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Study: Multiracial Women in California More Prone to Bipolar Disorder

UK Health Security Agency Urges Travelers: Prevent Chikungunya

Potential Harm of Food Additives on Gut Health: Need for More Studies

Ohio State Study: Nonviral Gene Therapy for Heart Health

Researchers Develop Dengue Outbreak Forecasting Model

High-Salt Diet Triggers Brain Inflammation, Raises Blood Pressure

Maternal Biomarkers Predict Gestational Diabetes Risk

Standing Still at the Gym: Impact on Bone Density

First Animal Tumor Treated with Radioactive Ion Beams

Study Reveals High Dropout Rate of Medical Cannabis for Pain

Study Reveals Limits of Visual Imagination

New Study: Diabetes Medications and Lung Health

Heart Attacks: One Type's Distressing Impact

Annual Flu Vaccine Now Available for Home Delivery

Texas Children's Treats Three-Year-Old with FDA-Approved Gene Therapy

Genetic Study Uncovers Metabolic Weakness in Childhood Cancer

Mental Health Providers: Coping with Compassion Fatigue

Questionable Wellness Content on Social Media

UVA Health's Artificial Pancreas: Optimizing Type 1 Diabetes Care

Protein Linked to Hippocampus Aging Identified

Study Reveals Gaps in Aged Care Services

Aged Care: Impact of Longer Lives on End-of-Life Care

Study Reveals HPV16 Weakens Immune Cells, USC Research

The Vital Role of Smell in Health

Global Impact: Vascular Stenosis and Endothelial Cells

Dutch Researchers Reduce Radiologist Workload by 38%

Ironman Athlete and University Worker Linked by Rare Brain Tumor Treatment

Expert Tips to Manage Anxiety Before Storms

Chatgpt Study Reveals AI Impact on Health Choices

Young Adults Prefer Social Media for HIV Prevention Info

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How Weather Alerts Impact Financial Markets

Maximizing Online-Offline Retail Integration: Key Findings

Rising STEM Popularity Among Students in 2025

Global Online Safety Laws: Impact on Digital Products

Exploring the Trend of Chaos Gardening on Social Media

Consumers Accept Brand Name Misspellings if Reasonable

New Mathematical Model Explains Universe Evolution

Researchers Seek Alternatives to Rare Iridium for Clean Fuels

Fermented Foods Drive Public Science Engagement

"Apollo Program Continues Making Discoveries"

New Chiral Symmetry Breakthrough Unveiled

"Novel Stellar Explosion Reveals Distant Universe"

New Water Testing Device Detects Toxic Bacteria

Psyche Spacecraft Calibrates Cameras En Route to Metal-Rich Asteroid

Global Analysis Exposes Flaw in Coffee Sustainability Efforts

Nature's Healing Power: Willow Bark as Natural Aspirin

Study Finds Humpback Whales Excel at Bubble-Net Feeding

Common Data Basis for Plant Health in Global Agriculture

Decoding Arabidopsis: Plant Research Insights

Planting Trees in Tropics: Climate Cooling & Fire Suppression

Record Heat Wave Melts Svalbard Glaciers

Magnitude 5.6 Earthquake Near Gympie, Queensland

Scientists Uncover Water's Role in Platinum-Catalyzed Biomass Conversion

Gene Discovered as Natural MicroRNA Sponge in Legume Nodulation

Ukraine Exporters Thrive Amid War Turmoil

Catastrophic Harmful Algal Bloom Hits South Australia Coastline

SpaceX Mission to International Space Station: Bone Health Investigation

"Nasa's SMAP Mission: 10 Years of Global L-Band Radiometry"

Black Mambas: Tracking Pollution for Ecosystem Health

"Poohsticks Game: Current Flow Ignored in Stick Race"

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Unist Researchers Create AI for Lifelike 3D Pet Avatars

AI tech breathes life into virtual companion animals

Werewolf exes and billionaire CEOs: Why cheesy short dramas are taking over our social media feeds

60-Second Dramas: Billionaire CEO's Love Story & Werewolf Mafia Curse

AI free from bias and ideology is a fantasy—humans can't organize data without distorting reality

US Government Mandates Bias-Free AI for White House Business

Managing and Recycling Spent Lithium-Ion Batteries

Eco-friendly upcycling: Turning spent batteries into high-voltage energy storage systems

Transforming Human Waste into Sustainable Energy & Agriculture

Liquid gold: Prototype harvests valuable resource from urine

Britain Drops Request for Apple Users' Encrypted Data

Google Fined $55 Million for Anti-Competitive Deals

UK drops demand for access to Apple user data

Google agrees to US$36m fine over Android search deals

AI Agents in Drone Swarms: Ensuring Seamless Collaboration

Simulating wolf pack attacks to strengthen AI collaboration and resilience

Roboticists Draw Inspiration from Nature's Creatures

Knitted textile metasurfaces allow soft robots to morph and camouflage on demand

The Future Impact of Artificial Intelligence

If AI takes most of our jobs, money as we know it will be over. What then?

