can convert energy from Wi-Fi signals into electricity that could power electronics.
4h
All-photonic quantum repeaters could lead to a faster, more secure global quantum internet
Engineering researchers have demonstrated proof-of-principle for a device that could serve as the backbone of a future quantum Internet. University of Toronto Engineering professor Hoi-Kwong Lo and his collaborators have developed a prototype for a key element for all-photonic quantum repeaters, a critical step in long-distance quantum communication.
10h
Missing-link in planet evolution found
For the first time ever, astronomers have detected a 1.3 km radius body at the edge of the solar system. Kilometer-sized bodies like the one discovered have been predicted to exist for more than 70 years. These objects acted as an important step in the planet formation process between small initial amalgamations of dust and ice and the planets we see today.
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Trevor, the World's Loneliest Duck, Has Died As He Lived — Alone in a Puddle
Known as the only duck on the small west Pacific island of Niue (population around 1,600), Trevor was found dead in the roadside puddle he called home on Friday (Jan. 25).
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The power of women's anger | Soraya Chemaly
Anger is a powerful emotion — it warns us of threat, insult, indignity and harm. But across the world, girls and women are taught that their anger is better left unvoiced, says author Soraya Chemaly. Why is that, and what might we lose in this silence? In a provocative, thoughtful talk, Chemaly explores the dangerous lie that anger isn't feminine, showing how women's rage is justified, healthy an
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Platinum forms nano-bubbles
Platinum, a noble metal, is oxidised more quickly than expected under conditions that are technologically relevant. This has emerged from a study jointly conducted by the DESY NanoLab and the University of Vienna. Devices that contain platinum, such as the catalytic converters used to reduce exhaust emissions in cars, can suffer a loss in efficacy as a result of this reaction. A team led by princi
8h
A 'compelling call' for pediatricians to discuss firearm safety
The Children's commentators point to the 'extremely dangerous' combination of 'the small curious hands of a young child' and 'the easily accessible and operable, loaded handgun' and suggest that pediatricians who counsel families about safely storing weapons tailor messaging to the weapon type and the family's reason for owning a firearm.
15h
'Superbug gene' found in one of the most remote places on Earth
Antibiotic-Resistant Genes (ARGs) that were first detected in urban India have been found 8,000 miles away in one of the last 'pristine' places on earth, a new study has shown.
13h
Howard Schultz May Save the Democratic Party From Itself
The Starbucks founder Howard Schultz is the Twitter villain of the hour. If hot takes actually generated heat, Schultz would already have been vaporized under the onrush of magma. His offense: contemplating a run for president as a self-funded independent centrist. Many people could raise a legitimate complaint against this expensive plan, starting with Schultz’s heirs. But the Twitter complaints
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Nonlinear integrated quantum electro-optic circuits
Physicists envision that the future of quantum computation networks will contain scalable, monolithic circuits, which include advanced functionalities on a single physical substrate. While substantial progress has already been made for a variety of applications on different platforms, the range of diverse photonic states that can be manipulated on demand on a single chip remain limited. This is sp
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Could an extremophile hold the secret to treatment of devastating injuries?
Water bear. Moss piglet. Tardigrade
8h
The Trump Administration Is Jeopardizing Public Health
The EPA has been transformed from an environmental guardian into an agency that eschews science and uses cost-benefit analyses to reject regulations that would protect the public — Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
5h
'Bug bombs' are ineffective killing roaches indoors, leave behind toxic residue
Total release foggers, commonly known as "bug bombs," are ineffective at removing cockroaches from indoor environments, according to a new study from North Carolina State University.
13h
What you eat could impact your brain and memory
High levels of a satiety hormone could decrease a person's likelihood of developing Alzheimer's disease. For individuals who have higher levels of the hormone, their chance of having mild cognitive impairment or Alzheimer's disease decreased by 65 percent.
3h
Genetically Modified Chickens Lay Eggs Containing Anti-Cancer Drug
Chicken/Egg Problem The eggs laid by a group of “pampered” hens in the U.K. contain something special in their whites. After researchers from the University of Edinburgh spliced a human gene into the chickens’ DNA, the animals began laying eggs boasting a significant amount of two proteins used to treat diseases including cancer in humans — and the process, they say, is far cheaper than current m
3h
Wes Anderson Is Under Edward Gorey’s Spell
As a smelly little boarding-school boy, I could have done with some Edward Gorey. His lunar campness, his toys-in-the-attic surrealism, his easy way with cruelty, and his remote compassion, coldly and distantly flaming—all of this would have nourished and amplified my child-mind. His tiny, twisted books would have helped my development. But I grew up in England, where—despite his rarefied Angloph
7h
Hens that lay human proteins in eggs offer future therapy hope
Chickens that are genetically modified to produce human proteins in their eggs can offer a cost-effective method of producing certain types of drugs, research suggests.
13h
Scientists bring new insight into how animals see
Scientists from The University of Manchester have found a way to trick the eye into thinking the world is brighter than it actually is.
8h
Junk Science or the Real Thing? ‘Inference’ Publishes Both.
One thing is clear: Inference’s inclusion of demonstrably pseudoscientific writing alongside the work of highly regarded researchers puts the two on equal footing — a false equivalence that gives creationism and climate denial an air of legitimacy that is not only unwarranted, but misleading to readers.
11h
Så vetenskaplig är nya rymdfilmen Aniara
Nobelprisvinnaren Harry Martinsons klassiska epos Aniara har blivit långfilm. Men kan man verkligen bygga en hiss till rymden och kan alger effektivt producera syre på ett rymdskepp? Vi lät en professor i astronomi titta på filmen och utvärdera vetenskapen.
12h
Hens that lay human proteins in eggs offer future therapy hope
Chickens that are genetically modified to produce human proteins in their eggs can offer a cost-effective method of producing certain types of drugs, research suggests. Researchers say the findings provide sound evidence for using chickens as a cheap method of producing high quality drugs for use in research studies and, potentially one day, in patients.
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The cause of Alzheimer’s may be gum disease
Bacteria in periodontitis seems to be the culprit. Reported amyloid and tau buildups may be a response, not a cause. Compelling research offers a genuine reason for optimism. Dementia is now the fifth leading cause of death around the world, and 70 percent of that is due to Alzheimer's disease. Until now, experts have been baffled by what causes it, and powerless at slowing or reversing the cruel
3h
Scientists may have found a way to kill cancer cells without chemotherapy
Researchers at Northwestern have discovered a genetic "kill code" that might enable the destruction of cancer cells. This novel new therapy "downstream" of chemo might destroy cancer cells without affecting the body's immune system. While no animal trials have been conducted, this potential therapy could signal the demise of chemotherapy. None One of the biggest criticisms about our current appro
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GM chickens lay eggs to help fight cancer
Researchers have genetically modified chickens to lay eggs which contain drugs that fight cancer.
20h
Ancient Carved 'Drums' Give Exact Stonehenge Measurements, Say Archaeologists
Highly decorated chalk cylinders, carved in Britain more than 4,000 years ago, could be ancient replicas of measuring devices used for laying out Stonehenge.
9h
It’s time to start taking the search for E.T. seriously, astronomers say
Astronomers are hoping to make looking for alien technology an official science goal of NASA.
9h
Flertal uden om regeringen vil gennemtvinge jernbane over Vestfyn
Et politisk flertal har fået nok af at vente på, at regeringen selv fremsætter en anlægslov for en ny fynsk jernbane til 4,5 milliarder. Pengene skal findes på finansloven.
9h
Trump Is Destroying His Own Case for a National Emergency
It has now been more than three weeks since President Donald Trump first began his public flirtation with declaring a national emergency as a way of getting funding to build a wall on the southern border. At first he seemed intent on declaring an emergency immediately. Within days, though, he began saying that he was in no hurry to pull that trigger. On Friday, even as he abruptly caved and allow
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Kamala Harris’s Show of Strength
OAKLAND, Calif.—The funny little secret about the Democratic presidential primary right now is that no one knows what’s going to work. Everyone has theories. Arguments. Cases that consultants and aides have been making to one another, and to their respective candidates, for months. Some have maps through the states; some are pinning their hopes on dreams of being lifted up by media attention or s
8h
Biochemist in Spain retracts eight papers at once
A high-profile researcher at the Universidad de Oviedo in Spain has retracted eight papers from the Journal of Biological Chemistry for figure issues. All of the papers were co-authored by Carlos López-Otín, who studies a group of enzymes that break down proteins, cancer genomics and aging, and whose lab web site boasts that His works … Continue reading Biochemist in Spain retracts eight papers at
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Space technology predicts droughts several months in advance
Scientists from The Australian National University (ANU) have used new space technology to predict droughts and increased bushfire risk up to five months in advance.
5h
This Elon Musk interview from 1999 explains his success
Elon Musk saw that you could make money on the internet back in 1995, when most people didn't. He explains that he's not interested in money as much as in starting companies. Musk likes to pursue new ideas like a "new game". None How did Elon Musk, the billionaire entrepreneur behind such game-changing tech ventures as SpaceX , Tesla Motors , The Boring Company , and Neuralink , achieve so much?
19h
Doctors Can Now Get a Detailed Look Inside Your Capillaries
Detail Oriented You have more than 40 billion hair-thin capillaries in your body and for the most part their inner workings remain a mystery despite their importance in distributing oxygen to your cells. We may soon know a whole lot more about capillaries thanks to the work of a research team from Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois which developed a new tool that images blood flow thro
23h
Antivaccine pseudoscience disguised as autism advocacy in the Minnesota legislature
Recently, Sen. Jim Abeler of Minnesota created the MN Autism Council, an advisory panel tasked with advising the legislature on autism policy. A closer look at the story reveals that Sen. Abeler is a chiropractor, two of the members are antivaxers, and one of them was a founding member tasked with forming the council. This is how antivaccine activism is disguised as autism advocacy.
12h
Study Offers Hint of Hope for Staving Off Dementia in Some People
People who received intensive treatment for hypertension were less likely to develop minor cognitive problems than those receiving standard treatment.
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Dear Therapist: I’m Dating a Divorced Man With Kids, and It’s Harder Than I Thought
Editor’s Note: Every Monday, Lori Gottlieb answers questions from readers about their problems, big and small. Have a question? Email her at dear.therapist@theatlantic.com . Dear Therapist, I’ve been dating Adam for two and a half years. I’m 33 and childless, and he’s 48, divorced, and the father of three kids. We seem to keep having the same fights about his needy ex-wife and the negative impact
8h
The Crushing Logistics of Raising a Family Paycheck to Paycheck
Stephanie Land’s new memoir, Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother’s Will to Survive , is a bracing one: When Land was 28 and unexpectedly got pregnant, she threw out her plans to study creative writing at the University of Montana in favor of raising her child. But with little support from the father and no close relatives who could help out in any meaningful way, Land soon found herself in a h
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The Terrorism That Doesn’t Spark a Panic
On Friday, the United States ended a 35-day government shutdown, the longest in history, over President Donald Trump’s demand for funding for a wall on the southern border. Hundreds of thousands of workers were missing paychecks ; food-bank lines in Washington, D.C., were full of federal employees; and air-traffic controllers were warning of potential catastrophe . The president’s strategy was pr
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Stor opdagelse: Danske børn finder 10 nye bakteriearter
Skoleelever rundt i landet har opdaget 10 arter af gavnlige mælkesyrebakterier. Det åbner blandt andet muligheden for at udvikle nærende fødevarer.
15h
'Team Human' Stresses That The Future Lies In Connection And Cooperation
Douglas Rushkoff's knowledge of digital technology shines in his new book, horrifying us with the capacities of the machines we've built — and the ways they have been used against us. (Image credit: Amr Alfiky/NPR)
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This Soft Robot Mimics Plant Tendrils To Creep and Climb
Metal Vine Soft robots have taken a page from the plant playbook. Using physical properties similar to those found in plants, researchers from the Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT) in Genoa, Italy have created a soft robot capable of creeping and climbing similar to the way plant vines do. Their research, published last week in the journal Nature Communications , could lead to an new generati
22h
This Ridiculous Startup Wants to Roast Coffee in Space
Space Roasters Centuries of technological advancements have perfected the process of roasting and brewing coffee. A global network of trade routes allows people around the world to enjoy delicious, piping hot coffee made from beans grown thousands of miles away. That’s why a startup called Space Roasters is so preposterous: it wants to roast coffee in space. “We believe it is time to revolutioniz
3h
Trump’s Lawyers Need to Worry About More Than Winning
In a remarkable series of interviews, the president’s most public lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, put on a show of unconventional lawyering. He quoted Donald Trump on the extended history of his mid-campaign negotiations with Russia over a hotel project in Russia. He quickly backtracked and restated the startling disclosure as a “hypothetical.” He wouldn’t say what the president told him, he admonished a
9h
I Went to The Pyramids – Here Is The Downside No One Talks About
All the claustrophobia, none of the treasure.
22h
The Trump Administration Is Jeopardizing Public Health
The EPA has been transformed from an environmental guardian into an agency that eschews science and uses cost-benefit analyses to reject regulations that would protect the public — Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
5h
Climate Change Survey
Climate change has certainly been a hot topic over the last year, so where do we stand in terms of public perception? Well – “The Energy Policy Institute at the University of Chicago and The AP-NORC Center conducted a national survey of 1,202 adults in November 2018 to explore Americans’ views on climate change, carbon tax and fuel efficiency standards.” Overall the survey suggests the public is
7h
New Star Maps Shed Light on Milky Way's Convulsive History
Hints of ghostly galaxies and ancient cataclysms in data from the Gaia spacecraft offer fresh insights into dark matter — Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
9h
New Star Maps Shed Light on Milky Way's Convulsive History
Hints of ghostly galaxies and ancient cataclysms in data from the Gaia spacecraft offer fresh insights into dark matter — Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
9h
The Inevitable Aging of the Internet’s Famous Pets
Several years ago, a couple from Twitter contacted Star Ritchey with a request: They wanted permission to put her name in their will. Ritchey had never met the couple before, but they wanted her to inherit their dogs. “They don’t have kids, but they have bulldogs, and they reached out and said, ‘If something happens to us, we don’t know what would happen to them,’” Ritchey told me. “They said the
4h
Welcome to the New Britain, Where Every Week Is Hell
LONDON—Theresa May is clinging on as prime minister, her Brexit withdrawal agreement is floundering, and the European Union is showing no signs of budging. Yup, it’s Crunch Week in Brexit Britain. But then again, when isn’t it? It was “ Crunch Week ” when British and EU negotiators raced to sign off on a deal late last year, it was “ Crunch Week ” when lawmakers in London rebelled against it, and
14h
'I've breathed in some crazy things from outer space' – Katie Paterson's cosmic art
The artist who once sent a meteorite back into orbit is now looking for the heavenly in Turner’s paintings, in a show that explodes with moonlight and gamma ray confetti The confetti cannon is set to go off every two weeks, firing out 3,216 pieces of paper, each colour-coded to match the gamma ray bursts that destroy entire galaxies. Nearby, a spinning wheel contains all the colours of the univer
6h
How California's Worst Oil Spill Turned Beaches Black And The Nation Green
In 1969, oil from an offshore well left beaches in Santa Barbara, Calif., coated with crude and littered with dead birds. The country's reaction helped create the modern environmental movement. (Image credit: Bettmann/Getty Images)
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An Obscure White House Staffer’s Jaw-Dropping Trump Tell-All
“T his is the worst f—ing job I’ve ever had.” So snapped John Kelly on a March morning in the West Wing, according to a new book by Cliff Sims. The chief of staff was sitting in his office, a light-filled space where the White House swimming pool was just visible beyond French doors. “People apparently think that I care when they write that I might be fired. If that ever happened, it would be the
7h
President Trump’s Numbers Game
Exactly where President Donald Trump was getting the illegal-immigration numbers he tweeted on Sunday morning was anyone’s guess. His acting chief of staff, appearing a short while later on CBS’s Face the Nation , couldn’t say. But the timing of his tweets suggests a play to shore up support among hard-liners who have excoriated him for caving on Friday to Democrats and ending the partial governm
7h
Apollo astronauts might have found a piece of Earth on the moon
A 4 billion-year-old rock found on the moon may have originally come from our planet, and could be one of the oldest Earth rocks ever seen
9h
Here's how the world picks sides in the Venezuela crisis
The U.S. has urged the world to 'pick sides' in Venezuela's constitutional crisis. This map shows which countries continue to support Maduro, and which ones have thrown their weight behind Guaidó. Could this be the first intimation of a new Cold War – or worse? Since last Wednesday, Venezuela has two presidents. The world map above shows which countries (in red) support Nicolas Maduro, whose re-e
4h
Japan Plans to Hack 200 Million Devices to Prepare for Olympics
Hack the Planet The Japanese government might soon become the world’s most prominent white hat hacker. Starting in February, Japan’s National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT) will spend up to five years on a new effort to boost the nation’s cybersecurity — by attempting to hack citizens’ internet-connected gadgets, including routers, webcams and any other internet-of-
3h
Norfolk study shows new ditches could help improve rivers
Pollution from farmers' fields that endangers fish is cut by a university-backed project.
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Pet Hedgehogs Are the Latest Source of a Salmonella Outbreak
Don't kiss or snuggle these spiky furballs.
9h
Iran's Capital City Is Being Devoured by Sinkholes
Sinkholes and fissures are opening up the earth around Tehran, Iran's capital city.
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Canadians found a safer way to transport oil and, yes, it looks like a hockey puck
Environment But petroleum shipping remains an inherently risky business. One company wants to solidify oil into hockey pucks for safer transportation, but environmental activists aren't so sure.
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Photos of the Dam Collapse Near Brumadinho, Brazil
Efforts to find remaining survivors have ramped up in towns devastated by the collapse of a huge dam, which released a torrent of muddy iron-ore waste in Southeast Brazil. On Friday, the dam, owned by the Brazilian mining company Vale, collapsed near the town of Brumadinho, sending tons of sludge down into the valley below, damaging or destroying houses, farms, and vehicles. Authorities have repo
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Can you solve it? Gems from a mathematical wonderland
The triangle, the ants and the mystery number UPDATE: Solutions can be read here Today, three puzzles from Mathigon , a remarkable maths website (about which more later). An easy one to start. Count the number of triangles in the image below. Continue reading…
13h
Alaska Schools Get Faster Internet—Partly Thanks to Global Warming
An undersea cable designed to serve hedge funds and made possible by climate change is bringing speedier internet access for isolated schools in Alaska.
9h
This App Lets Kenya’s Farmers Access Satellite Data to Monitor Crops
Using satellite data from the UN, PlantVillage monitors biomass on a plot of land, giving farmers insight into how their crops are growing.
6h
'Black Panther' Cast Came to Win at the SAG Awards
The Marvel movie had a big night on Sunday. Also, Amazon is spending lots of cash at Sundance and Deadpool is making dough in China.
1h
Los Angeles and Via Hook Up to Offer Rides to Metro Stations
The city and ride-share company are trialling a new service meant to get more people onto public transit.
2h
Privacy Groups Claim Online Ads Can Target Abuse Victims
Complaints filed in Europe claim internet companies categorize users based on potentially sensitive browsing habits, and then use those labels to target ads.
19h
SpaceX Revs Its Engines as It Gets Closer to Crewed Flight
Next month SpaceX's passenger capsule is expected to launch on an uncrewed mission—a big step towards bringing human spaceflight back to the US.
7h
The Terrorism That Doesn’t Spark a Panic
On Friday, the United States ended a 35-day government shutdown, the longest in history, over President Donald Trump’s demand for funding for a wall on the southern border. Hundreds of thousands of workers were missing paychecks ; food-bank lines in Washington, D.C., were full of federal employees; and air-traffic controllers were warning of potential catastrophe . The president’s strategy was pr
9h
I Went to The Pyramids – Here Is The Downside No One Talks About
All the claustrophobia, none of the treasure.
