Risk of ‘genetic discrimination’ by insurance companies is ruining people’s trust in vital medical science

2024-05-16 03:02:58 UTC

Genomic research stands to help develop new medical treatments – and we need donations of lots of data for this to work. But people don’t want data on their genes to be exploited for profit. Read more at The Conversation Africa

How does the US know that forced labor is happening in China? A supply chain expert weighs in

2024-05-17 17:35:04 UTC

The Biden administration has added 26 more companies to the list of Chinese textile traders and manufacturers whose goods are blocked from entering the United States because of their alleged ties to forced labor. Read more at Phys.Org

How to Install and Configure Meilisearch on Debian 12

2024-05-17 10:53:40 UTC

Meilisearch is an open-source search engine written in Rust language. In this tutorial, you will learn how to install Meilisearch in production on a Debian 12 server and use it to perform several simple searches. Read more at Howtoforge.com

Swipe right or left? How dating apps are impacting modern masculinity

2024-05-16 18:10:01 UTC

What it means to be a man is changing. Critical men or masculinity studies is an emerging robust research field that explores how men and masculinity are being transformed by shifting socio-economic, sexual and political conditions in our post-industrial worl… Read more at Phys.Org

Rebuilding my homelab: Suffering as a service

2024-05-18 10:15:30 UTC

With additional Kubernetes mode!
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10 unexpected ways Neanderthal DNA affects our health

2024-05-17 17:35:00 UTC

Around 2% of the genomes of modern Eurasians contains Neanderthal DNA. Here's how it affects our health.
Read more at Live Science

2:00PM Water Cooler 5/17/2024

2024-05-17 18:00:31 UTC

~ Today's Water Cooler: Politics, pandemics; NC pulls the anti-mask bill for revisions;Trump lawyer trips up Cohen, jeopardizing conviction; another CDC atrocity; Noonan interviews a Wildwood, NY attendee. ~ Read more at Nakedcapitalism.com

A 25-Year Study Reveals What Age People Consider You “Old”

2024-05-16 19:38:07 UTC

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A Startup Has Used An AI Model Called OpenCRISPR-1 To Edit Human DNA And Has Open Sourced It To The Public

2024-05-18 16:31:46 UTC

The potential is vast!
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Right Wing Group Tries To Credit Trump For Biden

2024-05-16 14:47:08 UTC

Six years ago, Donald Trump, Scott Walker, Ron Johnson, Paul Ryan and others gathered in Racine County to make a lot of noise about Foxconn promising to build a giant plant there that would create tens of thousands of jobs. But like all of Trump's promises, t… Read more at Crooksandliars.com

Deals: The Essential AI & ChatGPT Beginners Bundle, Save 82%

2024-05-16 11:02:36 UTC

Are you ready to dive into the future? Artificial intelligence (AI) is not just a distant dream—it’s a vibrant reality transforming businesses worldwide. Now, you too can harness this transformative power with the Essential AI ChatGPT Course for Beginners fro… Read more at Geeky Gadgets

Forbes Daily: Why A Top Tesla Investor Says Elon Musk Is A ‘Tyrant CEO’

2024-05-16 12:07:25 UTC

Thursday edition of Forbes Daily covers TikTok users suing the U.S., the Nasdaq's all-time high, the best crypto exchanges, a new streaming bundle and more. Read more at Forbes

Breaking barriers in geospatial: Amazon Redshift, CARTO, and H3

2024-05-16 16:07:40 UTC

In this post, we discuss how Amazon Redshift spatial index functions such as Hexagonal hierarchical geospatial indexing system (or H3) can be used to represent spatial data using H3 indexing for fast spatial lookups at scale. Navigating the vast landscape of … Read more at Amazon.com

53 Stars Are Possible Dyson Spheres

2024-05-17 16:49:29 UTC

Dyson spheres (aka Dyson Swarms) are hypothetical structures where civilizations build solar power satellite collection around a star. We currently generate about 50 megawatts from space based solar power out of a total of about 20 terawatts. The total solar … Read more at Next Big Future

