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Mexico shaken by 6.3 magnitude earthquakeTourist hotspots in Mexico's Baja California Peninsula were shaken Friday by a 6.3 magnitude earthquake—but no injuries or damage were reported, authorities said.
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Early Trump support climbed in areas with recent Latino population growth: studyDonald Trump announced his presidential candidacy in June 2015 with a bold, double-edged promise: that he would build a "great wall" on the border separating the United States and Mexico, and that he would make Mexico pay for it.
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More self-driving tech in VW's next-generation GolfThe world's biggest carmaker Volkswagen said Friday it would stuff even more technology into the next generation of its top-selling Golf model, bringing so-called "connected driving" deeper into the mainstream.
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New technique for finding life on MarsResearchers demonstrate for the first time the potential of existing technology to directly detect and characterize life on Mars and other planets. The study, published in Frontiers in Microbiology, used miniaturized scientific instruments and new microbiology techniques to identify and examine microorganisms in the Canadian high Arctic — one of the closest analogs to Mars on Earth.
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City lights setting traps for migrating birdsA University of Delaware study has examined how light pollution lures birds into urban areas during fall migration, a trend that poses risk for the fowl that often fly into buildings and has increased with the addition of brighter LED lights. The researchers were interested in seeing what factors shape the birds' distributions and why they occur in certain areas.
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Trilobites: They Hunt. They Gather. They’re Very Good at Talking About Smells.A study of hunter-gatherers on the Malay Peninsula suggests that culture plays a role in how we describe the odors all around us.
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Drilling Off Florida Is Still On the Table, Interior Official SaysA surprise statement on Friday undercut last week’s announcement that Florida had been granted an exemption from President Trump’s offshore-drilling plan.
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Climate change linked to more flowery forestsNew research has revealed a surprising relationship between surging atmospheric carbon dioxide and flower blooms in a remote tropical forest.
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The Pentagon built with mineralized microbes predating dinosaursA new study has found that some of the building blocks of the Pentagon and Empire State Building were made by microbes that lived up to 340 million years ago, predating the dinosaurs.
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Structure of herpes virus linked to Kaposi's sarcomaScientists have shown in the laboratory that an inhibitor can be developed to break down the herpes virus. Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpes virus, or KSHV, is one of two viruses known to cause cancer in humans.
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What Israel, Liberia, Belarus, and Macedonia Have in Common“U.S. slumps in global poll after Trump’s 1st year,” ran a typical headline when Gallup released its world leadership survey on Thursday. The survey, conducted across 134 countries in 2017, did indeed show a steep drop in median global approval for U.S. leadership—and it saw Germany replace the U.S. at the top of the rankings. But it also showed some surprising exceptions to the global trend. Spe
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Researchers illustrate how muscle growth inhibitor is activated, could aid in treating ALSResearchers at the University of Cincinnati (UC) College of Medicine are part of an international team that has identified how the inactive or latent form of GDF8, a signaling protein also known as myostatin responsible for limiting muscle, is activated.
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Older hospitalized adults are infrequently tested for influenzaThis year's flu season is shaping up to be an especially serious one, and it's important for clinicians to promptly recognize, diagnosis, and treat influenza in hospitalized patients, especially in vulnerable populations such as older individuals.
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Kaiser Permanente study finds cognitive behavioral therapy is cost-effectiveCognitive behavioral therapy (or CBT) delivered in a primary care setting is a cost-effective way to treat adolescents with depression who decline or quickly stop using antidepressants, according to a Kaiser Permanente study published today in the journal Pediatrics.
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A 'White Woman's Voice' Interrogates ItselfThe story of the new album from the Oakland pop experimentalists Tune-Yards is that their singer Merrill Garbus went to work to better the world—by, first, bettering herself. Her letter to journalists reviewing i can feel you creeping into my private life describes the learning process with a series of active verbs: Trump was elected. I went to a meeting of SURJ (Showing Up for Racial Justice) an
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Portland State study shows pitfalls of using the term middle classMiddle class describes an economic tier between rich and poor. It implies upward mobility and a break from poverty. But a recent article co-authored by Portland State University anthropologist Charles Klein shows that the term does little to shine a light on the real lives of people who make it into this social classification.
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Squirrel Sex Is ComplicatedOnly 35 Mount Graham squirrels remain in the wild, but five captive squirrels could hold the key to their long-term survival—if we can get them to breed — Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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One Year Later, NASA Still Doesn't Have a New AdministratorOn Saturday afternoon, NASA will mark an anniversary with little cause for celebration: One year since the Trump administration took office, the space agency still doesn’t have an administrator. This is the longest NASA has gone without a permanent chief—who is nominated by the president and must be confirmed by Congress—in the transition between two administrations. Since the inauguration last J
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Hedgehog signaling proteins keep cancer stem cells aliveResearchers from Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin have discovered that the survival of cancer stem cells is dependent on the 'Hedgehog signaling pathway.' Targeting this pathway had previously shown no effect on the growth of colorectal cancer. Now, Charité scientists have demonstrated that using different drugs to target a specific aspect of the pathway may yield better treatment outcomes for
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New Climate Censorship Tracker Comes OnlineThe project has so far assembled 96 entries of federal restrictions or prohibitions on climate science since November 2016 — Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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Postoperative wound monitoring app can reduce readmissions and improve patient careA new smartphone app called WoundCare is successfully enabling patients to remotely send images of their surgical wounds for monitoring by nurses.
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Want to change the world? Start by being brave enough to care | Cleo WadeArtist and poet Cleo Wade recites a moving poem about being an advocate for love and acceptance in a time when both seem in short supply. Woven between stories of people at the beginning and end of their lives, she shares some truths about growing up (and speaking up) and reflects on the wisdom of a life well-lived, leaving us with a simple yet enduring takeaway: be good to yourself, be good to ot
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Newark's Amazon HQ2 Bid Reveals What's at Stake For Every Finalist CityNewark, New Jersey has the highest unemployment rate of any Amazon HQ2 finalist—and the highest tax incentives.
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Commercial electric pulse fishing should be banned for nowThe growing use in Europe of trawl nets that stun fish with electricity has divided opinion. It should be scaled back and properly researched, says Lesley Evans Ogden
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Canaries in the coal emissions: why climate change makes birds change their tuneNexus Media News Birdsongs may hold invaluable climate clues. Scientists are listening to the mating calls of migratory birds for shifts in breeding patterns as a result of climate change.
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China's Quantum-Key Network, the Largest Ever, Is Officially OnlineThe Chinese satellite Micius has once again shattered records, this time enabling practical quantum encryption between Beijing and Austria.
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Headless body is not C18th Scottish clan chief, say expertsTests show remains were those of woman and not Bonnie Prince Charlie supporter Simon Fraser Human remains thought to belong to a notorious 18th-century Jacobite-supporting Scottish clan chief have been found to be those of an unknown headless woman, according to experts. Official accounts maintain the remains of Simon Fraser, the 11th Lord Lovat known as the Old Fox, were buried under a chapel fl
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The Magnetohydrodynamic Drive Is Real—and You Can Build OneAll you need is a battery, a magnet, and some wires to build your own quasi-fictional submarine drive.
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National school lunch program aces safety testThe National School Lunch Program's (NSLP) strict safety standards work, according to a new University of Connecticut study that found food safety standards for ground beef supplied to the program are highly effective in keeping harmful bacteria out of school lunches nationwide. However, ground beef that fails NSLP inspection can be sold to other vendors, eventually making its way onto consumers'
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Conserving our biodiversity: Priorities for well-connected protected areasThe Joint Research Centre (JRC), the European Commission's science and knowledge service, has measured progress and shortfalls in the connectivity of protected areas in countries across the world, identifying the main priorities to sustain or improve connectivity in each country.
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Increasing number of adolescents receive a psychiatric or neurodevelopmental diagnosisAccording to a national register study comparing Finnish birth cohorts from 1987 and 1997, an increasing number of adolescents receive a psychiatric or neurodevelopmental diagnosis. The number of diagnosed adolescents increased especially for girls in the younger cohort. The results of the study conducted by the University of Turku, Finland, and the National Institute for Health and Welfare (THL)
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Amazon raises monthly Prime membership fees by 20 percentAmazon is raising the price of its Prime membership monthly plan by nearly 20 percent. The fee of $99 for an annual membership will not change, the company said Friday.