Humanoid Robots Making Waves in Real World

A humanoid robot is now on sale for under US $6,000. What can you do with it?

Evolution of Military Staff Structure: Adapting to Modern Warfare

AI is about to radically alter military command structures that haven't changed much since Napoleon's army

Enhancing Photodetectors with Two-Dimensional MoS₂

Self-powered photodetector achieves 20-fold sensitivity boost using novel device structure

Global telecommunications at risk: New paper urges urgent rethink of submarine cable dependence

Global Internet Infrastructure Vulnerable to Disasters

3D Printing: From Tools to Ghost Guns

Unique fingerprints in 3D printing may foil adversaries

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Sunday, 15 November 2020

Covid-19: As lab execs sell shares worth millions, questions arise

Pfizer, Moderna, Novavax: executives at several American laboratories developing COVID-19 vaccines have recently pocketed millions of dollars by selling shares in their companies—raising questions about the propriety of such a move in the midst of a national health crisis.

Germany warns months more virus curbs as Mexico tops 1 mn cases

Germany warned Sunday that its anti-coronavirus measures were likely to last four or five more months, as Greece announced a new ban on gatherings and Mexico surpassed one million infections.

Egypt's Siwa fortress renovation boosts hopes for ecotourism

Tucked away in Egypt's Western Desert, the Shali fortress once protected inhabitants against the incursions of wandering tribes, but now there are hopes its renovation will attract ecotourists.

Mexico reaches 1 million virus cases, nears 100,000 deaths

Mexico on Saturday topped 1 million registered coronavirus cases and nearly 100,000 test-confirmed deaths, though officials agree the number is probably much higher.

Austria plans 'mass tests' to help exit virus lockdown

Austria is planning "mass testing" for coronavirus to help a chart a way out of the second lockdown coming into force next week, Chancellor Sebastian Kurz said on Sunday.

BioNTech scientist: Vaccine could halve virus transmission

One of the scientists behind the experimental coronavirus vaccine developed by BioNTech and Pfizer said Sunday that he was confident that it could halve the transmission of the virus, resulting in a "dramatic" curb of the virus' spread.

Lyft's Zimmer talks future of workplace, electric vehicles

Lyft scored a major victory when California voters passed Proposition 22, allowing app-based companies to treat drivers as contractors instead of employees and saving the company from what many anticipated would be crippling expenses.

SpaceX aims for night crew launch, Musk sidelined by virus

SpaceX aimed for a Sunday night launch of four astronauts to the International Space Station, although the prospects of good weather were just 50-50 and its leader was sidelined by COVID-19.

Cable failures endanger renowned Puerto Rico radio telescope

Giant, aging cables that support one of the world's largest single-dish radio telescopes are slowly unraveling in this U.S. territory, pushing an observatory renowned for its key role in astronomical discoveries to the brink of collapse.

Patients taking statins experience similar side effects from dummy pills

People taking dummy pills and statins experienced similar side effects in a new study.

A novel monoclonal antibody therapy cuts LDL cholesterol by half in a high-risk patient population

The investigational drug evinacumab reduced low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol—the so-called "bad" cholesterol—by 50 percent in patients with severe hypercholesterolemia whose condition is resistant to standard treatments, a phase 2 study from the Icahn School of Medicine of Mount Sinai and other global academic sites has found. Results from the study sponsored by Regeneron, are being presented as "late breaking science" at the American Heart Association Scientific Sessions 2020 on Sunday, November 15, and simultaneously published in The New England Journal of Medicine.

Go (over) easy on the eggs: 'Egg-cess' consumption linked to diabetes

Scrambled, poached or boiled, eggs are a popular breakfast food the world over. Yet the health benefits of the humble egg might not be all they're cracked up to be as new research from the University of South Australia shows that excess egg consumption can increase your risk of diabetes.