BERKELEY, Calif. — Jamie Justice is an anti-aging researcher with a name fit for a superhero and a grand mission to match. …
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AIIB Invests USD61 Million in Chamonix Partners’ Debut Infrastructure CDOs to Mobilize Private Capital for Resilient Infrastructure
by AiNewsBlogby AiNewsBlogThe Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) has invested USD61 million in Project Chamonix, supporting the debut infrastructure collateralized loan obligation (CLO) issuance …
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When The Dinosaur-Killing Asteroid Hit, This Life-Form Feasted On The Death : ScienceAlert
by AiNewsBlogby AiNewsBlogIn the wake of the catastrophic Chicxulub asteroid impact roughly 66 million years ago, three-quarters of the plant and animal species on …
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Blue Origin rocket explodes on the launch pad during an engine-firing test : NPR
by AiNewsBlogby AiNewsBlogA Blue Origin New Glenn rocket stands ready for launch at the Cape Canaveral Space Force station in Cape Canaveral, Fla., April …
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A single day of attacks on Iranian oil refineries released as much sulfur dioxide as a volcanic eruption
by AiNewsBlogby AiNewsBlogA single day of attacks on four Iranian oil refineries produced as much sulfur dioxide (SO2) as a volcanic eruption, a new …
Image © monsitj – Adobe Stock How AI and mathematics are affecting business media websites. The impact of AI and math on …
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Scientists found the optimal robot body, and it has 20 legs — watch it scale walls and move through trees
by AiNewsBlogby AiNewsBlogA weird 20-legged machine could change how scientists think about the ideal robot form. For decades, roboticists have been inspired by the …
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A digital CauseHealth course for health professionals – Causality, Complexity and Evidence in Health Sciences
by AiNewsBlogby AiNewsBlogPhoto credits: UMC – WHO Uppsala Monitoring Centre We, Elena Rocca and Rani Lill Anjum, are now debating whether to establish a …
Listen to this audio excerpt from Daniel Stubbs, NASA aerospace engineer: If you’ve driven through a cloud of dust and dirt that …
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Mathematical AI helps researchers crack 50-year-old problem – New Scientist
by AiNewsBlogby AiNewsBlogMathematical AI helps researchers crack 50-year-old problem New Scientist
A Maine engineer from Colombia, working legally under an H-1B visa, was detained, handcuffed and held by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement …
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Forget LASIK: Safer, cheaper vision correction without lasers or surgery
by AiNewsBlogby AiNewsBlogMillions of Americans live with blurry vision, nearsightedness, or more severe sight problems. While glasses and contact lenses help many people, millions …
As the FIFA World Cup approaches, speculation on social media and cable news has already begun: Could Ebola spread at the tournament? …
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NASA lays out moon base plans with landers, buggies and drones : NPR
by AiNewsBlogby AiNewsBlogIn this photo provided by NASA and captured by the Artemis II crew from lunar orbit, the moon eclipses the sun on …
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An ASCO preview: What to watch for at cancer research’s big meeting
by AiNewsBlogby AiNewsBlogThis is the online version of Adam’s Biotech Scorecard, a subscriber-only newsletter. STAT+ subscribers can sign up here to get it delivered to their …
Bronx Zoo elephant “Happy” strolls inside the zoo’s Asia Habitat in New York, Oct. 2, 2018. Bebeto Matthews/AP hide caption toggle caption …
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The ‘Doomsday Glacier’ is poised to lose its ice shelf this year. An Antarctic researcher explains what that means for global sea levels
by AiNewsBlogby AiNewsBlogAntarctica’s “Doomsday Glacier” is about to lose an ice shelf that protects it from warming ocean waters, which could have devastating long-term …
When doctors and scientists want to see inside a body, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is a powerful tool. MRI can noninvasively capture …
A drug combination widely studied for its anti-aging potential may have a serious downside. Researchers at the University of Connecticut report that …
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On ‘the world’s itchiest scavenger hunt,’ to save a rare salamander : NPR
by AiNewsBlogby AiNewsBlogFrosted flatwoods salamanders, or “frosties” as they’re lovingly called, are one of the most imperiled amphibians in the U.S. Nathan Rott/NPR hide …
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Prolonged Strait of Hormuz Closure Could Upend Global Economies, Energy Sector Survey Says
by AiNewsBlogby AiNewsBlogLong-term closure of the Strait of Hormuz due to the Iran-Israel-U.S. war is now “the greatest single risk” to both energy markets …
A drug designed to shut down fat production inside the liver could become a major new weapon against one of the world’s …
Topline Elon Musk has reportedly held discussions about potentially merging Tesla with SpaceX, as betting markets and Wall Street expect a future …
Aiming to transition away from fossil fuels and avert the worst consequences of climate change, world leaders aspire to achieve net zero …
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‘Poised to disintegrate’: Antarctica’s ‘Doomsday Glacier’ is set to lose its ice shelf this year
by AiNewsBlogby AiNewsBlogA vital ice shelf is about to break away from Antarctica’s “Doomsday Glacier,” further destabilizing one of the world’s largest and most …
Most successful scientists are optimists. They have to be, since the vast majority of experiments fail. In graduate school, I remember sitting …
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Spacetime ‘Crystals’ Could Collapse Into Tiny Black Holes, Wild Paper Explains : ScienceAlert
by AiNewsBlogby AiNewsBlogRight on the brink of black hole formation, spacetime can get downright peculiar. This is where familiar physics can become unnervingly strange, …
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‘They are leaking radio waves, just like we are’: Radio astronomer explains how intelligent aliens could contact Earth without even trying
by AiNewsBlogby AiNewsBlogLong before Neil Armstrong piloted the first crewed lunar lander onto the moon and uttered his now-famous words “The Eagle has landed,” …
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Diagnostic dilemma: Whiplike rashes appeared on a woman’s back after she ate shiitake mushrooms
by AiNewsBlogby AiNewsBlogThe patient: A 23-year-old woman in Florida The symptoms: The woman went to the emergency room with an itchy rash on her …
Ten MIT affiliates — including undergraduates, graduate students, and alumni — have accepted Fulbright grants to conduct research in countries across the …