22h
President Trump’s Numbers Game
Exactly where President Donald Trump was getting the illegal-immigration numbers he tweeted on Sunday morning was anyone’s guess. His acting chief of staff, appearing a short while later on CBS’s Face the Nation , couldn’t say. But the timing of his tweets suggests a play to shore up support among hard-liners who have excoriated him for caving on Friday to Democrats and ending the partial governm
7h
An Obscure White House Staffer’s Jaw-Dropping Trump Tell-All
“T his is the worst f—ing job I’ve ever had.” So snapped John Kelly on a March morning in the West Wing, according to a new book by Cliff Sims. The chief of staff was sitting in his office, a light-filled space where the White House swimming pool was just visible beyond French doors. “People apparently think that I care when they write that I might be fired. If that ever happened, it would be the
7h
How California's Worst Oil Spill Turned Beaches Black And The Nation Green
In 1969, oil from an offshore well left beaches in Santa Barbara, Calif., coated with crude and littered with dead birds. The country's reaction helped create the modern environmental movement. (Image credit: Bettmann/Getty Images)
10h
The Crushing Logistics of Raising a Family Paycheck to Paycheck
Stephanie Land’s new memoir, Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother’s Will to Survive , is a bracing one: When Land was 28 and unexpectedly got pregnant, she threw out her plans to study creative writing at the University of Montana in favor of raising her child. But with little support from the father and no close relatives who could help out in any meaningful way, Land soon found herself in a h
5h
Dear Therapist: I’m Dating a Divorced Man With Kids, and It’s Harder Than I Thought
Editor’s Note: Every Monday, Lori Gottlieb answers questions from readers about their problems, big and small. Have a question? Email her at dear.therapist@theatlantic.com . Dear Therapist, I’ve been dating Adam for two and a half years. I’m 33 and childless, and he’s 48, divorced, and the father of three kids. We seem to keep having the same fights about his needy ex-wife and the negative impact
8h
Study Offers Hint of Hope for Staving Off Dementia in Some People
People who received intensive treatment for hypertension were less likely to develop minor cognitive problems than those receiving standard treatment.
4h
Antivaccine pseudoscience disguised as autism advocacy in the Minnesota legislature
Recently, Sen. Jim Abeler of Minnesota created the MN Autism Council, an advisory panel tasked with advising the legislature on autism policy. A closer look at the story reveals that Sen. Abeler is a chiropractor, two of the members are antivaxers, and one of them was a founding member tasked with forming the council. This is how antivaccine activism is disguised as autism advocacy.
12h
Doctors Can Now Get a Detailed Look Inside Your Capillaries
Detail Oriented You have more than 40 billion hair-thin capillaries in your body and for the most part their inner workings remain a mystery despite their importance in distributing oxygen to your cells. We may soon know a whole lot more about capillaries thanks to the work of a research team from Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois which developed a new tool that images blood flow thro
23h
This Elon Musk interview from 1999 explains his success
Elon Musk saw that you could make money on the internet back in 1995, when most people didn't. He explains that he's not interested in money as much as in starting companies. Musk likes to pursue new ideas like a "new game". None How did Elon Musk, the billionaire entrepreneur behind such game-changing tech ventures as SpaceX , Tesla Motors , The Boring Company , and Neuralink , achieve so much?
19h
'Team Human' Stresses That The Future Lies In Connection And Cooperation
Douglas Rushkoff's knowledge of digital technology shines in his new book, horrifying us with the capacities of the machines we've built — and the ways they have been used against us. (Image credit: Amr Alfiky/NPR)
10h
Stor opdagelse: Danske børn finder 10 nye bakteriearter
Skoleelever rundt i landet har opdaget 10 arter af gavnlige mælkesyrebakterier. Det åbner blandt andet muligheden for at udvikle nærende fødevarer.
15h
Trump’s Lawyers Need to Worry About More Than Winning
In a remarkable series of interviews, the president’s most public lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, put on a show of unconventional lawyering. He quoted Donald Trump on the extended history of his mid-campaign negotiations with Russia over a hotel project in Russia. He quickly backtracked and restated the startling disclosure as a “hypothetical.” He wouldn’t say what the president told him, he admonished a
9h
This Ridiculous Startup Wants to Roast Coffee in Space
Space Roasters Centuries of technological advancements have perfected the process of roasting and brewing coffee. A global network of trade routes allows people around the world to enjoy delicious, piping hot coffee made from beans grown thousands of miles away. That’s why a startup called Space Roasters is so preposterous: it wants to roast coffee in space. “We believe it is time to revolutioniz
3h
This Soft Robot Mimics Plant Tendrils To Creep and Climb
Metal Vine Soft robots have taken a page from the plant playbook. Using physical properties similar to those found in plants, researchers from the Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT) in Genoa, Italy have created a soft robot capable of creeping and climbing similar to the way plant vines do. Their research, published last week in the journal Nature Communications , could lead to an new generati
22h
'I've breathed in some crazy things from outer space' – Katie Paterson's cosmic art
The artist who once sent a meteorite back into orbit is now looking for the heavenly in Turner’s paintings, in a show that explodes with moonlight and gamma ray confetti The confetti cannon is set to go off every two weeks, firing out 3,216 pieces of paper, each colour-coded to match the gamma ray bursts that destroy entire galaxies. Nearby, a spinning wheel contains all the colours of the univer
6h
Welcome to the New Britain, Where Every Week Is Hell
LONDON—Theresa May is clinging on as prime minister, her Brexit withdrawal agreement is floundering, and the European Union is showing no signs of budging. Yup, it’s Crunch Week in Brexit Britain. But then again, when isn’t it? It was “ Crunch Week ” when British and EU negotiators raced to sign off on a deal late last year, it was “ Crunch Week ” when lawmakers in London rebelled against it, and
14h
The Inevitable Aging of the Internet’s Famous Pets
Several years ago, a couple from Twitter contacted Star Ritchey with a request: They wanted permission to put her name in their will. Ritchey had never met the couple before, but they wanted her to inherit their dogs. “They don’t have kids, but they have bulldogs, and they reached out and said, ‘If something happens to us, we don’t know what would happen to them,’” Ritchey told me. “They said the
4h
New Star Maps Shed Light on Milky Way's Convulsive History
Hints of ghostly galaxies and ancient cataclysms in data from the Gaia spacecraft offer fresh insights into dark matter — Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
9h
New Star Maps Shed Light on Milky Way's Convulsive History
Hints of ghostly galaxies and ancient cataclysms in data from the Gaia spacecraft offer fresh insights into dark matter — Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
9h
Climate Change Survey
Climate change has certainly been a hot topic over the last year, so where do we stand in terms of public perception? Well – “The Energy Policy Institute at the University of Chicago and The AP-NORC Center conducted a national survey of 1,202 adults in November 2018 to explore Americans’ views on climate change, carbon tax and fuel efficiency standards.” Overall the survey suggests the public is
7h
The Trump Administration Is Jeopardizing Public Health
The EPA has been transformed from an environmental guardian into an agency that eschews science and uses cost-benefit analyses to reject regulations that would protect the public — Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
5h
The U.S.-China Trade War Isn’t Going Anywhere
As trade talks between the United States and China resume this week, there is optimism that the world’s two largest economies can reach a deal to end their destabilizing dispute: With the Chinese economy slowing and President Donald Trump in need of some good political news, both sides face pressure to compromise. A settlement, if it happens, would probably calm jittery investors and remove some
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The U.S.-China Trade War Isn’t Going Anywhere
As trade talks between the United States and China resume this week, there is optimism that the world’s two largest economies can reach a deal to end their destabilizing dispute: With the Chinese economy slowing and President Donald Trump in need of some good political news, both sides face pressure to compromise. A settlement, if it happens, would probably calm jittery investors and remove some
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HabitLab Browser Extension Curbs Your Time Wasted on the Web
A new Stanford University project turns your bad browsing habits into actionable advice—and precious data.
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HabitLab Browser Extension Curbs Your Time Wasted on the Web
A new Stanford University project turns your bad browsing habits into actionable advice—and precious data.
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Study links high levels of screen time to slower child development
Researchers say children who used screens more did worse in tests, but findings are disputed A study has linked high levels of screen time with delayed development in children, reigniting the row over the extent to which parents should limit how long their offspring spend with electronic devices. Researchers in Canada say children who spent more time with screens at two years of age did worse on
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A Controversial Fertility Treatment Gets Its First Big Test
Although stalled in the US, a technique often called three-person IVF is gaining ground in Europe, where a pilot trial is now under way.
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A Controversial Fertility Treatment Gets Its First Big Test
Although stalled in the US, a technique often called three-person IVF is gaining ground in Europe, where a pilot trial is now under way.
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Study links high levels of screen time to slower child development
Researchers say children who used screens more did worse in tests, but findings are disputed A study has linked high levels of screen time with delayed development in children, reigniting the row over the extent to which parents should limit how long their offspring spend with electronic devices. Researchers in Canada say children who spent more time with screens at two years of age did worse on
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Why modern javelin throwers hurled Neandertal spears at hay bales
A sporting event with replica weapons suggests that Neandertals’ spears may have been made for throwing, not just stabbing.
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Why modern javelin throwers hurled Neandertal spears at hay bales
A sporting event with replica weapons suggests that Neandertals’ spears may have been made for throwing, not just stabbing.
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How light-farming chloroplasts morph into defensive warriors
Researchers now know which protein triggers light-harvesting plant chloroplasts to turn into cell defenders when a pathogen attacks.
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How light-farming chloroplasts morph into defensive warriors
Researchers now know which protein triggers light-harvesting plant chloroplasts to turn into cell defenders when a pathogen attacks.
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There Are 'Superbug' Genes in the Arctic. They Definitely Shouldn't Be There.
A "superbug" gene that was first detected in India has now been found thousands of miles away in a remote region of the Arctic.
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There Are 'Superbug' Genes in the Arctic. They Definitely Shouldn't Be There.
A "superbug" gene that was first detected in India has now been found thousands of miles away in a remote region of the Arctic.
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In Photos: The Vanishing Ice of Baffin Island
As the ice caps on Baffin Island shrink, the landscape beneath is seeing the light of day for the first time in perhaps 120,000 years. Here’s a look at the stark and humbling beauty.
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In Photos: The Vanishing Ice of Baffin Island
As the ice caps on Baffin Island shrink, the landscape beneath is seeing the light of day for the first time in perhaps 120,000 years. Here’s a look at the stark and humbling beauty.
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The Trouble With Turbulence
Fluids should be easy. They’re ordinary, classical things — water, air currents, maple syrup — described by physical laws first written down nearly two centuries ago. And yet when a tornado rips open the roof of the table-tennis factory, just try to predict where all the pingpong balls are going to land. This is hard because of turbulence, a problem that gives physicists and mathematicians more t
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The Trouble With Turbulence
Fluids should be easy. They’re ordinary, classical things — water, air currents, maple syrup — described by physical laws first written down nearly two centuries ago. And yet when a tornado rips open the roof of the table-tennis factory, just try to predict where all the pingpong balls are going to land. This is hard because of turbulence, a problem that gives physicists and mathematicians more t
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When Physicians Need to Ask for Help
I learned during my last year of medical training—the most difficult year of my life—that “going it alone” did not make me stronger — Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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When Physicians Need to Ask for Help
I learned during my last year of medical training—the most difficult year of my life—that “going it alone” did not make me stronger — Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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When Physicians Need to Ask for Help
I learned during my last year of medical training—the most difficult year of my life—that “going it alone” did not make me stronger — Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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When Physicians Need to Ask for Help
I learned during my last year of medical training—the most difficult year of my life—that “going it alone” did not make me stronger — Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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Matter: Germs in Your Gut Are Talking to Your Brain. Scientists Want to Know What They’re Saying.
The body’s microbial community may influence the brain and behavior, perhaps even playing a role in dementia, autism and other disorders.
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Superman: America's Jewish superhero?
Superman was created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Schuster, the children of Jewish immigrants, right when the world was contending with growing anti-Semitism. The experience of Jewish immigrants in America and Superman's own fictional origins have striking similarities. Though this theory has its critics, there seem to be too many parallels to dismiss it out of hand. None In the mid-19th century, an i
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Visualizing your partner's face can lower stress levels
A new study shows just thinking about your partner's face can lower stress. Those who pictured their significant other during a stress test had lower blood pressure increases than those who didn't. The results add to the pile of research that shows how great being in a relationship is for your health. A new study from the University of Arizona shows that thinking about your significant other's fa
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Superman: America's Jewish superhero?
Superman was created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Schuster, the children of Jewish immigrants, right when the world was contending with growing anti-Semitism. The experience of Jewish immigrants in America and Superman's own fictional origins have striking similarities. Though this theory has its critics, there seem to be too many parallels to dismiss it out of hand. None In the mid-19th century, an i
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Fake trees could help us fight climate change
Nexus Media News Researchers say artificial photosynthesis can clean up atmospheric carbon pollution. New research indicates that artificial photosynthesis could stave off carbon pollution in the future.
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Fake trees could help us fight climate change
Nexus Media News Researchers say artificial photosynthesis can clean up atmospheric carbon pollution. New research indicates that artificial photosynthesis could stave off carbon pollution in the future.
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Lakes 'skating on thin ice' as warming limits freeze
Thousands of lakes are set to lose their ice cover within a generation due to rising temperatures.
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Lakes 'skating on thin ice' as warming limits freeze
Thousands of lakes are set to lose their ice cover within a generation due to rising temperatures.
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Humans colonized diverse environments in Southeast Asia and Oceania during the Pleistocene
Investigations into what it means to be human have often focused on attempts to uncover the earliest material traces of 'art', 'language', or technological 'complexity'. More recently, scholars have begun to argue that more attention should be paid to the ecological uniqueness of our species. A new study, published in Archaeological Research in Asia, reviews the palaeoecological information associ
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Humans colonized diverse environments in Southeast Asia and Oceania during the Pleistocene
Investigations into what it means to be human have often focused on attempts to uncover the earliest material traces of 'art', 'language', or technological 'complexity'. More recently, scholars have begun to argue that more attention should be paid to the ecological uniqueness of our species. A new study, published in Archaeological Research in Asia, reviews the palaeoecological information associ
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For endangered lemurs, internet fame has a dark side
A ring-tailed lemur named Sefo became an internet sensation in 2016 when a video of him demanding back scratches from two boys was viewed 20 million times in a week. Now, a new study of Twitter activity shows that viral videos of seemingly cuddly endangered animals can have a dark side too — by fueling demand for them as pets.
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For endangered lemurs, internet fame has a dark side
A ring-tailed lemur named Sefo became an internet sensation in 2016 when a video of him demanding back scratches from two boys was viewed 20 million times in a week. Now, a new study of Twitter activity shows that viral videos of seemingly cuddly endangered animals can have a dark side too — by fueling demand for them as pets.
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Fejl i nødstrømsanlæg: Operationer stoppet ved strømsvigt på hospital
Det blev et lærerigt strømsvigt på Hvidovre Hospital. Enkelte steder var kritisk udstyr ikke sikret med batteridreven nødstrøm.
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Three luminous blue variable candidates found in the galaxy NGC 4736
Russian astronomers have identified three new luminous blue variable (LBV) candidates in the star-forming galaxy NGC 4736. While one of the three newly found candidates was confirmed to be an LBV, the nature of the remaining two remains uncertain. The discovery is presented in a paper published January 16 on arXiv.org.
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Which Allergens Are in Your Food? You Can’t Always Tell From the Labels
Despite federal legislation passed 15 years ago, food labels don’t always alert consumers to allergens that may be present in packaged goods.
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Three luminous blue variable candidates found in the galaxy NGC 4736
Russian astronomers have identified three new luminous blue variable (LBV) candidates in the star-forming galaxy NGC 4736. While one of the three newly found candidates was confirmed to be an LBV, the nature of the remaining two remains uncertain. The discovery is presented in a paper published January 16 on arXiv.org.
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Fejl i nødstrømsanlæg: Operationer stoppet ved strømsvigt på hospital
Det blev et lærerigt strømsvigt på Hvidovre Hospital. Enkelte steder var kritisk udstyr ikke sikret med batteridreven nødstrøm.
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Can AI Tell the Difference Between a Polar Bear and a Can Opener?
Scarcely a day goes by without another headline about neural networks: some new task that deep learning algorithms can excel at, approaching or even surpassing human competence. As the application of this approach to computer vision has continued to improve , with algorithms capable of specialized recognition tasks like those found in medicine , the software is getting closer to widespread commer
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Who Is Paying Their ‘Fair Share’?
In a previous item , I included a table of U.S. “top bracket marginal income tax rates” over the past century. This is the tax rate you’d pay on the next dollar of taxable income, whenever you hit the highest tax bracket. The reason for showing the chart was as a reminder of how significantly tax policy changed about 30 years ago, with the Tax Reform Act of 1986 , which was under Ronald Reagan bu
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Who Is Paying Their ‘Fair Share’?
In a previous item , I included a table of U.S. “top bracket marginal income tax rates” over the past century. This is the tax rate you’d pay on the next dollar of taxable income, whenever you hit the highest tax bracket. The reason for showing the chart was as a reminder of how significantly tax policy changed about 30 years ago, with the Tax Reform Act of 1986 , which was under Ronald Reagan bu
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Can AI Tell the Difference Between a Polar Bear and a Can Opener?
Scarcely a day goes by without another headline about neural networks: some new task that deep learning algorithms can excel at, approaching or even surpassing human competence. As the application of this approach to computer vision has continued to improve , with algorithms capable of specialized recognition tasks like those found in medicine , the software is getting closer to widespread commer
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Oldest animal ever discovered by scientists
Researchers in China find fossils of a creature that lived 600 million years ago. This creature resembles a modern-day comb jelly. If confirmed, these would be the oldest animal fossils discovered. None When we think of prehistoric animals, giant creatures like dinosaurs tend to come to mind. But what was the oldest animal that ever existed? Chinese scientists say it was a lowly blob that lived a
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Survive an avalanche by carrying these four key pieces of gear
Gadgets And keep in mind: in most accidents, a snow slide is triggered by the group hit by it. And keep in mind: in most accidents, a snow slide is triggered by the group hit by it.
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Survive an avalanche by carrying these four key pieces of gear
Gadgets And keep in mind: in most accidents, a snow slide is triggered by the group hit by it. And keep in mind: in most accidents, a snow slide is triggered by the group hit by it.
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Oldest animal ever discovered by scientists
Researchers in China find fossils of a creature that lived 600 million years ago. This creature resembles a modern-day comb jelly. If confirmed, these would be the oldest animal fossils discovered. None When we think of prehistoric animals, giant creatures like dinosaurs tend to come to mind. But what was the oldest animal that ever existed? Chinese scientists say it was a lowly blob that lived a
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How People Become Radicalized
Neuroimaging shows that social marginalization and sacred values are key factors — Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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How People Become Radicalized
Neuroimaging shows that social marginalization and sacred values are key factors — Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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Aspirin and the treatment of cancer | Letter
Information on low-dose aspirin as an additional treatment of cancer should be made widely available to patients, write Professor Peter Elwood, Janet Pickering and Dr Gareth Morgan of Cardiff University A recent review of the medical literature shows that low-dose aspirin taken by patients with cancer ( Bitter pill: is aspirin really a wonder drug? , G2, 24 January) is associated with a reduction
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Aspirin and the treatment of cancer | Letter
Information on low-dose aspirin as an additional treatment of cancer should be made widely available to patients, write Professor Peter Elwood, Janet Pickering and Dr Gareth Morgan of Cardiff University A recent review of the medical literature shows that low-dose aspirin taken by patients with cancer ( Bitter pill: is aspirin really a wonder drug? , G2, 24 January) is associated with a reduction
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How People Become Radicalized
Neuroimaging shows social marginalization and sacred values are key factors — Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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How People Become Radicalized
Neuroimaging shows social marginalization and sacred values are key factors — Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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How People Become Radicalized
Neuroimaging shows social marginalization and sacred values are key factors — Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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How People Become Radicalized
Neuroimaging shows social marginalization and sacred values are key factors — Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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This French Soldier Got Slashed in Russia in 1812. Now, We Know What He Looked Like.