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A stopwatch for nanofluids: NIST files provisional patent for microflowmeterThe National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has filed a provisional patent application for a microflow measurement system, about the size of a nickel, that can track the movement of extremely tiny amounts of liquids—as small as nanoliters (nL, billionth of a liter) per minute. If water were flowing at that rate from a 1-liter bottle of water, it would take about 200 years to drain.
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Climate change linked to more flowery forests, study showsNew research from a Florida State University scientist has revealed a surprising relationship between surging atmospheric carbon dioxide and flower blooms in a remote tropical forest.
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A New Breed of Cyberattack Uses Remote-Control Malware to Sabotage Industrial Safety Systems
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Climate change linked to more flowery forests, FSU study showsNew research from a Florida State University scientist has revealed a surprising relationship between surging atmospheric carbon dioxide and flower blooms in a remote tropical forest.
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Mortality of surgery vs. targeted radiation in early lung cancer patientsAmong patients older than 80 years, 3.9 percent receiving surgery passed away within the 30-day post-treatment window, compared with 0.9 percent of patients receiving focused radiation.
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How metal scaffolds enhance the bone healing processIn cooperation with colleagues from the Wyss Institute at Harvard, researchers from the Julius Wolff Institute, the Berlin-Brandenburg Center for Regenerative Therapies, and Charité's Center for Musculoskeletal Surgery have shown how mechanically optimized constructs known as titanium-mesh scaffolds help optimize bone regeneration. The researchers' findings have been reported in the current issue
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Adaptive immune response: New cofactor of roquin identifiedRoquin has a key role in the adaptive immune response. It controls the activation and differentiation of T cells and thus helps to make the decisions whether or not and which type of immune response will be mounted. Now, a team of scientists of Helmholtz Zentrum München in cooperation have identified NUFIP2, a protein with a previously unknown function, as cofactor of Roquin and discovered that NU
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Real-world intercontinental quantum communications enabled by the Micius satelliteA joint China-Austria team has performed quantum key distribution between the quantum-science satellite Micius and multiple ground stations located in Xinglong (near Beijing), Nanshan (near Urumqi), and Graz (near Vienna). Such experiments demonstrate the secure satellite-to-ground exchange of cryptographic keys with ?kHz rate during the passage of the satellite Micius over a ground station. Using
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Beyond drugs for IBD: Improving the overall health of IBD patients1.6 million Americans suffer from IBD. Identifying the best medical treatment leads to improved disease management, but IBD patients also experience mental, emotional and other physical side effects that need to be understood and managed to improve the overall health of IBD patients. Research presented at the Crohn's & Colitis Congress™ helps health care providers understand how to better manage t
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New strategies to improve the quality of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) care1.6 million Americans suffer. As with many chronic conditions, IBD patients often require frequent hospital visits due to rapid changes in their illness and can struggle with finding the balance between their health and their work/social life. Doctors and researchers will come together at the Crohn's & Colitis Congress™ to explore new strategies to improve the care provided to IBD patients, which
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New drugs for inflammatory bowel disease (IBD)1.6 million Americans suffer from IBD. There is no cure for these chronic, life-long conditions. While several effective treatments are available, 40 to 55 percent of patients have no response to current therapies. There is a dire need for new drugs for all patients that are highly safe and effective. Based on research being presented at the Crohn's & Colitis Congress™, we are hopeful that future
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The Pentagon built with mineralized microbes predating dinosaursA new study led by The Australian National University (ANU) has found that some of the building blocks of the Pentagon and Empire State Building were made by microbes that lived up to 340 million years ago, predating the dinosaurs.
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Animal carnivores could be our powerful alliesAnimal carnivores living in and around human habitation are declining at an unprecedented rate — but they may provide crucial benefits to human societies. Researchers have revealed that predators and scavengers ranging from bats to leopards and vultures are valuable to human health and well-being.
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Study ends debate over role of steroids in treating septic shockThe results from the largest ever study of septic shock could improve treatment for critically ill patients and save health systems worldwide hundreds of millions of dollars each year. Researchers studied whether the use of steroids as an additional treatment to septic shock — a severe life threatening infection — would improve survival.
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Challenging existing models of black holesA new study expands the scientific community's understanding of black holes in our galaxy and the magnetic fields that surround them.
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Women run faster after taking newly developed supplement, study findsA new study found that women who took a specially prepared blend of minerals and nutrients for a month saw their 3-mile run times drop by almost a minute. The women who took the supplement also saw improvements in distance covered in 25 minutes on a stationary bike and a third test in which they stepped on and off a bench, according to new research.
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Key to willpower lies in believing you have it in abundanceAmericans believe they have less stamina for strenuous mental activity than their European counterparts — an indication that people in the US perceive their willpower or self-control as being in limited supply, suggests a new study.
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New input for quantum simulationsResearchers have devised new methods to create interesting input states for quantum computations and simulations. The new methods can be used to simulate certain electronic systems to arbitrarily high accuracy.
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Blood test screens for 8 common kinds of cancerResearchers have developed a single blood test that screens for eight common cancer types and helps identify the location of the cancer. The test, called CancerSEEK, is a unique noninvasive, multianalyte test that simultaneously evaluates levels of eight cancer proteins and the presence of cancer gene mutations from circulating DNA in the blood. The test is aimed at screening for eight common can
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Why This Quantum-Encrypted Video Hangout Is a Big DealJust what we all wanted: super secret, super long meetings that span the entire world.
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Real-world intercontinental quantum communications enabled by the Micius satelliteA joint China-Austria team has performed quantum key distribution between the quantum-science satellite Micius and multiple ground stations located in Xinglong (near Beijing), Nanshan (near Urumqi), and Graz (near Vienna). Such experiments demonstrate the secure satellite-to-ground exchange of cryptographic keys during the passage of the satellite Micius over a ground station. Using Micius as a tr
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Is China the Leader in Quantum Communications?Technology Chinese scientists have built two major quantum infrastructure projects, and the race is on to take the next step. 01/19/2018 Yuen Yiu, Staff Writer https://www.insidescience.org/news/china-leader-quantum-communications
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Is China the Leader in Quantum Communications?Is China the Leader in Quantum Communications? Chinese scientists have built two major quantum infrastructure projects, and the race is on to take the next step. chinasatellite.gif Image credits: Abigail Malate, Staff Illustrator Rights information: Copyright American Institute of Physics ( reprinting information ) Technology Friday, January 19, 2018 – 10:30 Yuen Yiu, Staff Writer (Inside Science
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SIRI-kommissionen: Bedre brug af sundhedsdata og mere AI, takFlere kronisk syge og færre sengepladser nødvendiggør bedre udnyttelse af patientdata og kunstig intelligens, lyder det i nyt udspil fra tænketanken SIRI-kommissionen.
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Scientists discover how treating eczema could also alleviate asthmaScientists from VIB-UGent have discovered insights for a possible new therapy for eczema that also reduces the severity of asthma. The findings are an important next step in understanding the relationship between the two inflammatory diseases and to developing effective therapies. The results of the study are published in the Journal of Investigative Dermatology.
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A nanophenomenon that triggers the bone-repair processResearchers at the Institut Català de Nanociència i Nanotecnologia have resolved one of the great unknowns in bone self-repair: how the cells responsible for forming new bone tissue are called into action. Their work reveals the role of an electromechanical phenomenon at the nanoscale, flexoelectricity, as a possible mechanism for stimulating the cell response and guiding it throughout the fractur
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Algorithm increases employment opportunities for refugeesA data-driven approach could help increase employment levels for asylum seekers in Switzerland from 15 to 26 percent. Social scientists from Switzerland and the US, in collaboration with ETH's Public Policy Group, reached this conclusion in the journal Science.
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Thorium reactors may dispose of enormous amounts of weapons-grade plutoniumScientists from Tomsk Polytechnic University are developing a new technology for multipurpose application of large amounts of weapons-grade plutonium accumulated in Russia and across the world. Instead of expensive storage of this nuclear material, TPU physicists propose to burn weapons-grade plutonium in reactors with thorium fuel, converting it into power and thermal energy. The units are capabl
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Occupational therapy improves health, quality of life of young adults with diabetesNew results from a University of Southern California-led research study demonstrates the distinct value of occupational therapy for improving the health and quality of life of young adults living with diabetes. Research participants who completed the occupational therapy intervention program significantly improved their average blood glucose levels, diabetes-related quality of life and habits for
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How treating eczema could also alleviate asthmaScientists have discovered insights for a possible new therapy for eczema that also reduces the severity of asthma. The findings are an important next step in understanding the relationship between the two inflammatory diseases and to developing effective therapies.
