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Germination characteristics associated with nicosulfuron resistance in Amaranthus retroflexus L.

2024-08-12 14:00:00 UTC

Germination characteristics associated with nicosulfuron resistance in Amaranthus retroflexus L.Nicosulfuron-resistant biotype (R) and -sensitive biotype (S) Amaranthus retroflexus L. seeds were subjected to different temperature, light, salt, osmotic potential, pH value and burial depth treatments. The difference in germination response of two populati… Read more at Plos.org


AI could be the breakthrough that allows humanoid robots to jump from science fiction to reality

2024-08-12 15:06:02 UTC

AI could be the breakthrough that allows humanoid robots to jump from science fiction to realityHumanoid robots have long been a staple of science fiction, but there is now real progress being made. A range of new models made by or backed by the likes of Boston Dynamics, Tesla and OpenAI are able to walk and move like humans, as well as perform feats of… Read more at Tech Xplore


Decay, Decrepitude, Deceit in Journalism

2024-08-12 04:00:11 UTC

Decay, Decrepitude, Deceit in JournalismReprinted from Consortium News. Russiagate continues to survive like a science fiction monster resilient to bullets. The latest effort at rehabilitating it is an interview by Adam Rawnsley in the current issue of Rolling Stone magazine of one Michael van Land… Read more at Antiwar.com


The threat of mpox has returned, but public knowledge about it has declined

2024-08-12 03:33:40 UTC

The threat of mpox has returned, but public knowledge about it has declinedAs the threat of mpox returns, a survey finds that U.S. adults no longer know as much about the disease as they did during the outbreak of 2022. Read more at Science Daily


Did This Ancient Species Really Bury Its Dead Before Modern Humans?

2024-08-12 07:09:30 UTC

Did This Ancient Species Really Bury Its Dead Before Modern Humans?Evidence continues to mount against the interpretation of a cave filled with ancient hominid bones as a sacred burial ground, one used long before modern humans were burying their own dead. Read more at ScienceAlert


New Mars study suggests an ocean’s worth of water may be hiding beneath the red dusty surface

2024-08-12 19:04:01 UTC

New Mars study suggests an ocean’s worth of water may be hiding beneath the red dusty surfaceBy MARCIA DUNN CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Mars may be drenched beneath its surface, with enough water hiding in the cracks of underground rocks to form a global ocean, new research suggests. The findings released Monday are based on seismic measurements from… Read more at Boston Herald


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On Whether Generative AI And Large Language Models Are Better At Inductive Reasoning Or Deductive Reasoning And What This Foretells About The Future Of AI

2024-08-11 21:09:04 UTC

On Whether Generative AI And Large Language Models Are Better At Inductive Reasoning Or Deductive Reasoning And What This Foretells About The Future Of AIResearch reveals whether generative AI and LLMs are better at inductive or deductive reasoning. But we need to do more. The future is neuro-symbolic AI. Here's the scoop. Read more at Forbes


Think fast -- or not: Mathematics behind decision making

2024-08-12 22:37:11 UTC

Think fast -- or not: Mathematics behind decision makingNew research explains the mathematics behind how initial predispositions and additional information affect decision making.
Read more at Science Daily


Fact brief - Are carbon dioxide emissions from human activities enough to affect the climate?

2024-08-10 08:20:47 UTC

Fact brief - Are carbon dioxide emissions from human activities enough to affect the climate?Skeptical Science is partnering with Gigafact to produce fact briefs — bite-sized fact checks of trending claims. This fact brief was updated by John Mason in collaboration with members from the Gigafact team. The initial version was published in 2021 and wri… Read more at Skepticalscience.com


Georgia election board’s right-wing faction revisits Fulton’s 2020 presidential election

2024-08-11 10:30:56 UTC

Georgia election board’s right-wing faction revisits Fulton’s 2020 presidential electionA trio of conservative members of the Georgia State Election Board agreed Wednesday to further investigate Fulton County’s 2020 presidential election law violations despite warnings from fellow board members that their decision was illegal. In a 3-2 vote Wedn… Read more at Raw Story


World Ticket Conference 2024 Addresses Tension In Live Entertainment

2024-08-11 21:24:23 UTC

World Ticket Conference 2024 Addresses Tension In Live EntertainmentThe World Ticket Conference is where representatives from all facets of the industry come to meet with their friends and competitors, and discuss the trends in ticketing. Read more at Forbes


Users Are Manipulating AI by Posting Special Phrases on Websites - Kaspersky Lab

2024-08-12 03:54:36 UTC

Users Are Manipulating AI by Posting Special Phrases on Websites - Kaspersky LabMOSCOW (Sputnik) - Users have learned to manipulate artificial intelligence, which is used in chatbots for searching, analyzing websites with answers to queries, by posting special phrases on their websites so that neural networks perform certain actions, cyb… Read more at Sputnikglobe.com