China’s Robotaxi Industry

2024-05-16 21:43:02 UTC

China’s goverment wants to be a global leader in emerging technologies and has identified robotaxi’s and autonomous driving as a key target. The top robotaxi and autonomous vehicle companies in China are: AutoX Baidu Apollo Didi Chuxing Pony.ai WeRide. Baidu … Read more at Next Big Future

Optimizing MySQL: Deleting Data

2024-05-17 19:12:17 UTC

In the previous parts of these MySQL optimization series, we told you how query optimization works on a high level, then walked you through how you should optimize queries that insert, read, or update data. Remember the laws of physics? “What goes up, must co… Read more at Red-gate.com

Frank McCourt’s TikTok bid is about social media users, not China

2024-05-16 15:33:24 UTC

The Boston-born billionaire is on a crusade to put internet users — people, not corporations — in control of their personal data.
Read more at The Boston Globe

AI Lexicon: N is for natural language processing

2024-05-17 13:13:00 UTC

Do you know your AI from your ML? Or your facial recognition from your Ethical AI? Our AI Lexicon offers easy-to-understand definitions and examples of AI in everyday life. It really is what you need to know. Read more at DW (English)

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Climate Change, Though Quite Real, Isn’t Spawning More Hurricanes

2024-05-16 13:16:57 UTC

Historically warm average temperatures are significantly changing the weather. However, we are not seeing an upward historical trend in major Atlantic hurricanes. Read more at Forbes

Bizarre device uses 'blind quantum computing' to let you access quantum computers from home

2024-05-17 11:00:55 UTC

Quantum computers historically required massive amounts of space, but a new system will allow home users to access quantum computers via the cloud. Read more at Live Science

Skeptical Science New Research for Week #20 2024

2024-05-16 07:53:42 UTC

Open access notables Publicly expressed climate scepticism is greatest in regions with high CO2 emissions, Pearson et al., Climatic Change: We analysed a recently released corpus of climate-related tweets to examine the macro-level factors associated with pu… Read more at Skepticalscience.com

Is Minneapolis' bird-safe glass ordinance saving avian lives?

2024-05-18 14:00:00 UTC

A city ordinance passed by the Minneapolis City Council in 2016 required new skyways to have bird-safe glass; a citizen science project is hitting the streets to test its efficacy. Read more at Minneapolis Star Tribune

Cerebralization of mathematical quantities and physical features in neural science: a critical evaluation

2024-05-16 09:08:23 UTC

At the turn of the 20th century, Henri Poincar{\'e} explained that geometry is a convention and that the properties of space and time are the properties of our measuring instruments. Intriguingly, numerous contemporary authors argue that space, time and even … Read more at Arxiv.org

Links 5/17/2024

2024-05-17 10:58:49 UTC

Our bubbly daily links
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Exploring Natural Sorting in Python

2024-05-16 14:00:20 UTC

Learn how to perform natural sorting in Python using the natsort Python library.
Read more at Kdnuggets.com

NASA on Brilliant Auroras: 'We'll Be Studying This Event for Years'

2024-05-17 14:19:09 UTC

"Collecting photos from around the world, we have a huge opportunity to learn more about auroras through citizen science," researcher Elizabeth MacDonald said. Read more at Newsweek

Compliant Marketing In The Pharmaceutical Industry's Regulatory Maze

2024-05-17 13:15:00 UTC

In the high-stakes world of pharmaceutical marketing, navigating the industry's complex regulatory environment requires knowledge and precision. Read more at Forbes

H5N1 Avian Influenza Detected In New York City’s Wild Birds

2024-05-16 16:46:08 UTC

Scientists have found several strains of highly pathogenic avian influenza in a small number of NYC’s wild birds.
Read more at Forbes

This $90M Education Research Project Is Banking on Data Privacy to Drive Insights

2024-05-17 08:00:00 UTC

With digital education platforms generating data on how millions of students are learning, they are also sitting on veritable information gold mines ... Read more at Edsurge.com

Online Censorship's Institutional Power

2024-05-16 19:48:39 UTC

The converging interests of technocrats, media, and academia, as seen through the lens of the world's most deplatformed US-legal website.
Read more at Substack.com