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A Week Around the World With The AtlanticWhat We’re Writing The dynamics of North Korea: North and South Korean officials announced this week that they would march under the same flag at the upcoming Winter Olympics and, for the first time, field a joint women’s ice-hockey team. Some analysts viewed this as a major diplomatic breakthrough. H.R. McMaster, the U.S. National Security Adviser, has emerged as the Trump administration’s most
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Babies do stuff in bursts but actually learn over timeWhile babies often amaze their parents when they seemingly learn new skills overnight—how to walk, for example—but new research suggests that their brains were probably prepping for those tasks long before those first steps occurred. “…it looks like (kids) learn all these words overnight, but they’ve been listening and thinking and processing for a long time.” Researchers used new statistical ana
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Brexit costs Britain data center for Europe's satnav systemOfficials have decided to move a data center for the European Union's new satellite navigation system out of Britain because of Brexit.
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Preparing for the Next Influenza PandemicA better flu vaccine is crucial, but so is a robust seasonal immunization program in all countries — Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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Researchers find link between breast cancer and two gene mutationsIndividuals with Lynch syndrome, a genetic condition that has long been known to carry dramatically increased risk of colorectal cancer and uterine cancer, now also have an increased risk of breast cancer. This is the conclusion of a study in the journal Genetics in Medicine which is published by Springer Nature.
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Hunting dogs as possible vectors for the infectious disease tularaemiaThe zoonosis Tularaemia is life-threatening for rodents, rabbits and hares, but which can also infect humans and dogs. While contact with contaminated blood or meat makes hunters a high-risk group, the frequency of infections among hunting dogs has not been much studied. Researchers from Vetmeduni Vienna now confirmed a relevant prevalence of infections in Austrian hunting dogs. This could intensi
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Free online access to millions of documents on chemical toxicity made possible through ToxicDocsMillions of pages of internal corporate and trade association documents relating to the introduction of new products and chemicals into the workplace and commerce have been compiled into a free searchable online database called ToxicDocs. The history and future outlook for this database is now the subject of a free to view special section in the Journal of Public Health Policy which is a Palgrave
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The Pentagon built with mineralized microbes predating dinosaursA new study led by The Australian National University (ANU) has found that some of the building blocks of the Pentagon and Empire State Building were made by microbes that lived up to 340 million years ago, predating the dinosaurs.
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Let's make a deal: Could AI compromise better than humans?BYU researchers developed an algorithm that teaches machines not just to win games, but to cooperate and compromise — and sometimes do a little trash-talking too.
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Using your smartphone is better with a stylusDIY We're bringing stylus back (yeah). Stop stabbing at your smartphone with your fingers—this method is both uncomfortable and imprecise. You heard us. It's time to revisit the humble stylus.
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Melted nuclear fuel seen inside second Fukushima reactorThe operator of Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear plant said Friday that a long telescopic probe successfully captured images of what is most likely melted fuel inside one of its three damaged reactors, providing limited but crucial information for its cleanup.
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Christa McAuliffe's lost lessons finally taught in spaceChrista McAuliffe's lost lessons are finally getting taught in space.
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Hippo-y birthday to Fiona! The popular preemie is turning 1Some days, it's more like being a Hollywood star's agent than a communications official for the zoo. That's what happens when your prematurely born hippopotamus becomes a global celebrity.
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India's Reliance posts 25% rise in profits, Jio turns profitableIndian oil-to-telecom conglomerate Reliance Industries on Friday beat analyst estimates to post a 25 percent rise in consolidated net profit, aided by its telecom start-up Jio turning profitable within 17 months of its launch.
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Study describes structure of herpes virus linked to Kaposi's sarcomaUCLA researchers have provided the first description of the structure of the herpes virus associated with Kaposi's sarcoma, a type of cancer.
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Successful promotion of giftedness as early as elementary school ageExperts have argued that the specific needs of gifted children are often neglected, resulting in a shriveling of their abilities and potential. Consequently, they call for the implementation of programs that specifically aim to promote gifted children.
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Lab notes: talkin' 'bout a resolution (sounds like some science)We’re far enough into January for most resolutions to have been tested somewhat. I’m one of the many hoping that doggedly sticking to Dry January will atone for December’s sins, and if that rings a bell with you, then here’s what the experts have to say about the efficacy of temporary abstinence. For those of you freshly committing to pursuits such as yoga, you might be interested in a new vascul
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Image: Copernicus Sentinel-2A satellite captures northern Brazil's Marajó islandThe Copernicus Sentinel-2A satellite takes us over part of northern Brazil's Marajó island in Pará state.
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Researchers disprove one of the most widespread assumptions among geneticists regarding DNAA study by a Córdoba research team, just published in Proceedings of the USA National Academy of Sciences, shows that spontaneous DNA gaps are not — as hitherto believed — equivalent to those produced during DNA repair.
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Artificial agent designs quantum experimentsOn the way to an intelligent laboratory, physicists from Innsbruck and Vienna present an artificial agent that autonomously designs quantum experiments. In initial experiments, the system has independently (re)discovered experimental techniques that are nowadays standard in modern quantum optical laboratories. This shows how machines could play a more creative role in research in the future.
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The Down syndrome 'super genome'Only 20 percent of fetuses with trisomy 21 reach full term. But how do they manage to survive the first trimester of pregnancy despite this heavy handicap? Researchers from UNIGE and UNIL have found that children born with Down syndrome have an excellent genome — better than the average genome of people without the genetic abnormality. It is possible that this genome offsets the disabilities caus
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NMRCloudQ: A quantum cloud experience on a nuclear magnetic resonance quantum computerCloud-based quantum computing is the most useful form for public users to experience with the power of quantum. Recently, a joint team led by G. Long at Tsinghua University, B. Zeng at University of Guelph and D. Lu at SUSTech launched a new cloud quantum computing service-NMRCloudQ which is based on 4-qubit nuclear magnetic resonance and aims to be freely accessible to either amateurs that keep p
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Children's career aspirations limited by gender stereotypes and backgroundChildren's career aspirations are too often based on gender stereotypes, socio-economic backgrounds and TV, film and radio, according to a report involving UCL academics.
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Study of distant galaxies challenges the understanding of how stars formThe most massive galaxies in our neighbourhood formed their stars billions of years ago, early in the history of the universe. At the present day, they produce very few new stars. Astronomers have long believed that is because they contain very little gas – a key ingredient necessary to produce stars. But our new study, published in Nature Astronomy, is now challenging this long held view.
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How plants see lightPlants react sensitively to changes in their surroundings and possess the ability to adapt to them. They use the photoreceptor protein phytochrome B to see light and then regulate processes such as seed germination, seedling development, longitudinal growth and flower formation. A team led by Prof. Dr. Andreas Hiltbrunner from the Institute of Biology II at the University of Freiburg has recently
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Udløbet certifikat sendte Ingeniøren og Version2 i sortProblemer tidligere på dagen med at tilgå Ingeniørens og Version2's hjemmesider skyldtes et udløbet SSL-certifikat.
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Information engine operates with nearly perfect efficiencyPhysicists have experimentally demonstrated an information engine—a device that converts information into work—with an efficiency that exceeds the conventional second law of thermodynamics. Instead, the engine's efficiency is bounded by a recently proposed generalized second law of thermodynamics, and it is the first information engine to approach this new bound.
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Brændeovne forurener fire gange mere, end de er godkendt tilEuropæisk typetest er for urealistisk og lader brænde­ovne på markedet udlede mere i virkeligheden end i laboratoriet. I Danmark er typetesten gyldig, men bruges sjældent alene.
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Global warming decreases the reliability of weather forecasting toolsFor Californians from Crescent City to Chula Vista, the second week of 2018 brought rain showers. Was it merely a fluke in the middle of an ongoing dry spell, or does it mean we're on the verge of another wet winter, similar to last year's? The answer, according to a UC Irvine climatologist, is up in the air—literally and figuratively.
