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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

"Second-Highest Measles Cases in U.S. Since 2000"

Elusive HIV: Researchers Struggle to Find Vaccine

3,500 Sleep-Related Infant Deaths Annually in US

Study Finds OTC Hearing Aids Less Effective

Air Pollution Linked to Increased Bone Loss in Postmenopausal Women

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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

Ozone Hole's Reversible Impact on Southern Ocean Carbon

Ancient Sediment Cores Reveal Global Cooling Event

Evolution of Efficient Light-Emitting Materials

Uncovering Fundamental Mechanism of G Protein-Coupled Receptors

Researchers Uncover Antibiotic Resistance Mechanism

Unveiling EP1: Key GPCR Subtype in PGE2 Signaling

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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

Metrology matters: The hidden science driving the green and digital transition

The Science of Measurement: Metrology in Daily Life

Surge in Interest for Encrypted Messaging Apps

Governments continue losing efforts to gain backdoor access to secure communications

NASA X-59's latest testing milestone: Simulating flight from the ground

Nasa's X-59 Supersonic Aircraft Tests Success

Alibaba's Tongyi Lab Introduces Cost-Effective LLM Training

Alibaba's ZeroSearch method uses simulated search results to slash LLM training costs

Saudi Arabia has big AI ambitions. They could come at the cost of human rights

Trump Reveals New Deals with Saudi Arabia

Australia's Search for Waste Disposal Alternatives

Waste-to-energy in Australia: How it works, where new incinerators could go, and how they stack up

Revolutionizing Lighting: White LEDs' Impact Since 1996

Study maps three decades of white LED progress and key innovation drivers

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Tuesday, 25 May 2021

Long COVID places 'huge burden' on survivors' families, new research suggests

A new study by Cardiff University in collaboration with the University of Hertfordshire has revealed the huge "secondary burden" placed on those closest to people living with Long COVID.

New Zealand halts travel bubble with Australian state

New Zealand suspended quarantine-free travel with Australia's Victoria state over a new coronavirus cluster Tuesday, the fourth time the trans-Tasman travel bubble has been disrupted since it opened last month.

As drought intensifies, California seeing more wildfires

As California sinks deeper into drought it already has had more than 900 additional wildfires than at this point in 2020, which was a record-breaking year that saw more than 4% of the state's land scorched by flames.

Haiti imposes curfew, orders mask use for pandemic emergency

Haiti's government imposed a nightly curfew and other restrictions Monday under an eight-day "health emergency" meant to curb the spread of the coronavirus.

Autonomous cortisol secretion associated with 2- to 3-fold increase in mortality risk

A retrospective cohort study found that autonomous cortisol secretion was associated with 2- to 3-fold increased risk for death and cardiovascular disease in patients with adrenal incidentalomas. This information could help to inform decisions about which patients should be recommended for adrenalectomy. The findings are published in Annals of Internal Medicine.

Researchers examine how pandemics impact the homeless

A team of UBC Okanagan researchers is looking at strategies that could help the homeless during a pandemic.

Judge offers tough questions as Epic-Apple trial draws to close

A federal judge peppered attorneys for Apple and Epic Games with pointed questions Monday on the workings of the massive Apple online marketplace as a high-stakes trial with implications for the mobile commerce world concluded.

Rising cyberattacks in West highlight vulnerabilities

A series of high-profile cyberattacks on targets in the West have highlighted the vulnerability of companies and institutions, making the issue a higher public priority but with no easy solution.

Operating in the shadows: US Cyber Command

If the Pentagon's Cyber Command launches an online attack and nobody knows about it, does it deter anyone?

Cyberattacks: Bigger, smarter, faster

From paralysing the internet in Estonia to a $4.4-million ransom being paid last week after the shutdown of a major US pipeline, we take a look back at 15 years of cyberattacks.

Wolves scare deer and reduce auto collisions 24%, study says

Ecologist Rolf Peterson remembers driving remote stretches of road in Michigan's Upper Peninsula and seeing areas strewn with deer carcasses. But that changed after gray wolves arrived in the region from Canada and Minnesota.

Who's an astronaut as private spaceflight picks up speed?

As more companies start selling tickets to space, a question looms: Who gets to call themselves an astronaut?

Innovation pioneers score world first for sustainable construction with graphene concrete

Manchester innovation pioneers score world first for sustainable construction with graphene concrete.

Huawei to unveil new OS, push into software to weather US pressure

Chinese tech giant Huawei on Tuesday said it would launch a long-awaited new operating system for smartphones next week, part of an all-out push into the software industry aimed at weathering US sanctions and taking on Google's Android.

Scientists recommend approach to adapt to uncertainty in wildland management

Scientists from the Rocky Mountain Research Station collaborated to explore how research and management can confront increasing uncertainty due to climate change, invasive species, and land use conversion.

Delivering 'serendipity': Seemingly random product discovery, aided by technology

Researchers from University of Sydney, University of Florida, and Rutgers University published a new paper in the Journal of Marketing that examines the role of serendipity in customer satisfaction and how marketers can provide it.

Can antibiotics treat human diseases in addition to bacterial infections?

According to researchers at the University of Illinois Chicago, the antibiotics used to treat common bacterial infections, like pneumonia and sinusitis, may also be used to treat human diseases, like cancer. Theoretically, at least.

Whale carcasses help answer mysteries of elusive species

A new study published by the open access publisher Frontiers shows the usefulness of opportunistically collected specimens, such as stranded carcasses, to study elusive species. The researchers used stable isotope analysis of skin, muscle, and bone tissue of Sowerby's beaked whales to study their spatial ecology. They found that the species exhibits both short- and long-term habitat fidelity. The results are published in Frontiers in Conservation Science and show the importance of such studies for marine wildlife conservation.

Team builds first hacker-resistant cloud software system

Whenever you buy something on Amazon, your customer data is automatically updated and stored on thousands of virtual machines in the cloud. For businesses like Amazon, ensuring the safety and security of the data of its millions of customers is essential. This is true for large and small organizations alike. But up to now, there has been no way to guarantee that a software system is secure from bugs, hackers, and vulnerabilities.

Ancient fish bones reveal non-kosher diet of ancient Judeans, say researchers

Ancient Judeans commonly ate non-kosher fish surrounding the time that such food was prohibited in the Bible, suggests a study published in the peer-reviewed journal Tel Aviv.

ED visits for appendicitis, miscarriage fell sharply in first wave of COVID-19 pandemic

Emergency department visits for common conditions such as appendicitis, miscarriage, gallbladder attacks and ectopic pregnancy decreased markedly at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, but patient outcomes were not worse, found research published in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal).

COVID-19 infections were high among hospital staff but re-infection rates are very low

A study of healthcare workers shows they were three times more likely to become infected during the COVID-19 pandemic compared to the general population. Around one in five of workers who were infected were asymptomatic and unaware they had COVID-19.