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COVID-19 Is a Deadly Reminder We Don't Understand Immune System Sex Differences
Why are more men dying?
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For 170 Years, No One's Known How General Anaesthesia Works. We're Finally Getting Close
This is fascinating.
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Locusts Are A Plague Of Biblical Scope In 2020. Why? And … What Are They Exactly?
They're swarming in gargantuan numbers in parts of Africa and South Asia — and posing a major threat to the food supply. If you have questions about these insects, we have answers. (Image credit: Ben Curtis/AP)
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Repetitive Negative Thoughts Have Been Linked to Early Signs of Alzheimer's Disease
Here's what you need to know.
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Family planning: how Covid-19 has placed huge strains on all stages of surrogacy
Bringing a child into the world is a big decision. But now? With a surrogate and a travel ban? Could it be more complicated? The spectre of Covid-19 has cast its shadow over most things, including family planning – in the broadest sense of the term. Pregnant parents are facing dramatically different births than those they’d planned for; IVF, too, has been on hiatus; and anyone hoping to create a
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Fear of Public Transit Got Ahead of the Evidence
The headline of the report read like the title of a 1950s horror film: “ The Subways Seeded the Massive Coronavirus Epidemic in New York City .” As America’s densest city became the epicenter of a national pandemic in March, New York’s subway system, which carried 5.5 million people on an average workday in 2019, emerged as the villain from central casting. Landing in mid-April, the report, writt
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RIP Summer Camp
C amp Mishawaka was founded in 1910 in Grand Rapids, Minnesota, and its motto is “Safety, health, happiness.” Last month, my younger brother, Steve Purdum, who has run the camp for three decades, made the pained and reluctant decision that, for the first time in 110 years—through two world wars, the 1918 flu, tuberculosis, and polio—there was no clear way to guarantee safety, health, or happiness
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‘Defund the Police’ Does Not Mean Defund the Police. Unless It Does.
In the fall of 2016, a journalist popularized a catchy binary to describe the bizarre behavior of Donald Trump and the effect he had on his rapturous followers. Supporters of the then–Republican presidential nominee, Salena Zito wrote, take Trump “ seriously but not literally .” Meanwhile, his detractors, including most of the mainstream press, “take him literally but not seriously.” His roundhou
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A Bird Feeder Will Bring You Joy
The world seems terrible these days. Let yourself soar above it all—at least for a moment—by making some new feathered friends.
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The Grandmaster Who Got Twitch Hooked on Chess
Hikaru Nakamura is the top-ranked blitz chess player in the world—and his channel has seen a meteoric rise as he coaches streamers in the ancient game.
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How to Clean Up Your Old Posts on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram
These tips and tools will help you scrub your social media profiles clean, or give you a fresh start without giving up your username and followers.
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The past three months have proved it: the costs of lockdown are too high | Larry Elliott
Governments now know the economic, social, health and educational costs of full Covid-19 lockdowns scar too deeply Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage The past three months have been a global experiment to test whether modern economies built on social interaction are compatible with methods for tackling a pandemic that haven’t moved on much since the Black Death. The res
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The Reckoning Will Be Incomplete Without Black Women and Girls
Updated at 10:32 a.m. ET on June 15, 2020. On May 25, George Floyd died, calling for his mother and gasping for breath. Derek Chauvin, a white Minneapolis police officer, killed him, forcing his knee onto Floyd’s neck until the man stopped moving, and for several minutes after that. The agonizing moments were captured on camera and shared with the world. When black husbands, fathers, sons, and ne
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Beregneren giver dig svaret: Er en elbil bedre for miljøet end en dieselbil?
PLUS. Forskerne bag mener, at de har udviklet det hidtil bedste værktøj til at sammenligne biler.
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Pop-up testing: how New Orleans bent the coronavirus curve
City had been on course for one of worst outbreaks in the US before focus on deprived communities
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The school curriculum has stopped breathing. Let’s bring it back to life.