Announcing four new entry-level certificates and Universal Skills scholarship program from Microsoft to help learners land in-demand jobs

2024-05-16 19:00:00 UTC

In collaboration with Women In Cloud, Microsoft will award more than 5,000 scholarships by 2025 for all official Microsoft programs on Coursera By Marni Baker Stein, Chief Content Officer, Coursera Today, we’re thrilled to announce that three new entry-level … Read more at Coursera.org

Introducing GMI Cloud: New On-Demand Instances Accelerate Access to NVIDIA GPUs

2024-05-16 15:38:00 UTC

GMI Cloud is accelerating access to NVIDIA GPUs. Its new On-Demand cloud compute offering, available today, is built for companies that are serious about leveraging AI and unlocking the door from prototyping to production. Read more at 114.162.43

How carmakers sell driver data to insurers | Kaspersky official blog

2024-05-16 08:34:27 UTC

Insurance companies, through data brokers, are buying data about customers’ driving habits from carmakers and using it to, yes, drive up insurance prices. Read more at Kaspersky.com

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Impact of redefining statistical significance on P-hacking and false positive rates: An agent-based model

2024-05-16 14:00:00 UTC

In recent years, concern has grown about the inappropriate application and interpretation of P values, especially the use of P<0.05 to denote “statistical significance” and the practice of P-hacking to produce results below this threshold and selectively repo… Read more at Plos.org

Weekend reads: Rector in Spain faces more scrutiny; Wiley to shut down 19 more journals; chemistry journal folds after outcry

2024-05-18 10:00:00 UTC

Would you consider a donation to support Weekend Reads, and our daily work? The week at Retraction Watch featured: Our list of retracted or withdrawn COVID-19 papers is up past 400. There are more than 48,000 retractions in The Retraction Watch Database — whi… Read more at Retractionwatch.com

Robust genetic codes enhance protein evolvability

2024-05-16 14:00:00 UTC

Only “one in a million” possible genetic codes are as robust as the standard genetic code, but does this robustness accelerate or impede adaptive evolution? This study uses experimental data from six massively parallel sequence-to-function assays for four pro… Read more at Plos.org

Electromagnetic Levitator turns ten

2024-05-17 08:30:00 UTC

This summer marks the ten-year anniversary of the electromagnetic levitation facility on the International Space Station.
Read more at Esa.int

Inferring fungal growth rates from optical density data

2024-05-16 14:00:00 UTC

Author summary Quantifying fungal growth is essential for antifungal drug discovery and monitoring antifungal resistance. As fungal growth is complex, with fungal morphology (shape) dynamically changing over time, previous studies have quantified fungal growt… Read more at Plos.org

Braving the extreme: Deriv-sponsored Patagonian expedition Kahuna and its impact on climate science

2024-05-16 08:00:00 UTC

Deriv’s CSR sponsorship programme supports the Kahuna team in collecting essential environmental data and improving global understanding of climate change. Read more at GlobeNewswire

BARC appoints Dr Bikramjit Chaudhuri as chief of measurement science

2024-05-17 11:42:28 UTC

Dr. Bikramjit Chaudhuri assumes the role of Chief of Measurement Science and Analytics at BARC India, succeeding Dr. Derrick Grey, who served for six years. With extensive experience in data science and analytics from Datamatics Group, KPMG, Nielsen, and ZS A… Read more at The Times of India

Why Mark Cuban And Others Are Betting $40 Million On This Under 30 Start Up

2024-05-17 12:00:00 UTC

Cincinnati-based Genetesis is more than a decade in the making. Plus, how young founders find work-life balance.
Read more at Forbes

The Long Goodbye? Mitch McConnell and Big Money Politics

2024-05-17 08:14:29 UTC

In a political system whose primary currency is not the vote but the dollar, McConnell’s role as leader has been well-earned.
Read more at Nakedcapitalism.com

7 Best First Jobs for Gen Zers Who Want To Make a Lot of Money

2024-05-16 17:00:28 UTC

Money -- that's what Gen Z wants. Per Yahoo, "Gen Z wants one thing above all else: to make more money than their parents," and are willing to grind and... Read more at Yahoo Entertainment

Bipartisan Senators provide a roadmap for AI policy in the U.S. Senate

2024-05-16 00:48:51 UTC

A group of bipartisan senators is encouraging legislation to support the deployment of AI in healthcare and implementing guardrails to ensure patient safety. Read more at MobiHealthNews

Senators provide a roadmap for AI policy in the U.S.