Scientists find oceans of water on Mars: It's just too deep to tap

2024-08-12 20:02:44 UTC

Scientists find oceans of water on Mars: ItQuakes and meteor impacts on Mars generate seismic waves that can help map the interior. A new study analyzed seismic waves detected by the Insight lander and concludes that 11-20 kilometers beneath the surface, a zone of pores and fractures is filled with li… Read more at Science Daily


China, China, China

2024-08-10 00:38:34 UTC

China, China, China1. Here's what happens when the West turns away from globalization: While the United States has free-trade agreements with 11 Latin American countries, it shows no appetite for more. Uruguay’s centre-right government is negotiating an accord with China af… Read more at Themoneyillusion.com


Training AI to Mentor Like a Partner: Insights from Dr. Megan Ma

2024-08-12 13:27:16 UTC

Training AI to Mentor Like a Partner: Insights from Dr. Megan MaThis week on The Geek in Review, we discuss the future of legal technology with Dr. Megan Ma, a distinguished research fellow and Associate Director of the Stanford Program in Law, Science, and Technology at the Stanford Center for Legal Informatics, also kno… Read more at Geeklawblog.com


Structural, optical and magnetic properties of a new metal–organic CoII-based complex

2024-08-11 23:00:00 UTC

Structural, optical and magnetic properties of a new metal–organic CoII-based complexRSC Adv., 2024, 14,25048-25061DOI: 10.1039/D4RA02149E, Paper Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence.Wiem Jabeur, Marcus Korb, Mohamed Hamdi, Mariia Holub, Dávid Princík, Vladimír Zele… Read more at Royal Society of Chemistry


As temperatures break records, many are unaware of symptoms of heat-related illnesses

2024-08-12 03:33:11 UTC

As temperatures break records, many are unaware of symptoms of heat-related illnessesFollowing record breaking heat, a survey reveals that most Americans do not know where their local cooling centers are in cases of extreme heat. Read more at Science Daily


Clashing Risk Predictions Cast Doubt on Black Box Climate Models

2024-08-12 05:05:46 UTC

Clashing Risk Predictions Cast Doubt on Black Box Climate ModelsMany companies offer detailed climate projections tailored to property-level precision. These tools can allow owners and investors to better anticipate risks of flooding, wind, wildfire and other disasters. Insurers have been among the adopters of climate-ris… Read more at Insurance Journal


AWS Closes Selection of Cloud Code Tools for New Customers

2024-08-12 13:38:43 UTC

AWS Closes Selection of Cloud Code Tools for New CustomersNew AWS customers will no longer be able to sign up for AWS Cloud9 (a cloud-based Integrated Development Environment) and the AWS CodeCommit private Git repository service. Read more at DevOps.com


How To Avoid AI Project Failures

2024-08-12 12:00:00 UTC

placeholder imgGUEST POST from Greg Satell A survey a few years ago by Deloitte of “aggressive adopters” of cognitive technologies found that 76% believe that they will “substantially transform” their companies within the next three years. There probably hasn’t been this mu… Read more at Bradenkelley.com


eLabNext and US Lab Partners Enhance Digital Infrastructure for Life Science Companies

2024-08-12 06:13:00 UTC

eLabNext and US Lab Partners Enhance Digital Infrastructure for Life Science CompanieseLabNext announced today that they’ve entered into a “preferred vendor” partnership with US Lab Partners, a strategic consulting and advisory firm....... Read more at GlobeNewswire


How politics is getting in the way of teaching kids to read

2024-08-10 20:00:00 UTC

How politics is getting in the way of teaching kids to readEven though much of America’s education landscape is so depressing right now, there is hope that better times could be ahead. Today, states — both red and blue — are pass laws that emphasize the teaching of reading using proven evidence-based methods such as … Read more at New York Post


Archaeologists: Ancient 'Elite Family Ritual' May Explain Child Sacrifice

2024-08-12 23:01:01 UTC

Archaeologists: Ancient A DNA study has revealed that a pre-Hispanic child sacrifice victim found in a "unique" burial had closely related parents.
Read more at Newsweek


Exploring the recurrent states of football teams’ tactical organization on the pitch during Brazilian official matches

2024-08-12 14:00:00 UTC

Exploring the recurrent states of football teams’ tactical organization on the pitch during Brazilian official matchesFootball teams’ tactical organization on the pitch is usually represented by the surface area. Considering the different shapes adopted by the teams during the match, the role of the tactical variability for success is lacking. The aim of this study was to ex… Read more at Plos.org


Harnessing the Power of AI to Improve Operations

2024-08-12 15:00:34 UTC

Harnessing the Power of AI to Improve OperationsThis blog explores the paradigm shift brought about by AIOps, which combines the power of AI and automation to streamline IT operations, enhance decision-making, and drive proactive problem resolution. Read more at Cisco.com


AI Music Production Is Getting Easier, But Is It Getting Better?

2024-08-11 15:00:00 UTC

AI Music Production Is Getting Easier, But Is It Getting Better?“Music appears so much earlier in human history than money, let alone the music industry. We’ve found all sorts of other reasons to make music anyway.” – Vox Read more at Vox


Arm Holdings plc (ARM): Why is Morgan Stanley Bullish on This Humanoid Robot Stock Now?

