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Adverse Effects of Witnessing Violence: Link to Mental Health

Sedentary Behavior Linked to Higher Cardiovascular Risk

Swimming Season: Why Your Fingers Wrinkle in Water

Health Officials Renew Call for Vigilance Against Bird Flu

Parents Struggle: Ending Pacifiers and Thumb-Sucking

Study Reveals NIPT Superiority Over STSS in DS Screening

Study Reveals Tumor Biology Differences in Black vs. White Veterans

Wearable Pulse Oximeter for Sleep Apnea Monitoring

New Study: Methotrexate as Alternative to Prednisone

Improved Lung Transplant Outcomes with New Allocation Guidelines

Astroglial Cells Lead Brain Activity Regulation

Helping Your Primary School Child Navigate Romantic Relationships

The Importance of Homeostasis in Living Organisms

Waist-to-Height Ratio Predicts Heart Failure Incidence

How Mindfulness Eases Anxiety & Boosts Focus

Single Gene's Key Role in Liver Energy Storage

Pharmaceutical CEO Reveals Vast Cannabis Stockpile

Study Links Rising Temperatures to Severe Sleep Apnea

Heart Failure Patients Lack Regular Cardiologist Visits

Personalized Treatments for Cancer, Heart Disease & More

Struggling to Focus? Regain Productivity with These Tips

Impact of Parental Ancestry on Child Genetic Changes

Study: Monoamine Neurotransmitters in Hippocampal Activation

AI Algorithm Excels in Heart Failure Detection Kenya Study

UCLA & UCSD Researchers Create Injectable Sealant

US Approves First Blood Test for Alzheimer's

Texas Measles Outbreak Slowing: Fewer Than 10 New Cases

Pharmaceutical Cannabidiol Formulation Shows Cardiac Safety

Stress Link to Alzheimer's in Postmenopausal Women

Revolutionizing Health Care: Overcoming Design Limits

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Global Databases Overlook Some Extreme Weather Hazards

Researchers Identify Language-Like Communication in Dolphins

NASA Develops Astrobee: Free-Flying Robotic System

Australian Researchers Uncover 71 New Native Bee Species

Study by Planetary Scientists: Doubt Cast on Mars Water Flow

Veterinarian Tranquilizes Polar Bear from Helicopter

Larger Hilbert Space Key for Quantum Error Correction

Technological Advances in Precision Physiological Monitoring

"Parthenon: Iconic Temple of Athena on Acropolis Hill"

Residents of Jemna Transform Lives with Palm Grove Takeover

Deadly Storms Devastate Missouri, Kentucky, Virginia

Indian Space Agency's Earth Observation Satellite Launch Fails

21 Dead as Severe Storms Hit Missouri & Kentucky

Archaeologists Discover Ancient Cemeteries in Tangier

Quantum Transformations: Molecule's Light Absorption Dance

Moon's Dark Nearside vs. Rugged Farside: NASA's Lunar Interior Insight

Study Reveals Ultraweak Photon Emission in Living Systems

New Findings in Archaeopteryx Fossil, Voyager 1 Thrusters Revived, Evolutionary Assumptions Challenged

Abandoned Tugboat Found in Lake Michigan

Black Shark Fins Spotted on Central Israel Beach

University of Seville Study: Fiscal-Monetary Policy Impact on Eurozone Growth

British Poets Explore Childhood and Masculinity with Lawnmower Poetry

"Engineers Mimic Marine Shells for Enhanced Energy Absorption"

Belgian Researchers Find Low-Emission Zones Improve Air Quality

"Harmony of Corals and Microbes: Vital Ecosystem Indicators"

Melting Glaciers in Boulder Expose Sulfate Minerals

New Method Identifies Genetic Changes in Oxygen-Producing Microbes

Boosting Radiative Cooling Efficiency for Climate Control

From Hull to Grain: The Rice Milling Process Explained

New Research Reveals Widespread Animal Behavior Patterns

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Effective Machine Learning Models for Diverse Data Training

Rising Concerns Over Data Center Noise

Third-party data annotators often fail to accurately read the emotions of others, study finds