The role of curriculum planners is to ensure that what students are being taught doesn't become stale and rigid. "The minute curriculum stops breathing, it gets really boring fast," says Heidi Hayes Jacobs, president of Curriculum Designers Inc. Jacobs says there are three necessary questions that designers have to ask while moving forward during and after COVID-19: What should be cut that isn't
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Kathy Sullivan: The woman who's made history in sea and space
Kathy Sullivan is the first person to ever travel to both space and the bottom of the ocean.
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Beijing braces for coronavirus second wave as city shuts market
Imported goods face backlash after state media blames salmon shipments for new cluster
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Det tager 36 timer og 7 prototyper at udvikle et nyt værnemiddel
PLUS. En af de virksomheder, der har formået lynhurtigt at udvikle et værnemiddel, er Grundfos. Efter blot 36 timers 3D-printning stod de klar med en prototype, der allerede er taget i brug af det danske sundhedspersonale.
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Precise magnets 3-D printed from special stainless steel
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Three people with inherited diseases successfully treated with CRISPR – Two people with beta thalassaemia and one with sickle cell disease no longer require blood transfusions
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Emergence threory
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Extraction is fading to Synthesis
Hydrogen electrochemistry and additive manufacturing are markers in a phase transition of the Industrial Revolution. They indicate the winding down of the epoch of Extraction and the succeeding dawn of the Synthesis epoch. Extraction was subterranean-dependent. Matter was drawn from the surface or below and converted, via knowledge and labor, into other forms—artifacts—and also into energy by com
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DeepFakes used in Animations – A New Way of Animating?
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When will there be Ultra Immersive Virtual Reality?
When do you think there will be this techonology Matrix/SAO/Black Mirror-like? What year? My thoughts are that we will achieve this by 2040, and there will be a very expensive commercial product by 2050. submitted by /u/Piksi_ [link] [comments]
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How to become a professional futurist?
How would I get a job as a futurist, what would the work consist of, and what is the pay like? submitted by /u/fretty555 [link] [comments]
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Should we much more aggressively moderate posts about current affairs and climate change on r/futurology?
We are considering trialing and testing a new stricter approach to how we moderate posts, and we would like your feedback. Our suggestion is to remove two types of posts into weekly mega threads, one for climate change posts and another for posts that are more current affairs than explicitly about the future. We’d like to suggest trying to reduce the dominance of climate change posts in the top p
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Drone Delivery Canada starting ads for deliveries.
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The Royal Institution Lecture (Will Computers Ever Think Like Human Beings?) Vint Cerf
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This Week’s Awesome Tech Stories From Around the Web (Through June 13)
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A $4.6 Billion Plan To Storm-Proof Miami. Thirteen-foot-high floodwalls could line part of Miami's waterfront, under a proposed Army Corps of Engineers plan being developed to protect the area from storm surge.
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AI is already getting smart enough and advanced enough to fly drones
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"Researchers demonstrate teleportation of data" – Utilizing a quantum entangled photon pair, a collaboration of researchers from DK, UK, and China demonstrate teleportation of data in silicon chip
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Tiny, dense forests are springing up around Europe as part of a movement aimed at restoring biodiversity and fighting the climate crisis. A wide variety of species – ideally 30 or more – are planted to recreate the layers of a natural forest.
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Some futuristic things like a full body VR and more
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Climate worst-case scenarios may not go far enough, cloud data shows
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Will AI make healthcare a lot cheaper ?
There’s also biotech but that’s a whole other discussion..my question is will AI make healthcare a lot cheaper? I was arguing with a friend and apparently I’m stupid if I think healthcare will become free to everyone (in the USA) I argue that we will probably see the healthcare system collapse and I think tech companies will probably provide healthcare not the government and it could and possibly
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Europe’s Half-A-Trillion-Dollar ‘Green New Deal’ Coming Soon
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Where The Privatization of Space And The Celestial Commons will lead us?