2024-08-11 20:59:38 UTC

Arm Holdings plc (ARM): Why is Morgan Stanley Bullish on This Humanoid Robot Stock Now?We recently compiled a list of the $30 Trillion Opportunity: 15 Best Humanoid Robot Stocks to Buy According to Morgan Stanley. In this article, we are going ... Read more at Yahoo Entertainment


New Mars study suggests an ocean's worth of water may be hiding beneath the surface

2024-08-12 19:20:08 UTC

New Mars study suggests an oceanA new study suggests Mars may be drenched beneath its surface, with enough water hiding in the cracks of underground rocks to form a global ocean Read more at ABC News


NVIDIA Corporation (NVDA): A Good Humanoid Robot Stock According to Morgan Stanley?

2024-08-11 22:01:15 UTC

NVIDIA Corporation (NVDA): A Good Humanoid Robot Stock According to Morgan Stanley?We recently compiled a list of the $30 Trillion Opportunity: 15 Best Humanoid Robot Stocks to Buy According to Morgan Stanley. In this article, we are going ... Read more at Yahoo Entertainment


Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited (TSM): Is This Humanoid Robot Stock a Good Addition to Your Portfolio?

2024-08-11 22:10:12 UTC

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited (TSM): Is This Humanoid Robot Stock a Good Addition to Your Portfolio?We recently compiled a list of the $30 Trillion Opportunity: 15 Best Humanoid Robot Stocks to Buy According to Morgan Stanley. In this article, we are going ... Read more at Yahoo Entertainment


The Bill Walton Show | CO2 The Miracle Molecules with Dr Will Happer and Greg Wrightstone

2024-08-11 05:00:00 UTC

The Bill Walton Show | CO2 The Miracle Molecules with Dr Will Happer and Greg WrightstoneThis video and many others is available for viewing in our ClimateTV section. https://tinyurl.com/yph25ups
Read more at Wattsupwiththat.com


AUKUS Pillar II Milestones Hint at Future Integrated Autonomous, Artificial Intelligence Operations

2024-08-10 08:32:16 UTC

placeholder imgIn March 2024 AUKUS experts successfully deployed autonomous and artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled sensing systems during the Resilient and Autonomous Artificial Intelligence Technology (RAAIT) trials as part of the AUKUS advanced capabilities line of effo… Read more at Globalsecurity.org


Ethereum Open Interest Drops 40% In August – What’s Happening?

2024-08-10 14:00:21 UTC

Ethereum Open Interest Drops 40% In August – What’s Happening?Several large-cap assets, including Bitcoin and Ethereum, struggled to make a mark in the past week, as the general market suffered a steep downturn in prices. According to various analyses, the market was negatively impacted by some recent macro developments… Read more at newsBTC


An evolutionarily conserved pathway mediated by neuroparsin-A regulates reproductive plasticity in ants

2024-08-12 14:00:00 UTC

An evolutionarily conserved pathway mediated by neuroparsin-A regulates reproductive plasticity in antsSome female ants display phenotypic plasticity related to reproduction, such as the transition between gyne and queen castes. This study shows that the neuropeptide neuroparsin A mediates substantial physiological changes in response to insemination across an… Read more at Plos.org


Unsafe Ingredients May Enter US Foods Via FDA 'Loophole,' Scientists Warn

2024-08-10 01:39:37 UTC

Unsafe Ingredients May Enter US Foods Via FDA Studies show that FDA policies allow companies to self-regulate potentially harmful additives.
Read more at Newsweek


Singular Genomics Systems (OMIC) Scheduled to Post Quarterly Earnings on Tuesday

2024-08-11 06:20:42 UTC

Singular Genomics Systems (OMIC) Scheduled to Post Quarterly Earnings on TuesdaySingular Genomics Systems (NASDAQ:OMIC – Get Free Report) is scheduled to be issuing its quarterly earnings data after the market closes on Tuesday, August 13th. Persons that wish to listen to the company’s earnings conference call can do so using this link. … Read more at ETF Daily News


Weekend reads: Publish or perish, the card game; revisiting fraud in anesthesiology; the Hindawi mass retraction timeline

2024-08-10 10:00:00 UTC

Weekend reads: Publish or perish, the card game; revisiting fraud in anesthesiology; the Hindawi mass retraction timelineWould 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 50,000 retractions in The Retraction Watch Database — whi… Read more at Retractionwatch.com


Canadian wildfires are affecting US air quality and raising health concerns

2024-08-12 03:32:58 UTC

Canadian wildfires are affecting US air quality and raising health concernsClimate-driven wildfire events are rapidly transferring harmful particulate matter containing toxic chemicals over long distances, compromising air quality in the New Jersey and New York City areas, according to recent research. Read more at Science Daily


Comparison of two popular transducers to measure sit-to-stand power in older adults

2024-08-12 14:00:00 UTC

Comparison of two popular transducers to measure sit-to-stand power in older adultsThe Tendo Unit (TU) and GymAware (GA) are the two most frequently used linear transducers for assessing muscle power in older adults via the sit-to-stand (STS) test. Unlike TU, GA incorporates a sensor mechanism to correct for non-vertical movements, which ma… Read more at Plos.org