Helping noisy data centers fit into residential neighborhoods

Xiaomi to Invest 50 Billion Yuan in High-End Smartphone Chips

China's Xiaomi to invest nearly $7 bn in chips

'Bridge doctor' combines imaging, neural network to efficiently evaluate concrete bridges' safety

Infrared Thermography Enhances Concrete Bridge Inspections

Semiconductor Chip Giants Converge at Taiwan Tech Expo

Global chip giants converge on Taiwan for Computex

Nvidia CEO Unveils Taiwan's First AI Supercomputer

Nvidia unveils plan for Taiwan's first 'AI supercomputer'

Study Reveals Humans Share Social Robot Training Control

Social robots learning without us? New study cuts humans from early testing

Cryptocurrency Users Face Security Threats

Paris kidnap bid highlights crypto data security risks

Tin-Halide Perovskites: Promising Semiconductors for TFTs

A new strategy to fabricate highly performing thin-film tin perovskite transistors

Fortnite Unavailable on Apple App Store: Epic Games Battle

'Fortnite' unavailable on Apple devices worldwide

Musk's xAI blames 'unauthorized' tweak for 'white genocide' posts

Elon Musk's AI Startup Blames Unauthorized Modification

Establishing electromagnetic wave measurement standards to ensure the performance of Korea's Starlink

Korea Research Institute Sets Standards for 6G Satellite System

Expansion of Low Earth Orbit Satellite Networks Reshaping Communications

Algorithms aim to make real-time data processing possible anywhere on Earth

Elon Musk's AI Chatbot Grok Sparks Controversy

Elon Musk's AI company says Grok chatbot focus on South Africa's racial politics was 'unauthorized'

US Government Relinquishes Internet Control After 30 Years

How a decades-old tech battle remains as relevant today as ever

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Wednesday, 29 January 2020

WHO warns world to 'take action' over China virus

The World Health Organization on Wednesday warned all governments to "take action" over the SARS-like virus spreading from China that has killed 132 people and infected around 6,000 others.

Two defunct satellites speed toward possible collision

Two decommissioned satellites sped towards each other Wednesday at a combined speed of almost 33,000 miles (53,000 kilometers) an hour, raising the risk of a collision that would send thousands of pieces of debris hurtling through space.

News Corp aggregator aims to break free from tech platforms

Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. on Wednesday unveiled an online news aggregation service, aiming to break away from the tech platforms that dominate digital media.

Five people in France confirmed to have coronavirus

The daughter of a Chinese tourist who is seriously ill in a Paris hospital has become the fifth person in France to be confirmed with the coronavirus, officials said Wednesday.

Health experts: Human-to-human spread of new virus worrying

World health officials expressed "great concern" Wednesday that a dangerous new virus is starting to spread between people outside of China, a troubling development as China and the world frantically work to contain the outbreak. For a second day, the number of infections grew dramatically.

NASA shutting down space telescope, infrared eyes to cosmos

NASA is pulling the plug on one of its great observatories—the Spitzer Space Telescope—after 16 years of scanning the universe with infrared eyes.

Study: Antioxidant flavonol linked to lower risk of Alzheimer's dementia

People who eat or drink more foods with the antioxidant flavonol, which is found in nearly all fruits and vegetables as well as tea, may be less likely to develop Alzheimer's dementia years later, according to a study published in the January 29, 2020, online issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.

Gut reaction: How immunity ramps up against incoming threats

A new study has revealed how the gut's protective mechanisms ramp up significantly with food intake, and at times of the day when mealtimes are anticipated based on regular eating habits.

Long life, good health

In a new report published today in Circulation, experts outline national and global goals to help people live healthier for longer. While heart disease and stroke-related deaths continue to decline, the rate at which they're declining has slowed and obesity rates are on the rise.

2019 novel coronavirus is genetically different to SARS and should be considered a new human-infecting coronavirus

A new genetic analysis of 10 genome sequences of novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) from nine patients in Wuhan finds that the virus is most closely related to two bat-derived SARS-like coronaviruses, according to a study published in The Lancet.