2024-05-16 00:48:51 UTC

A group of bipartisan senators is encouraging legislation to support the deployment of AI in healthcare and implementing guardrails to ensure patient safety. Read more at MobiHealthNews

Pixalate’s April 2024 Mobile App Spoofing Report For Apple App Store and Google Play Store: Solitaire Verse, 2048, Calculator Among Most at Risk

2024-05-17 17:00:00 UTC

Pixalate’s data science team analyzed over 11.9M + mobile apps (including delisted apps) across the Google Play Store and Apple App Store and 31.6B + global open programmatic advertising impressions in April 2024 to compile this research Pixalate’s data scien… Read more at GlobeNewswire

Internet Freedom Foundation shares comments on the WHO’s Draft Principles for Human Genome Data project

2024-05-17 12:02:54 UTC

The IFF highlighted data maximization and and inadequate consent framework issues in WHO's draft principles for Human Genome Data sharing project. The post Internet Freedom Foundation shares comments on the WHO’s Draft Principles for Human Genome Data projec… Read more at MediaNama.com

Fact Brief - Does breathing contribute to CO2 buildup in the atmosphere?

2024-05-18 06:24:29 UTC

Skeptical Science is partnering with Gigafact to produce fact briefs — bite-sized fact checks of trending claims. This fact brief was written by Sue Bin Park in collaboration with members from our Skeptical Science team. You can submit claims you think need c… Read more at Skepticalscience.com

International comparison of China’s digitalization level and its enlightenment

2024-05-16 14:00:00 UTC

The global digital wave has flourished in recent years, and the digital technology revolution has emerged. Digitalization plays an undeniable role in promoting modern economic and social development in multiple aspects such as economy, society, innovation, pu… Read more at Plos.org

U.S. DOE Welcomes New Biden-Harris Appointees

2024-05-18 03:34:30 UTC

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) yesterday announced eight new Biden-Harris Administration appointees joining the DOE team to work alongside U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer M. Granholm in combating climate change and helping the United… Read more at CleanTechnica

IIT Madras Places Over 80% Students, Average Salary Rs 22 Lakh

2024-05-16 07:59:08 UTC

Of the placed students, 43% are in the core sector, followed by 20% in software, and less than 10% each in Analytics/ Finance/ Consulting and Data Science. Read more at NDTV News

Ten simple rules for teaching an introduction to R

2024-05-16 14:00:00 UTC

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The impact of Yoga on patients with knee osteoarthritis: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

2024-05-16 14:00:00 UTC

Objective The objective of this review is to conduct a comprehensive and systematic assessment of the efficacy of Yoga as an intervention for knee osteoarthritis (KOA). Methods We searched PubMed, Cochrane Library, Embase, Web of Science, and PEDro as of Ja… Read more at Plos.org

Ask Ethan: Can you explain wide binaries and modified gravity?

2024-05-17 14:01:52 UTC

Ask Ethan: Can you explain wide binaries and modified gravity?. There are many theories of gravity out there, and many interpretations of wide binary star data. What have we really learned from it all?. Read more at Medium

Hawaii study shows almost 75 percent of Maui wildfire survey participants have respiratory issues

2024-05-16 04:17:27 UTC

A University of Hawaii study examining the health effects of last year’s deadly wildfires on Maui has found that up to 74 percent of participants may have difficulty breathing and otherwise have poor respiratory health. Read more at The Boston Globe

Dozens of Egyptian pyramids, some in Giza, sat along a branch of the Nile, study says

2024-05-16 23:54:53 UTC

More than 30 pyramids in Egypt, including in Giza, may have been built along a branch of the Nile that has long since disappeared, a new study suggests. Read more at NBC News