In a battle against Russia more than 200 years ago, a French soldier in Napoleon's Grande Armée was slashed in the face with a saber. He died a few weeks later, his body laid to rest in a mass burial pit in what was then Königsberg, East Prussia.
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This French Soldier Got Slashed in Russia in 1812. Now, We Know What He Looked Like.
In a battle against Russia more than 200 years ago, a French soldier in Napoleon's Grande Armée was slashed in the face with a saber. He died a few weeks later, his body laid to rest in a mass burial pit in what was then Königsberg, East Prussia.
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Groundbreaking new reusable adhesive works underwater
Illinois researchers have introduced a new cutting-edge reusable adhesive that activates in seconds, works underwater, and is strong enough to deadlift 11 pounds: shape memory polymers (SMPs).
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Groundbreaking new reusable adhesive works underwater
Illinois researchers have introduced a new cutting-edge reusable adhesive that activates in seconds, works underwater, and is strong enough to deadlift 11 pounds: shape memory polymers (SMPs).
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The maxim 'use it or lose it' is wrong, researchers say. Here's why.
UMass Amherst biology professor Lawrence M. Schwartz redefines the term by writing, "use it or lose it, until you work at it again." Teenagers "bank" muscle growth potential to help prevent frailty in old age. Exercising over the course of your entire lifetime is necessary for maintaining good physical and cognitive health. None A fair amount of time during the aging process seems to be dedicated
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The maxim 'use it or lose it' is wrong, researchers say. Here's why.
UMass Amherst biology professor Lawrence M. Schwartz redefines the term by writing, "use it or lose it, until you work at it again." Teenagers "bank" muscle growth potential to help prevent frailty in old age. Exercising over the course of your entire lifetime is necessary for maintaining good physical and cognitive health. None A fair amount of time during the aging process seems to be dedicated
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Misinformation woes could multiply with 'deepfake' videos
If you see a video of a politician speaking words he never would utter, or a Hollywood star improbably appearing in a cheap adult movie, don't adjust your television set—you may just be witnessing the future of "fake news."
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Misinformation woes could multiply with 'deepfake' videos
If you see a video of a politician speaking words he never would utter, or a Hollywood star improbably appearing in a cheap adult movie, don't adjust your television set—you may just be witnessing the future of "fake news."
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S. Korea's first airborne fight against 'Chinese' pollution fails
An attempt by South Korea to create artificial rain to tackle air pollution many blame on neighbouring China has failed, the government said Monday, as it struggles to address what has become an urgent public concern.
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S. Korea's first airborne fight against 'Chinese' pollution fails
An attempt by South Korea to create artificial rain to tackle air pollution many blame on neighbouring China has failed, the government said Monday, as it struggles to address what has become an urgent public concern.
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Radiation for dummies
Meet Helga and Zohar, the dummies destined for a pioneering lunar flyby to help protect space travelers from cosmic rays and energetic solar storms.
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Radiation for dummies
Meet Helga and Zohar, the dummies destined for a pioneering lunar flyby to help protect space travelers from cosmic rays and energetic solar storms.
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Studies Shoot Down Tech’s Harmful Effects on Kids—So Now What? – Facts So Romantic
Ultimately, what matters most is that we provide our children with a sense of agency and autonomy by teaching them that tools don’t use us, we use them. Photograph by Iakov Filimonov / Shutterstock It looks like grownups can disregard the fear-mongering about the ill effects of digital media on kids. A 2017 study in Child Development found “little or no support for harmful links between digital s
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The emptiness of space has a structure we could use to send messages
We could send messages by vibrating the structure of the vacuum of empty space – but they could only be read by a powerful laser that rips the vacuum apart
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Peculiar physics at work in the brain
In 1982, the Nobel Prize in physics was awarded to Ken Wilson for his contribution to understanding what goes on in certain materials as they undergo a phase transition—like the transition between liquid water and steam. For certain kinds of phase transitions, it turns out that the governing laws of physics conform to a very peculiar, fractal symmetry. That is, the physical laws are the same wheth
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A Conversation With: Caroline Elton Helps Doctors Heal Themselves
The psychologist counsels doctors who are suffering even as they tend to the needs of others.
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MIND: Why It Hurts to Lose Sleep
Sleep deprivation can make your physical aches more painful. A new study begins to explain how that happens.
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Flying taxis are making progress, one minute at a time
Technology What to know about Boeing's latest test flight, and the 'third era of aviation.' What you need to know about the cool new flying machines called VTOLs, or vertical take-off and landing craft.
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Flying taxis are making progress, one minute at a time
Technology What to know about Boeing's latest test flight, and the 'third era of aviation.' What you need to know about the cool new flying machines called VTOLs, or vertical take-off and landing craft.
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A Conversation With: Caroline Elton Helps Doctors Heal Themselves
The psychologist counsels doctors who are suffering even as they tend to the needs of others.
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Peculiar physics at work in the brain
In 1982, the Nobel Prize in physics was awarded to Ken Wilson for his contribution to understanding what goes on in certain materials as they undergo a phase transition—like the transition between liquid water and steam. For certain kinds of phase transitions, it turns out that the governing laws of physics conform to a very peculiar, fractal symmetry. That is, the physical laws are the same wheth
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The emptiness of space has a structure we could use to send messages
We could send messages by vibrating the structure of the vacuum of empty space – but they could only be read by a powerful laser that rips the vacuum apart
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Studies Shoot Down Tech’s Harmful Effects on Kids—So Now What? – Facts So Romantic
Ultimately, what matters most is that we provide our children with a sense of agency and autonomy by teaching them that tools don’t use us, we use them. Photograph by Iakov Filimonov / Shutterstock It looks like grownups can disregard the fear-mongering about the ill effects of digital media on kids. A 2017 study in Child Development found “little or no support for harmful links between digital s
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Climate change pushing killer whales to migrate north
Paying no attention to nearby divers, a killer whale and her calf hunting for food frolic in a snowy Norwegian fjord.
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Common pain reliever can improve survival in head and neck cancer
Regular use of a common type of medication, such as aspirin and ibuprofen, significantly improves survival for a third or more patients with head and neck cancer, a new study has found.
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Common pain reliever can improve survival in head and neck cancer
Regular use of a common type of medication, such as aspirin and ibuprofen, significantly improves survival for a third or more patients with head and neck cancer, a new study has found.
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Climate change pushing killer whales to migrate north
Paying no attention to nearby divers, a killer whale and her calf hunting for food frolic in a snowy Norwegian fjord.
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SpaceX Revs Its Engines as It Gets Closer to Crewed Flight
Next month SpaceX's passenger capsule is expected to launch on an uncrewed mission—a big step towards bringing human spaceflight back to the US.
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Privacy Groups Claim Online Ads Can Target Abuse Victims
Complaints filed in Europe claim internet companies categorize users based on potentially sensitive browsing habits, and then use those labels to target ads.
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Los Angeles and Via Hook Up to Offer Rides to Metro Stations
The city and ride-share company are trialling a new service meant to get more people onto public transit.
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'Black Panther' Cast Came to Win at the SAG Awards
The Marvel movie had a big night on Sunday. Also, Amazon is spending lots of cash at Sundance and Deadpool is making dough in China.
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This App Lets Kenya’s Farmers Access Satellite Data to Monitor Crops
Using satellite data from the UN, PlantVillage monitors biomass on a plot of land, giving farmers insight into how their crops are growing.
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Alaska Schools Get Faster Internet—Partly Thanks to Global Warming
An undersea cable designed to serve hedge funds and made possible by climate change is bringing speedier internet access for isolated schools in Alaska.
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Can you solve it? Gems from a mathematical wonderland
The triangle, the ants and the mystery number UPDATE: Solutions can be read here Today, three puzzles from Mathigon , a remarkable maths website (about which more later). An easy one to start. Count the number of triangles in the image below. Continue reading…
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Canadians found a safer way to transport oil and, yes, it looks like a hockey puck
Environment But petroleum shipping remains an inherently risky business. One company wants to solidify oil into hockey pucks for safer transportation, but environmental activists aren't so sure.
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Iran's Capital City Is Being Devoured by Sinkholes
Sinkholes and fissures are opening up the earth around Tehran, Iran's capital city.
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Pet Hedgehogs Are the Latest Source of a Salmonella Outbreak
Don't kiss or snuggle these spiky furballs.
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Norfolk study shows new ditches could help improve rivers
Pollution from farmers' fields that endangers fish is cut by a university-backed project.
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Japan Plans to Hack 200 Million Devices to Prepare for Olympics
Hack the Planet The Japanese government might soon become the world’s most prominent white hat hacker. Starting in February, Japan’s National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT) will spend up to five years on a new effort to boost the nation’s cybersecurity — by attempting to hack citizens’ internet-connected gadgets, including routers, webcams and any other internet-of-
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Here's how the world picks sides in the Venezuela crisis
The U.S. has urged the world to 'pick sides' in Venezuela's constitutional crisis. This map shows which countries continue to support Maduro, and which ones have thrown their weight behind Guaidó. Could this be the first intimation of a new Cold War – or worse? Since last Wednesday, Venezuela has two presidents. The world map above shows which countries (in red) support Nicolas Maduro, whose re-e
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Apollo astronauts might have found a piece of Earth on the moon
A 4 billion-year-old rock found on the moon may have originally come from our planet, and could be one of the oldest Earth rocks ever seen
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‘Businesses Will Not Be Able to Hide’: Spy Satellites May Give Edge From Above
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2018 Bright Spot: Sharks Bit Us Less
In 2018, there were 66 documented unprovoked shark bites, down from 88 in 2017.
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2019 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming Digest #4
Story of the Week… Editorial of the Week… Toon of the Week… Quote of the Week… SkS in the News… Coming Soon on SkS… Climate Feedback Reviews… SkS Week in Review… Poster of the Week… Story of the Week… Teenage activist takes School Strikes 4 Climate Action to Davos Protest by 16-year-old Greta Thunberg snowballs to last day of World Economic Forum Swedish youth climate activist
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26 tonn excavator converted to battery electric, zero emission machine
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2600-years of stratospheric volcanism through sulfate isotopes
2600-years of stratospheric volcanism through sulfate isotopes 2600-years of stratospheric volcanism through sulfate isotopes, Published online: 28 January 2019; doi:10.1038/s41467-019-08357-0 The estimation of volcanic contribution to climate variability requires identification of global-scale eruptions. Here the authors present a new 2600-year chronology of stratospheric volcanic events that re
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3D printing indestructible tires
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3-D virtual slicing of an antique violin reveals ancient varnishing methods
Italian violin-making masters of the distant past developed varnishing techniques that lent their instruments both an excellent musical tone and impressive appearance. Few records from this era have survived, as techniques were most often passed down orally to apprentices; only scarce information is available on the original methods used for finishing the instruments.
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3D virtual slicing of an antique violin reveals ancient varnishing methods
Italian violin-making masters of the distant past developed varnishing techniques that lent their instruments both an excellent musical tone and impressive appearance. Scientists have now developed a non-invasive 3D-scanning approach to gain insights into the main morphological features of the overlapping finishing layers used on violins. This could help scientists rediscover the procedures employ
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3D virtual slicing of an antique violin reveals ancient varnishing methods
Italian violin-making masters of the distant past developed varnishing techniques that lent their instruments both an excellent musical tone and impressive appearance. In a new study in EPJ Plus, Giacomo Fiocco, affiliated with both Pavia and Torino Universities in Italy, and colleagues develop a non-invasive 3D-scanning approach to gain insights into the main morphological features of the overlap
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4 big trends for the sharing economy in 2019
In 2019, it is a mind-bending exercise to reflect on the past decade of the sharing economy. A time traveller who skipped here from 2009 would note that it has fulfilled both more than, and less than, its original potential. The sharing economy's explosive growth has astounded even optimistic market pundits. On the one hand, there are now many thousands of sharing economy platforms operating in a
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8BitDo is turning its attention to the Sega Genesis
Retro accessory maker 8BitDo on Monday announced two new products aimed specifically at Sega Genesis fans.
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A biologist yearns to discover the secrets of Watts Towers' shells
Thirteen miles from the coast, marine biologist Bruno Pernet was himself surrounded by concrete, asphalt and an assortment of roughly 10,000 seashells.
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A biologist yearns to discover the secrets of Watts Towers' shells
Thirteen miles from the coast, marine biologist Bruno Pernet was himself surrounded by concrete, asphalt and an assortment of roughly 10,000 seashells.
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A new kind of doctor's office charges a monthly fee and doesn't take insurance — and it could be the future of medicine
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A powerful catalyst for electrolysis of water that could help harness renewable energy
Finding and improving renewable energy sources is becoming increasingly important. One strategy to generate energy is breaking water molecules (H2O) apart in an electrochemical reaction known as electrolysis. This process allows us to convert energy from the sun or other renewable sources into chemical energy. However, electrochemically splitting water molecules requires an overpotential—an excess
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A solid scaffolding for cells
To perform the task for which they have been synthesized, proteins must first assemble to form effective cellular "machines." But how do they recognize their partners at the right time? Researchers at the University of Geneva (UNIGE) have deciphered the fundamental role of the Not1 protein, conserved in all eukaryotic organisms: by regulating the activity of ribosomes, the "protein factories" of c
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A solid scaffolding for cells
To perform the task for which they have been synthesized, proteins must first assemble to form effective cellular "machines." But how do they recognize their partners at the right time? Researchers at the University of Geneva (UNIGE) have deciphered the fundamental role of the Not1 protein, conserved in all eukaryotic organisms: by regulating the activity of ribosomes, the "protein factories" of c
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A solid scaffolding for our cells
To perform properly the task for which they have been synthesized, proteins must first assemble to form effective cellular 'machines'. But how do they recognize their partners at the right time? Researchers at UNIGE have deciphered the fundamental role of the Not1 protein, conserved in all eukaryotic organisms: by regulating the activity of ribosomes, Not1 allows proteins that must work together t
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Abandoned fields turn into forests five times faster than thought
Russian scientists studied abandoned arable land in the European part of Russia where temperate forests grow. The study showed that trees start to grow on the abandoned fields immediately after the land has been withdrawn from agricultural use. As it turned out, the presence or absence of grass fires in a given area plays a key role in the stages and rate of overgrowth. The results are published i
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Accurate signal-source localization in brain slices by means of high-density microelectrode arrays
Accurate signal-source localization in brain slices by means of high-density microelectrode arrays Accurate signal-source localization in brain slices by means of high-density microelectrode arrays, Published online: 28 January 2019; doi:10.1038/s41598-018-36895-y Accurate signal-source localization in brain slices by means of high-density microelectrode arrays
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Addressing dietary inequities in Canada
To address the root causes of poor diets, improve nutrition and reduce dietary inequities in Canada requires a broad approach, combining nutrition and social policies, argues an analysis in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal).
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Advokat efter dom: Tvangsudlevering af NemID særligt problem for ressourcesvage
Selv om en af personerne i Højesterets NemID-kendelse tidligere på måneden politianmeldte misbruget dagen efter, hænger han nu på det lån, der blev udtaget med det. »Hvad mere skal der dog til,« spørger hans advokat.
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Aerosol-assisted biosynthesis strategy enables functional bulk nanocomposites
researchers led by Professor YU Shu-Hong from the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) developed a general and scalable biosynthesis strategy, which involves simultaneous growth of cellulose nanofibrils through microbial fermentation and co-deposition of various kinds of nanoscale building blocks (NBBs) through aerosol feeding (intermittent spray of liquid nutrients and NBBs suspen
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Aggregating behaviour in invasive Caribbean lionfish is driven by habitat complexity
Aggregating behaviour in invasive Caribbean lionfish is driven by habitat complexity Aggregating behaviour in invasive Caribbean lionfish is driven by habitat complexity, Published online: 28 January 2019; doi:10.1038/s41598-018-37459-w Aggregating behaviour in invasive Caribbean lionfish is driven by habitat complexity
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AI adjusts for gaps in citizen science data
Citizen science is a boon for researchers, providing reams of data about everything from animal species to distant galaxies.
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AI adjusts for gaps in citizen science data
Citizen science is a boon for researchers, providing reams of data about everything from animal species to distant galaxies.
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Alien: Jag bryter gärna vanor men inte i onödan
Kåseri. Elin ”Alien” Peters går inte på herrarnas om hon inte måste.
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All-photonic quantum repeaters could lead to a faster, more secure global quantum internet
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Alzheimer's Association funds two-year extension of the sprint mind study
The Alzheimer's Association has awarded more than $800,000 to support the SPRINT MIND 2.0 Study, which will further investigate the impact of intensive blood pressure treatment on reducing risk of dementia. The newly funded study will continue and extend follow up of the SPRINT MIND trial participants.
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Amerikanere bygger monster-vindmølle og slår dansk rekord
Vestas bliver overhalet indenom, når General Electric til sommer rejser verdens største vindmølle, der kan give strøm til 16.000 husstande.
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Ancient giant burrowing bat found in New Zealand
It’s not big, but it’s the biggest yet described. Tanya Loos reports.
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Ancient reptile hunted with a platypus-like bill
About 250 million years ago, a reptile with a playpus-style bill swam the shallow seas in what is now China. Itused the cartilaginous bill to find prey by touch, according to new research. No animal alive today looks quite like a duck-billed platypus, a semi-aquatic, egg-laying mammal from eastern Australia, but the newly discovered reptile was similar, at least when it comes to its bill. The mar
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Anti-flu antibodies can inhibit two different viral proteins
Researchers have discovered that antibodies that may form the basis of a universal flu vaccine inhibit a second viral protein in addition to the one that they bind. The study reveals that antibodies that recognize the viral surface protein hemagglutinin can also inhibit the viral neuraminidase, and that this enhances antibody neutralization of the virus and the activation of innate immune cells wi
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Apple says it spent $60 billion on parts from US suppliers in 2018 – CNET
But made in the USA isn't always easy.
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Apple's dismissal of 200 self-driving car employees points to a shift in its AI strategy
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Apple's working on a subscription service for games, report says – CNET
It would be like Netflix but for games.
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Are you tone-deaf? Find out using this music quiz
The Music Lab has created the citizen science platform, where it aims to learn more about how the human mind creates and perceives music. It does this by asking people to partake in a serious …
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Arnold Schwarzenegger: “The world leaders need to take it seriously and put a time clock on it and say, 'OK, within the next five years we want to accomplish a certain kind of a goal,' rather than push it off until 2035. We really have to take care of our planet for the future of our children”
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Artifacts discovery halts some work at Marine base on Guam
Work has stopped in part of the new U.S. Marine Corps base under construction on Guam following the discovery of artifacts.
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Astronauts of Apollo 14 May Have Found Piece of Earth Lying on Moon
The Apollo 14 astronauts may have brought back a tiny fragment of Earth rock. It's not exactly the sort of thing you'd expect to find lying about on the Moon. The post Astronauts of Apollo 14 May Have Found Piece of Earth Lying on Moon appeared first on ExtremeTech .
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Asymmetric chemical reaction has intriguing reaction pathways
Researchers have developed an asymmetric catalytic reaction, which provides access to synthetically challenging molecular structures and features an unusual reaction pathway.
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Asymmetric chemical reaction has intriguing reaction pathways
Researchers have developed an asymmetric catalytic reaction, which provides access to synthetically challenging molecular structures and features an unusual reaction pathway.
