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Artificial intelligence
Watch this 'infinite' music video of Billie Eilish's 'Bad Guy'
2020-11-25 01:32:20 UTC
To celebrate Billie Eilish's "Bad Guy" music video hitting a billion streams, YouTube used artificial intelligence to create a never-ending music video of fans' covers of the hit song.
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What's That Smell? Researchers Hope To Recreate Historic Scents From Europe's Past
2020-11-22 13:47:59 UTC
Using machine learning and artificial intelligence, researchers hope to document and later recreate historical scents and smell-scapes from as far back as the 16th century.
Read more at NPR
Become a better writer with a subcription to WhiteSmoke Grammar Checker
2020-11-25 04:50:00 UTC
TL;DR: A lifetime subscription to WhiteSmoke Grammar Checker is on sale for 17.95 as of Nov. 25, using the code BFSAVE40 at the checkout.
You may think your grammar is great, but it's better to be safe than sorryWhiteSmoke Grammar Checker helps you avoid si
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Bioinformatics
A systematic review of network analyst - Pubrica
2020-11-23 03:22:44 UTC
In a Systematic Review Writing, the network analyst is a bioinformatics tool designed to perform efficient PPI network analysis for data generated fro
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Novalis Biotech Announces First Closing of its Second Healthcare Fund
2020-11-23 08:09:20 UTC
GHENT, Belgium--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Novalis Biotech has announced the first closing of its Acceleration Fund, its second fund to invest in healthcare start-ups.
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Postdocs under pressure: Can I even do this any more?
2020-11-23 00:00:00 UTC
Long hours and a lack of job security, combined with workplace bullying and discrimination, are forcing many to consider leaving science, finds Natures inaugural survey of postdoctoral researchers.
Read more at Nature.com
Genomics
The Covid-19 Vaccines That Genomics Built
2020-11-21 23:21:35 UTC
The new genetic vaccines to prevent Covid-19 infections use mRNA technology, instead of the approach used in traditional vaccines, like those for measles and polio. These new genetic vaccines appear to be safe and effective, as well as faster and cheaper to p
Read more at Forbes
Spatial Genomics and Transcriptomics Market worth $404 million by 2025 - Exclusive Report by MarketsandMarkets
2020-11-24 14:30:00 UTC
Mutual Funds Weekly: These money and investing tips can help you ride the stock markets year-end momentum
2020-11-21 21:18:49 UTC
These money and investing stories were popular with MarketWatch readers over the past week.
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Genetics
Genetics behind deadly oat blight
2020-11-23 22:34:42 UTC
A multi-institution team has identified the genetic mechanisms that enable the production of a deadly toxin called Victorin - the causal agent for Victoria blight of oats, a disease that wiped out oat crops in the U.S. in the 1940s.
Read more at Science Daily
[INSIGHT] What the coronavirus successes of Taiwan and Iceland have in common - The Jakarta Post - Jakarta Post
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- [INSIGHT] What the coronavirus successes of Taiwan and Iceland have in common - The Jakarta PostJakarta Post
- Taiwan to begin COVID-19 vaccinations as early as 1st quarter 2021Taiwan News
- Six new imported cases of COVID-19 recor
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How the sprint for a coronavirus vaccine transformed Moderna into a $39 billion biotech powerhouse that's poised to reshape biotech
2020-11-21 12:07:00 UTCSummary List Placement In January, Stphane Bancel, the chief executive of Moderna, was skimming through the news on his iPad while vacationing with his family in the south of France. A headline stopped his finger: "Health Officials Work to Solve China's Mys Read more at Business Insider
GWAS
COVID-19 research risks ignoring important host genes due to pre-established research patterns
2020-11-24 00:00:00 UTC
It is known that research into human genes is heavily skewed towards genes that have been widely studied for decades, including many genes that were being studied before the productive phase of the Human Genome Project. This means that the genes most frequent
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Common variants in signaling transcription-factor-binding sites drive phenotypic variability in red blood cell traits
2020-11-23 00:00:00 UTC
Enhancer variants associated with red blood cell traits alter signaling transcription factor motifs, leading to changes in expression of genes that are upregulated during erythroid differentiation.