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Delivery Drones Could Hitchhike on Public Transit to Massively Expand Their Range
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Trillions of Words Analyzed, OpenAI Sets Loose AI Language Colossus
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U.S. can reach 90% clean electricity by 2035
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90% Clean Grid by 2035 Is Not Just Feasible, But Cheaper – "Clean energy costs have fallen so rapidly that previously unthinkable scenarios now look like a good deal"
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New Record-Crushing Battery Lasts 1.2 Million Miles in Electric Cars
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UK considers ending financial support for fossil fuels overseas
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5 teknologiske gennembrud, der har forandret arkæologien fuldstændigt
Genteknologi, laserlys og kunstig intelligens giver store gennembrud i vores viden om fortiden.
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UK coronavirus news: Rishi Sunak to outline plans to reboot economy
News updates: latest information on Covid-19 outbreak across the UK as the chancellor discusses the reopening of non-essential shops Prime minister is risking basic right to an education, says children’s tsar Lancet’s editor: ‘UK response is greatest policy failure for generation’ PM has not hosted Cobra committee for over a month Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage 9.39
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Lancet editor attacks UK government for 'catastrophic' handling of Covid-19 pandemic
Richard Horton describes the management of the outbreak as ‘the greatest science policy failure of a generation’ Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Missed opportunities and appalling misjudgments by the government over its handing of the Covid-19 pandemic have led to the avoidable deaths of thousands of people. That is the stark view of Lancet editor Richard Horton in a
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British farmers need all the help science can offer. Time to allow gene editing | Sir David Baulcombe
Plant scientist Sir David Baulcombe argues we must adapt the way we produce food to meet future agricultural challenges The agriculture bill, now going through parliament , could influence whether we use gene editing on our farms. At present, this country is out of line with the USA, Argentina, Brazil, Australia and Japan in that our regulatory framework prevents gene editing in crops and farm an
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Lords seek to allow gene-editing in UK 'to produce healthy, hardier crops'
Changes could introduce gluten-free wheat and disease-resistant fruit and vegetables, say peers Peers are preparing plans to legalise the gene-editing of crops in England, a move that scientists say would offer the nation a chance to develop and grow hardier, more nutritious varieties. The legislation would also open the door to gene-editing of animals. Continue reading…
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Shionogi boss cautions against hopes of early coronavirus vaccine
Drugmaker says governments and companies need longer term strategy to beat disease
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The Lancet’s editor: ‘The UK's response to coronavirus is the greatest science policy failure for a generation’
Richard Horton does not hold back in his criticism of the UK’s response to the pandemic and the medical establishment’s part in backing fatal government decisions Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage There is a school of thought that says now is not the time to criticise the government and its scientific advisers about the way they have handled the Covid-19 pandemic . Wai
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Tre kæmpe fund på to uger: Nye teknologier revolutionerer arkæologien
Laser, radar-teknologi og kunstig intelligens indtager for alvor arkæologiens verden i disse år.
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Poverty and populism put Latin America at the centre of pandemic
With infections rising despite lockdowns, leaders fear another lost decade and a new debt crisis
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Passing challenging introductory chemistry course gives biggest boost to underrepresented students
A study of University of Washington undergraduate records shows that underrepresented students received lower grades in general chemistry — an introductory-level course series for many STEM degrees — compared to their peers. If the grade was sufficiently low, they were more likely to leave STEM. But in the first general chemistry course, if underrepresented students earned at least the minimum g
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How rod-shaped particles might distract an out-of-control COVID immune response
A long-ignored white blood cell may be central to the immune system overreaction that is the most common cause of death for COVID-19 patients — and researchers found that rod-shaped particles can take them out of circulation.
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China Reports 57 New Coronavirus Cases Amid Beijing Outbreak
Officials closed a market that handles 90 percent of the capital’s fresh fruit and vegetables after dozens of people tested positive. It was China’s highest number of new infections in two months.