Google Secure Payment Authentication (SPA)

2024-08-11 19:09:54 UTC

placeholder imgSPA allows Google to stand at par with ApplePay in providing the best-authenticated checkout experience Continue reading →
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Cetera Investment Advisers Raises Stock Position in Science Applications International Co. (NYSE:SAIC)

2024-08-12 09:12:43 UTC

Cetera Investment Advisers Raises Stock Position in Science Applications International Co. (NYSE:SAIC)Cetera Investment Advisers lifted its position in Science Applications International Co. (NYSE:SAIC – Free Report) by 776.8% in the first quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The firm owned 18,973 shares of the information techn… Read more at ETF Daily News


Forian (FORA) Scheduled to Post Quarterly Earnings on Wednesday

2024-08-12 07:10:43 UTC

Forian (FORA) Scheduled to Post Quarterly Earnings on WednesdayForian (NASDAQ:FORA – Get Free Report) will be releasing its earnings data after the market closes on Wednesday, August 14th. Analysts expect Forian to post earnings of $0.03 per share for the quarter. Investors that are interested in participating in the com… Read more at ETF Daily News


Life Science Tools and Reagents Market Report 2024, with Profiles of BD, Bio-Rad Laboratories, Danaher, F. Hoffmann-La Roche, Merck, Promega, Qiagen, Revvity, Takara Bio and Thermo Fisher Scientific

2024-08-12 09:10:00 UTC

Life Science Tools and Reagents Market Report 2024, with Profiles of BD, Bio-Rad Laboratories, Danaher, F. Hoffmann-La Roche, Merck, Promega, Qiagen, Revvity, Takara Bio and Thermo Fisher ScientificDublin, Aug. 12, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The "Life Science Tools and Reagents: Global Markets" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering.The global market for life science tools and reagents, including COVID-19 diagnostics was valued at $59.… Read more at GlobeNewswire


FDA Declines To Approve MDMA-Assisted Psychotherapy As a PTSD Treatment

2024-08-12 17:22:54 UTC

FDA Declines To Approve MDMA-Assisted Psychotherapy As a PTSD TreatmentThe FDA, which approved the protocols for the studies it now questions, is asking for an additional Phase 3 clinical trial, which would take years and millions of dollars. Read more at Reason


A novel framework for enhancing transparency in credit scoring: Leveraging Shapley values for interpretable credit scorecards

2024-08-12 14:00:00 UTC

A novel framework for enhancing transparency in credit scoring: Leveraging Shapley values for interpretable credit scorecardsCredit scorecards are essential tools for banks to assess the creditworthiness of loan applicants. While advanced machine learning models like XGBoost and random forest often outperform traditional logistic regression in predictive accuracy, their lack of int… Read more at Plos.org


Fennec Pharmaceuticals (FRX) Set to Announce Quarterly Earnings on Tuesday

2024-08-12 07:28:42 UTC

Fennec Pharmaceuticals (FRX) Set to Announce Quarterly Earnings on TuesdayFennec Pharmaceuticals (TSE:FRX – Get Free Report) is scheduled to be posting its quarterly earnings results before the market opens on Tuesday, August 13th. Analysts expect Fennec Pharmaceuticals to post earnings of C$0.09 per share for the quarter. Fennec P… Read more at ETF Daily News


The transformation of 20-year social participation policies of older people in China: Network analysis and text analysis

2024-08-12 14:00:00 UTC

The transformation of 20-year social participation policies of older people in China: Network analysis and text analysisBackground Social participation of older adults is a crucial component of China’s aged care services and an important strategy for actively addressing the aging population. Analyzing policy texts on older people’s social participation can inform future policy… Read more at Plos.org


Study on ring-road incident duration based on latent class accelerated hazard model

2024-08-12 14:00:00 UTC

Study on ring-road incident duration based on latent class accelerated hazard modelAccurately estimating the duration of freeway incidents can enhance emergency management practices and reduce the likelihood of secondary incidents. To investigate the mechanisms through which key factors influence incident duration, this study sorted out the… Read more at Plos.org


NRL, ONR-Global TechSolutions Provide Marines Littoral Operations Tactical Decision Aid at Modern Day Marine Expo

2024-08-10 08:48:06 UTC

placeholder imgU.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) and Office of Naval Research-Global (ONR-Global) TechSolutions showcased the NRL-developed LittoralLens imaging system during the Modern Day Marine Expo held at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C… Read more at Globalsecurity.org


Francis Bacon vs. Ken Ham

2024-08-11 22:51:27 UTC

Francis Bacon vs. Ken HamTranscript down below. It’s August in Minnesota, and you know what that means: it’s county fair time. The fair is a big deal out here in the rural US, so yesterday I walked down to the fairgrounds and spent a couple of hours strolling about, admiring the pigs… Read more at Freethoughtblogs.com


