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Optimistic Health Views Slow Asthma Progression

The Influence of Sport Supplements on Exercise Routines

Brighter Night-Time Light Exposure Linked to Cardiovascular Risks

Concussion in Sport: Impact on "RunIt" and Australian Rules Football

International Doctors Delayed, U.S. Hospitals Face Staff Shortage

Late-Night Dairy's Dream Impact: Scientific Backing

Understanding the Impact of Gut Bacteria on Health

Study Reveals Infants' Gut Bacteria Impact Disease Risk

Leipzig University Study: Reliable Brain Cell Communication

Government Webpages on Gender and Sexual Orientation Vanish Post-Trump Inauguration

Pregnant Women's Comprehensive Health Monitoring

Breast Cancer Relapse Risk: Dormant Tumor Cells Persist

Pioneer Fellow Develops Hydrogel for Chronic Wound Healing

Man in His 50s Dies from Lyssavirus in New South Wales

Structured Exercise Program Lowers Death Risk

Covid-19 Impact: Women's Health Hit Harder Than Men's

Planned C-Section Linked to Higher Leukemia Risk

Childhood Cancer Survivors Face Higher COVID-19 Risk

Physician Associates: Safe and Effective Care Under Supervision

Large Oncosomes in Blood: Key for Cancer Diagnosis

Measles Outbreak Hits Kentucky: 1,267 Cases Nationwide

Fireworks Safety: Experts Warn of Fourth of July Risks

National Health Spending Growth Outpaces GDP from 2024-2033

Variability in Commercial Pricing for General Surgery Services

Chinese Medicine Ingredient Boosts Autoimmune Treatment

Community-Based Pneumococcal Vaccination Program in Sera Town

Surgeons' Precise Techniques for Nerve Protection

Study Shows Introducing Peanut Butter and Eggs at Six Months Reduces Allergy Risk

Study Reveals Rising Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease

Study Reveals 15% Doxycycline Use in Dutch LGBTQ+ Community

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AI-Powered Microscope Revolutionizes Soil Health Testing

How Human Cultural Practices Impact Wildlife Evolution

Astronomers Spot Large Bright Object in Solar System

The Ultimate Fate of the Universe

Rise of Large Language Models in Online Content

Struggling Job Seeker Faces Tough Market

27 Girls Missing from Texas Summer Camp Amid Deadly Floods

Father-Daughter Bond Boosts Baboon Survival

Desire for Love: A Universal Quest

Discovery of Greenhouse Effect: Linking CO2 to Climate Change

Mystery of Mars' Barrenness Compared to Earth's Thriving Life

Zuckerman Institute Finds Chickadees' Spatial Memory Secret

Uncovering the Hidden World Beneath Forest Floors

Global Wildlife Loss Linked to Population Growth

Importance of Understanding Randomness in Various Fields

Rare Heavy Snow Blankets Northeastern Turkey

New Fire Near Greek Capital Sparks High Alert

Unusual Molecules in Glaciers and Mountains: Brain Cell Control

Debate Over Giant Arctic Ice Shelf Resolved

Climate Change's Impact on Livestock: Neglected Research Area

Sydney Researchers Harness Lightning for Ammonia Production

Trekking Through Bornean Rainforest: Searching for Jungle Frogs

Genetic Technique Reveals Insights on Mitochondria

Record Low Temperatures Hit Argentina, Chile, Uruguay

Firefighters Gain Control Over Major Wildfire in Izmir

Switzerland's Glaciers Witness Early Melting: Glacier Loss Day

Wildfire on Crete Forces Evacuation, New Blaze Near Athens

Scientists Collaborate to Restore Miami Reef

Astronomers Unveil Nearby Spiral Galaxy in Brilliant Colors

Study Reveals Tharsis Fish Choking on Belemnites

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Solar-Powered AI Robot Clears Weeds in California Cotton Field

AI robots fill in for weed killers and farm hands

Customers Reach Out for Purchases, Inquiries, Payments, Returns

Chatbots are on the rise, but customers still trust human agents more

Brazilian Authorities Arrest Suspect in $100M Cyberattack

Police in Brazil arrest a suspect over $100M banking hack

Pilot program integrates AI-generated notes with human community notes on X platform