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Protecting scientific diversity
The COVID-19 pandemic means that scientists face great challenges because they have to reorient, interrupt or even cancel research and teaching. A team of international scientists are highlighting the precarious situation of many scientists and calling for a collective effort by the scientific community, especially from its leadership, to protect decades of effort to build an inclusive scientific
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Only 1 in 3 COVID-19 research authors are women, and even fewer are senior authors
Women make up only a third of all authors who have published research on COVID-19 since the beginning of the pandemic in January this year, and even fewer of them are senior authors on these papers, suggests a recent analysis.
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Survey suggests the importance of clearly communicating coronavirus risk, behaviors
A newly published analysis of March survey data sheds light on our understanding of how perceptions of the virus impact behavior, finding individuals who perceive greater risk from COVID-19 were more likely to engage in protective behaviors like hand-washing and social distancing.
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A protein that helps to fight viruses can also block lung damage repair
Researchers have found that a protein which is initially helpful in the body's immune response to a virus, can later interfere with the repair of lung tissue. The work highlights the need for careful consideration regarding the use of this protein to treat viruses, including coronavirus.
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Researchers create new type of COVID-19 antibody test
Researchers have developed a COVID-19 test that pinpoints human antibodies specific to a particular part of the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein. The test can be ramped up to document past and recent COVID-19 infections and possibly used to identify asymptomatic virus infection and the level of immunity in individuals.
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COVID-19 threatens the entire nervous system
A new review of neurological symptoms of COVID-19 patients in current scientific literature reveals the disease poses a global threat to the entire nervous system. About half of hospitalized patients have neurological manifestations of COVID-19, which include headache, dizziness, decreased alertness, difficulty concentrating, disorders of smell and taste, seizures, strokes, weakness and muscle pai
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COVID-19: Tradeoffs between economics and public health
A new study uses a variety of data on consumer and business activity to tackle that question, measuring 26 types of businesses by both their usefulness and risk. Vital forms of commerce that are relatively uncrowded fare the best in the study; less significant types of businesses that generate crowds perform worse. The results can help inform the policy decisions of government officials during the
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Radioactive cloud over Europe had civilian background
A mysterious cloud containing radioactive ruthenium-106, which moved across Europe in 2017, is still bothering Europe's radiation protection entities. German researchers now found out that the cloud did not originate from military sources but rather from civilian nuclear activities.
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Cytokine implicated in HLH treatment resistance
Research sheds light on cytokine storm syndromes and how ruxolitinib may benefit patients with hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis.
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Personality traits linked to toilet paper stockpiling
People who feel more threatened by COVID-19 and rank highly on scales of emotionality and conscientiousness were most likely to stockpile toilet paper in March 2020, according to a new study.
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Elastomeric masks provide a more durable, less costly option for health care workers
A cost-effective strategy for health care systems to offset N95 mask shortages due to COVID-19 is to switch to reusable elastomeric respirator masks.
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COVID-19 may trigger new diabetes, experts warn
Emerging evidence suggests that COVID-19 may actually trigger the onset of diabetes in healthy people and also cause severe complications of pre-existing diabetes.
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Self-swabbing tests for COVID-19 accurate and safe, study reports
Test samples collected by people who swabbed their own nasal passages yielded results for the COVID-19 virus that were as accurate as samples collected by a health care worker, according to a small study.
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Up to 45 percent of SARS-CoV-2 infections may be asymptomatic
Asymptomatic infections may have played a significant role in the early and ongoing spread of COVID-19 and highlight the need for expansive testing and contact tracing to mitigate the pandemic.
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Face masks critical in preventing spread of COVID-19
A study has found that not wearing a face mask dramatically increases a person's chances of being infected by the COVID-19 virus.
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Scientists uncover immune cells that may lower airway allergy and asthma risk
Scientists offer a clue to why non-allergic people don't have a strong reaction to house dust mites. They've uncovered a previously unknown subset of T cells that may control allergic immune reactions and asthma from ever developing in response to house dust mites — and other possible allergens.