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Atmospheric carbon dioxide levels ‘to soar through 2019’. The Met Office has predicted a rise in carbon dioxide concentration of 2.75 parts per million
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Author Correction: Intestinal microbiome adjusts the innate immune setpoint during colonization through negative regulation of MyD88
Author Correction: Intestinal microbiome adjusts the innate immune setpoint during colonization through negative regulation of MyD88 Author Correction: Intestinal microbiome adjusts the innate immune setpoint during colonization through negative regulation of MyD88, Published online: 28 January 2019; doi:10.1038/s41467-019-08456-y Author Correction: Intestinal microbiome adjusts the innate immune
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Author Correction: Pan-cancer analysis of homozygous deletions in primary tumours uncovers rare tumour suppressors
Author Correction: Pan-cancer analysis of homozygous deletions in primary tumours uncovers rare tumour suppressors Author Correction: Pan-cancer analysis of homozygous deletions in primary tumours uncovers rare tumour suppressors, Published online: 28 January 2019; doi:10.1038/s41467-019-08512-7 Author Correction: Pan-cancer analysis of homozygous deletions in primary tumours uncovers rare tumour
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Autonomous Cars May Report You To Police For Driving Drunk
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Avian influenza in Bangladesh: the role of migratory birds in the transmission of disease
Since 2005, when the highly-pathogenic avian influenza virus H5N1 started spreading across the globe, researchers have been faced with the question how the virus can spread across entire continents so quickly: does the virus travel through trade with poultry and products, or does it hitch-hike with migratory birds? Jonas Waldenström, professor in Disease Ecology, and Mariëlle van Toor, postdoctora
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Avian influenza in Bangladesh: the role of migratory birds in the transmission of disease
Since 2005, when the highly-pathogenic avian influenza virus H5N1 started spreading across the globe, researchers have been faced with the question how the virus can spread across entire continents so quickly: does the virus travel through trade with poultry and products, or does it hitch-hike with migratory birds? Jonas Waldenström, professor in Disease Ecology, and Mariëlle van Toor, postdoctora
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Avis: Der var fejl i låsemekanisme på ulykkes-godsvogn
Ifølge Berlingske har Havarikomissionen fundet fejl på låsemekanismen på de involverede godsvogne i en efterfølgende test.
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Baby, Baby, Baby, Where Did Our Jobs Go? How Automation Will Outsource Everything To Machines | CleanTechnica
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Bad brakes
A study in human and mouse heart cells identifies a faulty molecular brake in the most common form of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, a leading cause of sudden cardiac death in young people and athletes and the most common genetic disease of the heart The faulty brake, found about a quarter of all genetic mutations in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, interferes with the heart muscle's ability to contract
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Bad cholesterol: 'Slim down' fat-carrying particles to reduce its spread
The enzyme that 'loads up' fat-carrying particles in the liver before they are transported around the body has been identified for the first time by scientists at the University of Warwick.
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Bad cholesterol: 'Slim down' fat-carrying particles to reduce its spread
The enzyme that 'loads up' fat-carrying particles in the liver before they are transported around the body has been identified for the first time.
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Bank i Djursholm rånad – polisen jagar gärningsmännen
Handelsbankens kontor i Djursholm rånades vid 17.50-tiden på måndagen av flera gärningsmän. Rånarna flydde från platsen och söks nu av polis.
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Banksymålning stulen på terrordrabbad klubb
En målning av gatukonstnären Banksy har stulits genom att skäras ut ur väggen på Batacláns konsertlokal i Paris, där terrorister dödade 90 personer 2015.
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Better safeguards for sensitive information
Despite being the most advanced quantum technology, secure encryption of information units based on a method called quantum key distribution (QKD) is currently limited by the channel's capacity to send or share secret bits. Scientists now show how to better approach the secret key capacity by improving the channel's lower boundary.
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Better safeguards for sensitive information
Despite being the most advanced quantum technology, secure encryption of information units based on a method called quantum key distribution (QKD) is currently limited by the channel's capacity to send or share secret bits. In a recent study published in EPJ D, Gan Wang, who is affiliated with both Peking University, Bejing, China, and the University of York, UK, and colleagues show how to better
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Better safeguards for sensitive information
Despite being the most advanced quantum technology, secure encryption of information units based on a method called quantum key distribution (QKD) is currently limited by the channel's capacity to send or share secret bits. In a recent study published in EPJ D, Gan Wang, who is affiliated with both Peking University, Bejing, China, and the University of York, UK, and colleagues show how to better
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Big data provides clues for characterizing immunity in Japanese
Osaka University researchers used various sets of large-scale data to characterize the variation and phenotypic associations of an immunity-related gene region in the Japanese. By using sequencing data for over 1,000 individuals and association study findings from over 170,000 people, the team achieved fine-mapping of this genomic region and revealed associations between genetic factors within it
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Bill and Ted sequel 'hilarious,' Steven Soderbergh says at Slamdance – CNET
The long-awaited Bill and Ted Face the Music could be released at Christmas. No way!
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Bioethicists call for more robust system of ethical governance in human gene-editing
Bioethicists are calling for a more robust system of ethical governance in human gene-editing in the wake of the Chinese experiment aiming to produce HIV immune children.
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Birds-of-paradise genomes target sexual selection
Researchers provide genome sequences for 5 birds-of-paradise species: 3 without previous genome data and 2 with improved data. Birds-of-paradise are classic examples of extreme sexual selection due to generations of females choosing mates based on 'attractiveness'. The result is unparalleled species radiation with males exhibiting vast differences in behavior and an array of exotic feathers. Analy
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Birds-of-paradise genomes target sexual selection
Researchers provide genome sequences for 5 birds-of-paradise species: 3 without previous genome data and 2 with improved data. Birds-of-paradise are classic examples of extreme sexual selection due to generations of females choosing mates based on 'attractiveness'. The result is unparalleled species radiation with males exhibiting vast differences in behavior and an array of exotic feathers. Analy
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Black hole death: How extreme tidal forces turn humans into spaghetti
Like ocean tides caused by gravity, a nearby black hole would create a 'tide' inside your body, which is mostly water. As your body drew nearer to the black hole, your head would be stretched away from your feet. Scientists call this streching "spaghettification", from the word of spaghetti.
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Blood test can diagnose fetal genetic disorders early in pregnancy
A new test detects mutations in 30 genes by sequencing small amounts of fetal DNA in a mother’s blood
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Blue Light Gives Way to Red
Photochemistry’s rise over the last ten years or so has been one of the big stories in organic chemistry, but there are still some difficulties with using it. The use of photoredox catalysts has brought blue light into a lot of fume hoods, which is certainly more selective and easier to use than than old ultraviolet sources – I will not miss mercury lamps, I can tell you. But the physical problem
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Bokrecension: ”Läs mina läppar” lämnar läsaren ensam
Nystartade förlaget Nirstedt/litteraturs första utgivning är ett ambitiöst diktverk av Lina Rydén Reynols. Magnus Bremmer läser en bok som utforskar sina egna produktionsvillkor inifrån och ut.
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Bokrecension: Kalle Hedström Gustafsson gör en stabil debut
I Kalle Hedström Gustafssons dikter hör landskapet och språket ihop. De kretsar kring den döda mormodern. En mycket stabil och väl genomförd debut.
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Bokrecension: Suggestiva minnen från Dresden i ”Åren på zoo”
I minnesboken ”Åren på zoo” blickar Durs Grünbein tillbaka. Och madeleinkakorna är kryddade med malört – för DDR var en bur. Jens Christian Brandt läser en suggestiv och fascinerande skildring av poetens barndom i Dresden.
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Bokrecension: Vad gjorde egentligen morfar under kriget?
I ”Pendeln” utforskar Julie Lindahl en nedtystad familjehistoria. Vägen är trög och snirklig. Men faktum är att morfar varit en högt uppsatt SS-officer. DN:s Lars Linder läser en bok om hur de efterlevandes nedärvda tystnad kan brytas.
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Brain biomarkers could help identify those at risk of severe PTSD
A study funded by the National Institute of Mental Health, part of the NIH, has shed light on the neurocomputational contributions to the development of post-traumatic stress disorder in combat veterans. The findings revealed distinct patterns for how the brain and body respond to learning danger and safety depending on the severity of PTSD symptoms. These findings could help explain why symptoms
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Brain-computer interface and more questions about the future.
How far away are we from seeing a brain-computer interface available for the public? The ‘i know kung-fu’ kind? How far away are we from seeing lab-grown meat in popular supermarkets? How far away are we from biological immortality? The life of the average human is about working for money to survive and dying eventually. It depresses me, we were made for much greater things. Discussions are also
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Breakthrough in fabricating nanochips
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'Bug bombs' are ineffective killing roaches indoors, leave behind toxic residue
Total release foggers, commonly known as "bug bombs," are ineffective at removing cockroaches from indoor environments, according to a new study from North Carolina State University.
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'Bug bombs' are ineffective killing roaches indoors
Total release foggers, commonly known as 'bug bombs,' are ineffective at removing cockroaches from indoor environments, according to a new study from North Carolina State University. Bug-bomb chemicals fail to reach places where cockroaches congregate the most — on the underside of surfaces and inside cabinets, NC State researchers say. Besides leaving behind numerous cockroaches, bug bombs also
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'Bug bombs' are ineffective killing roaches indoors
Total release foggers, commonly known as 'bug bombs,' are ineffective at removing cockroaches from indoor environments, according to a new study. Bug-bomb chemicals fail to reach places where cockroaches congregate the most — on the underside of surfaces and inside cabinets, researchers say. Besides leaving behind numerous cockroaches, bug bombs also leave behind nasty toxic residue in the middle
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Bussolycka för SDHL-laget: ”Hade änglavakt”
SDHL-laget Göteborg HC var med om en bussolycka på väg hem från söndagens bortmatch mot Leksand.
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Bättre än väntat av Atlas Copco
Verkstadskoncernen Atlas Copco redovisar en vinst före skatt på 5.934 miljoner kronor för fjolårets fjärde kvartal. Det kan jämföras med vinst på 4.859 miljoner kronor motsvarande period 2017.
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Can AI Tell the Difference Between a Polar Bear and a Can Opener?
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Can dog show judges spot risky head shape?
Breed show judges could improve dogs' health by using their ability to detect subtle differences in head shapes of Cavalier King Charles spaniels, a new study by the School of Veterinary Science at the University of Surrey reports.
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Can dog show judges spot risky head shape?
Breed show judges could improve dogs' health by using their ability to detect subtle differences in head shapes of Cavalier King Charles spaniels, a new study by the School of Veterinary Science at the University of Surrey reports.
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Can scanning books really reveal if the US is becoming more tolerant?
An analysis of books shows that cultural norms are loosening in the US, but it may be missing the views from underrepresented groups in publishing
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Can you help me find a website I remember?
It had long engaging essays on a number of subjects like the singularity, the history of the earth, one series he did was about what elon musk is up to, each of the essays was illustrated with simple almost cartoonish drawings, he made a timeline showing when different historical figures lived and how they overlapped, the site had a cartoon looking header on each page with lots of things pilled o
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Can you life-hack your way to love?
There's never been a shortage of dating advice from family, friends and self-help authors. Yet in the digital age, people are turning to nerdy hacker-types as guides.
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Cancer: A mutation that breaks gene interplay in 3D
EPFL scientists have discovered how a mutated gene can affect the three-dimensional interactions of genes in the cell, leading to various forms of cancer.
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Cancer: A mutation that breaks gene interplay in 3D
Scientists have discovered how a mutated gene can affect the three-dimensional interactions of genes in the cell, leading to various forms of cancer.
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Carbon dioxide emissions from global fisheries larger than previously thought
Carbon dioxide emissions from the fuel burnt by fishing boats are 30 per cent higher than previously reported, researchers with the Sea Around Us initiative at the University of British Columbia and the Sea Around Us – Indian Ocean at the University of Western Australia have found.
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Cassava high in iron and zinc could improve diets and health in west Africa
A new study led by Danforth Center principal investigator Nigel Taylor and research scientist Narayanan Narayanan, shows that field-grown cassava plants overexpressing a combination of plant genes can accumulate significantly higher concentrations of iron and zinc.
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Cassava high in iron and zinc could improve diets and health in west Africa
A new study led by Danforth Center principal investigator Nigel Taylor and research scientist Narayanan Narayanan, shows that field-grown cassava plants overexpressing a combination of plant genes can accumulate significantly higher concentrations of iron and zinc.
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Cassava high in iron and zinc could improve diets and health in west Africa
A new study led by Danforth Center principal investigator Nigel Taylor and research scientist Narayanan Narayanan, shows that field-grown cassava plants overexpressing a combination of plant genes can accumulate significantly higher concentrations of iron and zinc.
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Cassava high in iron and zinc could improve diets and health in west Africa
A new study shows that field-grown cassava plants overexpressing a combination of plant genes can accumulate significantly higher concentrations of iron and zinc.
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Celebrate the women behind the periodic table
Celebrate the women behind the periodic table Celebrate the women behind the periodic table, Published online: 28 January 2019; doi:10.1038/d41586-019-00287-7 Brigitte Van Tiggelen and Annette Lykknes spotlight female researchers who discovered elements and their properties.
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Cellular stress at the movies
For the first time, biological imaging experts have used a custom fluorescence microscope and a novel antibody tagging tool to watch living cells undergoing stress.
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Chicken wing consumption Super Bowl Sunday expected to spike production, prices
The Super Bowl spike related to chicken wing consumption in the U.S. is an annual trend that stresses poultry production and inflates prices, according to Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service experts.
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Chickens modified to produce human proteins in eggs
Scottish researchers see potential to create drugs cost effectively. Nick Carne reports.
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Chickens that are genetically modified to produce human proteins in their eggs can offer a cost-effective method of producing certain types of drugs, new research suggests. Eggs are already used for growing viruses for vaccines, but here the proteins are encoded in DNA and produced in egg white.
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Children glued to screens show delays in key skills
Children glued to screens show delays in key skills Children glued to screens show delays in key skills, Published online: 28 January 2019; doi:10.1038/d41586-019-00306-7 Greater screen time at age two corresponds to poorer scores on developmental test at age three.
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Chinas Didi teams up with state-owned BAIC to deepen electric vehicle push
Didi Chuxing, China’s largest ride-hailing startup which claims over 550 million registered users, is deepening its focus on electric vehicles after it announced a joint venture with BAIC, …
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Chinese regulators reportedly axed 8,000 malicious apps
China's cyber regulators are tightening their grip on the country's infamously censored internet even more, and it includes keeping a closer eye on games and apps. According …
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Chromebook instant tethering comes to non-Google phones
Chrome OS' Instant Tethering is very handy if you need to keep your Chromebook online, but there's still a major gotcha involved: you need a Nexus or Pixel phone for that …
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Climate change pushing killer whales to migrate north
Paying no attention to nearby divers, a killer whale and her calf hunting for food frolic in a snowy Norwegian fjord.
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Close och ”Black panther” vinnare på SAG-gala
Favoriterna till årets Oscarsgala börjar utkristalliseras. När Hollywoods skådespelare röstade fram vinnarna i SAG-galan kunde tre skådespelare gå hem med ökade Oscarschanser.
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Cod Could Cope with Constrained Climate Change
Cod egg survival stays high with limited warming, but plummets when the temperature rises a few degrees C in their current spawning grounds. — Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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Cod Could Cope with Constrained Climate Change
Cod egg survival stays high with limited warming, but plummets when the temperature rises a few degrees C in their current spawning grounds. — Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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Columbia study finds alcohol, space, and time influence young people's sexual encounters
An under-addressed issue in global health is the interaction between alcohol use and sexual encounters among adolescents especially in sub-Saharan Africa. A study explores the factors that influence young people's use of alcohol and engagement in unsafe sex and found that alcohol use intersects with where youths are consuming alcohol and subsequently engaging in sex which, in turn, influences thei
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Commentary: Countries are not responding well to automation
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Converting Wi-Fi signals to electricity with new 2D materials
Imagine a world where smartphones, laptops, wearables, and other electronics are powered without batteries. Researchers from MIT and elsewhere have taken a step in that direction, with the first fully flexible device that can convert energy from Wi-Fi signals into electricity that could power electronics.
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Could an extremophile hold the secret to treatment of devastating injuries?
Water bear. Moss piglet. Tardigrade
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Cranberries may reduce gut health problems for meat eaters
Cranberries are called a superfood for a reason. Reportedly packed with fibre and more antioxidants than any other fruits and berries, cranberries are lauded for their many health benefits. They are said to boost your immune system, help prevent gum disease, reduce bad cholesterol, improve digestion and prevent urinary tract infections. However, up to now, their impact on gut microbiota – the name
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Cranberries may reduce gut health problems for meat eaters
Cranberries are called a superfood for a reason. Reportedly packed with fibre and more antioxidants than any other fruits and berries, cranberries are lauded for their many health benefits. They are said to boost your immune system, help prevent gum disease, reduce bad cholesterol, improve digestion and prevent urinary tract infections. However, up to now, their impact on gut microbiota – the name
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Daily briefing: How to run a 500-year experiment
Daily briefing: How to run a 500-year experiment Daily briefing: How to run a 500-year experiment, Published online: 28 January 2019; doi:10.1038/d41586-019-00328-1 First, assume that science still exists. Plus: the unsung women behind the periodic table and scientists respond to the end of the US shutdown.
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Dammkatastrofen: Gruvbolaget förnekar allt ansvar
Sökandet efter döda i dammkatastrofen i Brasilien går långsamt och på måndagen saknades fortfarande nästan 300 personer. Samtidigt utreder Brasiliens regering om det går att sparka hela gruvbolagets styrelse.
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Danes erect fence on German border to stop swine fever
Denmark has begun erecting a 70-kilometer (43.4-mile) fence along the German border to keep out wild boars in an attempt to prevent the spread of African swine fever, which could jeopardize the country's valuable pork industry.
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Danes erect fence on German border to stop swine fever
Denmark has begun erecting a 70-kilometer (43.4-mile) fence along the German border to keep out wild boars in an attempt to prevent the spread of African swine fever, which could jeopardize the country's valuable pork industry.
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Danmark bygger svinstängsel mot Tyskland
På måndagen sattes de första pålarna i marken till det sju mil långa stängsel som ska löpa längs hela den dansk-tyska gränsen. Syftet är att stoppa vildsvin från att ta sig in Danmark och därmed skydda den danska svinproduktionen mot den fruktade afrikanska svinpesten.
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Deconvolution of single-cell multi-omics layers reveals regulatory heterogeneity
Deconvolution of single-cell multi-omics layers reveals regulatory heterogeneity Deconvolution of single-cell multi-omics layers reveals regulatory heterogeneity, Published online: 28 January 2019; doi:10.1038/s41467-018-08205-7 Heterogeneity in gene expression and epigenetic states exists across individual cells. Here, the authors develop scCAT-seq, a technique for simultaneously performing ATAC
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DeepSeqPan, a novel deep convolutional neural network model for pan-specific class I HLA-peptide binding affinity prediction
DeepSeqPan, a novel deep convolutional neural network model for pan-specific class I HLA-peptide binding affinity prediction DeepSeqPan, a novel deep convolutional neural network model for pan-specific class I HLA-peptide binding affinity prediction, Published online: 28 January 2019; doi:10.1038/s41598-018-37214-1 DeepSeqPan, a novel deep convolutional neural network model for pan-specific class
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Det, der er nært, kræver en lærd
Udtrykket om ’nært og ikke svært’ bør udgå af debatterne om sundhedsreformen, for det, der foregår nært i almen praksis og i hjemmeplejen, er ofte yderst svært, mener Frede Olesen.
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Diabetes tops common conditions for frequent geriatric emergency patients
Older adults go to the emergency department more often than other age groups, stay longer, and typically require more resources and medical interventions. The most common conditions among geriatric frequent users include diabetes, heart disease, kidney disease, congestive heart failure and blockage or damage to veins or arteries, according to new research in Annals of Emergency Medicine.
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Diamonds from the sky’ approach turns CO2 into valuable products
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Dictionary learning-based classification of ink strokes in Vincent Van Gogh's drawings
Researchers in the Netherlands and the U.S. have used discriminative dictionary learning techniques to study and classify the brush strokes in historical artworks, specifically those created by Vincent van Gogh. Ultimately, the aim is to find a way to carry out the automatic classification of an ink drawing based on the type of stroke used by the artist.