"X Introduces Community Notes to Combat Misinformation"

Scientists Pursue New Semiconductor Materials for Enhanced Solar Cell Efficiency

Robotic probe quickly measures semiconductor properties to accelerate solar panel development

Open-source engine enables high-performance data processing for Internet of Things devices

Playing games with robots makes people see them as more humanlike

Interacting with Robots Shapes Human Perception

Berlin Institute Releases NebulaStream: Next-Gen IoT Processing

3D-printed magnetoelastic smart pen may help diagnose Parkinson's

Thousands Overlooked: Parkinson's Disease Progression Unnoticed

Spoken Language Models: Next-Gen Tech Learning Human Speech

Researcher develops 'SpeechSSM,' opening up possibilities for a 24-hour AI voice assistant

Luna v1.0 & FlexQAOA bring constraint-aware quantum optimization to real-world problems

Aqarios Unveils Luna V1.0: Quantum Optimization Milestone

AI designs new underwater gliders with shapes inspired by marine animals

Efficient Aquatic Navigation: Secrets of Fish and Seals

Researchers develop a quality design method for real-time videos from uncrewed aerial vehicles

University of Tsukuba Unveils SPADE Method for UAV Video Quality

Hydrogen Infrastructure Rollout in EU Reveals Regulatory Gaps

Study finds EU hydrogen station rollout may cause millions in annual losses

Congress Passes Bill Ending Federal Tax Incentives for Electric Vehicles

What to know about buying electric vehicles after the federal tax incentives end

Interdisciplinary Team Studies Cooling Methods on Satellite

Space-based experiments show wax-filled heat sinks keep electronics cooler for longer

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Wednesday, 19 June 2019

Comcast remote lets people with physical disabilities control the TV with their eyes

Most TV viewers take for granted the ability to change the channel from their couches with a remote control. That task may be near impossible for viewers with the most severe physical challenges.

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New research finds increased CT use for suspected urolithiasis patients in ED

A new study performed in conjunction with the Harvey L. Neiman Health Policy Institute examines changing characteristics of utilization and potential disparities in US emergency department (ED) patients undergoing CT of the abdomen and pelvis (CTAP) for suspected urolithiasis. The study is published online in the Journal of American College of Radiology (JACR).

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Simple scan could direct treatments for angina

A 40 minute test for angina could help patients avoid an overnight stay in hospital, according to research funded by the NIHR Guy's and St Thomas' Biomedical Research Centre.

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Survey sees biggest US honeybee winter die-off yet

Winter hit U.S. honeybees hard with the highest loss rate yet, an annual survey of beekeepers showed.

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Oceanographers investigate the ocean's carbon-absorbing processes over time

It's a well-known fact that the ocean is one of the biggest absorbers of the carbon dioxide emitted by way of human activity. What's less well known is how the ocean's processes for absorbing that carbon change over time, and how they might affect its ability to buffer climate change.

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Patients of surgeons with unprofessional behavior more likely to suffer complications

Patients of surgeons with higher numbers of reports from co-workers about unprofessional behavior are significantly more likely to experience complications during or after their operations, researchers from Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) reported today in JAMA Surgery.

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Human-on-a-chip model tests cancer drug efficacy and toxicity for therapeutic index

A reconfigurable "body-on-a-chip" model could transform drug development by simultaneously measuring compound efficacy and toxicity, for both target cells and other organs, such as the heart and liver. These findings, published in Science Translational Medicine, demonstrate the ability of a body-on-a-chip model to truly revolutionize biomedical research and personalized medicine through more accurate and efficient preclinical testing without the use of animal studies.

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Investigating coral and algal 'matchmaking' at the cellular level

What factors govern algae's success as "tenants" of their coral hosts both under optimal conditions and when oceanic temperatures rise? A Victoria University of Wellington-led team of experts that includes Carnegie's Arthur Grossman investigates this question.

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Automated cryptocode generator is helping secure the web

Nearly every time you open up a secure Google Chrome browser, a new MIT-developed cryptographic system is helping better protect your data.