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Impacts of climate change on migrating mule deer
The benefits of migration are likely to decrease for mule deer and other migratory herbivores as drought becomes more common due to ongoing climate change.
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Artificial intelligence makes blurry faces look more than 60 times sharper
Researchers have developed an AI tool that can turn blurry faces into eerily convincing computer-generated portraits, in finer detail than ever before. Previous methods can scale an image to eight times its original resolution. But a team has come up with a way to take a handful of pixels and create realistic-looking faces with up to 64 times the resolution, 'imagining' features such as eyelashes
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Sugar coating locks and loads coronavirus for infection
They say you can't judge a book by its cover. But the human immune system does just that when it comes to finding and attacking harmful microbes such as the coronavirus. It relies on being able to recognize foreign intruders and generate antibodies to destroy them. Unfortunately, the coronavirus uses a sugary coating of molecules called glycans to camouflage itself as harmless from the defending a
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History of insightful HIV research inspires neutron scattering approach to studying COVID-19
As the novel coronavirus continues to spread, researchers are searching for novel ways to stop it. But for two scientists, looking to the future means drawing inspiration from the past.
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Sugar coating locks and loads coronavirus for infection
They say you can't judge a book by its cover. But the human immune system does just that when it comes to finding and attacking harmful microbes such as the coronavirus. It relies on being able to recognize foreign intruders and generate antibodies to destroy them. Unfortunately, the coronavirus uses a sugary coating of molecules called glycans to camouflage itself as harmless from the defending a
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History of insightful HIV research inspires neutron scattering approach to studying COVID-19
As the novel coronavirus continues to spread, researchers are searching for novel ways to stop it. But for two scientists, looking to the future means drawing inspiration from the past.
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Learn Math the Way Engineers Do with this 9-Course Training Bundle
Did you struggle through your math classes in high school and decide it’s just not for you? Don’t worry, you’re not alone. High school math classes have long been viewed as behind the curve , especially by those who actually use mathematical principles in their work. The truth is, math is essential. The Laws of Nature are mathematical expressions, and the principles of the field can help problem
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Researchers uncover cancer cell vulnerabilities; may lead to better cancer therapies
A new study reveals a protein responsible for genetic changes resulting in a variety of cancers, may also be the key to more effective, targeted cancer therapy.
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Water bacteria have a green thumb
A research team has discover new natural products that bacteria in water use to regulate the growth of competing organisms.
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Unlocking PNA's superpowers for self-assembling nanostructures
Researchers have developed a method for self-assembling nanostructures with gamma-modified peptide nucleic acid, a synthetic mimic of DNA. The process has the potential to impact nanomanufacturing and future biomedical technologies like targeted diagnostics and drug delivery.
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Wireless remotes for on-point presentations
No more awkward transitions. (Teemu Paananen via Unsplash./) If you speak on a regular basis at conferences, workshops, or in company boardrooms you’ll know that you can’t always rely on in-house equipment to be charged up and ready to go. Prepping slides, memorizing key messaging, and editing your content into a succinct and impactful presentation is challenging enough. Dealing with wonky slide
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Fuel walking and cycling with low carbon diets
Walking and cycling have many benefits and help reduce greenhouse gas emissions, but researchers say we need to think about what people eat to fuel their walking and cycling.
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Repairing thousands of disease-causing mutations
Researchers have created a new searchable library of base editors — an especially efficient and precise kind of genetic corrector. Using experimental data from editing more than 38,000 target sites in cells with 11 of the most popular base editors (BEs), they created a machine learning model that accurately predicts base editing outcomes. Called BE-Hive, the library is free and open to the public
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Unlocking PNA's superpowers for self-assembling nanostructures
Researchers have developed a method for self-assembling nanostructures with gamma-modified peptide nucleic acid, a synthetic mimic of DNA. The process has the potential to impact nanomanufacturing and future biomedical technologies like targeted diagnostics and drug delivery.
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