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A phenome-wide association study of 26 mendelian genes reveals phenotypic expressivity of common and rare variants within the general population
2020-11-23 18:50:08 UTCAuthor summary Standard medical evaluation of genetic syndromes relies upon recognizing a characteristic pattern of signs or symptoms to guide targeted genetic testing for confirmation of the diagnosis. This may lead to missing diagnoses in patients with sile Read more at Plos.org
Data science
What Is the Biggest Scientific Fraud of the Past 50 Years?
2020-11-23 19:06:00 UTC
When youre a journalist or club promoter or financier, fraud is always a gambleyou might be publicly disgraced and have your venal misdeeds replayed over and over in Netflix documentaries and prestige podcasts, but you might also get away with it. When you
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Altana raises $7M to protect supply chains from disruptions, child labor
2020-11-24 14:30:01 UTC
Supply chains used to be one of those magical elements of capitalism that seemed to be designed by Apple: they just worked. Minus the occasional salmonella outbreak in your vegetable aisle, we could go about our daily consumer lives never really questioning h
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Synthetic Data Vault (SDV): A Python Library for Dataset Modeling
2020-11-21 12:21:11 UTC
In data science, you usually need a realistic dataset to test your proof of concept. Creating fake data that captures the behavior of the actual data may sometimes be a rather tricky task. Several
Read more at Towardsdatascience.com
Population genetics
[INSIGHT] What the coronavirus successes of Taiwan and Iceland have in common - The Jakarta Post - Jakarta Post
2020-11-22 13:07:00 UTC- [INSIGHT] What the coronavirus successes of Taiwan and Iceland have in common - The Jakarta PostJakarta Post
- Taiwan to begin COVID-19 vaccinations as early as 1st quarter 2021Taiwan News
- Six new imported cases of COVID-19 recor
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The rainforest's most loyal couples: No evidence for extra-pair paternity in coppery titi monkeys
2020-11-23 14:19:52 UTC
Since methods for genetic paternity analyses were introduced, it has been clear that many pair-living animal species, including humans, do not take partnership fidelity that seriously. In most species, there is some proportion of offspring not sired by their
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Wildlife corridors keep elephants connected by genes
2020-11-23 14:20:38 UTC
Preserving wildlife corridors between protected areas could help maintain genetic connections between African elephant populations, researchers report.
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Inheritance
Speedy deeds: Zanzibar goes digital to prove property ownership - Reuters
2020-11-24 12:27:00 UTC
A team of Zanzibari data collectors armed with tablets have gathered enough information from hundreds of people on the Tanzanian archipelago to issue each of them a deed to their land in 20 minutes - a process that typically takes up to five years.
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Instructions to Safely Donate Money to a Charity Association
2020-11-21 10:45:49 UTC
Such an inheritance - both a rigid total and a portion of a property most ideal approach to give cash to israel - is a brilliant strategy to help our
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The Inheritance Playwright To Pen Major Biopic Of Tennessee Williams
2020-11-24 19:03:43 UTC
Matthew Lpez has been engaged by Searchlight Pictures to write a screen adaptation of Leading Men, the Christopher Castellani novel about Williams and his longtime lover Frank Merlo. Lpezs The Inheritance won four Olivier Awards in London in 2019 and garne
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Bioinformatics AI
Salmonella identified in pigs in Kenya and Malawi reveals the potential for zoonotic transmission in emerging pork markets
2020-11-24 18:41:18 UTCAuthor summary Healthy humans infected with non-typhoidal Salmonella (NTS) typically suffer from diarrhoeal disease which resolves without treatment. However, NTS infection of patients with an impaired immune system can lead to either bloodstream infection or Read more at Plos.org
Notice of NIH Participation in Smart Health and Biomedical Research in the Era of Artificial Intelligence and Advanced Data Science
2020-11-24 15:30:59 UTC
NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Notice of NIH Participation in Smart Health and Biomedical Research in the Era of Artificial Intelligence and Advanced Data Science NOT-OD-21-011. NIH
