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Joshua Shavit
Sep 25, 2021
A new method for removing lead from drinking water
Engineers have designed a relatively low-cost, energy-efficient approach to treating water contaminated with heavy metals.
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Joseph Shavit
Sep 25, 2021
Love hormone Oxytocin delivered in a nasal spray could help fight obesity, study shows
The brain chemical oxytocin appears to make people feel full and reduce overeating. Can it encourage weight loss?
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Joshua Shavit
Sep 24, 2021
People only pay attention to new information when they want to
We tend to listen to people who tell us things we’d like to believe and ignore people who tell us things we’d prefer not to be true.
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Joseph Shavit
Sep 20, 2021
Introducing AugLimb -- The robotic third arm you always needed
Researchers recently developed AugLimb, a compact robotic limb that could support humans as they complete a variety of tasks.
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Joshua Shavit
Sep 17, 2021
To cheat or not to cheat? Your brain has its own thoughts
The ability of cognitive control allows humans to override the brain’s impulses and also plays a role in making moral decisions.
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Joshua Shavit
Sep 17, 2021
Could the moon be responsible for your bad sleep?
Men’s sleep may be more powerfully influenced by the lunar cycle than women’s, according to a new study from Uppsala University
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Joseph Shavit
Sep 17, 2021
Researchers discover new enzyme that can stop cells from aging
Researchers show that an enzyme complex named HTC (hydride transfer complex) can inhibit cells from aging.
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Joshua Shavit
Sep 15, 2021
Revolutionary healthcare AI platform learns from multiple sources while protecting privacy
LEARNER allows health data from many sources to be used to train an AI model without actually sharing any of the sensitive data.
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Joseph Shavit
Sep 13, 2021
Largest virtual universe free for anyone to explore
An international team of researchers has generated an entire virtual universe, and made it freely available on the cloud to everyone.
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Joshua Shavit
Sep 13, 2021
New superconducting magnet breaks magnetic field records, paving the way for fusion energy
The creation of practical, inexpensive, carbon-free power plants that could limit the effects of global climate change.
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Joshua Shavit
Sep 13, 2021
Ground-based observatories could use starshades to see distant planets
How do we find Earth-like planets outside our solar system? Send a giant structure that blocks starlight so that astronomers can see further
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Joshua Shavit
Sep 13, 2021
A water-repellent nanomaterial inspired by nature
Researchers have created a new nanomaterial that repels water and can stay dry even when submerged underwater.
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Joshua Shavit
Sep 13, 2021
What if the secret to your brain’s elusive computing power is its randomness?
Probabilistic computer could not only create smarter maintenance schedules but also helpprocess images faster and more accurately.
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Joshua Shavit
Sep 12, 2021
Ancient sea ice core sheds light on modern climate change
Marine sediment cores are yielding new insights into the complicated relationship between sea ice and climate change.
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Joshua Shavit
Sep 12, 2021
The power of video fake news in today's society
People are more likely to believe fake news in a video format compared to text and audio forms of the same story, according to researchers.
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Joshua Shavit
Sep 12, 2021
Stanford discovery paves the way to ultrafast, energy-efficient computing
Scientists have spent decades searching for faster, more energy-efficient memory technologies for everything from data centers to mobile.
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Joshua Shavit
Sep 12, 2021
University professor makes breakthrough achievement in quantum computing
A University of Texas at San Antonio researcher is part of a collaboration that has set a world record for innovation in quantum computing.
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Joshua Shavit
Sep 11, 2021
Scientists develop AI to predict the success of startup companies
A study of 1M companies has shown that artificial intelligence can accurately determine whether a startup firm will fail or become successful
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Joshua Shavit
Sep 11, 2021
Researchers use deep learning to predict breast cancer risk
Deep learning does a better job distinguishing between the mammograms of women who will later develop breast cancer and those who will not.
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Joseph Shavit
Sep 11, 2021
Start-up funded by the US Army develops a pill that might cure PTSD
A start-up, funded in part by the U.S. Army, could be on track to revolutionizing what we know about PTSD.
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