AI Lexicon: C is for chatbot

2024-05-17 13:06:00 UTC

Do you know your AI from your ML? Or your facial recognition from your Ethical AI? Our AI Lexicon offers easy-to-understand definitions and examples of AI in everyday life. It really is what you need to know. Read more at DW (English)

New clothes or a tutor? Parents making tough choices to give their kids a better life

2024-05-17 19:39:06 UTC

For many parents, especially first-generation immigrants, academic pressure is a small price to pay for a lifetime of security. But amid Australia's rising cost of living, what happens when that price isn't so "small" anymore? Read more at ABC News (AU)

Visible and Invisible Worlds

2024-05-16 12:00:00 UTC

While our brains do not simply mirror our surroundings, animals—nonhuman and human—are exquisitely embedded, suspended, in nature’s energies. Read more at The New York Review of Books

Einstein Proven Right on Black Holes' 'Plunging Regions'

2024-05-16 17:05:39 UTC

"This represents an exciting new development in the study of black holes," astrophysicist Andrew Mummery said.
Read more at Newsweek

Neuralink Just Released the Game Used to Test Its Experimental Brain-Computer Interface

2024-05-17 10:44:11 UTC

Neuralink is challenging members of the public to test their skill at the reaction game used to test its N1 brain chip, and see how their score stacks up against that of the first human recipient of the brain-computer interface (BCI), Noland Arbaugh, who play… Read more at IGN

Intel Could Turn Into a Success Story, but the Price to Pay Is Patience

2024-05-17 14:00:02 UTC

Markets may have overreacted after losing sight on the company's renewed business model
Read more at Yahoo Entertainment

Salmon farms are this species' main extinction threat. But have the farms changed – or just kept going?

2024-05-17 00:31:15 UTC

Scientists last year raised the alarm — twice — about the fate of Tasmania's endangered Maugean skate after its population was found to have declined by 47 per cent. But while the salmon industry maintains that all's well, it has also asked for a shift in goa… Read more at ABC News (AU)

The best peer review reports are at least 947 words

2024-05-16 10:00:00 UTC

Based on an analysis of the relationship between peer review reports and subsequent citations, Abdelghani Maddi argues that longer and hence more constructive and engaged peer review reports are closely associated with papers that are more cited. Peer review … Read more at Lse.ac.uk

Artists Alia Farid and Camille Utterback to create new campus artworks

2024-05-16 00:00:00 UTC

The two public art commissions to be installed on campus in the next academic year reflect themes relevant to Stanford and the Bay Area.

Read more at Stanford.edu

Bird Flu (H5N1) Explained: Well-Cooked Burgers Safe From Virus, Study Finds

2024-05-16 19:14:03 UTC

Bird flu typically spreads among birds, but there have been recent outbreaks among cattle in the U.S., and one Texas man contracted the virus from sick cows. Here’s why so many experts are worried about a possible new pandemic. Read more at Forbes

Ryan McCormack’s Operational Excellence Mixtape: May 17, 2024

2024-05-17 13:47:59 UTC

Thanks, as always, to Ryan McCormack for this. He always shares so much good reading, listening, and viewing here! Subscribe to get these directly from Ryan via email. News, articles, books, podcasts, and videos about how to make the workplace better. Operati… Read more at Leanblog.org

Intel academy aims for creating intelligence community in Türkiye

2024-05-18 05:52:25 UTC

One of the primary objectives of the newly founded National Intelligence Academy (MIA) is to generate an intelligence community in a scientific way to value the vast intelligence accumulation of Türkiye, in line with the Century of Türkiye Vision, the head of… Read more at Hurriyet Daily News

Dave Vellante’s Breaking Analysis: The complete collection

2024-05-17 10:33:12 UTC

Breaking Analysis is a weekly editorial program combining knowledge from SiliconANGLE’s theCUBE with spending data from Enterprise Technology Research. Branded as theCUBE Insights, Powered by ETR, the program is our opportunity to share independent, unfiltere… Read more at SiliconANGLE News

IDTechEx Explains the Pillars of Success in Materials Informatics

2024-05-16 15:42:00 UTC

BOSTON, May 16, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The impact of machine learning and data science techniques on the materials industry has grown exponentially since IDTechEx started covering the field of materials informatics in 2020, impacting the real world from lightwe… Read more at PR Newswire UK

