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Excessive Screen Time Linked to Heart and Metabolic Risks

Thousands of Meditation Apps: 300M Downloads & Counting

Physicians Receiving More Complaints Linked to Industry Payments

Study Links Workplace Chemical Exposure to Autism Challenges

Kenya Eliminates Sleeping Sickness as Public Health Issue

The Importance of Eyelid Functionality in Eye Health

Rare Kidney Cancer Subtype's Immunotherapy Susceptibility Explained

Study Suggests Angle of View Impacts World Perception

Inter generational Link: Active School Commuting Boosts Kids

IsGlobal Launches HTGAnalyzer for Advanced Transcriptomic Data Analysis

Immigration Practices Impact Children's Mental Health

Eli Lilly's New Weight Loss Pill Shows Promising Results

China Reports Over 8,000 Cases of Chikungunya Virus

Vanderbilt Study: NIRAF Probe Enhances Parathyroid Gland Detection

Study Reveals Kidney Failure Risk Underestimated

Neuroblastoma: Understanding Aggressive Cancer Cells

New Zealand GPs Embrace AI Scribes: Study Findings

Alzheimer's Impact on Elderly Americans: Urgent Need for Research

Novel Computational Models for Accurate Cerebral Blood Flow Imaging

Mobile App Reduces Suicidal Behavior in High-Risk Inpatients

Study Reveals Best Surgery for Kidney Stones in Kids

Support for Those Affected by Suicide Attempts

UC Irvine Faculty Urges Food Is Medicine Movement to Course-Correct

Seoul National University Unveils Wearable Blood Pressure Monitor

Breakthrough Blood Test for Multiple Myeloma: SWIFT-seq Revolutionizes Diagnosis

Breakthrough Discovery: Children's Natural Immunity to Bacterial Infection

New Study Shows Hope for MacTel Vision Loss

Gender Differences in Disease Development: Asthma and Parkinson's vs. Alzheimer's

Global Obesity Epidemic: Doubling Rates Impact 1 Billion

Vaccines: Targeting Single Pathogens for Immunity

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Scientists Solve Mystery of Sea Star Deaths

Poor Prediction of Extreme Weather Events: Urgent Need for Improvements

Cells Disguise RNA with Sugars to Thwart Infections

"NASA's Stunning Mars Photo, Blue Pig Warning, Oldest Black Hole"

Great Barrier Reef Records Greatest Annual Coral Loss

Apollo 13 Commander Jim Lovell Dies at 97

New York's Battle Against City Rats

International Crew Descends from ISS on SpaceX Capsule

Wildfires' Ozone Threat: Health Risks Beyond Visible Pollutants

Summer's Most Dazzling Meteor Shower Peaks Soon

Earthlings Eyeing Mars Colonization: Nigerian Egusi Soup Key

Wildfire Impact on Landslide Risk: New Findings

Innovative Method Outperforms Conventional Techniques

Developing Responsible Quantum Technologies: Call for International Standards

Study Reveals: Gossip Boosts Happiness in Couples

Vision Foundation Model Depth Anything V2 Enhances Crop Segmentation

Preserving Art Through Time: Hippocrates' Enduring Wisdom

Lknet Enhances Precision Agriculture with Novel Convolutional Blocks

Novel Eco-Friendly Approach for Saline-Alkali Soil Remediation

Kyushu University Unveils Dual-Function Organic Molecule

Water Behavior in Atom-Scale Spaces: Surprising Findings

Impact of Consecutive Hurricanes on U.S. Coastlines

Researchers Develop Method to Observe Lysosomes in Live Cells

Airport Layout Attracts Hawks, Poses Safety Risk

Decline in Chesapeake Bay Seagrass: Mixed News

New Theory: Quantum Environment Controls Chemical Reactions

Researchers at SLAC's LCLS Achieve Breakthrough in Data Quality

"Discovery: South African Cycad's Ancient Biochemical Legacy"

Devastating Tsunami Threatens Coastal Communities

Researchers Investigate How Macrophages Combat Pathogens

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Self-adaptive electrolytes expand stability for fast charging and high-energy batteries

Developing High-Energy Batteries for Electric Vehicles

Instagram Users Warn of New Location Sharing Feature

As electric bills rise, evidence mounts that data centers share blame. States feel pressure to act

New Instagram location sharing feature sparks privacy fears

States Feel Pressure to Insulate Ratepayers from Big Tech Energy Costs

Pioneer spirit drives Swiss solar-powered plane altitude attempt

Swiss Pilot Raphael Domjan Sets Solar Aviation Record

App's Ratings Boost Chicago Drivers' Safety

How Uber steers its drivers toward better performance

Importance of a Stable Foundation for Building Safety

Towards better earthquake risk assessment with machine learning and geological survey data

Q&A: New physical model aims to boost energy storage research

Engineers Use Computational Tools for Energy Storage Breakthroughs

Overtaking the odds: Do passing zones make rural roads safer?

Are Passing Zones on Rural Roads Safe?

Ethical Questions: Consumer Devices and the Human Brain

Do neurotechnologies threaten our mental privacy?