OOPS: Object-Oriented Polarization Software for analysis of fluorescence polarization microscopy images

2024-08-12 14:00:00 UTC

OOPS: Object-Oriented Polarization Software for analysis of fluorescence polarization microscopy imagesMost essential cellular functions are performed by proteins assembled into larger complexes. Fluorescence Polarization Microscopy (FPM) is a powerful technique that goes beyond traditional imaging methods by allowing researchers to measure not only the locali… Read more at Plos.org


Bombshell Japanese Study Exposes Spike in Heart Failure Among COVID-Vaxxed

2024-08-12 07:42:17 UTC

Bombshell Japanese Study Exposes Spike in Heart Failure Among COVID-VaxxedLeading pharmaceutical scientists in Japan have just exposed a staggering surge in the risk of heart failure for people who have been injected with a Covid mRNA shot. According to a team of Japanese researchers from the Division of Pharmacodynamics … The post… Read more at Globalresearch.ca


Unlocking the Potential of Data Reuse: Award Challenge for Researchers

2024-08-12 15:14:53 UTC

Unlocking the Potential of Data Reuse: Award Challenge for ResearchersBiomedical research has generated millions of datasets and we are issuing a $500,000 challenge to get the most out of them. The 2024 DataWorks! Prize invites you to conduct a secondary research analysis project that generates new scientific findings from exis… Read more at National Institutes of Health


More parents using religious exemption to opt children out of school vaccinations

2024-08-11 10:29:49 UTC

More parents using religious exemption to opt children out of school vaccinationsWith schools set to start in a couple weeks, most parents of kindergartners are working to make sure to get required vaccinations for their children before sending them off to school. But not all parents. Over the last decade, more parents have opted their… Read more at Raw Story


CuriosityStream (CURI) Set to Announce Quarterly Earnings on Tuesday

2024-08-11 07:44:44 UTC

CuriosityStream (CURI) Set to Announce Quarterly Earnings on TuesdayCuriosityStream (NASDAQ:CURI – Get Free Report) will be issuing its quarterly earnings data after the market closes on Tuesday, August 13th. Analysts expect the company to announce earnings of ($0.05) per share for the quarter. Parties that wish to register f… Read more at ETF Daily News


Recursion Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:RXRX) Releases Earnings Results, Misses Expectations By $0.05 EPS

2024-08-11 12:04:43 UTC

Recursion Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:RXRX) Releases Earnings Results, Misses Expectations By $0.05 EPSRecursion Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:RXRX – Get Free Report) posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday. The company reported ($0.40) earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of ($0.35) by ($0.05), Briefing.com reports. Recursion Ph… Read more at ETF Daily News


Exploring the return-on-investment for scaling screening and psychosocial treatment for women with common perinatal mental health problems in Malawi: Developing a cost-benefit-calculator tool

2024-08-12 14:00:00 UTC

Exploring the return-on-investment for scaling screening and psychosocial treatment for women with common perinatal mental health problems in Malawi: Developing a cost-benefit-calculator toolThis study sought to develop a user-friendly decision-making tool to explore country-specific estimates for costs and economic consequences of different options for scaling screening and psychosocial interventions for women with common perinatal mental health… Read more at Plos.org


The “Death Slot” On Broadcast TV Schedules: A Brief History

2024-08-12 16:30:00 UTC

The “Death Slot” On Broadcast TV Schedules: A Brief History“Death slots” were times when audiences were presumed to be low, and therefore where network programmers would park shows presumed to be doomed anyway, so the series — most notoriously, the original Star Trek — would get cancelled for low ratings. Yet it turn… Read more at Tedium.co


Post-marketing quality surveillance of selected antibacterial agents marketed in porous borders; the case of Ethiopia-Sudan-Eritrea border

2024-08-12 14:00:00 UTC

Post-marketing quality surveillance of selected antibacterial agents marketed in porous borders; the case of Ethiopia-Sudan-Eritrea borderBackground The presence of poor-quality medicines is becoming a public health threat in many parts of the world, particularly in developing countries. Antibiotics are among the most common anti-infective medicines that are highly prone to this problem. Obje… Read more at Plos.org


High-speed cameras reveal behavior of microplastics in turbulent water

2024-08-12 14:25:03 UTC

High-speed cameras reveal behavior of microplastics in turbulent waterMicroplastics are a global problem: they end up in rivers and oceans, they accumulate in living organisms and disrupt entire ecosystems. How tiny particles behave in a current is difficult to describe scientifically, especially in the case of thin fibers, whi… Read more at Phys.Org


N’Assembly, four others get N109bn allocation in one month — Report

2024-08-11 00:09:25 UTC

N’Assembly, four others get N109bn allocation in one month — ReportAmid the prevailing high cost-of-living crisis in the country, the National Assembly and four other Ministries, Departments, and Agencies of the Federal Government have received a combined sum of N109bn as statutory allocations in the first few days of August… Read more at The Punch


