Artificial intelligence

Schools turn to artificial intelligence to spot guns as companies press lawmakers for state funds

Schools across the U.S. are increasingly turning to artificial intelligence and video cameras to spot guns
Read more at ABC News

A Hong Kong-based crypto exchange used deepfakes of Elon Musk to claim the billionaire was its lead developer

Authorities in Hong Kong put out a warning that a group claiming Elon Musk developed its crypto-trading software is likely using deepfakes.
Read more at Business Insider

The United States Marines have robot dogs — equipped with firepower

The United States Marine Corps Forces Special Operations Command (MARSOC) is currently assessing robot dogs fitted with artificial intelligence-targeting guns.… Continue reading The United States Marines have robot dogs — equipped with firepower The post The … Read more at ReadWrite

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Bioinformatics

Decoding Natera Inc (NTRA): A Strategic SWOT Insight

Insightful Analysis of Natera Inc's Financial Health and Market Position
Read more at Yahoo Entertainment

Sera Prognostics Inc Reports Q1 2024 Results: A Closer Look at Financials and Strategic Moves

Insights into Sera Prognostics' First Quarter Performance and Future Directions
Read more at Yahoo Entertainment

Physical To Digital Bridge: DeBio Network Innovates Genetic Testing

DeBio Network, an innovative based in Indonesia, is pioneering the creation of the first appchain dedicated to medical and bioinformatics data. This appchain primarily focuses on genetic testing and related areas. The rising popularity of genetic testing for … Read more at Biztoc.com

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Genomics

Insider Today: Apple gets crushed

In Sunday's edition of Insider Today: A look at where Apple went wrong with its iPad ad.
Read more at Business Insider

Ava Amini Of Microsoft Shows Us A New Context For Biology AI

I was thinking about this the other day, inspired by some people who have been working hard on genomics, oncology research, and other types of biological and anatomica... Read more at Forbes

Study: Google reveals new capabilities of Med-Gemini's LLMs

Med-Gemini-3D can read 3D scans, generate radiology reports, and answer questions, while Med-Gemini-Polygenic can predict health outcomes based on genomic data. Read more at MobiHealthNews

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Genetics

Saudi Arabia's Neom is looking to fill 262 job vacancies. The roles show just how futuristic the megacity could be.

Recruitment is underway at Saudi Arabia's ambitious smart city, Neom — 262 vacancies have been listed so far.
Read more at Business Insider

Genetic study of cauliflower reveals its evolutionary history

A team of plant-breeding specialists at Tianjin Academy of Agricultural Science's State Key Laboratory of Vegetable Biobreeding and other institutions has, via genetic analysis, revealed some of the changes that cauliflower has undergone throughout its evolut… Read more at Phys.Org

Age-Related Macular Degeneration: Putting a Hole in Our World

Estimates show that by 2040, age-related macular degeneration may affect nearly 300 million people worldwide. And we are very limited in our ability to treat or prevent it. Here's what to know. Read more at WebMD

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GWAS

iGWAS: Image-based genome-wide association of self-supervised deep phenotyping of retina fundus images

Author summary Imaging genetics is a research field focused on understanding how genetic variations influence observable traits or diseases that can be visualized through medical imaging. Previous studies in imaging genetics have mostly relied on traits ident… Read more at Plos.org

A novel method for multiple phenotype association studies based on genotype and phenotype network

Author summary Biological pleiotropy refers to a SNP or gene that has a direct biological influence on more than one phenotypic trait, which can offer significant insights in understanding the complex genotype-phenotype relationships. Network analyses provide… Read more at Plos.org

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Data science

Father of SQL Says Yes to NoSQL

An anonymous reader shared this report from the Register: The co-author of SQL, the standardized query language for relational databases, has come out in support of the NoSQL database movement that seeks to escape the tabular confines of the RDBMS. Speaking… Read more at Slashdot.org

A Trump voter proved the MyPillow Guy wrong. Now he wants his $5 million.

Codebreaker Bob Zeidman found that the data that MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell said showed election fraud was itself a fraud.
Read more at Business Insider

Show NH: "data-to-paper" - autonomous stepwise LLM-driven research

data-to-paper: AI-driven scientific research. Contribute to Technion-Kishony-lab/data-to-paper development by creating an account on GitHub. Read more at Github.com

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Population genetics

Saudi Arabia's Neom is looking to fill 262 job vacancies. The roles show just how futuristic the megacity could be.