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Did you solve it? Gems from a mathematical wonderland
The answers to today’s puzzles Earlier today I set you the following three problems. Continue reading…
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Differences in the influenza-specific CD4 T cell immunodominance hierarchy and functional potential between children and young adults
Differences in the influenza-specific CD4 T cell immunodominance hierarchy and functional potential between children and young adults Differences in the influenza-specific CD4 T cell immunodominance hierarchy and functional potential between children and young adults, Published online: 28 January 2019; doi:10.1038/s41598-018-37167-5 Differences in the influenza-specific CD4 T cell immunodominance
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Do chemicals make you fat?
January 2019 saw the launch of the EU research project EDCMET, in which scientists from the German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR) are also involved. EDCMET stands for "Metabolic effects of Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals: novel testing METhods and adverse outcome path-ways" and is aimed at developing methods to identify chemical compounds that disrupt metabolic processes in the body. A
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Do you think people will be their best behavior when AR Glasses become mainstream?
Post Edit: on their* Just imagine, it's 2024, Apple's AR Glasses are widespead, everyone wears them and is using them in their daily lives, you can take pictures, record and interact with them. We know that Google Glass was banned from a few places beacuse people didn't like being recorded; so do you think with the advent of mainstream AR glasses it will cause people to constantly be on their bes
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Does intensive blood pressure control reduce dementia?
Intensive lowering of blood pressure did not significantly reduce dementia but did have a measurable impact on mild cognitive impairment (MCI). Though secondary findings, the MCI results are the first to show an intervention that significantly reduces the occurrence of a well-established risk factor for dementia.
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Does intensive blood pressure control reduce the risk of dementia?
Alzheimer's disease and related dementias are projected to affect 115 million people worldwide by 2050. There are currently no proven treatments to reduce the risk of dementia and mild cognitive impairment (MCI). High blood pressure (hypertension) has been identified as a potentially modifiable risk factor for dementia and MCI in observational studies.
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Does Spaceflight Impair Astronaut's Ability to Fight Cancer and Viruses?
Astronaut Health Organizations all around the world are working to send humans to Mars, from NASA and other government agencies to commercial operations like Boeing and SpaceX. But the trip to the Red Planet won't be a short one — NASA's round-trip Mars mission, which is planned for the 2030s, could take up to three years of space travel. Humans haven't spent even close to that amount of consecuti
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Dofter visar fåglarna vägen till maten
Diana Rubene och hennes kollegor på SLU forskar inom ett relativt nytt område – hur fåglar använder kemiska signaler som växter sänder ut. Det finns bara enstaka studier sedan tidigare, bland annat har en forskargrupp från Netherlands Institute of Ecology visat att talgoxar kan känna på doften om det finns larver i ett träd. Hur fåglar använder luktsinnet är ekologiskt intressant, men har också p
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Don't Kiss or Snuggle Hedgehogs, CDC Researchers Warn
This is apparently a thing now.
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Drones get car crash data faster to keep drivers safe
A new method uses drones to make traffic crash site assessments safer, faster, and more accurate, according to new research. Idling in a long highway line of slowed or stopped traffic on a busy highway is more than an inconvenience for drivers and highway safety officers. It is one of the most vulnerable times for “secondary accidents,” which can often be worse than an original source of the slow
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Drug compound could be next-generation treatment for aggressive form of leukemia
Purdue University researchers are developing a series of drug compounds that have shown promise in treating acute myeloid leukemia, an aggressive blood cancer that is one of the most lethal cancers. About 19,520 news cases are diagnosed a year, and about 10,670 people a year die from it, according to the American Cancer Society.About 30 percent of AML patients have a mutation caused by a kinase ca
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Duke Professor Urged Chinese Students to Speak English
In an email, biostatistics professor Megan Neely warned students of “unintended consequences” from speaking their native language on campus. She has since left a leadership post.
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Effects of Dihydroartemisinin-Piperaquine Phosphate and Artemether-Lumefantrine on QTc Interval Prolongation
Effects of Dihydroartemisinin-Piperaquine Phosphate and Artemether-Lumefantrine on QTc Interval Prolongation Effects of Dihydroartemisinin-Piperaquine Phosphate and Artemether-Lumefantrine on QTc Interval Prolongation, Published online: 28 January 2019; doi:10.1038/s41598-018-37112-6 Effects of Dihydroartemisinin-Piperaquine Phosphate and Artemether-Lumefantrine on QTc Interval Prolongation
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Elon Musk – A.I., Biology, Neuralink
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Emil Forsberg gjorde comeback efter drygt tre månader
Svenska fotbollandslagets Emil Forsberg är tillbaka på planen igen. Mot Düsseldorf fick han spela nästan 20 minuter.
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Emissions targets for transport sector can't be met using natural gas alone
Using natural gas fuel with other methods could help road freight and shipping industries meet targets, says new Imperial College London white paper.
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En skottskadad i Tensta
En person har skottskadats i Tensta i nordvästra Stockholm.
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Engineers demonstrate fool-proof evidence towards quantum Internet
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Erik Ohlsson: Frigivandet kan ha kostat Al-Amoudi miljarder
Svenska oljejätten Preems ägare Mohammed Al-Amoudi har frigivits efter över 400 dagars fångenskap i Saudiarabien. Vad händer nu? DN:s Mellanösternkorrespondent Erik Ohlsson besvarar fyra frågor om fallet Al-Amoudi.
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Extra resurser sätts in på skola efter knivdådet i Tillberga
De två pojkar som knivhöggs i Tillberga utanför Västerås i lördags natt vårdas ännu på sjukhus. Händelsen inträffade på en ungdomsgård i närheten av en skola. – Vardagen fortsätter men vi stöttar och finns här, säger Eva Fahlbeck, rektor på Tillbergaskolan.
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Extratropical volcanoes influence climate more than assumed
The eruption of Mount Pinatubo in 1991 had a significant impact on climate, decreasing global mean temperature by about 0.5°C. Like the famous eruptions of Krakatau (1883) and Tambora (1815), Pinatubo is located in the tropics, which has been considered an important factor underlying its strong climate forcing. However, an international research group led by the GEOMAR has published today a study
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Extreme weather and geopolitics major drivers of increasing 'food shocks'
Global food production is suffering from an increasing number of 'food shocks,' with most caused by extreme weather and geopolitical crises.An international study led by researchers from IMAS and the Centre for Marine Socioecology looked at the incidence of land and marine food shocks — sudden losses in food production — between 1961 and 2013.
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Extreme weather and geopolitics major drivers of increasing 'food shocks'
The research, published in the journal Nature Sustainability, identified 226 food production shocks across 134 nations over the 53-year period, noting an increasing frequency of shocks across all sectors on a global scale.
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Eyewire 2018 Stats
Now that we stand in 2019, one step closer to completing The Dig, let’s look back on 2018. We asked in the forum what stats you wanted to see, and Eyewirers had some great suggestions! Here we’ve compiled a snapshot of 2018 by the numbers…. Eyewirers submitted 1.3 Million Cubes in 2018 Our biggest cube month was July with 173,320 submissions. From all those cubes in 2018, Eyewirers won 259,436,65
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Facebook has 'new tools' against EU election meddling
Facebook unveiled Monday new tools to counter online political meddling in the European elections, part of a campaign to answer growing pressure to rein in disinformation.
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Facebook restricts the ability to monitor political ads, report says – CNET
Groups seeking ad transparency are struggling to collect data on why users get targeted by certain ads.
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Facebook ska motverka valpåverkan
Efter skandalerna kring valpåverkan tillkännager Facebook att två särskilda operativa avdelningar ska bildas för att övervaka och förhindra sådan påverkan. Valet till EU-parlamentet i maj är ett av dem som bättre ska skyddas, enligt företaget.
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Facebook tightens EU political ad rules ahead of election
Facebook said Monday it is tightening requirements for political ads in the European Union ahead of bloc-wide elections scheduled for the spring, its latest effort to fight misinformation and increase transparency on its platforms.
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Facebook tightens EU political ad rules ahead of election
Facebook said Monday it is tightening requirements for political ads in the European Union ahead of bloc-wide elections scheduled for the spring, its latest effort to fight misinformation and …
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Fairness i algoritmer? Det problem kan ikke løses matematisk
Forskere har leveret flere forsøg på at indbygge fairness i algoritmer. Men metoderne er ikke kompatible med hinanden, og i sidste ende kan problemet ikke løses af matematik alene, fastslår forskere.
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Fartyg på grund på Göta älv
Ett fraktfartyg har gått på grund på Göta älv utanför Lilla Edet. Fartyget tar in vatten, rapporterar Aftonbladet med hänvisning till polisen.
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Fast action: Novel device may rapidly control plasma disruptions in a fusion facility
Feature describes prototype of new device that mitigates disruption of fusion plasmas faster than the most developed techniques today.
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Fighting cancer: Scientists develop a theory of 'collective behavior' of nanoparticles
A computer experiment conducted by the scientists of Ural Federal University together with colleagues from Edinburgh showed that it is incorrect to describe the behavior of magnetic nanoparticles that provide cell heating by the sum of reactions with each of them: particles constantly interact, and their "collective behavior" produces a unique effect. The scientists have published the research out
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Finding second hits to knock out leukemia
Targeted drugs are a cornerstone of personalized medicine, yet come with important drawbacks. They restrain disease progression — but rarely eradicate the cancer. Patients therefore need to take the drugs essentially forever, exposing them to severe side effects and incurring high costs for the healthcare system. Combination therapies could potentially overcome these limitations. A new study show
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Finding second hits to knock out leukemia
Targeted drugs are a cornerstone of personalized medicine, yet come with important drawbacks. They restrain disease progression — but rarely eradicate the cancer. Patients therefore need to take the drugs essentially forever, exposing them to severe side effects and incurring high costs for the healthcare system. Combination therapies could potentially overcome these limitations. A study by CeMM
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Fingerprint of silicic magma degassing visualised through chlorine microscopy
Fingerprint of silicic magma degassing visualised through chlorine microscopy Fingerprint of silicic magma degassing visualised through chlorine microscopy, Published online: 28 January 2019; doi:10.1038/s41598-018-37374-0 Fingerprint of silicic magma degassing visualised through chlorine microscopy
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Fish oil does not appear to improve asthma control in teens, young adults
Fish oil does not appear to improve asthma control in adolescents and young adults with uncontrolled asthma who are overweight or obese, according to new research.
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Fjärde pojke misstänkt för knivdåd
En fjärde pojke misstänks för inblandning i bråket på en fritidsgård i Västerås kommun i lördags kväll då två pojkar i övre tonåren knivhöggs svårt, enligt uppgifter till Västmanlands Läns Tidning.
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Flash photography is fine, but please don't touch
Not all guidelines for divers are based on science, say Maarten De Brauwer, Benjamin Saunders and Tanika Shalders from Australia's Curtin University.
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Fleets of automated cars may be coming to Florida roads with no human oversight
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Flera döda i våldsam tromb i Havanna
Minst tre personer dödades och 172 skadades i ett våldsamt oväder över den kubanska huvudstaden Havanna natten till måndagen. Ovädret tycks ha varit lokalt och inte förutspått.
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Flera fordon i olycka – fyra skadade
En linjebuss, en personbil och en lastbil har krockat på väg 72 i höjd med Heby, väster om Uppsala.
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Flera trafikolyckor i halkan efter snöfallet
Snöfallet under natten i södra Sverige orsakade flera halkolyckor när trafiken drog igång på måndagsmorgonen.
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Flounders in the Gulf of Finland: Decline caused by the near disappearance of one species
Morphologically very similar species can disappear before we even notice they are there.
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Flounders in the Gulf of Finland: Decline caused by the near disappearance of one species
Over the past 40 years, there has been a dramatic decline in fishery landings of an iconic Baltic Sea fish: the flounder. In the 1980s, the landings of the flounder fishery in the Gulf of Finland dropped by 90 per cent, a trend that was later confirmed by fishery-independent surveys.
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Flounders in the Gulf of Finland: Decline caused by the near disappearance of one species
Over the past 40 years, there has been a dramatic decline in fishery landings of an iconic Baltic Sea fish: the flounder. In the 1980s, the landings of the flounder fishery in the Gulf of Finland dropped by 90 per cent, a trend that was later confirmed by fishery-independent surveys.
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Flying squirrels are secretly pink
Flying squirrels are secretly pink Flying squirrels are secretly pink, Published online: 28 January 2019; doi:10.1038/d41586-019-00307-6 Forest ecologist stumbles across a New World gliding rodent that glows rosé in ultraviolet light.
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Frenemies: BMW, Mercedes Prepare ‘Jurbey’ Joint Mobility Service
From the Land of Fahrvergnügen: ride-hailing, car sharing, charging, parking, and multimodal transportation. The post Frenemies: BMW, Mercedes Prepare ‘Jurbey’ Joint Mobility Service appeared first on ExtremeTech .
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Future changes in human well-being to depend more on social factors than economic factors
The changes in the perception of personal well-being that could take place in the next three decades, on a global level, depend much more on social factors than on economic ones. This is the …
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Future changes in human well-being to depend more on social factors than economic factors
The changes in the perception of personal well-being that could take place in the next three decades, on a global level, depend much more on social factors than on economic ones. This is the result of a pioneering study developed by researchers from the Institute of Environmental Science and Technology of the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (ICTA-UAB) and McGill University in Canada which, for t
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Future changes in human well-being to depend more on social factors than economic factors
The changes in the perception of personal well-being that could take place in the next three decades, on a global level, depend much more on social factors than on economic ones.
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Future changes in human well-being to depend more on social factors than economic factors
The changes in the perception of personal well-being that could take place in the next three decades, on a global level, depend much more on social factors than on economic ones.
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Fyra av tio svenskar väljer bort kött
Fyra av tio svenskar uppger att de har minskat eller avstått från köttätande av klimatskäl det senaste året. Det visar en mätning från DN/Ipsos där tre av tio svarar att de har valt andra färdmedel i stället för flyg. Betydligt fler kvinnor än män anger att de ändrat sina konsumtionsvanor.
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Fånge misstänks ha våldtagit präst på anstalt
En 53-årig fånge misstänkts ha våldtagit en kvinnlig präst inne på anstalten där han sitter, rapporterar Aftonbladet. Övergreppet ska ha skett under ett prästbesök den 13 december förra året. Prästen anmälde våldtäkten en vecka senare.
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Gatwick airport is to trial robots that park your car for you
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Gene Drives Shown to Work in Female Mice
Biologists have demonstrated for the first time that a controversial genetic engineering technology works, with caveats, in mammals — Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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Gene Drives Shown to Work in Female Mice
Biologists have demonstrated for the first time that a controversial genetic engineering technology works, with caveats, in mammals — Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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Gene mutations link spina bifida and cleft palate
New research links gene mutations that cause cleft palates to spina bifida and other neural tube defects. The gene in question is known as interferon regulatory factor 6, or IRF6. Spina bifida, which affects up to 2,000 infants per year, is one of the most common birth defects in the United States. It occurs when the neural tube, the area where the brain and spinal cord form, does not close in th
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Germany to phase out coal by 2038 in move away from fossil fuels
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Going Solar Part 2: Ensuring the Project Is a Success
Installing a solar system isn't as complex as building an entire house or addition, but there are some wrinkles that can cause complications. We take you through some of them and offer tips on what to look for and how to make your project a success. The post Going Solar Part 2: Ensuring the Project Is a Success appeared first on ExtremeTech .
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Google App Beta Hints At Face Matching Feature
The security features of our phone, like passcodes, fingerprint, face recognition, iris scanning, and so on are designed to act as the first layer of security. This in general prevents users …
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Google Trolls iPhone Users With New Night Sight Ad Campaign
For the longest time ever, Apples iPhones were usually thought of to have the best smartphone cameras in the market. While the iPhones camera has continued to maintain its standards, it seems …
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Google ønsker Android Auto ind i fremtidens biler
Google udvikler et nyt styresystem til fremtidige bilers informations- og underholdningssystemer. Håbet er, at få det implementeret i alle biler, og lade det håndtere så mange funktioner som muligt.
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Groundbreaking new reusable adhesive works underwater
Illinois researchers have introduced a new cutting-edge reusable adhesive that activates in seconds, works underwater, and is strong enough to deadlift 11 pounds: shape memory polymers (SMPs).
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Groundbreaking new reusable adhesive works underwater
Researchers have introduced a new cutting-edge reusable adhesive that activates in seconds, works underwater, and is strong enough to deadlift 11 pounds: shape memory polymers (SMPs).
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Grönborg förgrymmad över stoppade spelare
Än en gång ställer spelschemat i den ryska hockeyligan KHL till det för Tre Kronor. Nu har Tre Kronors förbundskapten Rikard Grönborg tröttnat. – Det är spelarna som blir lidande. Det är det som jag blir mest förgrymmad över, säger Rikard Grönborg.
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Guaidó manar till nya protester mot regimen
Oppositionsledaren Juan Guaidó manar till nya massdemonstrationer mot Maduro-regimen i Venezuela på onsdag och lördag. Enligt människorättsorganisationer har minst 35 människor dödats av säkerhetsstyrkorna under oroligheterna.
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Guaidó: Ge inte Maduro något guld
Venezuelas oppositionsledare vädjar till Storbritannien: Låt inte Nicolás Maduro få tillgång till de venezuelanska guldreserverna.
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Gui Minhais dotter tar strid mot kinesisk tv-kanal
Angela Gui, dotter till den svenske bokförläggaren Gui Minhai, vill stoppa Kinas statliga television från att etablera sig i Storbritannien. Nu uppmanar hon brittiska myndigheter att dra in CCTV:s sändningstillstånd, efter uppgifter om att kanalen drivit och sänt framtvingade och falska bekännelser av hennes far, rapporterar SVT Nyheter.
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Guldbaggegalan 2019 – de är nominerade
I kväll rullas röda mattan ut för årets stora, svenska filmfest på Cirkus i Stockholm. Trolska ”Gräns”, varma ”Unga Astrid” och socialrealistiska ”Goliat” har störst vinstchanser på årets Guldbaggegala.
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Guldbaggevärden Emma Molin: ”Jag är inte särskilt elak i min humor”
I kväll leder komikern, skådespelaren, manusförfattaren och Grotescomedlemmen Emma Molin Guldbaggegalan för första gången.”Man får hela tiden tänka på att det är människor på andra sidan skämtet”, säger hon.
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Gun-Britt Sundström har skrivit årets Stockholm läser-bok
För författaren Gun-Britt Sundström väntar en tid av intensivt läsande efter att hon valts in i Nobelkommittén som väljer nästa Nobelpristagare. Men en av hennes egna böcker ska också läsas noga av stockholmarna i år. Romanen ”För Lydia” är vald till årets Stockholm läser-bok.
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Hamnarbetare varslar om nya punktstrejker
Svenska Hamnarbetarförbundet varslar om två nya punktstrejker som ska genomföras den 6 februari. I Halmstad kommer förbundets medlemmar att strejka mellan klockan 6-8 och i Mönsterås planeras strejk mellan klockan 13–15.30. Det har i nuläget inte varslats om några fler strejker.
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Harlaut medaljlös i X-games
Sexa i big air och fyra i slopestyle.
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HBO Nordic beställer tv-serie av Fredrik Backmans hockeyroman
Fredrik Backmans roman ”Björnstad”, om ett samhälle i Norrland som kretsar kring stadens hockeyklubb, blir tv-serie på HBO Nordic i regi av ”Tjuvheder”-regissören Peter Grönlund.