Michigan Researchers Use X-Rays for Lightweight Alloys

First 3D look at strength-boosting 'twinning' behavior in lightweight magnesium alloy

Global Climate Mitigation Strategies Hindered by Mineral Shortages

Mineral shortages could limit the low-carbon transition

Small but mighty: A seed-inspired monocopter idea takes flight

New Monocopter by SUTD: Redefining Small Flying Robots

Exploring Humanoid Robots' Creative Potential

Robotic drummer gradually acquires human-like behaviors

California Supreme Court Revisits Rooftop Solar Regulations

California's rooftop solar rules in limbo after state Supreme Court ruling

Global Collaboration for Sustainable Energy Solutions

Scandium superhighway paves way for low-temperature hydrogen fuel cells

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Thursday, 16 May 2019

Flexibility of working memory from random connections

A new article in Neuron from Princeton University neuroscientists Flora Bouchacourt and Tim Buschman presents a new model of working memory.

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Pinterest reports smaller 1Q loss but guidance drags stock

Pinterest, fresh off its initial public offering, posted a loss for the first three months of the year that was larger than analysts were expecting, though revenue was slightly stronger. Its revenue outlook, though, was below expectations and its shares slumped in after-hours trading.

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Galaxy blazes with new stars born from close encounter

The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has taken a new look at the spectacular irregular galaxy NGC 4485, which has been warped and wound by its larger galactic neighbour. The gravity of the second galaxy has disrupted the ordered collection of stars, gas and dust, giving rise to an erratic region of newborn, hot, blue stars and chaotic clumps and streams of dust and gas.

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Protecting rare species can benefit human life

Preserving rare species for the sake of global biodiversity has long been the primary focus for conservationists.

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When science and politics collide: Support for enhancing FDA independence

Earlier this year, twin papers authored by seven former Food and Drug Administration commissioners, published by Health Affairs and the Aspen Institute on the same day, suggested that the FDA should become an independent agency.

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Study finds higher risk of stroke-linked plaque in men, possible test for women

Men are more likely than women to develop unstable plaques in their neck arteries, a dangerous condition that can lead to strokes, according to new research that also identified a helpful warning sign for rupture-prone plaques in women.

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Chemists ID possible addiction-free pain reliever

An estimated 1.7 million Americans suffer from substance abuse disorders related to opioid use for pain relief, according to the National Institute on Drug Abuse. This causes an economic burden of more than $78 billion per year in health care and addiction treatment costs, as well as loss of worker productivity and increased criminal activity. In 2017, more than 47,000 people died as a result of drug abuse involving opioids and related drugs.

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New security flaw in Intel chips could affect millions

Intel has revealed another hardware security flaw that could affects millions of machines around the world.

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Same computer password for the last 10 years? You might need a vibrating cybernudge

Technology used in exercise and lifestyle apps may hold the key to answering that most difficult of challenges—getting people to change their passwords and better protect their online privacy and data.

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A multi-scale body-part mask guided attention network for person re-identification

Person re-identification entails the automated identification of the same person in multiple images from different cameras and with different backgrounds, angles or positions. Despite recent advances in the field of artificial intelligence (AI), person re-identification remains a highly challenging task, particularly due to the many variations in a person's pose, as well as other differences associated with lighting, occlusion, misalignment and background clutter.

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Have you got the right personality for Facebook?

How do personality traits affect one's use of the online social networking site, Facebook? That is the question researchers from Greece hope to answer in a paper in the International Journal of Internet Marketing and Advertising. The team surveyed 367 university students and analysed their answers concerning Facebook with the backdrop of different personality traits: extraversion, neuroticism, agreeableness, openness, and conscientiousness.

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Officials in US, Europe charge 10 in malware attacks

Ten people have been charged in connection with malicious software attacks that infected tens of thousands of computers and caused more than $100 million in financial losses, U.S. and European authorities announced Thursday.

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Drilling the seabed below Earth's most powerful ocean current

The Antarctic Circumpolar Current is the planet's most powerful and arguably most important. It is the only one to flow clear around the globe without getting diverted by any landmass, sending up to 150 times the flow of all the world's rivers clockwise around the frozen continent. It connects all the other oceans, and is thought to play a key role in regulating natural climate swings that have repeatedly swept the earth for millions of years. But much is still not known about how it works, including how it might now respond to human-induced climate change.

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Protecting children's data privacy in the smart city

The devices that we use have unique identifiers. With cross-browser fingerprinting, the data we generate as users isn't as anonymized as we believe it is. The tracking of our online activity is extensive, comprehensive and persistent, and generates marketable data shadows that do not need our personal information in order to target us as consumers.

* This article was originally published here

HIV outbreak sparks panic in southern Pakistan

Parents nervously watch as their children wait to be tested for HIV in a village in southern Pakistan, where hundreds of people have been allegedly infected by a doctor using a contaminated syringe.

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China blocks all language editions of Wikipedia

Beijing has broadened its block of online encyclopedia Wikipedia to include all language editions, an internet censorship research group reported just weeks ahead of China's most politically explosive anniversary.

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First smartphone app that can hear ear infections in children

Ear infections are the most common reason that parents bring their children to a pediatrician, according to the National Institutes of Health.

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'Striking' differences in rates of HIV/AIDS within African nations

Despite the rapid scale-up of antiretroviral therapy (ART) since 2000, HIV/AIDS is still the most common cause of death in sub-Saharan Africa, according to data from the Global Burden of Disease.

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