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2-D tin (stanene) without buckling: A possible topological insulatorAn international research team led by Nagoya University synthesized planar stanene: 2-D sheets of tin atoms, analogous to graphene. Tin atoms were deposited onto the Ag(111) surface of silver. The stanene layer remained extremely flat, unlike in previous studies wherein stanene was buckled. This leads to the formation of large area, high quality samples. Stanene is predicted to be a topological in
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Climate change affects fish reproductive phenology in plateau area: StudyThe Research Group of Biological Invasion and Adaptive Evolution (BIAE; PI: CHEN Yifeng) at Institute of Hydrobiology (IHB) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences recently answered how reproductive phenology of Gymnocypris selincuoensis, an endemic fish in Lake Selicuo in Tibetan Plateau, associated with climate changes.
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Conserving our biodiversity—priorities for well-connected protected areasThe Joint Research Centre (JRC), the European Commission's science and knowledge service, has measured progress and shortfalls in the connectivity of protected areas in countries across the world, identifying the main priorities to sustain or improve connectivity in each country.
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Climate change and weather extremes—both heat and cold can killClimate change is increasing the frequency and strength of some types of extreme weather in the United States, particularly heat waves. Last summer the U.S. Southwest experienced life-threatening heat waves, which are especially dangerous for elderly people and other vulnerable populations.
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'Dreamers' could give US economy – and even American workers – a boostEarlier this month, hopes were high that a bipartisan deal could be reached to resolve the fate of the "Dreamers," the millions of undocumented youth who were brought to the U.S. as children.
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Asocial mediaThe incidence of abusive commentary on social media is rising. Media specialists Carsten Reinemann and Christoph Neuberger are exploring the grounds for this development, and have invited journalist Dunja Hayali to discuss the issue.
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Using electric fields to manipulate droplets on a surface could enable high-volume, low-cost biology experimentsMIT researchers have developed hardware that uses electric fields to move droplets of chemical or biological solutions around a surface, mixing them in ways that could be used to test thousands of reactions in parallel.
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OK18-krav: Væk med skæv lønreguleringParallel lønudvikling for ­offentligt og ­privatansatte er et af IDAs mål i overenskomstforhandlingerne på det offentlige område.
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'It’s Our Responsibility to Put More Guardrails Around the President'Jeff Flake seems intent on finishing his Senate career without any friends left in Washington. Ever since announcing his impending retirement last year with a blistering speech that called out President Trump’s “reckless, outrageous, and undignified behavior,” the generally genial Arizona Republican has repeatedly made himself a target of condemnation on both sides of the aisle. His decision to e
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How light pollution lures birds into urban areas during fall migrationOn their fall migration south in the Northern Hemisphere, scores of birds are being lured by artificial light pollution into urban areas that may be an ecological trap, according to the University of Delaware's Jeff Buler.
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How the legacy of dirty coal could create a clean energy futureEnergy from coal is now being linked to global warming and pollution on a global level. In fact, it has been estimated that coal contributes to 25% of green house gases.
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How to achieve extreme productivityRobert Pozen is a very productive person: An MIT Sloan senior lecturer, he served as the former president of Fidelity Investments, executive chairman of MFS Investment Management, and as an associate general counsel of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. His latest book is "Extreme Productivity: Boost Your Results, Reduce Your Hours," and he teaches the MIT Sloan executive education cours
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Want to eat healthy? Try an eco-friendly dietDrone Australia RescueFollowing our annual Christmas overindulgence, many of us have set ambitious goals for the year ahead. But eating healthy shouldn't just mean cutting down on snacks; given the environmental impact of food production, a more sustainable diet should feature high on everyone's list of New Year's resolutions.
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Would-be parents moving house to get free IVF on NHSDoctor at hospital with UK’s largest sperm bank says discriminatory funding system behind relocation Many would-be parents are moving house in order to access free IVF on the NHS, sometimes saving themselves £10,000, according to the lead fertility doctor at the UK’s largest sperm bank. Dr Raj Mathur, a consultant gynaecologist at Saint Mary’s hospital in Manchester, said he “constantly” saw pati
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Hydrogels for future drug delivery use Boolean logicScientists have long sought specificity in drug delivery systems: A package that can encase a therapeutic and will not disgorge its toxic cargo until it reaches the site of treatment—be it a tumor, a diseased organ, or a site of infection. Researchers have now built and tested a new biomaterial-based delivery system—known as a hydrogel—that will encase a desired cargo and dissolve to release its
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UCLA study describes structure of herpes virus tumor linked to Kaposi's sarcomaUCLA team shows in the laboratory that an inhibitor can be developed to break down the herpes virus. Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpes virus, or KSHV, is one of two viruses known to cause cancer in humans.
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A Russian scientist improved nanofluids for solar power plantsAn associate of Siberian Federal University (SFU) teamed up with his foreign colleagues to increase the efficiency of the heat transfer medium used in solar power plants. The results of the study were published in Renewable Energy journal.
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Reviled animals could be our powerful alliesAnimal carnivores living in and around human habitation are declining at an unprecedented rate — but they may provide crucial benefits to human societies. An international review led by University of Queensland researchers has revealed that predators and scavengers ranging from bats to leopards and vultures are valuable to human health and well-being.
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Experiment into how voters think shows that they go with their gutsExperts were famously made unwelcome in the final run up to the Brexit referendum of 2016. Leave campaigner Michael Gove said people had had enough of them.
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Scientists are breeding super-nutritious crops to help solve global hungerAn incredible 155m children around the world are chronically undernourished, despite dramatic improvements in recent decades. In view of this, the UN's Sustainable Development Goals include Zero Hunger. But what do we understand by the word hunger?
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Nature provides more to people than material benefitsThe role of culture and diverse knowledge systems needs to be recognized when assessing nature's contributions to people, a new policy forum paper in Science states. Alexander van Oudenhoven and thirty global experts present a new approach that will increase the effectiveness and legitimacy of policies and decisions relating to nature and environmental change.
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Light pollution can prolong the risk of sparrows passing along West Nile virusNighttime lighting prolongs time that birds can pass along virus to mosquitoes that bite people.
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Lavere løn og færre goder demotiverer offentlige ingeniørerLøngabet mellem offentligt og privatansatte IDA-medlemmer vokser. Samtidig forsvinder nogle af de goder, der retfærdiggør en forskel, mener IDA.
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Amazon's New Home, Ford's Electric Plan, and More This Week in the Future of CarsPlus lots of news from CES and the Detroit Auto Show.
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This Year's Sundance Lineup Might Be Its Most Crucial YetWith slate full of movies by and about women, the festival is poised to start a lot of conversations.
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A nanophenomenon that triggers the bone-repair processResearchers of the ICN2 Oxide Nanophysics Group led by ICREA Prof. Gustau Catalan have resolved one of the great unknowns in bone remodelling: how the cells responsible for forming new bone tissue are called into action. Their work reveals the possible role of an electromechanical phenomenon at the nanoscale, flexoelectricity, not only in stimulating the cell response, but in precisely guiding it
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The New Old Age: One Day Your Mind May Fade. At Least You’ll Have a Plan.A doctor has developed an advance directive specifically to plan for medical care in the event of dementia.
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Lægevagter kan vente med at betale gebyrMens vi venter på en løsning på organisering af lægevagtordningen, kan virksomheder, der tilbyder lægevagt, vente med at betale vagtlægegebyret til Styrelsen for Patientsikkerhed.
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Developing tools for climate-conscious investmentProfessor Sir John Beddington of the Oxford Martin School explains the Oxford Martin Principles for Climate-Conscious Investment:
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Lægerne ruster sig til overenskomstkonfliktAlt er næsten på plads, hvis ok-forhandlingerne ender i konflikt, siger Lisbeth Lintz, formand for Overlægeforeningen. Hun håber dog, at de kommer over knasterne og får en aftale i hus uden en konflikt.
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Hunting dogs as possible vectors for the infectious disease tularaemiaTularaemia is an infectious bacterial disease that is life-threatening for rodents, rabbits and hares, but which can also infect humans and dogs. While contact with contaminated blood or meat makes hunters a high-risk group, the frequency of infections among hunting dogs has not been much studied. Researchers from Vetmeduni Vienna have now confirmed a relevant prevalence of infections in Austrian
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Artificial agent designs quantum experimentsOn the way to an intelligent laboratory, physicists from Innsbruck and Vienna present an artificial agent that autonomously designs quantum experiments. In initial experiments, the system has independently (re)discovered experimental techniques that are standard in modern quantum optical laboratories. This shows how machines could play a more creative role in research in the future.