Recruitment is underway at Saudi Arabia's ambitious smart city, Neom — 262 vacancies have been listed so far.
Read more at Business Insider

Genetic study of cauliflower reveals its evolutionary history

A team of plant-breeding specialists at Tianjin Academy of Agricultural Science's State Key Laboratory of Vegetable Biobreeding and other institutions has, via genetic analysis, revealed some of the changes that cauliflower has undergone throughout its evolut… Read more at Phys.Org

Glimmer of hope for mountain chicken frog which was once a national dish

Frantic efforts are being made to save the endangered mountain chicken frog, native to just two Caribbean islands.
Read more at BBC News

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Inheritance

Spider-Man (Neversoft) Decompilation Project Progress Checkpoint – May 2024

Progress report for the Spider-Man decompilation project
Read more at Github.io

Best Places To Retire In 2024: Las Cruces And Other Unexpected Hot Spots

Forbes compared more than 800 locales in America on everything from housing costs and taxes to healthcare, air quality, crime and climate change and natural hazard risk. These are the top 25 cities for retirees. Read more at Forbes

One day you'll leave this earth, but your data will live on in a messy future

A recent study by a cybersecurity firm found only 3% of respondents 65 and older had a digital estate plan for digital information and acccounts. Read more at Fox News

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Bioinformatics AI

Global Digital Biomarkers Market Trends and Forecasts to 2035: Leading Players are AliveCor, BACtrack, Biogen, BioSensics, Empatica, Eyenuk, Feel Therapeutics, Icometrix, and Quibim

Dublin, May 10, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The "Digital Biomarkers Market: Industry Trends and Global Forecasts, till 2035: Distribution by Type of Product, Purpose of Solution, Type of Biomarker, Therapeutic Area, Business Model and Key Geographical Regions" r… Read more at GlobeNewswire

Earnings call: Quantum-Si's Q1 shows promise amid expansion efforts

Earnings call: Quantum-Si's Q1 shows promise amid expansion efforts
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Precision medicine

Ava Amini Of Microsoft Shows Us A New Context For Biology AI

I was thinking about this the other day, inspired by some people who have been working hard on genomics, oncology research, and other types of biological and anatomica... Read more at Forbes

The benefits of home-based, tech-enabled care for depression

Universal Brain Founder and CEO Dr. Kazu Okuda, a psychiatrist, discusses precision psychiatry and the technology that facilitates this form of treatment in the home. Read more at Healthcare IT News

Editas Medicine Preclinical Data Highlights Advancement of in vivo Gene Editing Medicine Technologies at the American Society of Gene and Cell Therapy Annual Meeting

(marketscreener.com) Research includes the first-ever application of AsCas12a in vivo, optimized LNP delivery, and gene editing RNA guide modifications Data to support development of the Company’s in vivo gene editing medicines pipeline   CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Ma… Read more at Marketscreener.com

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Health

The Oura Ring will soon be able to gauge how ‘old’ your heart is

Oura is introducing two new metrics: cardiovascular age and cardiovascular capacity (VO2 Max). Both aim to give insights into longer-term health. Read more at The Verge

NASA’s Plasma Rocket Could Reach Mars in 2 Months

In our top stories this week, reporter Passant Rabie describes in in-development rocket engine that NASA could eventually use to reach Mars in two months. Reporter Isaac Schultz details the severe geomagnetic storm warning and a new fusion breakthrough, while… Read more at Gizmodo.com

Gut Health Matters: Why You’re Bloated and Ways to Restore Gut Balance - CNET

Are you constantly bloated? Your gut health may be to blame. Here's how to get yours on the right track.
Read more at CNET

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Technology

Did Stanford just prototype the future of AR glasses?

A Stanford research team developed full-color 3D augmented reality tech. The AR prototype can project content at different depths using a special waveguide. Read more at The Verge

In the rush to adopt AI, ethics and responsibility are taking a backseat at many companies

ChatGPT sparked a generative AI frenzy in the corporate workplace. Efforts to implement that technology responsibly, however, haven't kept up. Read more at Business Insider

The world’s largest direct carbon capture plant just went online

Swiss start-up Climeworks has done it again. The company just opened the world’s largest carbon capture plant in Iceland, dwarfing its own record of how much CO2 it can pull from the air. The company’s previous record-holding carbon capture plant, Orca, sucks… Read more at Yahoo Entertainment

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Scientific publications

Rare and Endangered, These Non-Parasitic Lampreys Are Far From Home

Learn why the researchers discovered the lampreys far from their supposed home.
Read more at Discover Magazine

Weekend reads: Editor under scrutiny resigns; bullshitting scientists; questionable practices in expanding disciplines

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

Akebia Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:AKBA) Q1 2024 Earnings Call Transcript

Akebia Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:AKBA) Q1 2024 Earnings Call Transcript May 9, 2024 Akebia Therapeutics, Inc. beats earnings expectations. Reported EPS is $... Read more at Yahoo Entertainment

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