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Hellishly Hard New Game Is Specifically Designed to Confound AI
Automated E-Sports Bad news for pro gamers: now even video games are being automated by artificial intelligence. The game development company Unity announced a new contest for AI gamers on Monday, according to The Verge . The company put together a puzzle-solving 3D platformer game appropriately titled “Obstacle Tower.” The game was designed to be hellishly difficult for AI, featuring precisely t
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Hens that lay human proteins in eggs offer future therapy hope
Chickens that are genetically modified to produce human proteins in their eggs can offer a cost-effective method of producing certain types of drugs, research from the University of Edinburgh suggests. Researchers say the findings provide sound evidence for using chickens as a cheap method of producing high quality drugs for use in research studies and, potentially one day, in patients.
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Hens that lay human proteins in eggs offer future therapy hope
Chickens that are genetically modified to produce human proteins in their eggs can offer a cost-effective method of producing certain types of drugs, research suggests.
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Herding experts and polishing text: 10 tips for creating an edited volume
Herding experts and polishing text: 10 tips for creating an edited volume Herding experts and polishing text: 10 tips for creating an edited volume, Published online: 28 January 2019; doi:10.1038/d41586-018-07814-y What you should know before starting an anthology.
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Here's how the world picks sides in the Venezuela crisis
The U.S. has urged the world to 'pick sides' in Venezuela's constitutional crisis. This map shows which countries continue to support Maduro, and which ones have thrown their weight behind Guaidó. Could this be the first intimation of a new Cold War – or worse? Since last Wednesday, Venezuela has two presidents. The world map above shows which countries (in red) support Nicolas Maduro, whose re-e
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High rates of opioid prescriptions may be linked to poor labor force participation
Prescription opioids may be negatively affecting labor force participation and unemployment nationwide, according to findings in a new study co-authored by economists at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, and published in The Journal of Human Resources.
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Hopp om fred i Afghanistan – men presidenten känner sig sidsteppad
En svagt men spirande fredshopp gror plötsligt i Afghanistan. Detta sedan USA och landets talibanrörelse enats om ett ramverk för en fortsatt fredsprocess. Men den sittande presidenten Ashraf Ghani är missnöjd med att utestängas från samtalen.
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How a Massive Tree-Planting Campaign Eased Stifling Summer Heat in New York City
Many cities, in recent years, have initiated tree planting campaigns to offset carbon dioxide emissions and improve urban microclimates. In 2007, New York City launched MillionTrees NYC, a program designed to plant 1 million new trees along streets, in parks and on private and public properties by 2017. They hit their goal two years ahead of time. These programs are popular for a reason: Not only
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How gender disparities in salary add up over a lifetime
Around the country, women physician researchers make 7 to 8 percent less per year than men. Women faculty are likely to accumulate much less wealth over their lifetimes, researchers found.
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How global warming is adding to the health risks of poor people
There is mounting evidence of the impact of climate change on human habitat and health, on plant and animal life, on water resources and shorelines. These changes are felt unevenly within – and between – nations and communities. This is due to differences in access to resources, infrastructure, social structure, and government policy. Climate change is, and will continue to be, most severely felt
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How ion adsorption affects biological membranes' functions
In a new study published in EPJ E, Izabela Dobrzy?ska from the University of Bia?ystok, Poland, develops a mathematical model describing the electrical properties of biological membranes when ions such as calcium, barium and strontium adsorb onto them at different pH levels. These factors need to be taken into account when studying the diverse phenomena that occur at the lipid membrane in living c
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How ion adsorption affects biological membranes' functions
In a new study published in EPJ E, Izabela Dobrzy?ska from the University of Bia?ystok, Poland, develops a mathematical model describing the electrical properties of biological membranes when ions such as calcium, barium and strontium adsorb onto them at different pH levels. These factors need to be taken into account when studying the diverse phenomena that occur at the lipid membrane in living c
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How ion adsorption affects biological membranes' functions
Scientists have developed a mathematical model describing the electrical properties of biological membranes when ions such as calcium, barium and strontium adsorb onto them at different pH levels. These factors need to be taken into account when studying the diverse phenomena that occur at the lipid membrane in living cells, such as ion transport mechanisms.
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How one university changed overnight when it let 25 semiautonomous robots roam its campus
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How sponges undermine coral reefs from within
Coral reefs are demolished from within by bio-eroding sponges. Seeking refuge from predators, these sponges bore tunnels into the carbonate coral structures, thus weakening the reefs. Scientists from the Royal NIOZ Netherlands Institute for Sea Research have uncovered how the sponges hollow out and take over reef skeletons. This finding, published in Scientific Reports on Thursday January 24th, he
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How sponges undermine coral reefs from within
Coral reefs are demolished from within by bio-eroding sponges. Seeking refuge from predators, these sponges bore tunnels into the carbonate coral structures, thus weakening the reefs. Scientists from the Royal NIOZ Netherlands Institute for Sea Research have uncovered how the sponges hollow out and take over reef skeletons. This finding, published in Scientific Reports on Thursday January 24th, he
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How the Gates Foundation's push for 'high-quality' curriculum will stifle teaching
For much of American history, local school districts had a large amount of discretion over what they taught and how.
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How to create health care centaurs, half doctors and half managers
If hospital doctors around the world often struggle to become those health centaurs, half professionals and half managers, that modern healthcare organizations need, the main responsibility is not their resistance to change, but the lack of effective support from the organization, according to a new study.
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How to create health care centaurs, half doctors and half managers
If hospital doctors around the world often struggle to become those health centaurs, half professionals and half managers, that modern healthcare organizations need, the main responsibility is not their resistance to change, but the lack of effective support from the organization, according to a study by Marco Sartirana (CERGAS, Bocconi University), Graeme Currie (Warwick Business School), and Mir
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How we can 'bank' water underground for use later on
Groundwater has often been seen as the underground resource that never runs out. This "out of sight out of mind" attitude means wells and boreholes are indiscriminately sunk and that groundwater is abused by the public and even by governments. This is exacerbated in times of drought and even more pronounced in arid areas.
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Humans colonized diverse environments in Southeast Asia and Oceania during the Pleistocene
Investigations into what it means to be human have often focused on attempts to uncover the earliest material traces of 'art', 'language', or technological 'complexity'. More recently, scholars have begun to argue that more attention should be paid to the ecological uniqueness of our species. A new study reviews the palaeoecological information associated with hominin dispersals into Southeast Asi
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Hällde ut bensin i t-banevagn – döms till fängelse
Mannen i 40-årsåldern hällde ut bensin i tunnelbanevagnen och försökte tända på – men stoppades av en passagerare. Risken för att människoliv skulle krävas var ”överhängande” om branden hade startats, enligt räddningstjänsten. Tingsrätten dömer nu mannen till fyra års fängelse.
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Häxdoktorer lät mörda barn för att sälja kroppsdelar
Sex barn i sydvästra Tanzania har mördats för att delar av deras kroppar ska användas av häxdoktorer. Flera andra barn saknas i området.
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Ibland är det bra att ett material har defekter
– Att utveckla material med nya funktioner och förbättrad prestanda kräver innovativa insatser inom material- och mekanikforskningen, säger Mahmoud Mousavi, universitetslektor i maskinteknik. I ett nystartat forskningsprojekt vid Karlstads universitet undersöker och sammanför hans forskargrupp de två begreppen ”metamaterial” och ”defekthantering” i en innovativ kombination. Syftet är att ge nya p
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IBM launches commercial quantum computing – we're not ready for what comes next
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Image of the Day: Conjoined and Separated
Now two years old, the Delaney twins were born joined at the head and were successfully separated in June 2017.
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In his element: looking back on Primo Levi’s The Periodic Table
In his element: looking back on Primo Levi’s The Periodic Table In his element: looking back on Primo Levi’s The Periodic Table , Published online: 28 January 2019; doi:10.1038/d41586-019-00288-6 Tim Radford celebrates an extraordinary short-story collection.
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In test of wisdom, new research favors Yoda over Spock
A person's ability to reason wisely about a challenging situation may improve when they also experience diverse yet balanced emotions, say researchers.
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Increased speed of engineered human cell response
Researchers from the National Institute of Chemistry in Slovenia have developed a novel approach to regulate human cell response, endowing cells to respond to extracellular stimuli in minutes instead of hours. The authors believe that their system could be useful in various medical applications.
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Increased speed of engineered human cell response
Researchers from the National Institute of Chemistry in Slovenia have developed a novel approach to regulate human cell response, endowing cells to respond to extracellular stimuli in minutes instead of hours. The authors believe that their system could be useful in various medical applications.
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India has announced an ambitious plan to implement a universal basic income for every one of its 610,577 citizens. It would be the largest trial run anywhere in the world of a concept that supporters say could provide a safety net, help alleviate poverty and address the challenge of job automation.
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Inequality promotes deforestation in Latin America
Tropical deforestation is a major contributor to climate change and loss of local and global ecosystem functions. Latin America accounts for a large share of remaining tropical forests, but also features deforestation rates well above the world average. Here, the biggest driver of deforestation is expansion of agricultural frontiers to meet the demands of international markets. Power imbalances an
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Injection of opioids linked to significant increase in bacterial heart infections
In a new study from ICES, Lawson Health Research Institute and Western University, researchers discovered a significant rise in the risk of infective endocarditis, a serious heart infection, among Ontarians who inject drugs. When examining opioid prescriptions in the province, the research team discovered the increased risk of infective endocarditis may be related to the growing use of a specific
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Insulin deprivation leads to decreased ATP production in animal study
Despite the strong association between diabetes and dementia, how insulin deficiency affects brain function remains unclear. A recent study used a mouse model to investigate this mechanism.
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Interactions of messenger RNAs and micro-RNAs during brain development
One of the big challenges in neurobiology is cell classification, a problem compounded by the fact that the same cell type can look different depending on the method of analysis used to classify it — whether by cell shape, gene expression profile, electrophysiological firing pattern, or selective vulnerability to certain diseases.
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Interferon regulatory factor 6 mutations implicated in neural tube defects, including spina bifida
Mutations in a gene known as interferon regulatory factor 6 that cause cleft lip and palate also are implicated in neural tube defects such as spina bifida, suggests new research.
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iOS 12.2 Beta Lets Users Further Customize Screen Time
Image credit – 9to5MacOne of the digital wellbeing initiatives introduced by Apple in recent times is Screen Time. This basically gives users an overview of how much time theyve spent …
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Is increased screen time associated with delayed child development?
Many children spend more time on screens than is recommended. This study looked at whether more screen time was associated with lower scores in a measure of developmental milestones in children and it also looked at the opposite association of whether children with delays in development received more screen time to control challenging behavior.
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Is Marie Kondo Good For You? A Psychologist Assesses The KonMari Method of Tidying
Does it really spark joy?
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It’s a tougher life in space than we thought
Studies suggest not only bone and muscles are affected. Nick Carne reports.
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It’s cold! A physiologist explains how to keep your body feeling warm
Whether waiting for a bus, playing outside or walking the dog – during the colder winter season, everyone is looking for ways to stay warm. Luckily, the process your body uses to break down foods serves as an internal heater. But when the weather is cold, some defensive strategies are also necessary to prevent your body from losing its heat to the surrounding environment. As the temperature diffe
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Jazzmusikern Roland Keijser är död
Den svenske musikern och kompositören Roland Keijser är död, rapporterar Uppsala Nya Tidning.
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JILA researchers uncover quantum structure of buckyballs
JILA researchers have measured hundreds of individual quantum energy levels in the buckyball, a spherical cage of 60 carbon atoms. It's the largest molecule that has ever been analyzed at this level of experimental detail in the history of quantum mechanics. Fully understanding and controlling this molecule's quantum details could lead to new scientific fields and applications, such as an entire q
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JO inleder utredning av Svenska kraftnät
Justitieombudsmannen, JO, inleder nu en utredning av turerna på Svenska kraftnät. Upplysningar och handlingar har begärts ut som en del av granskningen.
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Johanna Paulsson: 90-årige Morricone tar farväl med milt målande ledmotiv från en svunnen tid
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Johns Hopkins faculty data highlight how gender disparities in salary add up over a lifetime
Around the country, women physician researchers make 7 to 8 percent less per year than men. At the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, efforts to eliminate such a gender disparity have cut the difference in salaries from 2.6 percent in 2005 to a statistically insignificant 1.9 percent in 2016. But even with that improvement and seemingly small pay gap, women faculty are likely to accumula
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Jurist: Sundhedsreform vil gøre sundhedsvæsenet mere lukket
Beslutningsprocesser vil ske bag lukkede døre og aktindsigt vil kunne afvises, hvis den nye sundhedsreform træder i kraft, mener jurist og offentlighedsrådgiver.
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Juristfrågan: Kan jag dra av min sons skuld från arvet?
Britt-Marie Svensson, chefsjurist och grundare av Bra juridik, svarar på läsarnas frågor om familjejuridik. Du kan till exempel fråga om arv, testamente, bodelning och samboavtal. Mejla din fråga till juristen@dn.se.
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JVM-duo får chansen i Tre Kronor
Två JVM-spelare tar plats i Tre Kronors lag till hemmaturneringen i Stockholm. Djurgårdens och SHL:s skyttekung Emil Bemström gör debut och Luleås center Isac Lundeström, som började säsongen i NHL, får också chansen.
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Kanadensisk medborgare gripen i Kina
En kanadensisk medborgare i 60-årsåldern har gripits i den kinesiska regionen Macao misstänkt för bedrägeri, rapporterar lokala medier.
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Kim Källström om Qatar–VM: ”Man ska inte tro allt man läser”
Slavliknande förhållanden, över tusen gästarbetare som dött. Fotbolls-VM i Qatar 2022 är starkt ifrågasatt. Nu försvaras värdlandet av Kim Källström. – Man ska inte tro allt man läser i media, säger han till en av VM-organisationernas hemsidor.
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Klimataktivister blockerade ingången till Vattenfalls kontor
Ett 20-tal aktivister från klimatuppropet Extinction Rebellion blockerade på måndagsmorgonen ingången till energibolaget Vattenfalls huvudkontor, i en fredlig demonstration mot bolagets miljömål. ”De har rätt att ha sin åsikt” kommenterar bolaget.
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Konsertrecension: Roland Pöntinen är helt inne i musiken och spelar som en gud.
Om en ensam pianist ska engagera hela publiken i en stor konsertsal behövs verk som inte bara imponerar tekniskt utan också erbjuder poetisk skönhet och underhållande dramatik, skriver DN:s recensent Nicholas Ringskog Ferrada-Noli och njuter av de romantiska klassikerna Roland Pöntinen framför.
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Kvinder med astma har i højere grad brug for fertilitetsbehandling
Ny forskning viser, at kvinder med astma i højere grad har brug for fertilitetsbehandling end kvinder uden astma.
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Kvinna miste synen efter ögonoperationer – Ivo riktar skarp kritik
En kvinna fick efter en gråstarrsoperation genomgå en serie misslyckade ingrepp. Detta ledde till att hon blev blind på ögat. Nu får ögonklinken vid Sunderby sjukhus utanför Luleå skarp kritik från Ivo, rapporterar nyhetsbyrån Siren.
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Lessons from Cyclone Gaja: How to limit the impact of extreme weather in developing countries
Taking up almost the entire southern tip of India, Tamil Nadu is the country's second-largest economy. Its delta region is considered to be the "rice bowl" of the state, also producing coconuts, bananas, nuts, spices and sugar cane. On 16 November 2018, Cyclone Gaja struck Tamil Nadu's coastal areas, devastating local agriculture and infrastructure, and destroying thousands of homes.
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Lift teacher status to improve student performance
Australia needs to lift the status of teachers to attract the best and brightest to teaching. The world's top-performing school systems make it a national priority to attract the strongest candidates. Improving teacher selection improves student results.
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Listen: Is our universe actually a hologram?
One of the most mind-blowing ideas in physics, called the holographic principle, is that our universe is actually a hologram. “It turns out that this idea of the holographic principle or the universe is a hologram… actually helps us to solve some of the thorniest puzzles that arise when you try to combine quantum mechanics and general relativity,” says Matthew Headrick, an assistant professor of
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Listeria in the feed: A dangerous hygiene problem in fattening pigs
In a recent study, researchers from Vetmeduni Vienna investigated an episode of fatal listeriosis in fattening pigs with a mortality rate of nearly 10 percent. The research team traced the source of infection to the fed silage. Following simple guidelines during the ensilaging process can minimize this risk—with benefits for food safety and public health.
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Listeria in the feed: A dangerous hygiene problem in fattening pigs
In a recent study, researchers from Vetmeduni Vienna investigated an episode of fatal listeriosis in fattening pigs with a mortality rate of nearly 10 percent. The research team traced the source of infection to the fed silage. Following simple guidelines during the ensilaging process can minimize this risk—with benefits for food safety and public health.
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Live: Guldbaggegalan 2019
I kväll delas det ut priser till Sveriges bästa filmer. Följ direktrapporteringen från Guldbaggegalan här.
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Livskrisande Izabella Scorupco fick hjälp av ny tv-roll i ”Hidden”
Viaplays nya fantasythriller ”Hidden” hjälpte Izabella Scorupco ur en svår period. För hennes tysk-svenska motspelare August Wittgenstein bestod den största utmaningen i att för första gången spela en svensk huvudroll.
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Lost sleep ups Alzheimer’s protein levels
Sleep deprivation increases levels of the key Alzheimer’s disease protein tau, according to new research in mice. On follow-up studies in the mice, the research team showed that sleeplessness accelerates the spread through the brain of toxic clumps of tau—a harbinger of brain damage and decisive step along the path to dementia. Poor sleep has long been linked with Alzheimer’s disease, but researc
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Love Snow? Here's How It's Changing
More in some places, less in others, the trends are both clear and complicated — Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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Lowering blood pressure reduces risk of cognitive impairment
Intensive control of blood pressure in older people significantly reduced the risk of developing mild cognitive impairment (MCI), a precursor of early dementia, in a clinical trial led by scientists at Wake Forest School of Medicine, part of Wake Forest Baptist Health.
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Lägenhet vid Central Park såld för rekordsumma
En takvåningslägenhet har sålts för 238 miljoner dollar i Central Park. Därmed är det den största summa som någonsin betalat för ett hem i USA, uppger Wall Street Journal.
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Macron avfärdar ny salva från Italiens regering
Ordkriget mellan Italien och Frankrike fortsatte på söndagen samtidigt som Italien hotar med att sätta in rättsliga åtgärder mot ett fartyg med migranter som inte tillåts gå i land i Italien. – Italien behöver ledare som är värdiga dess historia, sa Frankrikes president Emmanuel Macron.
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Making 'sense' of the 'cart before the horse' in mammalian cells.
Researchers show that antisense RNA can mediated the formation of fusion genes.
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Malaysia portar israeler – fråntas mästerskap
Malaysia fråntas sommarens para-VM i simning på grund av att de stoppar israeler från att tävla, meddelar den internationella paralympiska kommittén, IPC.
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Man versus condor: the king of the Andes under threat
By all accounts, Dasan and Illika should have died of poisoning.
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Man versus condor: the king of the Andes under threat
By all accounts, Dasan and Illika should have died of poisoning.
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Manipulating cell networks with light — New frontiers in optical microscopy
A new optical microscope system called SIFOM (Stimulation and Imaging-based Functional Optical Microscopy) can stimulate multiple cells simultaneously by a holographic method and monitor cell activity after the stimulation using 3D (three-dimensional) measurements based on fluorescence holography. This system has potential applications as a tool for the reconstruction of lost nerve pathways, const
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Manipulating cell networks with light – new frontiers in optical microscopy
A new optical microscope system called stimulation and imaging-based functional optical microscopy (SIFOM) can stimulate multiple cells simultaneously via a holographic method and monitor cell activity after the stimulation using 3-D measurements based on fluorescence holography. This system has potential applications as a tool for the reconstruction of lost nerve pathways, constructing artificial
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Manipulating cell networks with light: New frontiers in optical microscopy
A new optical microscope system called SIFOM (Stimulation and Imaging-based Functional Optical Microscopy) can stimulate multiple cells simultaneously by a holographic method and monitor cell activity after the stimulation using 3D (three-dimensional) measurements based on fluorescence holography. This system has potential applications as a tool for the reconstruction of lost nerve pathways, const
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Manipulating cell networks with light: New frontiers in optical microscopy
A new optical microscope system called SIFOM (Stimulation and Imaging-based Functional Optical Microscopy) can stimulate multiple cells simultaneously by a holographic method and monitor cell activity after the stimulation using 3D (three-dimensional) measurements based on fluorescence holography. This system has potential applications as a tool for the reconstruction of lost nerve pathways, const
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Marockomorden: Kvinnorna skuggades när de gick upp i bergen
Det har gått en dryg månad sedan två unga skandinaviska kvinnor blev brutalt mördade i Marocko. Dubbelmordet klassas som ett terrordåd med islamistiska förtecken. Nu väcks frågor om hur djupt förankrad den våldstillvända islamismen är i turistlandet Marocko. DN:s Mellanösternkorrespondent Erik Ohlsson har granskat terrormordet och jihadismens roll i Marocko.