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These are the 33 stocks that are predicted to outperform Wall Street's expectations in 2021, says Oppenheimer & Co
2020-11-21 10:00:00 UTCSummary List Placement Oppenheimer & Co, a leading full-service brokerage and investment bank, released its top equity ideas list on November 16. "These are the most timely stocks in the opinion of our research analysts," the report explained. Each of Oppenh Read more at Business Insider
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Precision medicine
Roman-era Egyptian child mummy scanned with laser-like precision - Livescience.com
2020-11-25 00:02:00 UTC
- Roman-era Egyptian child mummy scanned with laser-like precisionLivescience.com
- Atom smasher unearths surprises hidden with 2000-year-old mummyScience Magazine
- New X-ray technique reveals clues about ancient 1,900-year-old mumm
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SEngine Precision Medicine to Present Data from Predictive Value of PARIS Test in Breast Cancer Patients at 2020 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium
2020-11-24 13:00:00 UTCSEATTLE, Nov. 24, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- SEngine Precision Medicine, a precision oncology company revolutionizing cancer diagnostics and therapies by pre... Read more at Yahoo Entertainment
Precision Medicine Leader Dennis H. Langer, M.D., J.D. Joins Javelin Oncology's Board of Directors
2020-11-24 13:17:00 UTCJavelin Oncology, Inc. announced today that the company has named Dennis H. Langer, M.D., J.D. to the company's board of directors as an independent director... Read more at Yahoo Entertainment
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Health
Actually, Video Games Can Be Beneficial to Your Mental Health
2020-11-23 18:45:00 UTC
As the global pandemic batters economies and consigns billions of people around the world to isolation in their homes, our collective mental health is understandably taking a nosedive. With many people lacking their usual outlets for initiating contact with f
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AliveCor, which helps its users manage their heart health, scores another FDA approval
2020-11-24 01:25:20 UTC
Last week, AliveCor, a nine-year-old, 92-person company whose small, personal electrocardiogram devices help users detect atrial fibrillation, bradycardia, and tachycardia from heart rate readings taken from their own kitchen tables, raised $65 million from i
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It's Time for the Annual Romaine Recall
2020-11-24 16:30:00 UTC
Weve been warned about visiting family and friends, and asked to stay at home on Thanksgiving, but it appears that another threat to our health may already be lurking inside our homes: Dole Fresh Vegetables, Inc. has voluntarily recalled some of their romain
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Technology
Recycling robotics company AMP Robotics could raise up to $70 million sources say
2020-11-24 02:31:17 UTC
AMP Robotics, the recycling robotics technology developer backed by investors including Sequoia Capital and Sidewalk Infrastructure Partners, is close to closing on as much as $70 million in new financing, according to multiple sources with knowledge of the c
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Save 25% on annual Extra Crunch membership with the Green Days sale
2020-11-23 15:11:15 UTC
The holiday season is upon us, and that means big savings on Extra Crunch membership with the Green Days sale. From now until November 30, TechCrunch readers can save 25% on an annual plan for Extra Crunch. You can claim the deal here. Extra Crunch helps you
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Congress Is Eyeing Face Recognition, and Companies Want a Say
2020-11-23 12:00:00 UTC
Amazon and Microsoft have hired lobbyists. So too have airlines, retailers, wireless carriers, and cruise operators.
Read more at Wired
Scientific publications
Historical bias overlooks genes related to COVID-19
2020-11-24 08:43:49 UTC
Based on genome-wide experiments, the human body has 2,064 genes relevant to COVID-19. So why are researchers only studying 611 of them?
Read more at Phys.Org
JAMA
2020-11-24 00:00:00 UTC
JAMA Network is a consortium of peer-reviewed medical publications that includes JAMA and the JAMA Network journals.
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Postdocs under pressure: Can I even do this any more?
2020-11-23 00:00:00 UTCLong hours and a lack of job security, combined with workplace bullying and discrimination, are forcing many to consider leaving science, finds Natures inaugural survey of postdoctoral researchers.
Read more at Nature.com
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