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Strike on Qatar LNG Hub Reveals Risk in Mega-Train Design at Ras Laffan
by AiNewsBlogby AiNewsBlogMissile strikes on Qatar’s Ras Laffan industrial complex have taken roughly 17% of the country’s LNG capacity offline and could take three …
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New autism group meets to counter MAHA’s ‘ideological agenda’ : NPR
by AiNewsBlogby AiNewsBlogIn an effort to challenge the Trump administration’s views on autism spectrum disorder, a new independent panel of experts plans to meet …
Kīlauea has entered its second year of episodic activity after reawakening in December 2024. Since then, the Hawaiian volcano has gone through …
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Should compulsive shopping and gaming be considered an addiction? Psychiatrists are considering expanding the definition.
by AiNewsBlogby AiNewsBlogWhat counts as an addiction — should compulsive shopping or gaming qualify? Researchers are currently debating whether to classify problematic behaviors as …
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This Infamous Radioactive ‘Tomb’ Is Leaking, And Experts Are Worried : ScienceAlert
by AiNewsBlogby AiNewsBlogA gaping hole was left on a small island in the Pacific Ocean when the United States military released an 18-kiloton nuclear …
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Improving breast cancer screening workflows with machine learning
by AiNewsBlogby AiNewsBlogStudy 1: Standalone performance and integration feasibility The first study was split into two phases. In the first phase, we conducted a …
AILSA CHANG, HOST: Time now for our science news roundup from Short Wave, NPR’s science podcast. I’m joined today by Nate Rott …
Commercial launch providers continue to advance propulsion technology with a renewed focus on liquid oxygen and methane propelled rockets and spacecraft. As …
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Mathematician who reshaped number theory wins prestigious Abel prize
by AiNewsBlogby AiNewsBlogGerd Faltings has won the 2026 Abel Prize for his work on proving that Diophantine equations can have a finite set of …
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AIIB President Zou Meets Southeast and South Asia Leaders, Advancing Partnerships to Deepen Infrastructure Impact
by AiNewsBlogby AiNewsBlogAsian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) President Zou Jiayi visited founding AIIB members Indonesia, Singapore and India Feb. 24-March 3, underscoring the Bank’s …
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Three anesthesia drugs all have the same effect in the brain, MIT researchers find | MIT News
by AiNewsBlogby AiNewsBlogWhen patients undergo general anesthesia, doctors can choose among several drugs. Although each of these drugs acts on neurons in different ways, …
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PGA Tour rookie Michael Brennan's coach also teaches middle school math – Golfweek
by AiNewsBlogby AiNewsBlogPGA Tour rookie Michael Brennan’s coach also teaches middle school math Golfweek
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‘Dark oxygen’ discovery on the seafloor is ‘fundamentally at odds with thermodynamics’ and should be retracted, experts say
by AiNewsBlogby AiNewsBlogA 2024 study that claimed to have discovered an entirely new source of oxygen in the deep sea — dubbed “dark oxygen” …
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Liquid biopsy for the diagnosis of EBV-positive Burkitt’s lymphoma in endemic areas
by AiNewsBlogby AiNewsBlogThis study was approved by the Oxford Tropical Research Ethics Committee (OxTREC: no. 15-19), the National Institute of Medical Research in Tanzania …
A mosquito finds its target with the help of certain cues in its environment, such as a person’s silhouette and the carbon …
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Eli Lilly’s ‘triple-G’ drug leads to blood sugar, weight reductions in key study
by AiNewsBlogby AiNewsBlogDiabetes patients taking an investigational drug from Eli Lilly saw significant reductions in their blood sugar and weight in a late-stage study, …
Written by Catherine O’Connell-Cooper, APXS Strategic Planner and Payload Uplink/Downlink Lead, University of New Brunswick, Canada Earth planning date: Friday, March 13, …
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You don’t need to lose weight to reverse prediabetes, study finds
by AiNewsBlogby AiNewsBlogFor years, preventing diabetes has been closely tied to one main goal: losing weight. However, new research challenges that long-standing assumption. People …
Spring is a prime time for starting a new workout routine, and no wonder. The combination of longer daylight hours, warmer weather …
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Investigation Plumbs Causes of Fatal 2025 Jobsite Landslide in Norway
by AiNewsBlogby AiNewsBlogAn investigation has concluded that ground stabilization work inadvertently triggered a landslide that killed a man who was part of a crew …
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Former federal advisers on autism who were let go by RFK Jr. form a new committee : NPR
by AiNewsBlogby AiNewsBlogAn independent group of experts plans to offer an alternative to the Trump administration’s autism agenda. The group features prominent scientists who …
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Artemis II: NASA is preparing for a return to the moon, but why is it going back?
by AiNewsBlogby AiNewsBlogNASA’s Artemis II mission will soon send astronauts on a trip around the moon, if the current plans hold. But why is …
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These roaches form exclusive long-term relationships after eating each other’s wings : NPR
by AiNewsBlogby AiNewsBlogA new paper in the journal Royal Society Open Science describes evidence that the wood-feeding cockroach Salganea taiwanensis may engage in a …
A new era of healthcare We are in the midst of a profound transformation. Our research in multimodal open-weight models and multi-agent …
NEW YORK — The Covid-19 pandemic’s early death toll was much higher than the official U.S. count, according to a new study …
MIT senior Srihitha Dasari never imagined she would be speaking in front of the United Nations about health care, technology, and the …
The OLI (Operational Land Imager) on Landsat 8 acquired this rare, relatively clear image of Mayon, the most active volcano in the Philippines, on Feb. 26, …
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Brain circuit needed to incorporate new information may be linked to schizophrenia | MIT News
by AiNewsBlogby AiNewsBlogOne of the symptoms of schizophrenia is difficulty incorporating new information about the world. This can lead people with schizophrenia to struggle …
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Making AI Write Android Code Our Way: A Practical Guide to Agent Skills
by AiNewsBlogby AiNewsBlogGenerated by DALL-E Turning knowledge into reusable AI agent instructions for a small, fast-moving team. We're a small Android team at Medium, just …