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Mass starvation as a political weaponMass starvation killed more than three million people in Stalin-era Ukraine in the 1930s and more than 18 million in China during Mao Zedong's Great Leap Forward in the late 1950s and early 1960s. Yet by the start of this century, famines like those were all but eliminated, Alex de Waal says in his new book, Mass Starvation: The History and Future of Famine. The number of people dying in famines a
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Detect locally, protect globallyWhen infectious diseases strike, the World Health Organization acts swiftly, coordinating with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and its foreign counterparts to contain the threat. But there is no equivalent international organization similarly dedicated to identifying and mitigating a cyberattack.
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Microbial communities demonstrate high turnoverWhen Mark Twain famously said "If you don't like the weather in New England, just wait a few minutes," he probably didn't anticipate MIT researchers would apply his remark to their microbial research. But a new study does just that.
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Using haptic feedback joysticks to fly dronesA new joystick developed by startup MotionPilot lets users fly drones with just one hand in a fun, intuitive way. One version of this device includes a haptic feedback mechanism that gives users a sense of the drone's position as it moves through the air. Drone aficionados were recently impressed by a prototype, and the device could hit the market soon.
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Diamonds' flaws hold promise for new technologiesDespite their charm and allure, diamonds are rarely perfect. They have tiny defects that, to assistant professor Nathalie de Leon, make them ever so appealing. These atom-sized mistakes have enormous potential in technologies for high-resolution imaging and secure communication lines.
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Simulations show how atoms behave inside self-healing cementResearchers at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) have developed a self-healing cement that could repair itself in as little as a few hours. Wellbore cement for geothermal applications has a life-span of only 30 to 40 years. When the cement inevitably cracks, repairs can easily top $1.5 million dollars per well. Scientists are developing cement that fixes itself, sidestepping enormously
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Bacterial biofilm cellulose found to differ from plant celluloseA team of researchers with members from the U.S., Germany and Sweden has discovered that the cellulose found in bacterial biofilms differs from the cellulose in plants. In their paper published in the journal Science, the group describes how they found the difference and what their findings might mean for developing new ways to combat bacterial infections. Michael Galperin with NIH in the U.S. and
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Hot weather is bad news for bird spermDrone Australia RescueA new study led by Macquarie University and spanning Sydney and Oslo has shown that exposure to extreme temperatures, such as those experienced during heatwave conditions, significantly reduces sperm quality in zebra finches, an iconic Australian bird adapted to life in arid environments. These findings, published today in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B, suggest that rising global temperat
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Hør ugens podcast om global opvarmning, nye batteriteknologier og liv i universetIngeniørens ugentlige podcast, Transformator, sætter i denne uge fokus på ny og mere præcis viden om den såkaldte klimafølsomhed, som angiver relationen mellem CO2-koncentration og temperaturstigning. Ingeniørernes løn er også på programmet sammen med ‘The Jesus Battery’ og en meteorit med bygges…
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Nasa removes US astronaut from ISS missionJeanette Epps would have been the first African-American astronaut on the space station crew.
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100 million dead trees in the Sierra are a massive risk for unpredictable wildfiresTo drive through parts of the Sierra Nevada these days is to witness a morbid reminder of California's extreme drought: Vast landscapes of standing dead trees, a brown tide sweeping across the green landscape. It's more than eerie; it's a dangerously combustible situation, argues a new publication from Berkeley fire scientists.
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How the Elwha dam removals changed the river's mouthFor decades, resource managers agreed that removing the two dams on the Elwha River would be a big win for the watershed as a whole and, in particular, for its anadromous trout and salmon. The dams sat on the river for more than 100 years, trapping approximately 30 million tonnes of sediment behind their concrete walls. As the dams were removed between 2012 and 2014, much of this sediment was rele
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Italien efterforsker Apple og Samsung for planlagt forældelse af smartphonesSamsung bliver nu også efterforsket for af kommercielle hensyn at sænke hastigheden på smartphones gennem softwareopdateringer.
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I 2040 skal alle korte norske flyruter være elektriskeDen norske satsning på elbiler skal nu kopieres i luftfarten. Den offentlige ejer af de norske indenrigslufthavne forventer, at alle korte flyruter i 2040 kan betjenes af elektriske fly.
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Image of the Day: Mouse PupilPupil constriction during sleep may protect the murine brain from being awakened by sudden flashes of light.
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CRISPR Trial for Cancer Patients ProposedUS researchers could become the first outside China to use the gene-editing technique in the clinic.
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2017 beat the odds to be the second hottest year on recordEnvironment Second place is scarier than it sounds. 2017 was hot enough to melt most of the ice in the Arctic, but not hot enough to break the record for hottest year ever recorded.
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Fast computer control for molecular machinesScientists at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) have developed a novel electric propulsion technology for nanorobots. It allows molecular machines to move a hundred thousand times faster than with the biochemical processes used to date. This makes nanobots fast enough to do assembly line work in molecular factories. The new research results will appear as the cover story on 19th January in
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Sticking to the schedule was difficult for Apollo astronautsNo one plans like NASA, and when it came to exploring the moon, the Apollo program was no different. However, even despite their best efforts, the astronauts consistently demonstrated the challenges of keeping to schedule.
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Large volcanic island flank collapses trigger catastrophic eruptionsNew research, published today in Nature Scientific Reports, not only implies a link between catastrophic volcanic eruptions and landslides, but also suggests that landslides are the trigger.
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Soya-, ris- og havredrik: Traditionel komælk får nu kamp til stregenFlere danskere vælger at købe erstatningsmælk som soya- og risdrikke, oplyser virksomheder.
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Gadget Lab Podcast: Navigating Facebook's News-Free FutureFacebook Mark ZuckerbergNews consumption habits are changing, and not only because of Facebook. But mostly because of Facebook.
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Lil Uzi Vert and the Rest of Soundcloud Rap Will Continue to Dominate Music in 2018Call it "emo rap," call it "Soundcloud rap," but its iconoclasm fuels unbounded creativity.
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Satellites paint a detailed picture of maritime activityESA has helped coastal authorities to track up to 70% more ships and pick up nearly three times more ship positions via satellite than was possible before.
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Machine intelligence on the ISSArtificial intelligence already helping astronauts on the International Space Station is also providing a promising approach for solving crimes. In an era of security concerns across Europe, the smart use of police data is critical for uncovering leads.
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Atomically resolving images of beam-sensitive materials using transmission electron microscopyStaff members at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) have devised a methodology for the procurement of atomically resolved images of beam-sensitive materials using transmission electron microscopy. They published their findings as a first release in Science on January 18, 2018.
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Using Hawkeye from the Avengers to communicate on the eyePop culture figures like Iron Man, Captain America and Hawkeye can provide a unique and engaging platform for the communication of difficult scientific concepts. In the classroom, these characters can be used to communicate learning objectives to students in an interesting, accessible manner by taking advantage of student familiarity with these superhero characters. Barry Fitzgerald of Delft Unive
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More genes are active in high-performance maizeWhen two maize inbred lines are crossed with each other, an interesting effect occurs: The hybrid offspring have a significantly higher yield than either of the two parent plants. Scientists at the University of Bonn have now investigated a number of genetically distinct hybrids. They showed that the offspring had many more active genes than the original parents. These results may help in the cult
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Novel hypothesis on why animals diversified on EarthCan tumors teach us about animal evolution on Earth? Researchers believe so, and now present a novel hypothesis of why animal diversity increased dramatically on Earth about a half-billion years ago. A biological innovation may have been key.
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The Data behind the Women's MovementCharts highlight some of the key issues Women’s March activists are fighting for — Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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Identifying structural defects during driving electronic devicesA research team from Korea has discovered the blocking phenomenon of electrons generated during high-speed driving of oxide semiconductors and proved its causes for the first time in the world. It is expected to be used for the commercialization of next-generation intelligent electronic devices.
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He Traded a Tortoise for a Turtle. He Got 6 Months in Jail.A Queens man who traded a 95-pound tortoise stolen from a nature center for $300 and a musk turtle has always been “an animal lover,” his mother says. “That’s really his downfall.”
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Kræftens Bekæmpelse kalder ny kræftscreening 'overbevisende' og 'fantastisk'Forskerhold på et amerikansk universitet har lavet en blodprøve, der kan opspore kræft.