SINE Digital, The Theater & Live Entertainment Performance Marketing Agency Transforming Audience Reach, Raises $2.5 Million in Seed Funding from No…

2024-05-16 11:08:07 UTC

SINE Digital uses data science to eliminate marketing 'wastage' and deliver exceptional returns for live entertainment and sports clients that include ATG Productions, Aston Martin F1, Percival Menswear, Sonia Friedman Productions, The Royal Opera House and B… Read more at Biztoc.com

Greater Chance of Major Hurricane on East Coast This Year, Less in Gulf, Scientist Says

2024-05-17 05:02:34 UTC

Multiple computer models from forecasting organizations across the globe have predicted a very active hurricane season starting next month, spelling trouble for Florida and much of the Eastern United States. The models aren’t wrong, said Phil Klotzbach, a sen… Read more at Insurance Journal

How Were the Pyramids Built?

2024-05-17 12:16:19 UTC

The Egyptian pyramids, and especially the Pyramids at Giza, have fascinated people probably since their construction between 4700 and 3700 years ago. They are massive structures, and it boggles the mind that an ancient culture, without the benefit of any indu… Read more at Theness.com

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Brain-computer interface experiments first to decode words 'spoken' entirely in the brain in real time

2024-05-17 19:37:00 UTC

Bob Yirka, Medical Xpress, May 17, 2024 The actual news here (because we've covered similar work in the past) is that the researchers probed "the supramarginal gyrus, a region of the brain never before tested with brain–computer interface (BCI) techn… Read more at Medical Xpress

How AI Tools Can Help Organizations Maximize Their Enterprise Knowledge

2024-05-17 07:25:00 UTC

AI and machine learning can be revelatory for organizations inundated with a sea of data and grappling to find ways to generate meaningful insights from it. AI tools help identify patterns and trends within large datasets that are often challenging for humans… Read more at Dataversity.net

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Scientists Debunk Claim Dogs 'Healthiest' on Vegan Diet

2024-05-16 11:15:59 UTC

The study throws previous research into vegan pet health under scrutiny.
Read more at Newsweek

Lightning Storms Quickening Arctic Sea Ice Loss

2024-05-17 17:55:16 UTC

Although lightning used to be very rare in the Arctic, the warming climate has made them far more common.
Read more at Newsweek

Coupling quantum mechanical simulations and AI paves way for screening new superconductors

2024-05-16 14:09:44 UTC

Superconductors are materials that conduct electricity without resistance and are essential for several technological advancements, which include medical imaging and energy-efficient technology. However, most known superconductors operate under extreme condit… Read more at Phys.Org

Top five roles on Motorsport Jobs this week

2024-05-16 10:43:33 UTC

1. Formula One - Fan Strategy ManagerThis role with Formula One is on a 12 month fixed term basis and is reporting into the Head of Fan Strategy and Planning.You will apply research techniques to solving real-world challenges and finding opportunities for imp… Read more at autosport.com

Zheng Feng: Addressing challenges in traditional industries with computer science technology

2024-05-16 23:41:05 UTC

Through projects like developing the wheel-track wear calculations software platform, Zheng has helped to lay the groundwork for future studies to utilize computer science techniques The post Zheng Feng: Addressing challenges in traditional industries with co… Read more at Digital Journal

Domo and Zirous Partner to Deliver Data Excellence to Customers

2024-05-17 13:01:06 UTC

(marketscreener.com) Today Domo announced IT solutions provider Zirous has joined its Partner Program. As a certified full reseller, referral, and implementation partner, Zirous will empower its customers with the Domo platform, making data visible and actio… Read more at Marketscreener.com

Elon Musk’s Neuralink Is Looking for a New Cyborg

2024-05-17 14:15:00 UTC

Elon Musk’s Neuralink is now accepting applications for a second patient to receive its brain-computer interface, just five months after Noland Arbaugh became the first human to have the startup’s technology surgically implanted. The second patient will recei… Read more at Gizmodo.com