Scientists find record warm water in Antarctica, pointing to cause behind troubling glacier melt

A team of scientists has observed, for the first time, the presence of warm water at a vital point underneath a glacier in Antarctica—an alarming discovery that points to the cause behind the gradual melting of this ice shelf while also raising concerns about sea-level rise around the globe.

Coupled quantum dots may offer a new way to store quantum information

Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and their colleagues have for the first time created and imaged a novel pair of quantum dots—tiny islands of confined electric charge that act like interacting artificial atoms. Such "coupled" quantum dots could serve as a robust quantum bit, or qubit, the fundamental unit of information for a quantum computer. Moreover, the patterns of electric charge in the island can't be fully explained by current models of quantum physics, offering an opportunity to investigate rich new physical phenomena in materials.

Researchers studying motivational aspects of mindfulness find quality differs by situation

What makes people more or less mindful from one situation to the next? Researchers have found that mindfulness is not entirely something an individual brings to a situation and rather is partly shaped by the situations they encounter.

Demand for drone delivery in e-retail is high, ability to meet that demand low

Consumers want what they want, and they want it now. Drone delivery has long been talked about as an option to satisfy consumer delivery demands, but how realistic is it? New research in the INFORMS journal Transportation Science looks at how possible and desirable it is to use drones for delivery for e-retailers considering cost and effectiveness in certain population areas and in certain locations.

Monitoring intermediates in CO2 conversion to formate by metal catalyst

Plants take in energy from sunlight to transform atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) into sugars and then other materials for growth and metabolic functions. Mimicking this photochemical reaction to efficiently convert CO2 into fuels and industrially important chemicals would support a sustainable energy future and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

Prescribed burns benefit bees

Freshly burned longleaf pine forests have more than double the total number of bees and bee species than similar forests that have not burned in over 50 years, according to new research from North Carolina State University.

UCLA researchers find chronic inflammation contributes to cancer metastasis

The study reveals a detailed epigenetic mechanism for how interleukin-1-beta, a common cytokine that helps fight infections during inflammation, plays a critical role in cancer metastasis. The researchers found that chronic exposure to interleukin-1-beta can promote lung cancer metastasis through inheritable changes of gene expression without altering DNA sequence. Because of these gene alterations, cancer cells can memorize this phenotype—known as epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition, an important step during cancer metastasis—to successfully reach distance organs and subsequently colonize.

The health of foundation species promotes the stability of the ecosystems that depend on them

Anyone who's read "The Lorax" will recognize that certain species serve as the foundation of their ecosystems. When the truffula trees disappear, so to do the swomee-swans and bar-ba-loots. However, the same is not necessarily true the other way around.

Better than reality: NASA scientists tap virtual reality to make a scientific discovery

NASA scientists using virtual reality technology are redefining our understanding about how our galaxy works.

Researchers develop new bio-inspired wing design for small drones

Researchers from Brown University have designed a new type of wing that could make small fixed-wing drones far more stable and efficient.

Drug lord's hippos make their mark on foreign ecosystem

Four hours east of Medellin in northern Colombia's Puerto Triunfo municipality, the sprawling hacienda constructed by infamous drug lord Pablo Escobar of "Narcos" fame has become a tourist attraction. When Escobar's empire crashed, the exotic animals housed at his family's zoo, including rhinos, giraffes and zebras, were safely relocated to new homes... except for the hippopotamuses.

Cheap nanoparticles stimulate immune response to cancer in the lab

University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers have developed nanoparticles that, in the lab, can activate immune responses to cancer cells. If they are shown to work as well in the body as they do in the lab, the nanoparticles might provide an effective and more affordable way to fight cancer.

Research team investigates abnormal neuron activity in Rett syndrome

The brain undergoes dramatic change during the first years of life. Its circuits readily rewire as an infant and then child encounters new sights and sounds, taking in the world and learning to understand it. As the child matures and key developmental periods pass, the brain becomes less malleable—but certain experiences create opportunities for parts of the adult brain to rewire and learn again.