Kiev-Class: Russia Merged an Aircraft Carrier and a Cruiser Into 1 Warship

2024-08-11 13:08:34 UTC

Kiev-Class: Russia Merged an Aircraft Carrier and a Cruiser Into 1 WarshipSummary and Key Points: The Soviet Union's Kiev-class hybrid carriers were designed in the 1970s to counter the U.S. Navy’s submarine-launched nuclear missiles. These 44,000-ton ships combined features of cruisers and carriers, carrying a mix of Yak-38 VTOL f… Read more at The National Interest


Era of ADCs: Pharma companies innovate to stand out in a buzzing market

2024-08-12 09:52:36 UTC

Era of ADCs: Pharma companies innovate to stand out in a buzzing marketAs antibody drug conjugate (ADC)-centred deals dominate the oncology space, biotechs are using newer targets and linkers to differentiate themselves. Read more at Pharmaceutical Technology


The impact of AI and telemedicine on behavioral health services

2024-08-12 14:59:06 UTC

The impact of AI and telemedicine on behavioral health services"Telehealth already has proven its value in increasing access to care – but paired with effective, responsible AI usage, it holds the promise of more efficient, effective and personalized mental health services," a telepsychiatry provider CEO says. Read more at Healthcare IT News


State-dependent connectivity in auditory-reward networks predicts peak pleasure experiences to music

2024-08-12 14:00:00 UTC

State-dependent connectivity in auditory-reward networks predicts peak pleasure experiences to musicListening to music does not always elicit the same emotional response in the same person because that person’s cognitive state can change, impacting their response. This study reveals that pleasure from music is in part determined by the state of resting audi… Read more at Plos.org


Are emergent abilities in large language models just in-context learning?

2024-08-12 14:00:11 UTC

Are emergent abilities in large language models just in-context learning?According to a new study led by TU Darmstadt, AI models such as ChatGPT are apparently less capable of learning independently than previously assumed. Read more at Tech Xplore


A pilot study on bio-banding in male youth ice hockey: Players’ perceptions and coaches’ selection preferences

2024-08-12 14:00:00 UTC

A pilot study on bio-banding in male youth ice hockey: Players’ perceptions and coaches’ selection preferencesClassifying athletes based on estimates of biological maturation (i.e., bio-banding) as a supplement to traditional age grouping has been shown to be a potential tool for enriching player development in team sports; however, bio-banding has not yet been evalu… Read more at Plos.org


Women are less interested in AI than men, but using it would help them advance at work

2024-08-11 11:54:41 UTC

Women are less interested in AI than men, but using it would help them advance at workThe majority of jobs will be affected by AI within the next 10 years. Women need to learn how to use this new technology if they don’t want to lose momentum in the job market. Read more at The Conversation Africa


The biggest-ever sample of core material from Earth’s mantle could have valuable clues into the origins of life

2024-08-12 15:04:22 UTC

The biggest-ever sample of core material from Earth’s mantle could have valuable clues into the origins of lifeNew research that offers valuable insights into the Earth’s mantle.
Read more at The Conversation Africa


From Lancets and Super Pantsirs to Small Missile Subs and Drone Docks: What’s New at ARMY-2024?

2024-08-12 16:56:24 UTC

From Lancets and Super Pantsirs to Small Missile Subs and Drone Docks: What’s New at ARMY-2024?ARMY-2024, Russia’s largest annual defense forum and expo, kicked off in Moscow region on Monday, with delegations from dozens of countries arriving for the three-day event to familiarize themselves with weapons and equipment made by Russian defense enterpris… Read more at Sputnikglobe.com


Astronomers ask public to help find newly formed black holes

2024-08-12 18:21:53 UTC

Astronomers ask public to help find newly formed black holesThe Dutch Black Hole Consortium has launched an eight-language version of the BlackHoleFinder app that citizens all over the world can use to help identify newly formed black holes. Previously, the app was only available in Dutch and English. Read more at Phys.Org


Meet new school leaders in Madison County for 2024, plus their salaries, experience

2024-08-12 10:30:00 UTC

Meet new school leaders in Madison County for 2024, plus their salaries, experienceThe BND has contacted new principals and superintendents for the 2024-25 school year and asked them to complete a detailed questionnaire.
Read more at Belleville News-Democrat


Why an Australian super fund and Texan nuns are lobbying the world’s biggest fast-food company

2024-08-11 19:06:43 UTC

Why an Australian super fund and Texan nuns are lobbying the world’s biggest fast-food companyConcerned shareholders are using their small financial stakes to push companies like McDonald's to confront the issue. Here's what happened when a group of Texan nuns and an Australian super fund did just that. Read more at ABC News (AU)


Sex eligibility rules for female athletes are complex, legally difficult

2024-08-10 07:00:00 UTC

Sex eligibility rules for female athletes are complex, legally difficultPARIS — Women's boxing at the Paris Olympics has highlighted the complexity of drafting and enforcing sex eligibility rules for women's sports and how athletes like Imane Khelif of Algeria and Lin Yu-ting of Taiwan are left vulnerable in the fallout. When e… Read more at VOA News


pydsinf added to PyPI

2024-08-12 20:40:37 UTC

pydsinf added to PyPIA Data Science Infrastructure Metadatabase
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Lexeo Therapeutics Reports Second Quarter 2024 Financial Results and Operational Highlights