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Energy-efficient LEDs are just a few atoms thickScientists have developed energy efficient, ultra-thin light-emitting diodes (LEDs) for next-generation communication technologies. Light sources that reliably convert electrical to optical signals are of fundamental importance to information processing technologies. Energy-efficient and high-speed LEDs that can be integrated onto a microchip and transmit information are one of the key elements i
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Norsk minister efter cyberangreb: Jeg kan ikke udelukke, at patientdata er på afvejeNorske myndigheder efterforsker på livet løs, hvad der er hoved og hale i cyberangrebet mod Helse Sør-Øst. Patientdata kan være kompromiteret under angrebet, fortæller den norske sundhedsminister.
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Tænketank vil have danskernes sundhedsoplysningerne samlet ét stedEn central enhed bør samle alle danskernes sundhedsdata – også dem de selv indsamler, lyder en af hovedanbefalingerne til regeringen fra tænketank.
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World's longest underwater cave system discovered in Mexico by diversDiscovery of 347km-long cave by the Gran Acuifero Maya project could shed light on Mayan history Related: Unique underwater caves link Mexico's Caribbean coast to the jungle – in pictures A group of divers has connected two underwater caverns in eastern Mexico to reveal what is believed to be the biggest flooded cave on the planet. Continue reading…
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Does Gender Matter?The suggestion that women are not advancing in science because of innate inability has been taken seriously by some high-profile academics over the years. Neuroscientist Ben A. Barres, who died in… — Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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Craft Beer Is the Strangest, Happiest Economic Story in AmericaThe monopolies are coming. In almost every economic sector , including television, books, music, groceries, pharmacies, and advertising, a handful of companies control a prodigious share of the market. The beer industry has been one of the worst offenders. The refreshing simplicity of Blue Moon, the vanilla smoothness of Boddingtons, the classic brightness of a Pilsner Urquell, and the bourbon-ba
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50 years ago, IUDs were deemed safe and effective50 year ago, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration declared intrauterine devices safe and effective, though officials didn’t know how the IUDs worked.
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The Lightning Network Could Make Bitcoin Faster—and CheaperA new layer of code could address two problems that inhibit use of bitcoin in transactions.
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For Contraception, Natural Cycles’ Guess Is as Good as YoursWhen use of a contraceptive app results in an unwanted pregnancy, don't blame the technology.
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Why Airports Rename Runways When the Magnetic Poles MoveMagnetic north changes by as much as 40 miles per year, and that means signage updates.
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Boy's Strange Choking Episode: What Is Eosinophilic Esophagitis?A 14-year old boy in Missouri who appeared to choke on a ham and cheese sandwich turned out to have a rare immune condition that can injure the esophagus.
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I Am a Roboticist in a Cheese FactoryYou probably think them AI-driven, autonomous humanlike machines, but that's far too limited a view — Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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Passagerfly sætter verdensrekord over AtlantenPå en tur over Atlanten i mandags fangede et Norwegian-fly en aldeles gunstig jetstrøm, som bar flyet fra New York til London på lidt over fem timer. Selvom hastigheden nåede 1.248 km/t, brød det aldrig lydmuren.
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Mesoporous interface mitigates the impact of defects in perovskite solar cellsThe nominal cell operating life of perovskite solar cells is strongly influenced by their inner architecture. This was shown by two scientists at the Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin and the Technical University of Munich. They combined experiments with numerical simulations in order to explain this observation.
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Researchers identify a new chromatin regulatory mechanism linked to SirT6Researchers from the Epigenetics and Cancer Biology Program of the Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL), led by Dr. Àlex Vaquero, have proposed a new regulation mechanism of the NF-κB pathway, which is associated with accelerated cellular aging, based on the analysis of the function of the SirT6 protein. The results of their work, published in Nature Communications, indicate a double
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Smartphones come in handy for the rare cosmic particles searchResearchers from the Laboratory of Methods for Big Data Analysis (LAMBDA) at the Higher School of Economics have improved their method of analyzing ultra-high energy cosmic rays (UHECR) with the use of mobile phones. The work has been carried out as part of the CRAYFIS experiment and the results were presented at the 22nd International Conference on Computing in High Energy and Nuclear Physics.
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2017 was the warmest year on record for the global ocean2017 was the warmest year on record for the global ocean, according to an updated ocean analysis from Institute of Atmospheric Physics/Chinese Academy of Science (IAP/CAS).
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Lifespan of fuel cells maximized using small amount of metalsFuel cells are a key future energy technology emerging as eco-friendly and renewable energy sources. In particular, solid oxide fuel cells composed of ceramic materials can directly convert fuels such as biomass, LNG, and LPG to electric energy. KAIST researchers have described a new technique to improve the chemical stability of electrode materials that can extend the lifespan by employing minima
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Mobility patterns influence the spread and containment of an epidemicContrary to expectations, recurring mobility between different cities or districts of a large city (for example, work-home commutes) can minimise the spread of an epidemic. This is the finding of research carried out by researchers from the Universitat Rovira i Virgili (Àlex Arenas) and the University of Zaragoza (Jesús Gómez and David Soriano) and which has just been published in the journal Natu
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Does dry January work? We ask the expertsMillions pledge to start the new year alcohol-free, but how much difference can a month off booze make to our health or drinking behaviour in the long term? Read more: ‘I now sleep straight through until my alarm rings’: your experiences of dry January Millions of people pledge to ditch the booze every January, but experts are divided over whether going dry for a month is the answer to the UK’s t
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Ny forskning gør det muligt at vaccinere målrettet mod meningitisNyt studie fra Hvidovre Hospital viser, at børn med kroniske sygdomme har en øget risiko for at få meningokok-infektioner. Vaccination af denne gruppe vil efter alt at dømme kunne mindske risikoen for at blive ramt af den frygtede infektion, siger hun.
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Engineers invent tiny vision processing chip for ultra-small smart vision systems and IoT applicationsA team of researchers from the National University of Singapore (NUS) has developed a novel microchip named EQSCALE that can capture visual details from video frames with extremely low power consumption. The video feature extractor uses 20 times less power than existing best-in-class chips, so it only requires a tiny battery. It could reduce the size of smart vision systems down to the millimetre
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Winter is off to late start in normally frigid rural AlaskaWinter is off to a late start in parts of rural Alaska.
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UK retail sales slide in December after Black Friday boostBritish retail sales slid 1.5 percent in December from the previous month after consumers had brought forward their Christmas shopping, official data showed Friday.
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Marine scientists steer trawlers away from sensitive sea floorsBottom trawling, where fishing boats drag a heavy net along the seafloor, can devastate marine habitats and cause fish stocks to plummet, but scientists have developed new eco-friendly techniques to support the sustainability of an industry employing tens of thousands of people.
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Classroom to boardroom – how to turn a school science project into a businessWhen, as a 16-year-old, Adam Noble began measuring nanosilver pollution in his local river, he could hardly have foreseen that it would make him CEO of a 40-strong company before his 24th birthday.
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Blå partier: Staten skal ikke have penge i Københavns LetbaneFlertal vil undgå problemerne med Aarhus Letbane, hvor staten først trak sig ud, efter at projektets økonomi var løbet løbsk.
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The World Has Never Seen an Oil Spill Like ThisOver the last two weeks, the maritime world has watched with horror as a tragedy has unfolded in the East China Sea. A massive Iranian tanker, the Sanchi, collided with a Chinese freighter carrying grain. Damaged and adrift, the tanker caught on fire, burned for more than a week, and sank. All 32 crew members are presumed dead. Meanwhile, Chinese authorities and environmental groups have been try
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Study ends debate over role of steroids in treating septic shockThe results from the largest ever study of septic shock could improve treatment for critically ill patients and save health systems worldwide hundreds of millions of dollars each year.Researchers at The George Institute for Global Health studied whether the use of steroids as an additional treatment to septic shock — a severe life threatening infection — would improve survival.
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Fire småting, der kan løfte din karriereDet kræver meget at sparke din karriere fremad, men enkelte hverdagsaktiviteter kan fremme din karriere uden meget arbejde. Jobfinder giver dig fire småtricks, som kan bringe din professionelle karriere fremad.
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US to overtake Saudi as crude oil producer: IEAThe United States are set to overtake Saudi Arabia as the world's number two oil producer this year, as shale companies, attracted by rising prices, ramp up drilling, the International Energy Agency said on Friday.
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Storm caused 90 mn euros in damage: Dutch insurersDutch insurers said Friday that fierce storms that whipped across The Netherlands caused 90 million euros ($111 million) in devastation, as the country's train service slowly creaked back into gear.
