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Revolutionizing Chronic Illness Treatment with Soft Electronic Implants

Brain Tumor Discovery Prompts AI Diagnostic Breakthrough

Study Reveals Variability in Background Sound Detection

Study Reveals Economic Disadvantage Affects Children's Lifespan

Challenges in Treating Chronic Inflammatory Bowel Diseases

Stanford Health Care Clinicians Utilize ChatEHR for Patient Records

Ai Tool by Johns Hopkins & Duke: Revolutionizing Disease Outbreak Prediction

Novel Test Detects Adjuvanted Allergoids in Medicinal Products

Global Experts Warn: Urgent Action Needed for Liver Disease

Autonomous AI Agent for Clinical Decision-Making in Oncology

States' Attorneys General Urge FDA to Ease Mifepristone Restrictions

Study Links BMI and Physical Activity to Childhood Cancer Survivors' Neoplasms

Exploring Neural Substrate of Visual Imagery: Breakthrough Study

New Treatments for Early Alzheimer's: Accessible Diagnostic Tests

Navigating Unfamiliar Areas: Using Landmarks for Direction

High Blood Pressure: Top Cause of Death in US

Mail-In Self-Collection Boosts Cervical Cancer Screening

Japanese Walking: A Fitness Trend for Health Benefits

Potential Benefits of Fecal Microbiota Transplants

New AI Tool Predicts Type 1 Diabetes Risk

New Imaging Technique Identifies TNBC Subtypes

Importance of Social Engagement for Older Adults

Drug for Urinary Tract Infections Recalled Due to Contamination

3D Printers Transforming Medicine: Legal System Struggles

Cardiovascular MRI Identifies High-Risk Cardiac Sarcoidosis

Sepsis: Immune System Overreaction Threatens Vital Organs

Ivory Coast Confirms Cholera Outbreak: 7 Deaths

Canadian Infant Born Prematurely with Measles Dies

Rare Genetic Disease XMEA: Small Fish Key to Treatment Discovery

Many US Adults Unaware of High Blood Pressure

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Research Team Uncovers Genetic Homogeneity Challenge in Kelp Aquaculture

Study Unveils Fish Slaughter Pain: Welfare Solutions

Enhancing Data Transmission Efficiency with Co-Packaged Optics

Optimizing Space Allocation in Living Cell City

Chilean Fisherman Rodrigo Gallardo Seeks Blessings for Pacific Hake

Detecting and Safeguarding Against Sarin Nerve Agent

Canada's Non-Producing Wells Emit 7x More Methane

India Grants Key License to Elon Musk's Starlink

Study Reveals Desert Dust's Impact on Air Pollution

Victoria Glynn's Coral Research: Illustrations Explain Survival Edge

Brazil's Environmental Goals Suffer Major Setback: Amazon Deforestation Surges 92%

Antarctica's Extreme Weather Events to Double by 2100

"Secret Life of Scleractinia: Okinawa's Underwater Coral Builders"

Uncovering Mysteries: Scientific Research as Detective Work

Uncovering Marine Ecosystems in Deep Sea Sediments

Breakthrough Study Links Microscopic Friction to Earthquake Prediction

Can Electronics Self-Destruct Like in "Mission: Impossible"?

New Species of Pterosaur Discovered in Late Cretaceous Japan

Chinese Academy Scientists Synthesize Protactinium-210

Bioarchaeological Study Reveals Insights on Bronze Age Cemetery

LHCb Experiment Achieves Precision Physics Milestone

Ocean's Majestic Megafauna: Secrets of Whales, Sharks, Seals

Novel Experimental Method Unveils Hyperon Potential

Bio-Based Hot Glue Outperforms Epoxy Resins

University of St Andrews Tool Identifies Toxic Pigments in Historic Books

Ecosystems in Crisis: 2016 Northeast Drought and Caterpillar Onslaught

Support Systems for Young People in Australian Schools

Impact of Climate Change on Global Water Cycle

Abertay University Study: Animated Animal Films Influence Gender Views

How Projects at Work Influence Personal Lives

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EU Countries Support Extended Flight Delay Compensation Rules