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Serotonin linked to somatic awareness, a condition long thought to be imaginary

An international team spearheaded by researchers at McGill University has discovered a biological mechanism that could explain heightened somatic awareness, a condition where patients experience physical discomforts for which there is no physiological explanation.

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Facebook's currency Libra faces financial, privacy pushback

Facebook is getting a taste of the regulatory pushback it will face as it creates a new digital currency with corporate partners.

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How to head off a pain in the neck

(HealthDay)—Neck pain can sneak up on you over time. While it can be caused by an accident or injury, your everyday posture and body mechanics can also be to blame, from the way you carry a shoulder bag, cradle your phone while multitasking or sit at your desk. These tips will help you better protect your neck.

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'Goldilocks' neurons promote REM sleep

Every night while sleeping, we cycle between two very different states of sleep. Upon falling asleep, we enter non-rapid eye movement (non-REM) sleep where our breathing is slow and regular and movement of our limbs or eyes are minimal. Approximately 90 minutes later, how-ever, we enter rapid eye movement (REM) sleep. This is a paradoxical state where our breathing becomes fast and irregular, our limbs twitch, and our eyes move rapidly. In REM sleep, our brain is highly active, but we also become paralyzed and we lose the ability to thermoregulate or maintain our constant body temperature. "This loss of thermoregulation in REM sleep is one of the most peculiar aspects of sleep, particularly since we have finely-tuned mechanisms that control our body temperature while awake or in non-REM sleep," says Markus Schmidt of the Department for BioMedical Research (DBMR) of the University of Bern, and the Department of Neurology, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital. On the one hand, the findings confirm a hypothesis proposed earlier by Schmidt, senior author of the study, and on the other hand represent a breakthrough for sleep medicine. The paper was published in Current Biology and highlighted by the editors with a comment.

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New AI system manages road infrastructure via Google Street View

Geospatial scientists have developed a new program to monitor street signs needing replacement or repair by tapping into Google Street View images.

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Californians agree: Don't build in wildfire-prone areas

Almost three-quarters of California voters think limits should be imposed on new housing developments in high-risk wildfire areas, according to a new Berkeley IGS Poll.

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Brain anatomy links cognitive and perceptual symptoms in autism

Neuroscientists at the RIKEN Center for Brain Science (CBS) and University College London have found an anatomical link between cognitive and perceptual symptoms in autism. Published in the Journal of Neuroscience, the study identified a posterior region of the brain whose amount of gray matter is related to both cognitive rigidity and overly stable visual perception, two symptoms of autism that until now were only conceptually related.

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Gut bacteria from breastfeeding linked to improved infant response to vaccines

Higher levels of a customary gut bacteria enhanced by breastfeeding in early infancy were found to be coupled with an improved response to vaccines in infants through two years of age, according to a first-of-its-kind study by Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists and their colleagues.

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Popcorn as a snack—healthy hit or dietary horror show?

Popcorn, with its ample dietary fiber and typically low calorie count, makes it easy to understand why many people think a giant bucket at the movie theater qualifies as a healthy snack.

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A new approach for unsupervised paraphrasing without translation

In recent years, researchers have been trying to develop methods for automatic paraphrasing, which essentially entails the automated abstraction of semantic content from text. So far, approaches that rely on machine translation (MT) techniques have proved particularly popular due to the lack of available labeled datasets of paraphrased pairs.

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Now your phone can become a robot that does the boring work

If any factory worker could program low-cost robots, then more factories could actually use robotics to increase worker productivity.

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Researchers use biological evolution to inspire machine learning

As Charles Darwin wrote in at the end of his seminal 1859 book On the Origin of the Species, "whilst this planet has gone cycling on according to the fixed law of gravity, from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been, and are being, evolved." Scientists have since long believed that the diversity and range of forms of life on Earth provide evidence that biological evolution spontaneously innovates in an open-ended way, constantly inventing new things. However, attempts to construct artificial simulations of evolutionary systems tend to run into limits in the complexity and novelty which they can produce. This is sometimes referred to as "the problem of open-endedness." Because of this difficulty, to date, scientists can't easily make artificial systems capable of exhibiting the richness and diversity of biological systems.

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