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Massevis af fejl i LED-lys
Sikkerhedsstyrelsen fandt fejl i to ud af tre LED-belysninger. De fleste fejl er ikke synlige for øjet, men du risikerer elektriske stød.
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Materials chemists tap body heat to power 'smart garments'
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Measuring forces of living cells and microorganisms
Forces exerted by a living cell or a microorganism are tiny, often no larger than a few nanonewtons. For comparison, one nanonewton is the weight of one part in a billion of a typical chocolate bar. Yet, for biological cells and microbes, these forces are enough to allow cells to stick to a surface or microbes to propel themselves toward nutrients. Scientists from Finland and Germany now present a
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Measuring forces of living cells and microorganisms
Forces exerted by a living cell or a microorganism are tiny, often no larger than a few nanonewtons. For comparison, one nanonewton is the weight of one part in a billion of a typical chocolate bar. Yet, for biological cells and microbes, these forces are enough to allow cells to stick to a surface or microbes to propel themselves toward nutrients. Scientists from Finland and Germany now present a
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Measuring forces of living cells and microorganisms
Novel technique to measure forces produced by microorganisms as they move without harming them hopes to shine light on how bacteria move.
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Metro Exodus ditches Steam for Epic Games store, Valve calls it 'unfair' – CNET
Steam preorders will still be fulfilled, but the game costs $10 less on Epic's rival storefront.
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Microsoft Intentionally Cripples Windows 7 Media Player To Spur Windows 10 Upgrades
Microsoft continues to beat the Windows 10 drum, but many holdouts are still refusing to dance. Windows 10 has only recently surpassed Windows 7's marketshare, nearly 4 years into its life …
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Mimicking nature for programmable and adaptive synthetic materials
In a recently published work in Nature Communications on Jan 25, 2019, scientists from the Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Science and Research (JNCASR) and the Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine (inStem) have successfully created a minimalistic synthetic mimic of aforementioned cytoskeletal networks with structural and temporal programming.
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Mindre bedrägerier i Stockholm utreds igen
Polisen i Stockholm återupptar mindre bedrägeriutredningar efter att de lagts på hög under hösten. Enligt Sveriges Radio Ekot gällde det fall som understeg 5.000 kronor, däribland mobilbedrägerier.
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Minst tio döda i våldsamheter i Burkina Faso
Minst tio personer har dödats i ett angrepp mot en by i Burkina Faso, enligt lokala uppgiftslämnare.
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Missing link in planet evolution found
For the first time ever, astronomers have detected a 1.3 km radius body at the edge of the solar system. Kilometer-sized bodies like the one discovered have been predicted to exist for more than 70 years. These objects acted as an important step in the planet formation process between small initial amalgamations of dust and ice and the planets we see today.
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MIT Removes Inherent AI Facial Recognition Bias
Artificially intelligent machines can demonstrate bias by learning the behavior from each othera dangerous side-effect of AI systems used to predict crime and determine what news we consume. …
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MoD backs satellite 'origami radar antennas'
The UK's Ministry of Defence approaches an Oxford start-up to help design a sovereign satellite radar system.
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Morata lånas ut till Atlético Madrid
Álvaro Morata återvänder till Spanien. Men inte till Real Madrid utan till Madridrivalen Atlético.
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Multichannel bioreactor for lung regeneration analysis
New strides are being made toward the ex vivo growth of human lungs.
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Myocarditis: Overshooting the mark
Researchers from Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet (LMU) in Munich have shown that a protein called midkine, a member of the class of signaling molecules known as cytokines, is a key driver of inflammation in the heart muscle that can lead to heart failure in patients with myocarditis.
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Mystisk röst svarade i Migrationsverkets telefon
Migrationsverket hade stora problem med telefonin på måndagsmorgonen. En röst som enligt SVT uppfattats som hotfull svarade ”Jävla Migrationsverket” och det gick inte att komma fram till myndigheten. – Det är för tidigt att säga att telefonen blev kapad. Vi jobbar med att ta reda på vad som hänt, säger Irene Sokolow, presskommunikatör.
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Nantes spelar för Sala: ”Känslomässigt”
Nantes medger att det inte kommer att bli lätt att spela första matchen sedan Emiliano Sala försvann i samband med flygningen till den nya klubben Cardiff.
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Nattens snöfall orsakar störningar i trafiken
På måndagsmorgonen är det förseningar och inställda avgångar i Stockholmstrafiken. Framförallt påverkas busstrafiken där hållplatser kan behöva flyttas under förmiddagen. – Var ute i god, rekommenderar Claes Keisu, presskommunikatör på SL.
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NBA players who shine early stay skilled for longer
NBA players who excelled during the first part of their career were able to retain more of their skill as they aged. They also displayed a slower decline in performance after the peak of their career, according to a study published in the Springer journal Behaviour Research Methods.
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NBA players who shine early stay skilled for longer
Speed at which National Basketball Association (NBA) players' performance declines with age after peak depends on early career development, study suggests.
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NBA players who shine early stay skilled for longer
Speed at which National Basketball Association (NBA) players' performance declines with age after peak depends on early career development, study suggests.
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Nera: The 3D-printed electric motorbike
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New Australia mass fish deaths in key river system
Thousands more fish have died in a key river system in drought-hit eastern Australia just weeks after up to a million were killed, authorities and locals said Monday, sparking fears an ecological disaster is unfolding.
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New class of polyethylene catalyst
A team of chemists has reported the discovery of a new class of catalyst to produce ultra-high-weight polyethylene, a potential new source of high-strength, abrasion-resistant plastic used for products ranging from bulletproof vests to artificial joints.
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New class of polyethylene catalyst
A team of chemists has reported the discovery of a new class of catalyst to produce ultra-high-weight polyethylene, a potential new source of high-strength, abrasion-resistant plastic used for products ranging from bulletproof vests to artificial joints.
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New family of fungi threatens a UNESCO-listed 8-century-old cathedral in Portugal
A peculiar fungus was retrieved from an artwork in the Old Cathedral of Coimbra, Portugal during a multi-disciplinary scientific survey. The organism was found to belong to the group of microcolonial black fungi, which are infamous amongst conservationists and biologists who care for historic monuments. They cause significant biodeterioration to stone monuments due to their successful adaptation t
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New family of fungi threatens a UNESCO-listed 8-century-old cathedral in Portugal
To be listed as UNESCO World Heritage requires special care and protection of valuable cultural monuments and pieces of Art from threats such as biodeterioration caused by microcolonial black …
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New family of fungi threatens a UNESCO-listed 8-century-old cathedral in Portugal
To be listed as UNESCO World Heritage requires special care and protection of valuable cultural monuments and pieces of Art from threats such as biodeterioration caused by microcolonial black fungi. The culprits lodge their branch-like structures (hyphae) deep into the stone forming fissures and cracks and also produce polysaccharides that trigger corrosion.
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New family of fungi threatens a UNESCO-listed 8-century-old cathedral in Portugal
To be listed as UNESCO World Heritage requires special care and protection of valuable cultural monuments and pieces of Art from threats such as biodeterioration caused by microcolonial black fungi. The culprits lodge their branch-like structures (hyphae) deep into the stone forming fissures and cracks and also produce polysaccharides that trigger corrosion.
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New insight into unique sugar transport in plants
Sugar transport through sugar transport proteins (STP) is unique to plants, and is important for the proper development of plant organs such as pollen. STPs are also used to concentrate sugars in specific tissues like fruit, and they play an important role in the plant defence against fungal attacks from things like rust and mildew.
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New insight into unique sugar transport in plants
Sugar transport through sugar transport proteins (STP) is unique to plants, and is important for the proper development of plant organs such as pollen. STPs are also used to concentrate sugars in specific tissues like fruit, and they play an important role in the plant defence against fungal attacks from things like rust and mildew.
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New method to determine how safe buildings are after an earthquake
Deciding when it's safe for a building's residents to move back in after an earthquake is a major challenge and responsibility for civil engineers. Not only do they have to evaluate whether the building could collapse, but also whether it could withstand aftershocks of the same magnitude. The good news is, some promising research is being carried out in this field.
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New method yields higher transition temperature in superconducting materials
Researchers have reported a new way to raise the transition temperature of superconducting materials, boosting the temperature at which the superconductors are able to operate.
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New model predicts U.S. neighborhoods likely to gentrify, prescribes effective anti-displacement policies
A new research model allows urban planners, policymakers and community leaders to better focus resources to limit gentrification in vulnerable neighborhoods throughout the U.S.
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New stage in the development of corrective mechanisms for ischemia and neurodegenerative diseases
In the last decade, there has been a growing body of experimental data confirming that neural networks are the minimal functional unit of the nervous system. It is the neural networks rather than individual neurons (as previously thought) that are responsible for the key functions of the brain: information processing, storage and transmission.
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New Technique Could Put Electricity-Producing Bacteria To Work
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New tool offers unprecedented look inside capillaries
3D-imaging measures blood flow and oxygenation.
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New university ranking system includes the cultural perspective
A new study proposes a new way of ranking universities, using a more balanced cultural view and based on 24 international editions of Wikipedia.
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New university ranking system includes the cultural perspective
A new study proposes a new way of ranking universities, using a more balanced cultural view and based on 24 international editions of Wikipedia.
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New university ranking system includes the cultural perspective
A new study proposes a new way of ranking universities, using a more balanced cultural view and based on 24 international editions of Wikipedia
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New university ranking system includes the cultural perspective
A new study proposes a new way of ranking universities, using a more balanced cultural view and based on 24 international editions of Wikipedia
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New York's overly political approach to mass transit
As a political scientist I know that everything government does has a political dimension to it, but New York's governor, mayor and legislature have done a very good job of letting their petty political ambitions and competition destroy New York's subway system. In the 1960s and 1970s the subway was subjected to the city's financial neglect, but was rebuilt by Hugh Carey, Ed Koch and Richard Ravit
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Neymars pappa ilsknar till efter skadan: ”Kan inte få fortsätta”
Neymar har haft stora problem med skador under karriären. Nu reagerar hans pappa starkt på hur hans son behandlas på planen.
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NHS plans to offer patients the opportunity to have their DNA sequenced. Unlike other NHS services, though, it will be fee-based and require that patients share their data.
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Nissan faces SEC probe over executive pay
The US Securities and Exchange Commission is investigating Nissan over executive pay, the firm said Monday, the latest blow for the auto giant reeling from the arrest of former chairman Carlos …
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Nissan faces SEC probe over executive pay
The US Securities and Exchange Commission is investigating Nissan over executive pay, the firm said Monday, the latest blow for the auto giant reeling from the arrest of former chairman Carlos Ghosn over alleged financial misconduct.
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Nissan ska granskas för lönefusk
Japanska biltillverkaren Nissan är föremål för granskning hos amerikanska finansinspektionen, Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
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Nordea varnar för sämre tider
De pressade bostadspriserna har redan gett avtryck i ekonomin. De har skapat osäkerhet hos hushållen och bostadsbyggandet kommer att halveras fram till 2020, spår banken Nordea i sin senaste konjunkturprognos.
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Norsk försvarare till AIK
Svenska mästarlaget AIK värvar norske mittbacken Daniel Granli.
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Not all saturated fats are equal when it comes to heart health
The type of saturated fats we eat can affect our risk of a heart attack, according to a study published in the International Journal of Cardiology.
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Not all saturated fats are equal when it comes to heart health
The type of saturated fats we eat can affect our risk of a heart attack.
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NTU and SUTD researchers discover asymmetric chemical reaction with intriguing reaction pathways
Singaporean research teams from NTU and SUTD have developed an asymmetric catalytic reaction, which provides access to synthetically challenging molecular structures and features an unusual reaction pathway.
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Nuclear lipid droplets derive from a lipoprotein precursor and regulate phosphatidylcholine synthesis
Nuclear lipid droplets derive from a lipoprotein precursor and regulate phosphatidylcholine synthesis Nuclear lipid droplets derive from a lipoprotein precursor and regulate phosphatidylcholine synthesis, Published online: 28 January 2019; doi:10.1038/s41467-019-08411-x The origin and physiological significance of lipid droplets (LDs) in the nucleus is not clear. Here authors show that nucleoplas
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Nurture genius in developing countries
The world is missing out on breakthrough science because exceptionally talented young people from low- and middle-income countries do not receive appropriate levels of support to help nurture their genius, according to a new study.
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Nvidia significantly lowers revenue guidance
Nvidia cant stop falling. The company has cut its guidance for its upcoming earnings report. The company expects to generate $2.2 billion instead of $2.7 billion as it had previously announced. …
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Ny app giver danskere let adgang til egen læge
Patienter får én direkte adgang til egen læge over mobilen med ny app. Klare fordele ved app’en for både patienter og lægeklinikkerne, mener PLO-formand.
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Nyt bud på mysteriet om Jordens og Månens opståen
Sammenstødet mellem en protojord og en planet på størrelse med Mars gav ikke alene anledning til dannelse af Månen. Det gav også Jorden et nødvendigt input af grundstoffer for livets opståen, forklarer amerikansk forskergruppe.
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Oenighet trots kunskap – så fungerar vi
Vi har en tendens att vara oeniga i många frågor. Många gånger är oenighet ett tecken på att åtminstone ena parten har gjort sig skyldig till någon form av misstag. Enligt en populär uppfattning inom modern kunskapsteori gör oenighet i en viss fråga (särskilt om den är djupgående och utbredd) att den egna åsikten blir mindre välgrundad. Det gäller inte minst i kontroversiella frågor inom politik,
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Opioid injecting linked to substantial rise in bacterial heart infections
A study of people who inject drugs found a significant increase in the risk of infective endocarditis, a serious infection of the lining of the heart, possibly linked to increasing use of the opioid hydromorphone.
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Opioid injecting linked to substantial rise in bacterial heart infections
A study of people who inject drugs found a significant increase in the risk of infective endocarditis, a serious infection of the lining of the heart, possibly linked to increasing use of the opioid hydromorphone. The study is published in CMAJ.
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OS-mästaren missar Åre-VM
Alpina stjärnan Michelle Gisin missar VM i Åre efter att ha drabbats av en knäskada då hon kraschade i helgens super-G-lopp i Garmisch-Partenkirchen.
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Otago bioethicists call for more robust system of ethical governance in human gene-editing
University of Otago bioethicists are calling for a more robust system of ethical governance in human gene-editing in the wake of the Chinese experiment aiming to produce HIV immune children.
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Otago bioethicists call for more robust system of ethical governance in human gene-editing
University of Otago bioethicists are calling for a more robust system of ethical governance in human gene-editing in the wake of the Chinese experiment aiming to produce HIV immune children.
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Otago bioethicists call for more robust system of ethical governance in human gene-editing
University of Otago bioethicists are calling for a more robust system of ethical governance in human gene-editing in the wake of the Chinese experiment aiming to produce HIV immune children.
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Patients with primary care have better quality health and experience
A new study by investigators at Brigham and Women's Hospital examines the impact of having first-contact, comprehensive, coordinated and continuous care.
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PD-1/PD-L1 checkpoint blockade harnesses monocyte-derived macrophages to combat cognitive impairment in a tauopathy mouse model
PD-1/PD-L1 checkpoint blockade harnesses monocyte-derived macrophages to combat cognitive impairment in a tauopathy mouse model PD-1/PD-L1 checkpoint blockade harnesses monocyte-derived macrophages to combat cognitive impairment in a tauopathy mouse model, Published online: 28 January 2019; doi:10.1038/s41467-019-08352-5 Blocking the PD-1 pathway was shown to be effective in amyloid beta mouse mo
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Penn engineer's 'metallic wood' has the strength of titanium and the density of water
In a new study published in Nature Scientific Reports, researchers at the University of Pennsylvania's School of Engineering and Applied Science, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and the University of Cambridge have built a sheet of nickel with nanoscale pores that make it as strong as titanium but four to five times lighter.
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Penn physicists find the limits of multitasking in biological networks
Penn physicists have successfully characterized a model that details the limits of multitasking in biological networks. Their results pave the way for further study of complex biological systems, such as blood flow in the brain, with potential applications in fields ranging from biology to medicine.
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Physicists find the limits of multitasking in biological networks
Many complex systems in biology can be conceptualized as networks. This perspective helps researchers understand how biological systems work on a fundamental level, and can be used to answer …
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Physicists find the limits of multitasking in biological networks
Many complex systems in biology can be conceptualized as networks. This perspective helps researchers understand how biological systems work on a fundamental level, and can be used to answer key questions in biology, medicine, and engineering.
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Physicists find the limits of multitasking in biological networks
Physicists have successfully characterized a model that details the limits of multitasking in biological networks. Their results pave the way for further study of complex biological systems, such as blood flow in the brain, with potential applications in fields ranging from biology to medicine.
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Pioneering Gene and Cell Therapy Solutions
Download this document from Bio-Techne to discover innovative and flexible solutions that expedite cell and gene therapy workflows.
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Plasmonic pioneers fire away in fight over light
Rice University researchers make their case for photoluminescence as the source of light emitted by plasmonic metal nanoparticles. Their techniques could be used to develop solar cells and biosensors.
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Polisen utreder fynd i misstänkt kidnappning
Den norska polisen har hittat föremål i vattnet i sjön Langvannet i Lørenskogs kommun. Polisen undersöker nu om föremålen kan sättas i samband med den misstänkta kidnappningen av 68-åriga Anne-Elisabeth Hagen.
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Poor sleep at night, more pain the next day
After one night of inadequate sleep, brain activity ramps up in pain-sensing regions while activity is scaled back in areas responsible for modulating how we perceive painful stimuli. This finding, published in JNeurosci, provides the first brain-based explanation for the well-established relationship between sleep and pain.
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Poor sleep magnifies the brain’s response to pain
Just one night is all it takes. Natalie Parletta reports.
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Preprinters of the World Unite
The following is a rant in praise of preprints. I blog of usefulness of preprints, open science and open access, how BioRxiv works and their Plan U.
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Prinsessan Madeleine har skrivit en barnbok
Prinsessan Madeleine debuterar som barnboksförfattare. Boken ”Stella och hemligheten” handlar om barns rättigheter, och är skriven i samarbete med Karini Gustafson-Teixeira och Marie Oskarsson. Den vänder sig till barn i lågstadieåldern och till deras föräldrar.
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Problem att nå DN via telefon
På grund av tekniska problem går det just nu inte att nå Dagens Nyheter via telefon.
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Prologis to Install 2.5MW Rooftop Solar Plant in Kyoto
Prologis, which develops physical distribution bases, etc, built a multi-tenant physical distribution facility in Kyotanabe City, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan, and had a ceremony to celebrate the …
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Proton transport 'highway' may pave way to better high-power batteries
Researchers have found that a chemical mechanism first described more than two centuries ago holds the potential to revolutionize energy storage for high-power applications like vehicles or electrical grids.
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Publiksuccé för handbolls–VM
906.283 biljetter såldes under det just avslutade handbolls–VM som avgjordes i Tyskland och Danmark. Det är nytt VM-rekord med nästan 200.000 åskådare.