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Blodprøve kan afsløre kræft: 'Det er den hellige gral vi har fundet'Forskningsgruppe har haft held med at opspore kræft med blodprøver.
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NASA: 2017 er det næstvarmeste år siden 18802016 var det varmeste. Og ifølge NASA ville 2017 være det varmeste år, hvis man så bort fra klimafænomenerne El Niño og La Niña.
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Alexa overvåger børnene: Her er kommunernes digitale visionKommunernes Landsforening har sendt teknologiske visioner på gaden, med elementer fra den eksponentielle tænkning.
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Georgetown in northern Queensland once part of North America – geologistsResearchers found rocks in the area 412km west of Cairns were unlike any others in Australia, but similar to those in Canada Geologists in northern Australia have made a discovery that suggests the area around Georgetown in northern Queensland was once part of North America, more than a billion years ago. Researchers from Curtin University discovered that rocks in the area, 412km west of Cairns,
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Iowa Boys Charged In Connection With Deaths Of Half A Million HoneybeesThe unidentified boys, ages 12 and 13, are accused of ransacking a Sioux City honey farm, knocking over hives and exposing the bees to frigid winter temperatures. (Image credit: Andy Duback/AP)
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Craving carbs? Blame your brain, Japan study findsUnder pressure and gobbling pizza or chocolate? It may not be your fault, according to Japanese researchers who have isolated the neurons that drive a craving for carbs.
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HSBC in $100 million forex fraud settlementBritish financial giant HSBC has agreed to pay more than $100 million to US authorities after admitting to defrauding clients during multi-billion-dollar foreign exchange transactions, the Justice Department announced Thursday.
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China's birthrate dropped despite allowing 2-child familiesThe birthrate in China fell last year despite the country easing its family planning policies and allowing all couples to have two children, a result parents say of the stresses of urban life.
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Amazon's potential HQ2 sites leaves many cities disappointedAmazon Prime SubscriptionAmazon's move to whittle its list for a second headquarters leaves more than 200 municipalities disappointed. Here are statements from some of the places that didn't make the tech giant's cut to 20 contenders:
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Maybe next time: Cities see failed Amazon bids as trial runsAmazon Prime SubscriptionFor some of the 200-plus cities knocked out of the running for Amazon's second headquarters, the effort may turn out to be a trial run for other opportunities. But they're advised not make the same kind of promises to just anyone.
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Facebook top choice for Philippines wildlife traders: monitorFacebook Mark ZuckerbergFacebook has emerged as the top site for wildlife trafficking in the Philippines, a watchdog said Friday, with thousands of endangered crocodiles, snakes and turtles illegally traded in just three months.
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Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories4
Google, Tencent eye collaboration on new technologiesInternet titans Google and Tencent on Friday signalled possible future collaboration on developing new technologies as the US and Chinese firms announced a long-term patent-sharing agreement.
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Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories400+
New research challenges existing models of black holesChris Packham, associate professor of physics and astronomy at The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA), has collaborated on a new study that expands the scientific community's understanding of black holes in our galaxy and the magnetic fields that surround them.
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Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories6
Continuous Electron Beam Accelerator Facility delivers beam to all four of its experimental areas simultaneouslyJust months after completing a nine-year construction project to upgrade its research capabilities, the Department of Energy's Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility has delivered its next technological success: For the first time, the Continuous Electron Beam Accelerator Facility (CEBAF) has delivered electron beams simultaneously to all four experimental halls. This achievement maximizes
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Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories40
Temporary 'bathtub drains' in the ocean concentrate flotsamAn experiment featuring the largest flotilla of sensors ever deployed in a single area provides new insights into how marine debris, or flotsam, moves on the surface of the ocean.
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Ingeniøren28
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EurekAlert! – Breaking News1
New research collaboration with UTSA professor challenges existing models of black holesChris Packham, associate professor of physics and astronomy at The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA), has collaborated on a new study that expands the scientific community's understanding of black holes in our galaxy and the magnetic fields that surround them.
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EurekAlert! – Breaking News
Prescription drug labels provide scant dosing guidance for obese kidsDespite the US Congress providing incentives to drug manufacturers to encourage the study of medications in children, few approved drugs include safe dosing information for obese kids.
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The Atlantic19
Radio Atlantic: Bricks, Clicks, and the Future of ShoppingThe 'retail apocalypse' is upon us, they say. In the United States, 2017 saw emptied malls, shuttered department stores, and once-iconic brands falling into bankruptcy. Yet retail spending continues to grow, in strange new directions that could have significant effects. What will shopping look like in the future? How will these changes reverberate throughout the country? Atlantic editor Gillian W
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Ingeniøren1
Underbetalte ingeniører i det offentlige kan blive dyrt for samfundetOffentligt ansatte ingeniører er blevet hægtet af i lønkapløbet med ansatte i det private erhvervsliv, viser lønstatistik fra IDA. Men det kan koste samfundet dyrt, og konsekvensen kan blive dårligere myndigheds­behandling pga. medarbejderflugt, mener forskere.
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The Atlantic1K
Science Is Giving the Pro-Life Movement a BoostThe first time Ashley McGuire had a baby, she and her husband had to wait 20 weeks to learn its sex. By her third, they found out at 10 weeks with a blood test. Technology has defined her pregnancies, she told me, from the apps that track weekly development to the ultrasounds that show the growing child. “My generation has grown up under an entirely different world of science and technology than
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Scientific American Content: Global6
Social Media Helps ID Belch SourceSurveillance of Yelp restaurant reviews for terms like vomit led researchers to the sources of foodborne illness outbreaks. Karen Hopkin reports. — Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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BBC News – Science & Environment300+
Scapa Flow microplastics levels 'similar to Forth and Clyde'Researchers at Heriot-Watt University took more than 100 sediment samples from 13 Orkney beaches.
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How Did President Trump Do on His Physical? It’s ComplicatedThe answers to impolite but salient questions about personal health aren’t, it turns out, straightforward—for anyone, not just a president.
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Science | The Guardian6K
New blood test could help detect eight common cancers before they spreadResearchers believe CancerSEEK will save thousands of lives and hope it will be widely available in a few years Researchers have said a groundbreaking new blood test that can detect eight common types of cancer before they spread will save countless lives. They said “liquid biopsy” – developed in the US – would be a game-changer in the fight against cancer, and hoped it could be widely available
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BBC News – Science & Environment400+
Hope for threatened 'little tiger cat'Habitat fragmentation is a bigger threat to Chile's wildcat than human persecution, say conservationists.
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EurekAlert! – Breaking News9
Don't sweat it: Bikram yoga is no more effective than yoga practiced at room temperatureBikram yoga, a hot yoga style, is no more effective at improving health than the same yoga postures at room temperature — that's what research published in Experimental Physiology and carried out by Texas State University and the University of Texas at Austin, USA, has found.
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Science | The Guardian200+
Hot or not? Bikram no more beneficial than any other yoga, says vascular studyYoga could help to improve function of artery linings regardless of room temperature, researchers conclude While the popularity of practising yoga in sweltering rooms is booming around the world, researchers say benefits to blood vessels are the same whether the moves are performed in the heat or not. Bikram yoga was founded by controversial instructor Bikram Choudhury and involves 26 poses and t
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New Scientist – News100+
Hot yoga’s high temperature may not have any health benefitsDespite all the extra effort and sweat, a study suggests that the high temperature used in hot yoga classes may not have any useful effect
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New Scientist – News7
Some exoplanets orbiting red giant stars may just be a mirageRed giant stars may be tricking us into thinking they have planets when they don’t. Instead, sunspots or atmospheric ripples might be distorting their light
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Latest Science News — ScienceDaily27
Using data mining to make sense of climate changeExperts have developed a new way of mining data from climate data sets that is more self-contained than traditional tools. The methodology brings out commonalities of data sets without as much expertise from the user, allowing scientists to trust the data and get more robust — and transparent — results.
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Futurity.org8
Most ancient methane doesn’t escape Arctic Ocean depthsNew research pinpoints a source of methane in the Arctic Ocean—and finds that ancient methane trapped deep below the surface isn’t escaping into the atmosphere. “…we found that this ancient methane signal largely disappears and is replaced by a different methane source the closer you get to the surface waters.” Ocean sediments are a massive storehouse for the potent greenhouse gas methane. Trappe
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The Atlantic200+
The House Voted to Avert a Shutdown—but It Might Not Be EnoughUpdated on January 18 at 10:02 p.m. ET The House on Thursday evening narrowly passed a bill that would keep the federal government open for nearly another month amid an impasse over immigration. But the proposal may be doomed in the Senate, where Democrats and a small contingent of Republicans could block the bill and send the government into a shutdown beginning at midnight Friday. After an anxi
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Latest Science News — ScienceDaily26
Temporary 'bathtub drains' in the ocean concentrate flotsamAn experiment using hundreds of plastic drifters in the Gulf of Mexico shows that rather than simply spread out, as current calculations would predict, many of them clumped together in a tight cluster.