2024-08-12 11:00:00 UTC

Lexeo Therapeutics Reports Second Quarter 2024 Financial Results and Operational HighlightsAnnounced positive interim data from Phase 1/2 studies in Friedreich ataxia (FA) cardiomyopathy, which showed LX2006 was well tolerated with no treatment-related serious adverse events and demonstrated evidence of sustained and consistent treatment effect acr… Read more at GlobeNewswire


Can Computers Create? A Short History of Mechanized Artistic Ambition

2024-08-12 11:06:29 UTC

Can Computers Create? A Short History of Mechanized Artistic AmbitionAI may be able to perform some routine tasks traditionally done by creative professionals, but could AI possess genuine creativity? Two of the great thinkers of AI disagreed on this very question. Ada Lovelace was an English mathematician and writer of the ni… Read more at Lithub.com


Hollywood stars of the past are reborn, with celebrity estates cashing in on AI voice cloning deals

2024-08-11 17:57:00 UTC

Hollywood stars of the past are reborn, with celebrity estates cashing in on AI voice cloning dealsCelebrity estate are signing AI voice licensing deals, allowing audio of Hollywood icons to be cloned and offered as narrators in reading apps. Read more at CNBC


Evaluation of growth, antioxidant status, hepatic enzymes and immunity of Nanoselenium-Fed Cirrhinus mrigala

2024-08-12 14:00:00 UTC

Evaluation of growth, antioxidant status, hepatic enzymes and immunity of Nanoselenium-Fed Cirrhinus mrigalaThis study was conducted to investigate the effects of selenium nanoparticle (Se-NP) supplementation on the growth performance, carcass composition, antioxidant status, hepatic enzyme activities, and immunity of Cirrhinus mrigala. For this purpose, fish with … Read more at Plos.org


From Empirical Judgments to True Reason: Why Today’s AI Still Falls Short of True Intelligence

2024-08-10 15:41:38 UTC

From Empirical Judgments to True Reason: Why Today’s AI Still Falls Short of True IntelligenceThe appearance of consumer-grade generative AI has fueled intense speculation in the popular imagination about the future of the technology and its implications for humanity. Sputnik sat down with the director of one of Russia’s leading computer research inst… Read more at Sputnikglobe.com


Anti-Müllerian hormone and fertility in women after childhood cancer treatment: Association with current infertility risk classifications

2024-08-12 14:00:00 UTC

Anti-Müllerian hormone and fertility in women after childhood cancer treatment: Association with current infertility risk classificationsBackground To identify childhood cancer survivors (CCSs) at risk of premature ovarian insufficiency (POI) and impaired fertility is important given its impact on quality of life. The aim of this study was to assess ovarian markers and fertility outcomes in ad… Read more at Plos.org


Here's Why Americans Always Think the U.S. Is on the Wrong Track | Opinion

2024-08-12 18:12:06 UTC

HereOverall, the public's mood, according to benchmark public opinion instruments, has been sour for about 20 years. What is going on out there? Read more at Newsweek


Three Charts Show Why North Carolina Could Flip Blue

2024-08-12 16:55:27 UTC

Three Charts Show Why North Carolina Could Flip BlueVice President Kamala Harris has upped her campaigning efforts in North Carolina, previously thought off-limits for President Joe Biden.
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23 Remote Side Hustles: Ways to Earn Money from Anywhere

2024-08-12 15:31:50 UTC

23 Remote Side Hustles: Ways to Earn Money from AnywhereRemote side hustles are a great way to use your talents to make extra money and support your flexible lifestyle. To help you reach your professional and financial goals, we share 23 remote side hustles to consider. Remote Side Hustles… The post 23 Remote Side… Read more at Nichepursuits.com


Scaling up for success: from bioactive natural products to new medicines

2024-08-11 23:00:00 UTC

Scaling up for success: from bioactive natural products to new medicinesNat. Prod. Rep., 2024, Advance ArticleDOI: 10.1039/D4NP00022F, ViewpointMaximilian J. Helf, Kathrin Buntin, Andrej Klančar, Michael Rust, Frank Petersen, Dominik Pistorius, Eric Weber, Joanne Wong, Philipp KrastelDiscovery and scalable production of natural p… Read more at Royal Society of Chemistry


Here’s the real reason Ozempic-like weight-loss drugs are so popular

2024-08-12 12:27:15 UTC

Here’s the real reason Ozempic-like weight-loss drugs are so popularCohorts who were unresponsive to previous strategies like portion control may be responding to the new GLP 1 drugs.
Read more at Fortune


Prelude Therapeutics Reports Second Quarter 2024 Financial Results and Provides Corporate Update

2024-08-12 11:01:00 UTC

Prelude Therapeutics Reports Second Quarter 2024 Financial Results and Provides Corporate UpdateInterim Phase 1 data for its first-in-class, highly selective IV SMARCA2 degrader, PRT3789, selected for an oral presentation at the European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) Congress 2024 in September Read more at GlobeNewswire