EU states look to trim compensation for flight delays

Film festival showcases what artificial intelligence can do on the big screen

Artificial Intelligence Revolutionizing Movie Making

Breakthrough in Lead Halide Perovskite Solar Cells

New class of SrHfSe₃ chalcogenide perovskite solar cells with diverse HTMs may make more efficient solar tech

Enhancing Spatial Measurement with Intensity Interferometry

An active optical intensity interferometry scheme enables synthetic aperture imaging from over a kilometer away

Oregon State University Researchers Develop Cleaner Wood-Burning Stove Tech

New technologies help wood-burning stoves burn more efficiently, produce less smoke

New Europe push to curb children's social media use

European Countries Take Action to Limit Minors' Social Media Access

Amazon Commits to Crack Down on Fake Online Reviews

Amazon agrees to tackle fake reviews in UK: regulator

'No doubt' Canadian firm will be first to extract deep sea minerals: CEO

Metals Company CEO Confident in Deep Sea Mining Success

Just 2% of tidal and offshore solar energy could make a dent in carbon dioxide emissions

Tidal and Offshore Solar Energy for Global CO2 Reduction

Facebook Reverses Hate Speech Rules, Social Media Faces Toxicity

AI tackles toxic speech online: Can algorithms judge fairness as well as accuracy?

Korean Research Team Innovates Continuous Oxy-Fuel Syngas Process

Hard-to-recycle thermoset waste plastics reborn as hydrogen

JPEG XS: Forward-looking standard for professional all-IP video production

Rising Pressure on Production: Impact of High-Quality Video

Sustainable, low-cost batteries for the electric vehicles of tomorrow

Innovative Method for Sustainable Lithium-Ion Battery Production

Insights on Citizen Participation in Energy Transition

If you're in this California town for two hours, the city is tracking you. Should you be worried?

Citizen participation in the energy transition: Learning from experience

Walnut Creek Chamber of Commerce Tracks City Visitors

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Thursday, 24 December 2020

There's no magic way to boost your energy. But 'perineum sunning' isn't the answer

If you keep up with wellness trends, you might have heard of something called "perineum sunning."

Here's where efforts to end HIV in eastern and southern Africa must focus

The World AIDS Day commemoration of 2020 took place in the midst of a global pandemic. It served as another reminder that people are not only susceptible to pathogens, but to the political, social and economic inequities that determine vulnerability to infections.

If a planet has a lot of methane in its atmosphere, life is the most likely cause

The ultra-powerful James Webb Space Telescope will launch soon. Once it's deployed and in position at the Earth-Sun Lagrange Point 2, it'll begin work. One of its jobs is to examine the atmospheres of exoplanets and look for biosignatures. It should be simple, right? Just scan the atmosphere until you find oxygen, then close your laptop and head to the pub: Fanfare, confetti, Nobel prize.

Team finds surprising connection between dinosaurs and mammals

When thinking of fierce predators of the past, it's difficult not to imagine dinosaurs, considering theropods are well known for having blade-like teeth with serrated cutting edges used for biting and ripping their prey.

Feds update immunization advice with Moderna vaccine approval

Moderna and Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines are similar enough that you can swap them in a pinch, according to the latest guidance from Canada's National Advisory Committee on Immunization (NACI).

Controlling the magnetic properties of complex oxide systems

The study of complex oxides of iron to create new functional materials is one of the most intensely developing fields of investigation for SUSU scientists. The physical properties of complex iron oxide systems can be varied by changing the chemical composition. This makes it possible to trace the fundamental effects that arise when ions are replaced. In a new study, researchers chose to investigate spinel-structured ferrites, changing their magnetic properties through modification of their chemical composition by substituting iron ions. The results of their research were published in Nanomaterials.

Atomic-scale nanowires can now be produced at scale

Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have discovered a way to make self-assembled nanowires of transition metal chalcogenides at scale using chemical vapor deposition. By changing the substrate where the wires form, they can tune how these wires are arranged, from aligned configurations of atomically thin sheets to random networks of bundles. This paves the way to industrial deployment in next-gen industrial electronics, including energy harvesting, and transparent, efficient, even flexible devices.