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Feed: All Latest100+
Triton Malware Details Show the Dangers of Industrial System SabotageNew details about Triton malware should put industrial systems and critical infrastructure on notice.
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Futurity.org10
People report the most stress about this climate worryWhile some people have little anxiety about the Earth’s changing climate, others are experiencing high levels of stress, and even depression, based on their perception of the threat of global climate change, according to new research. “People who worry about animals and nature tend to have a more planetary outlook and think of bigger picture issues…” Significant research has explored the environm
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Futurity.org9
Longer lives for obese patients after bariatric surgeryIn a new study, obese, middle aged men and women who had bariatric surgery had half the death rate of patients who had traditional kinds of treatment over a 10-year period. “We showed that a long-term effect of bariatric surgery is a longer life for obese patients,” says coauthor Philip Greenland, professor of preventive medicine at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. “They had h
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Science | The Guardian1K
Falling forensic science standards 'making miscarriages of justice inevitable'Regulator says UK forces failing to meet standards, with routine outsourcing of great concern Police forces are failing to meet the official standards for forensic science, making miscarriages of justice inevitable, the government’s forensic regulator has said. In her annual report, Gillian Tully highlighted her growing concerns about the failure of some forensic firms used by the police to meet
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Futurity.org5
Varied diets mean more new kinds of batsOmnivorous New World noctilionoid bats, whose diets include both plant and animal materials, produce more generations in the long run than specialized vegetarian or insectivorous species, a new study indicates. Past research has shown that when species evolve from being a predator or insectivore to being a vegetarian, the rate at which new species arise increases. Study coauthor Liliana Dávalos,
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Futurity.org1
Too much noise really stresses birds outBirds exposed to noise pollution created by natural gas compressors show symptoms similar to those humans exhibit when suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder, researchers report. In a new study, researchers found that adults and nestlings of three species showed multiple signs of chronic stress caused by noise pollution, including skewed stress hormone levels, possibly due to increased anx
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Science-Based Medicine1K
Legislative Alchemy 2017: AcupunctureAcupuncture is nothing more than a theatrical placebo. Yet acupuncturists, defined as primary care practitioners in some states, are succeeding in licensing and practice expansion efforts in state legislatures.
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Futurity.org3
Future astronauts could get water from ice on MarsResearchers have found eight sites where thick deposits of ice beneath the surface of Mars are exposed in faces of eroding slopes. These eight scarps, with slopes as steep as 55 degrees, reveal new information about the internal layered structure of previously detected underground ice sheets in Mars’ middle latitudes. The researchers located and studied the scarp sites with the HiRISE, or High Re
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Head injury, not concussion, may cause CTEChronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) results from head injuries, not concussions, new research suggests. The research explains why 20 percent of athletes who exhibited the early stages of the progressive brain illness postmortem never had a diagnosed concussion. “It’s the hits to the head, not concussion, that trigger CTE,” says study coauthor Lee Goldstein, an associate professor of psychiatry
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FCC Won't Redefine 'Broadband;' Move Could Have Worsened Digital DivideThe FCC backed away from an earlier proposal that would have lowered the threshold for connections to be considered "broadband," and said it had rejected the idea of labeling mobile internet a replacement for home broadband.
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The Atlantic29
The Atlantic Daily: Trump's Accomplishments, Troops in Syria, Shutdown CountdownWhat We’re Following The Scandal-Plagued Presidency: Reports that Donald Trump paid an adult-film star to keep silent about an affair she claims they had in 2006—and the fact that a gossip magazine plans to release a detailed interview about their encounters—might seem more fit for a tabloid cover than for the White House briefing room. In Trump’s case, however, the alleged hush money fits into a
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Big Think300+
Whatever You Think, You Don’t Necessarily Know Your Own MindPeople think that stereotypes are true but also that it is not acceptable to admit this and therefore say they are false. Moreover, they say this to themselves too, in inner speech. Read More
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Rebelsk overlæge holder pressemøde efter døgnvagt med styrelseschefKristian Rørbæk Madsen vil berette om døgnvagten og overrække underskrifter fra mindst 9.200 læger, som protesterer mod Styrelsen for Patientsikkerhed.
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The Atlantic11
The Atlantic Politics & Policy Daily: It's the Final CountdownToday in 5 Lines President Trump undermined Republicans’ plan to avert a shutdown by tweeting that an extension of the Children’s Health Insurance Program shouldn’t be included in a short-term spending bill. The House is expected to vote on it tonight. Senate Democrats reportedly have the votes to stop the bill, raising the likelihood of a government shutdown. The Department of Health and Human S
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Nuclear reactors the size of wastebaskets could power our Martian settlementsSpace Small, but mighty. The cylinder of uranium is the size of a coffee can. But one day, its successors could power humanity's future on Mars.
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Latest Science News — ScienceDaily23
Americans are getting more ZZZZsAlthough more than one in three Americans still don't get enough sleep, a new analysis shows first signs of success in the fight for more shut eye.
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Latest Science News — ScienceDaily50
Why animals diversified on Earth: Cancer research provides cluesCan tumors teach us about animal evolution on Earth? Researchers believe so and now present a novel hypothesis of why animal diversity increased dramatically on Earth about half a billion years ago. A biological innovation may have been key.
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Live Science66
Mystery Solved: Here's What Caused a Massive Epidemic in Colonial MexicoResearchers have cracked a nearly 500-year-old mystery about the germ that caused the so-called cocoliztli outbreak, an epidemic that killed countless indigenous people in Mesoamerica shortly after the Spaniards arrived in the New World.
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Live Science200+
Day Zero: Cape Town Could Become 1st Major City To Run Out of WaterCape Town authorities are pleading with residents to save water, warning that the city's taps could go dry by April.
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Latest Science News — ScienceDaily100+
Long-term warming trend continued in 2017: NASA, NOAAContinuing the planet's long-term warming trend, globally averaged temperatures in 2017 were 1.62 degrees Fahrenheit (0.90 degrees Celsius) warmer than the 1951 to 1980 mean, according to scientists.
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Latest Science News — ScienceDaily78
Method uses DNA, nanoparticles and lithography to make optically active structuresResearchers have developed a first-of-its-kind technique for creating entirely new classes of optical materials and devices that could lead to light bending and cloaking devices — news to make the ears of Star Trek's Spock perk up. Using DNA as a key tool, the scientists took gold nanoparticles of different sizes and shapes and arranged them in two and three dimensions to form optically active su
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The Atlantic63
Rex Tillerson's Syria Policy Is Sensible—But It's FancifulSecretary of State Tillerson’s speech on U.S. Syria policy, delivered at Stanford on Wednesday, was both sensible and fanciful. It was sensible in that it gave a history of Syria’s grisly war, stated clearly America’s interest in continued involvement even as ISIS is defeated, and outlined policies consistent with those interests. It was fanciful in that the policies outlined would require a much
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NYT > Science300+
Young Women Are Using A.D.H.D. Drugs in Greater Numbers, C.D.C. ReportsSince 2003, the percentage of women filling prescriptions for drugs like Ritalin has increased nearly fivefold in some age groups.
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Discovery (uploads) on YouTube2
Making Mush Melon Moonshine#Moonshiners | Tuesdays 9p Mark and Digger prepare to make a moonshine first: Mush Melon Liquor. Is cantaloupe the best flavor we've been missing? Full Episodes Streaming FREE: https://discovery.com/tv-shows/moonshiners/ Subscribe to Discovery: http://bit.ly/SubscribeDiscovery Join us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Discovery https://www.facebook.com/MoonshinersTV Follow on Twitter: https:/
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Scientists Peek Inside The 'Black Box' Of Soil Microbes To Learn Their SecretsMicroorganisms play a vital role in growing food and sustaining the planet, but they do it anonymously. Scientists haven't identified most soil microbes, but they are learning which are most common. (Image credit: PeopleImages/Getty Images)
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