HII is Awarded $209 Million Contract to Support U.S. Air Force Weapons Systems Development and Sustainment

2024-08-12 14:00:00 UTC

HII is Awarded $209 Million Contract to Support U.S. Air Force Weapons Systems Development and SustainmentMCLEAN, Va., Aug. 12, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- HII (NYSE: HII) announced today that its Mission Technologies division was awarded a $209 million contract to support the development and sustainment of the U.S. Air Force’s (USAF) fighter and bomber weapons syst… Read more at GlobeNewswire


Health AI Company Akido Establishes Ethics Council on Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare with Caltech’s Merkin Institute and the Keck School of Medicine of USC Department of Surgery

2024-08-12 13:05:00 UTC

Health AI Company Akido Establishes Ethics Council on Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare with Caltech’s Merkin Institute and the Keck School of Medicine of USC Department of SurgerySparked by its breakthrough artificial intelligence, Akido formed the AI Ethics Council to develop industry standards for AI integration in healthcare...... Read more at GlobeNewswire


Photography News: Rumored f/2.8 Zooms, Backpack Sales

2024-08-11 21:13:10 UTC

Photography News: Rumored f/2.8 Zooms, Backpack SalesNow that it’s summer, I’ll try to show you a photo that will refresh and cool you down. Imagine, for example, a creek filled with perfectly cold beer. Unfortunately, even in the Czech Republic – which is one of the leading countries in the consumption of this… Read more at Photographylife.com


Offshore Wind Power Hub, Humane AI, Feeeed, More: Saturday ResearchBuzz, August 10, 2024

2024-08-10 12:01:49 UTC

Offshore Wind Power Hub, Humane AI, Feeeed, More: Saturday ResearchBuzz, August 10, 2024NEW RESOURCES Clean Energy States Alliance: First Interactive Map to Show U.S. Offshore Wind Projects, Lease Areas, Status Updates . “As offshore wind development moves forward in the U.S., a timely and […] Read more at Researchbuzz.me


Bitcoin Makes Sharp Recovery, But Watch Out For Resistance At $64,000

2024-08-10 05:00:52 UTC

Bitcoin Makes Sharp Recovery, But Watch Out For Resistance At $64,000On-chain data shows that the Bitcoin short-term holder whales have a cost base above $64,000, which could be a potential resistance point for BTC. Bitcoin Is Not Far From Realized Price Of Short-Term Holder Whales After Rally As pointed out by an analyst in a… Read more at newsBTC


Trump's latest 'meltdown' a 'profoundly dangerous' sign of things to come: conservative

2024-08-12 11:48:53 UTC

TrumpCharlie Sykes offered a sinister explanation for Donald Trump's social media posts suggesting that Kamala Harris was sharing fake photos of her crowds.The former president claimed his Democratic rival had used artificial intelligence to make it appear thousan… Read more at Raw Story


'More like Trump than Trump': Ex-president insults Harris by comparing her to himself

2024-08-12 11:40:04 UTC

Donald Trump attacked his Democratic opponent early Monday by comparing her to himself.In the latest of a series of Truth Social posts aimed at Vice President Kamala Harris, Trump warned, “She sounds more like Trump than Trump.”The post intended to illustrate… Read more at Raw Story


What Is AI Really? Digital Illusions, False Promises And Mass Reeducation

2024-08-10 14:57:07 UTC

What Is AI Really? Digital Illusions, False Promises And Mass ReeducationBy Brandon Smith Much fanfare has been lavished on the concept of Artificial Intelligence in the past five years to the point that its primacy... What Is AI Really? Digital Illusions, False Promises And Mass Reeducation Read more at Activistpost.com


Weekly Climate and Energy News Roundup #607

2024-08-12 09:00:00 UTC

Weekly Climate and Energy News Roundup #607“IPCC is one of the worst sources of scientific misinformation.” — John Clauser, Nobel laurate in Physics (2022) [H/t Willie Soon]
Read more at Wattsupwiththat.com


Collect, Visualize, and Analyze Activity Spaces with ArcGIS

2024-08-12 16:04:20 UTC

Collect, Visualize, and Analyze Activity Spaces with ArcGISCollecting, visualizing, and analyzing where people live, learn, work, worship, and play.
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India's Top 10 Management Colleges Based On NIRF Rankings 2024

2024-08-12 16:49:14 UTC

IndiaNIRF Rankings 2024: IIM Ahmedabad has been ranked the best management institute for the fifth consecutive year, with IIM Bangalore and IIM Kozhikode securing second and third places, respectively. Read more at NDTV News


Notice of Intent to Publish a Funding Opportunity Announcement for Computational Approaches to Curation at Scale for Biomedical Research Assets (R01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)

2024-08-12 07:24:05 UTC

placeholder imgNIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Notice of Intent to Publish a Funding Opportunity Announcement for Computational Approaches to Curation at Scale for Biomedical Research Assets (R01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) N… Read more at National Institutes of Health



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