Scientists create polymers to detect banned substances in wastewater

Molecularly imprinted polymers, which have been created with the participation of a SUSU scientist, have become a base for a unique sensor that detects banned substances in wastewater. Police forces in European countries, where the problem of drug production is particularly acute, have shown interest in this development. The results of the research on creating these polymers have been published in a first quartile journal, Biosensors and Bioelectronics.

Fukushima nuclear debris removal delayed by virus

The removal of nuclear debris from Japan's crippled Fukushima power plant will be delayed by about a year, because the pandemic has set back development of specialised equipment, the plant's operator said Thursday.

Checkpoints in Lithuania to fight soaring COVID-19 rate

Lithuanian police said Thursday they have set up checkpoints on roads to prevent travel between municipalities in a bid to fight the highest coronavirus infection rate in the European Union.

Austria ski resorts reopen despite looming third lockdown

Austria allowed its more than 400 ski stations to open on Thursday, just two days before the country enters its third nationwide coronavirus lockdown.

Russia sets records for virus cases, deaths

Russia on Thursday registered record numbers for daily infections and deaths from the coronavirus, as the country avoids reimposing a nationwide lockdown.

Thailand confident coronavirus outbreak is controllable

Thailand's government is confident it can contain a major coronavirus resurgence without a national lockdown, instead relying on provincial controls as the outbreak mainly among migrant seafood workers continued to spread.

Africa CDC: New virus variant appears to emerge in Nigeria

Another new variant of the coronavirus appears to have emerged in Nigeria, Africa's top public health official said Thursday, but further investigation is needed.

One million vaccinated but US officials admit rollout behind schedule

More than a million Americans have received the first dose of their COVID-19 vaccines, a milestone in the biggest immunization drive in US history that came even as officials admitted the pace of rollout was slipping behind schedule.

Israel announces third nationwide virus lockdown

Israel announced Thursday that it will impose a nationwide lockdown from next week, its third of the COVID-19 pandemic, just days after it began vaccinations against the virus.

China begins anti-monopoly probe into tech giant Alibaba

China has launched an anti-monopoly investigation into Alibaba, regulators said Thursday, sending the share price of the e-commerce giant tumbling and intensifying the troubles of its billionaire founder Jack Ma.

Virus dampens holidays worldwide as vaccinations gather speed

Thousands of truckers endured Christmas Eve stranded near a major British port, ensnared in the chaos unleashed by a new coronavirus strain, as Western nations accelerated vaccination programmes.

Fruity energy, spidery lenses: Nature-inspired solutions in 2020

Climate change and biodiversity loss are laying bare our dependence on the natural world for everything from the food we eat to the air we breathe.

Triple chemotherapy combination improves metastatic colorectal cancer outcomes

Researchers from SWOG Cancer Research Network, a cancer clinical trials group funded by the National Cancer Institute (NCI), part of the National Institutes of Health, have shown that a triple drug combination—of irinotecan, cetuximab, and vemurafenib—is a more powerful tumor fighter and keeps people with metastatic colon cancer disease free for a significantly longer period of time compared with patients treated with irinotecan and cetuximab.

Studies find having COVID-19 may protect against reinfection

Two new studies give encouraging evidence that having COVID-19 may offer some protection against future infections. Researchers found that people who made antibodies to the coronavirus were much less likely to test positive again for up to six months and maybe longer.

Jack Ma: tycoon who soared on China's tech dreams grounded by regulators

Jack Ma, the ebullient and unconventional billionaire founder of tech giant Alibaba and the totem of China's entrepreneurial brilliance, now finds himself up against a Communist leadership seemingly intent on hacking back his empire and issuing a lesson that no one is bigger than the party.

Costa Rica to begin COVID-19 vaccinations on Christmas eve

Costa Rica received its first batch of coronavirus vaccines late Wednesday and planned to start vaccinations the following day, joining Mexico among the first Latin American countries to begin mass immunization campaigns.