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Putting free energy to good use with minuscule energy harvesters
Scientists at Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech) have developed a micro-electromechanical energy harvester that allows for more flexibility in design, which is crucial for future IoT applications.
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Putting that free energy around you to good use with minuscule energy harvesters
Scientists at Tokyo Tech developed a micro-electromechanical energy harvester that allows for more flexibility in design, which is crucial for future IoT applications.
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På et hængende hår: Den faste indre kerne opstod i sidste øjeblik for at redde Jordens magnetfelt
Jordens faste indre kerne blev dannet for kun ca 500 mio år siden. Processen var med til at øge styrken af Jordens magnetiske felt, der var svundet næsten helt ind.
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Quality, experience of outpatient care in US for adults with or without primary care
Adults who have primary care receive similar amounts of care as adults who don't, but they receive more high-value care, similar low-value care, and report better access and patient experiences. In this analysis, researchers used data from an annual nationally representative survey to compare 49,286 adults with primary care to 21,133 adults without primary care. Health care systems in many countri
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Quantifying how much quantum information can be eavesdropped
Summary The most basic type of quantum information processing is quantum entanglement. In a new study published in EPJ B, Zhaonan Zhang from Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an, China, and colleagues have provided a much finer characterisation of the distributions of entanglement in multi-qubit systems than previously available. These findings can be used in quantum cryptography to estimate the quant
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Quantifying how much quantum information can be eavesdropped
Summary The most basic type of quantum information processing is quantum entanglement. In a new study published in EPJ B, Zhaonan Zhang from Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an, China, and colleagues have provided a much finer characterisation of the distributions of entanglement in multi-qubit systems than previously available. These findings can be used in quantum cryptography to estimate the quant
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Quantifying how much quantum information can be eavesdropped
The most basic type of quantum information processing is quantum entanglement. Researchers have now provided a much finer characterization of the distributions of entanglement in multi-qubit systems than previously available. These findings can be used in quantum cryptography to estimate the quantity of information an eavesdropper can capture regarding the secret encryption key.
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'Radical rethink' needed to tackle obesity, hunger, climate: report
To defeat the intertwined pandemics of obesity, hunger and climate change, governments must curb the political influence of major corporations, said a major report Monday calling for a 'global treaty' similar to one for tobacco control.
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Researchers develop app to improve accessibility
Researchers of the Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV) and the Hospital Universitari i Politècnic La Fe have developed a new application, currently in beta, to facilitate the movement of people around the city of Valencia (Spain), especially those who have temporary or permanent reduced mobility. Furthermore, it will warn users of any urban barrier in a simple and intuitive way. Therefore, i
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Researchers from MIT have created the first fully flexible device that can convert energy from Wi-Fi signals into electricity that could power electronics.
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Researchers have genetically modified chickens that can lay eggs that contain drugs for arthritis and some cancers.
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Retreating Ice Exposes Arctic Landscape Unseen for 120,000 Years
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Rettelser af fejl i Sundhedsplatformens medicinmodul sat på lavt blus
Selv om listen over fejl i medicinmodulet til IT-systemet Sundhedsplatformen stadig er alenlang, har regionen valgt at køre fejlrettelserne ned på lavt blus frem til opgradering af platform og LPR3.
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Rising sea levels could kill off 500-year-old trees in New Jersey forest
Dark water formed an eddy around Steve Eisenhauer's boots as they sank into the muck at the base of a 90-foot black gum tree so old, its roots were deep in this ground when the Pilgrims landed.
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River channel connectivity shifts metabolite composition and dissolved organic matter chemistry
River channel connectivity shifts metabolite composition and dissolved organic matter chemistry River channel connectivity shifts metabolite composition and dissolved organic matter chemistry, Published online: 28 January 2019; doi:10.1038/s41467-019-08406-8 The underlying mechanisms structuring dissolved organic matter (DOM) composition and reactivity in rivers remain poorly quantified. Here, th
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Roy Scranton: ”Thunbergs projekt är dömt att misslyckas”
Roy Scranton lindar inte in sitt budskap. Det är redan kört, vi måste sluta hoppas på vår överlevnad och påbörja en palliativ vård av mänskligheten. – Jag känner mig ibland som en domedagsprofet som gör folk deprimerade. Men det här måste sägas, säger klimatfilosofen och skribenten till TT.
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Rural people with disabilities are still struggling to recover from the recession
After the devastating losses of the Great Recession, the U.S. has enjoyed one of the longest expansions in its recorded history. For nearly 100 straight months, the U.S. economy has added jobs.
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Rutgers researchers highlight need for more smoking cessation programs in state prisons
Inmates want to quit smoking but don't have access to smoking cessation programs in state prisons, increasing the risk – especially among black male inmates — of cancer, heart disease, stroke and other smoking-related diseases, according to Rutgers researchers.
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Samsung Might Be Interested In A Company That Makes A 25x Zoom Camera Module
Recently it was reported that OPPO could be working on a phone that could feature 10x zoom. Previously the company had launched a smartphone that was capable of 5x lossless zoom, so 10x is …
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Samsung says that it will begin using sustainable materials in its packaging – In making the shift, Samsung pledges to use 500 thousand tons of recycled plastics and to collect 7.5 tons of discarded products by 2030.
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Samsung to Ditch Oil-Based Plastic for Sustainable Packaging
The next time you unbox a new Samsung product it will be a much greener experience. Why? Because Samsung is ditching traditional plastic packaging for more sustainable alternatives. It’s …
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Saudiarabien har gripit 2,5 miljoner på drygt ett år
Saudiarabien fortsätter att slå ned på personer utan arbets- och uppehållstillstånd. Under de senaste tre veckorna har omkring 200.000 personer gripits och sammanlagt har 2,5 miljoner personer tagits av myndigheterna för att befinna sig i landet utan tillstånd.
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Saving Rembrandt for future generations
The surface of many Old Master paintings has been affected by the appearance of whitish lead-rich deposits, which are often difficult to fully characterise, thereby hindering conservation. Painted in 1663, Rembrandt's Homer is an incredibly valuable and much-loved painting. Like many Old Masters it has a long and eventful past, which has taken its toll on the painting's chemistry. The test of time
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Scenrecension: Dansant och universellt om längtan efter fyrfota kamrat
Dockteaterföreställningen ”Vill ha hund!” härbärgerar alla motstridiga känslor inför en älskad som ibland behöver en lite för mycket, skriver Anna Håkansson.
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School homicides have become more common and more deadly, CDC data show
A new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirms what too many students across the country already know: The incidence of mass homicides on school campuses has risen steeply in recent years, as has their toll.
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Scientist learn to extract Omega-3 from microalgae | #GME
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Scientists bring new insight into how animals see
Scientists from The University of Manchester have found a way to trick the eye into thinking the world is brighter than it actually is.
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Scientists create super-thin 'sheet' that could charge our phones
Breakthrough means large sheets of energy-harvesting material can be produced We have all been there. In a rush to leave the house we grab our phones and head out the door, realising all too late that the battery is dead because we forgot to plug it into the tablecloth. Or perhaps we have not. But this could be the future that scientists hope to usher in with electronic sheets that charge our mob
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Scientists develop method for observing nanocrystal formation at atomic resolution
Scientists at UCI's Irvine Materials Research Institute have made a breakthrough in directly imaging a platinum precursor compound and its dynamic transformation into nanocrystals. The observation was made in real space and time in IMRI's state-of-the-art transmission electron microscope facility. The research team's results were published today in Science Advances.
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Scientists identify toxic antipredator defense mechanism in locusts
A team of scientists led by Prof. Kang Le at the Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, has reported an unprecedented animal defense mechanism by which an olfactory aposematic (warning) signal can be converted to a hypertoxic chemical to facilitate an antipredator defense in locusts.
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Scientists identify toxic antipredator defense mechanism in locusts
A team of scientists led by Prof. Kang Le at the Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, has reported an unprecedented animal defense mechanism by which an olfactory aposematic (warning) signal can be converted to a hypertoxic chemical to facilitate an antipredator defense in locusts.
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Scientists investigate the uncontrolled expansion of invasive blue crabs in the Mediterranean
The American blue crab (Callinectes sapidus) is an invasive voracious alien species, with no known predators and with high reproductive and survival rates, which has now spread throughout the Mediterranean. Since it appeared in the Ebro Delta in 2012, this crab native to the American Atlantic has expanded via sea, rivers and wetlands all over the region of Valencia.
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Scientists investigate the uncontrolled expansion of invasive blue crabs in the Mediterranean
The American blue crab (Callinectes sapidus) is an invasive voracious alien species, with no known predators and with high reproductive and survival rates, which has now spread throughout the Mediterranean. Since it appeared in the Ebro Delta in 2012, this crab native to the American Atlantic has expanded via sea, rivers and wetlands all over the region of Valencia.
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Scientists observe a new form of strange matter
In a discovery that could provide new insights into the origin of mass in the universe following the Big Bang, scientists have used experiments with kaons and helium-3 to experimentally demonstrate, for the first time, the existence of an exotic nucleus containing two protons and a bound kaon.
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Scientists observe a new form of strange matter
In a discovery that could provide new insights into the origin of mass in the universe following the Big Bang, scientists have used experiments with kaons and helium-3 to experimentally demonstrate, for the first time, the existence of an exotic nucleus containing two protons and a bound kaon.
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Scientists successfully obtain synthetic growth factor compatible with the native protein
Growth factors are ligands that play important roles in the body—they are responsible for tissue regeneration, wound healing, and the maintenance and growth of cells. Stimulating growth factor-dependent pathways is therefore an important therapeutic strategy to promote the regeneration of tissues due to injuries and diseases. Using synthetic substitutes of growth factors is the primary method for
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Scientists successfully obtain synthetic growth factor compatible with the native protein
Growth factors are ligands that play important roles in the body—they are responsible for tissue regeneration, wound healing, and the maintenance and growth of cells. Stimulating growth factor-dependent pathways is therefore an important therapeutic strategy to promote the regeneration of tissues due to injuries and diseases. Using synthetic substitutes of growth factors is the primary method for
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Scribd reading service has surpassed 1 million subscribers
Reading subscription site Scribd announced today that more than 1 million people have signed up for the service, allowing them to access its vast content library of books, audiobooks, …
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SD utan ordförandeposter i krigsdelegationen
Sverigedemokraterna är starkt kritiska till att partiet inte får någon ordförandepost i krigsdelegationen. – De andra partierna frångick helt praxis där partiets storlek avgör vilken position de får, säger Mattias Karlsson, (SD), gruppledare.
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Seven core principles can help substance use treatment systems focus on high-level goals
Building on reviews of existing studies, researchers have identified the principles that may help improve substance use treatment systems.
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Seven core principles can help substance use treatment systems focus on high-level goals
Building on reviews of existing studies, researchers in Canada have identified the principles that may help improve substance use treatment systems. They have published these seven core principles in an article in the current supplemental of the Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs.
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Shiftless: Novel host antiviral factor that inhibits programmed -1 ribosomal frameshifting
GAO Guangxia's group at the Institute of Biophysics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences reported a novel host antiviral factor named Shiftless that inhibits -1PRF. Shiftless displayed considerable inhibitory activity against all the tested -1PRF from both viruses and cellular genes, indicating that it is a broad-spectrum -1PRF inhibitor.
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Shiftless: Novel host antiviral factor that inhibits programmed -1 ribosomal frameshifting
The genome sizes of viruses are usually relatively small. To increase information content of the genome, many viruses employ a translation recoding mechanism dubbed programmed ribosomal frameshifting.
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Shiftless: Novel host antiviral factor that inhibits programmed -1 ribosomal frameshifting
The genome sizes of viruses are usually relatively small. To increase information content of the genome, many viruses employ a translation recoding mechanism dubbed programmed ribosomal frameshifting.
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Shitbricks are the future.
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Significant drop in shark bites reported worldwide in 2018
University of Florida researchers say far fewer shark bites were reported worldwide last year.
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Significant drop in shark bites reported worldwide in 2018
University of Florida researchers say far fewer shark bites were reported worldwide last year.
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Simulation upends ideas about massive black hole births
Massive black holes form in dense starless regions that are growing rapidly, according to a new study. The finding turns upside down the long-accepted belief that massive black hole formation was limited to regions under bombardment by the powerful radiation of nearby galaxies. The light released from around the first massive black holes in the universe is so intense that it is able to reach tele
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Singapore says American leaked 14,200 HIV records
Singapore's health ministry accused an American on Monday of stealing and leaking the records of 14,200 people infected with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, before January 2013.
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Sleep loss heightens pain sensitivity, dulls brain's painkilling response
For the first time, scientists at the University of California, Berkeley, have identified neural glitches in the sleep-deprived brain that can intensify and prolong the agony of sickness and injury.
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Smart technology could hold key to safer winter roads
A Heriot-Watt spin-out company is using smart technology to help safeguard Scotland's roads and possibly bring an end to pot-holes.
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SOD1/Rag2 Mice with Low Copy Number of SOD1 Gene as a New Long-Living Immunodeficient Model of ALS
SOD1/Rag2 Mice with Low Copy Number of SOD1 Gene as a New Long-Living Immunodeficient Model of ALS SOD1/Rag2 Mice with Low Copy Number of SOD1 Gene as a New Long-Living Immunodeficient Model of ALS, Published online: 28 January 2019; doi:10.1038/s41598-018-37235-w SOD1/Rag2 Mice with Low Copy Number of SOD1 Gene as a New Long-Living Immunodeficient Model of ALS
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SOK ska fika med regeringen
Sveriges OS-ansökan skulle redan ha varit inlämnad i sin helhet, men en statsgaranti saknas. Nu ska SOK fika med den nya regeringen. – Jag både tror och hoppas att vi ska ha alla pusselbitar på plats, säger SOK:s verksamhetschef Peter Reinebo.
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Solar demand overwhelms Michigan utility – not “predictable”. The increase in (solar) applications was “substantial, and too sudden, to allow to Company to respond” with appropriate resources.
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Space technology predicts droughts several months in advance
Scientists from The Australian National University (ANU) have used new space technology to predict droughts and increased bushfire risk up to five months in advance.
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Spanska oliver blir rättsprocess mellan EU och USA
EU kommer att inleda en rättsprocess gällande USA:s tullar på spanska oliver, då dessa strider mot Världshandelsorganisationen WTO:s regelverk, skriver EU-kommissionären Cecilia Malmström på Twitter.
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Speed of light: Toward a future quantum internet – All-photonic quantum repeaters could lead to a faster, more secure global quantum internet
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Speed of light: Toward a future quantum internet
Researchers have demonstrated proof-of-principle for a device that could serve as the backbone of a future quantum Internet. Researchers have developed a prototype for a key element for all-photonic quantum repeaters, a critical step in long-distance quantum communication.
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Speed of light: Toward a future quantum internet
University of Toronto Engineering researchers have demonstrated proof-of-principle for a device that could serve as the backbone of a future quantum Internet. U of T professor Hoi-Kwong Lo and his collaborators have developed a prototype for a key element for all-photonic quantum repeaters, a critical step in long-distance quantum communication.
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Språkkrönika: Svenska plogga är en lyckad språkexport
SPRÅKKRÖNIKA. Vikingarna var bra på att lämna ett språkligt arv. Lite svårare är det för de moderna svenska exportorden. Ett lysande undantag är ordet: plogga.
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Starwatch: the crescent moon journeys between Jupiter and Venus
The three brightest objects in the night sky will line up in the pre-dawn sky later this week This week, a beautiful sight awaits those out and about before sunrise. The waning crescent moon slips between the bright red star Antares in Scorpius, before cruising between the two brightest planets in the sky, Venus and Jupiter. The moon and the two planets are the three brightest objects in the nigh
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Stefan Lisinski: Kanske hade en mer erfaren polis kunnat se att Eric Torell inte utgjorde något hot
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Stora störningar i tågtrafiken förbi Hudiksvall
Ett stillastående tåg i Hudiksvall orsakar stora störningar i tågtrafiken mellan Sundsvall och Gävle.
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Stress and dream sleep are linked to pathways of brain cell death and survival
The first and most distinct consequence of daily mild stress is an increase in rapid-eye-movement (REM) sleep, a new study in the journal PNAS reports. The research also demonstrated that this increase is associated with genes involved in cell death and survival.
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Stress and dream sleep are linked to pathways of brain cell death and survival
The first and most distinct consequence of daily mild stress is an increase in rapid-eye-movement (REM) sleep, a new study reports. The research also demonstrated that this increase is associated with genes involved in cell death and survival.
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Study examines long-term opioid use in patients with severe osteoarthritis
New research published in Arthritis & Rheumatology, an official journal of the American College of Rheumatology, reveals that prescription opioids are commonly used long-term to treat pain in older patients with severe osteoarthritis.
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Study: Climate change reshaping how heat moves around globe
The Earth's atmosphere and oceans play important roles in moving heat from one part of the world to another, and new research is illuminating how those patterns are changing in the face of climate change.
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Stängningen kostade mer än Trumps mur för 2019
Stängningen av de federala myndigheterna kostade USA nästan 100 miljarder kronor. Dubbelt så mycket som vad president Trump krävt för att börja bygga en mur mot Mexiko under 2019.
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'Superbug gene' found in one of the most remote places on Earth
Antibiotic-resistant genes (ARGs) that were first detected in urban India have been found 8,000 miles away in one of the last 'pristine' places on earth, a new study has shown.
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Superconductors: Resistance is Futile
Every standard cable, every wire, every electronic device has some electric resistance. There are, however, superconducting materials with the ability to conduct electrical current with a resistance of exactly zero – at least at very low temperatures. Finding a material which behaves as a superconductor at room temperature would be a scientific breakthrough of incredible conceptual and technologic
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Supersonic 5G Wireless Could Kill The Cloud
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Sverige deltar i andra semifinalen när Eurovision avgörs
Sverige kommer att ställa upp i den andra semifinalen när Eurovision Song Contest avgörs i maj.
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Sygehus tredobler henvisninger til kommunalt rygestoptilbud
På Sygehus Lillebælt bliver rygere spurgt, om de er interesserede i et kommunalt rygestopforløb. Det har over tre måneder tredoblet antallet af deltagere på rygestopkursus i Vejle Kommune.
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Sös sparkar läkare misstänkt för sexbrott
Södersjukhuset avskedar nu den läkare på sjukhusets akutmottagning som står åtalad för försök till våldtäkt under sommaren 2018. Läkaren var även föremål för polisutredning för misstanke om våldtäkt 2016.
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Taking photos can dull your fun experiences
If an event is otherwise highly enjoyable, pausing to take photographs will detract from your enjoyment, research finds. “We get so focused on picture-taking, we miss the experience itself,” says Robyn LeBoeuf, professor of marketing at the Washington University in St. Louis Olin Business School and coauthor of a study involving more than five different surveys and 718 combined participants. Gia
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Targeted antisense oligonucleotide drug tested in humans
A first-in-human study with a new class of antisense oligonucleotide therapeutics showed the ability to target the RNA-silencing drug to the liver, resulting in improved potency and safety at therapeutic doses.
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Techtopia #89: Facebook-direktør indrømmer fejl
»Vi har begået fejl, som vi vil rette op på for at genvinde folks tillid.« Sådan lød ordene fra Facebooks COO Sheryl Sandberg, da hun talte for ca. 1.000 gæster på den eksklusive tyske konference DLD.
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Telefonistrul på företag och myndigheter som använder Tele2
Det har på måndagsmorgonen varit problem med telefonin för företag och myndigheter som använder operatören Tele2. Bland andra Kriminalvården, Region Gotland och Swedavia har drabbats. Enligt Tele2 är problemet nu på väg att åtgärdas.
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Tesla applies for series of patents for new AI chip in Autopilot Hardware 3.0
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The 2019 Co-located Phacilitate Leaders World & World Stem Cell Summit in Miami Solidified Regenerative Medicine as the Future of Healthcare
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