Telefónica S A : Íope Ventures invests in Wenalyze in a €1M+ investment round

2024-05-16 07:30:09 UTC

(marketscreener.com) Telefónica, through its investment vehicle Íope Ventures, is investing in Wenalyze, an open data analytics platform focused on improving the categorisation of payment data for the banking sector and the underwriting and policy renewal p… Read more at Marketscreener.com

Robert Dennard, IBM inventor whose chip changed computing, dies at 91

2024-05-17 19:02:15 UTC

Robert H. Dennard, an engineer who invented the silicon memory technology that plays an indispensable role in every smartphone, laptop and tablet computer, died April 23 in Sleepy Hollow, New York. He was 91. Read more at The Boston Globe

Study links talc use to ovarian cancer — a potential boon for thousands suing J&J

2024-05-18 13:00:00 UTC

Ongoing lawsuits against J&J allege that its talc-based baby powder caused ovarian cancer. A new study lends credence to the claims.
Read more at Yahoo Entertainment

Sagimet Biosciences to Host Virtual Investor and Analyst Day on Inhibiting Fatty Acid Synthase (FASN) to Reduce Liver Fat, Inflammation and Fibrosis in MASH on May 23, 2024

2024-05-16 12:00:00 UTC

Dr. Scott Friedman to present unmet need in MASH and discuss Sagimet’s topline data from its FASCINATE-2 Phase 2b clinical trial of denifanstat in MASH Dr. Scott Friedman to present unmet need in MASH and discuss Sagimet’s topline data from its FASCINATE-2 Ph… Read more at GlobeNewswire

Attack Jets' 'Rumbling' May Be Harming 74,000 People's Health in Washington

2024-05-16 15:44:11 UTC

Over 8,000 people living close to aircraft landing strips were exposed to so much noise that they were at risk of hearing loss.
Read more at Newsweek

Earnings call: SWK Holdings focuses on life science finance growth

2024-05-18 23:20:54 UTC

Earnings call: SWK Holdings focuses on life science finance growth
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Hawaii study shows almost 75% of Maui wildfire survey participants have respiratory issues

2024-05-16 02:02:02 UTC

A University of Hawaii study examining the health effects of last year's deadly wildfires on Maui found that up to 74% participants may have difficulty breathing and otherwise have poor respiratory health, and almost half showed signs of compromised lung func… Read more at Minneapolis Star Tribune

Why do sharks swim so close to shore? Scientists have finally discovered the answer

2024-05-17 17:39:37 UTC

Summer's almost here — and so are the sharks.
Read more at New York Post

Flash Drought Warnings From 'Glowing' Plants, NASA Video Reveals

2024-05-16 14:17:17 UTC

A strange uptick in plant fluorescence came at the same time soil moisture began to plummet in the U.S., indicating flash drought.
Read more at Newsweek

Sean Ha (Tae Kyoung Ha), the president of USA HoneyNaps, wins an award from South Korea's Ministry of Science and ICT

2024-05-17 09:47:00 UTC

Sean Ha (Tae Kyoung Ha), the president of USA HoneyNaps, wins an award from South Korea's Ministry of Science and ICT PR Newswire BOSTON , May 17, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Sean Ha (Tae Kyoung Ha), the president of... Read more at InvestorsObserver

How Gene Editing Therapies Could Go Beyond Rare Diseases

2024-05-16 13:00:00 UTC

In the wake of the first CRISPR medicine, scientists are working to develop gene editing therapies for diseases like cystic fibrosis, ALS and cardiovascular disease. Read more at Forbes

Decoding financial trends: Ranjeeta Bhattacharya’s AI expertise at work

2024-05-16 15:46:17 UTC

A senior data scientist within the AI Hub department of the world’s largest custodian bank, Bhattacharya’s work combines technical skills and foresight The post Decoding financial trends: Ranjeeta Bhattacharya’s AI expertise at work appeared first on Digital … Read more at Digital Journal

Justice Department formally moves to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug

2024-05-16 20:00:00 UTC

The plan approved by Attorney General Merrick Garland would not legalize marijuana outright for recreational use.
Read more at Fortune