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Key Considerations for Online Takeout Orders: Taste and Price Trump Calorie Content

Study Links Gut Bacteria to Insomnia Risk

Study: Trust in Doctors Higher with White Coats

Weight-Loss Treatment Reduces Surgery Risks

AI in Colonoscopies Reduces Precancerous Growth Detection

Adjusting Foot Angle Reduces Knee Pain in Osteoarthritis

Study Reveals Markers for Chlamydia Uterine Infection

Covid-19 Financial Toll on Patients: Research Findings

Anxiety Levels in U.S. Adults Stable Despite COVID-19

Amblyopia Research Challenges Traditional Understanding

Maternal Oral Dysbiosis Linked to Intestinal Inflammation

Women's Awareness of Nutrition's Role in Breast Cancer Risk

New Study Challenges Autism Assumptions

Understanding Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis: Causes and Impacts

Social and Environmental Factors Impact Surgery Fitness

Gastric Cancer Peritoneal Metastasis: Survival Challenges

Understanding the Anatomy of Mammary Glands

Global Study Reveals Gaps in Adolescent Mental Health Research

Study: GLP-1 RA Use in T2D Linked to Diabetic Retinopathy

Study Reveals Age and Disease Length as CKD Predictors

Study: MStim and TTNS Enhance Overactive Bladder Treatment

Promising Treatment Breakthrough for COPD Unveiled

U.S. Government Eases Vaccine Rules, Cuts Funding

Autism Diagnoses Surge: Mental Health Challenges in College

New Research Challenges Link Between Red Meat and Heart Disease

Blood-Brain Barrier Leakiness Linked to Memory Decline

Study Reveals Spike in Asthma ER Visits During School Return

47 Million Women Worldwide to Enter Menopause Annually

University of Waterloo Leads Team in Dissolving Kidney Stones

Harvard Scientists Find New Cancer Immunotherapy Breakthrough

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Record-Breaking Martian Meteorite Auction Sparks Ownership Debate

Intensifying Heatwaves in Europe Linked to Climate Change

Global Demand Surges: Octopus Processing in Spanish Factory

Study Reveals People Overlook Ads on Social Media

Ancient DNA Analysis Reveals West African Ancestry

New Antidote for Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Developed

Nasa Astronaut Nichole Ayers Captures Stunning Photo

Growing Concern Over H5N1 Influenza Virus Spread

The Truth Behind "Made in U.S." Labeling

Study Reveals Underrepresentation of Water Storage Changes in Europe

Impact of Hurricanes on Productivity in Southeastern U.S.

California Condors Nesting in Unusual Places

Impact of Global Warming on Local Adaptation: A Case Study

Mediterranean Climate Change Threatens Balance

Beijing University Develops Acid-Stable Nanowire Catalyst

Rpi Scientists Innovate Light Matter Manipulation

Promising Compound Found in Antrodia Cinnamomea

Study Reveals Manager's Listening Style Impacts Team's Listening

Arizonan Bald Eagles Defy Migration Norms

Study: 9-Minute High-Intensity Exercise Boosts Kids' Academic Performance

Lithuanian Researchers Propose Eco-Friendly Solution for Expired Vaccines

New Study Reveals Magnetic Reconnection Process in Plasma

Analyzing Toxic Micro- and Nanoplastics in Water vs. Food

Rising Sea Levels Threaten Rapa Nui's Cultural Heritage

Human Activities Accelerate Saltmarsh Succession in South China Sea

Creatives Fear AI Job Takeover

Surprising Discovery in South Australia's Arid Landscapes

Study Reveals Wild Salmon Are More Symmetrical

Evolutionary Transition: Animals Adapting to Land

Rising Wildfire Threat in Canada: Climate Change Impact

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Perplexity AI Bids $34.5 Billion for Google Chrome

Perplexity AI offers Google $34.5 bn for Chrome browser

New Security Methods Face Public Hesitancy

Trump Tariffs Prompt Factory Shutdown in Cambodia

Elon Musk Accuses Apple of Favoring ChatGPT

Passwords under threat as tech giants seek tougher security

'Stop production': Small US firms battered by shifting tariffs

Elon Musk accuses App Store of favoring OpenAI

Australian Court Rules Apple and Google Misused Market Power

Fortnite developer claims win against Apple and Google

University of Wisconsin Engineers Find Security Flaws in Automation Apps

Exposing how automation apps can spy—and how to detect it

Researchers Unveil Solar-Powered Solution for Plastic Waste Crisis

Solar-driven waste conversion via photoreforming could transform discarded plastic into hydrogen fuel

Efficient Sensor Integration in Modern Robotic Systems

Robots gain new function: Algorithm automatically recognizes sensors and their mathematical modeling

Scientists Model Micro-Sized Robots Using Sound Waves

Tiny robots use sound to self-organize into intelligent groups

Researchers Explore Solar Thermoelectric Generators for Energy Independence

Black metal could give a heavy boost to solar power generation

High-tech drones are changing warfare—terrorists may soon follow the same playbook

Ukraine's Operation Spiderweb Stuns Russian Forces

Language Models Equipped with Safety Protocols to Prevent Malicious Queries

Information sciences researchers develop AI safety testing methods

Breakthrough in Protecting Language Models from Malicious Updates

Filtered data stops openly-available AI models from performing dangerous tasks, study finds

More cameras, more problems? Why deep learning still struggles with 3D human sensing

Deep Learning Advancements in Human Pose Estimation

Ultrafast untethered levitation device offers frictionless design for omni-directional transport

Miniaturization of Technology Spurs Evolution in Tiny Component Transport

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Tuesday, 29 September 2020

US capital starts to come back to life after virus shutdown

Life is slowly restarting in Washington as many major attractions, including the Washington Monument, begin to reopen after a six-month closure due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Testing drive unveiled as virus deaths pass one million

Coronavirus tests that deliver results in 15-30 minutes are to be rolled out across the United States and in scores of poorer countries, as health authorities worldwide try to get a handle on a disease that has now killed more than a million people.

New clampdowns for Montreal, Quebec City as Covid-19 cases soar

Quebec, the province hardest hit by the pandemic in Canada, on Monday reintroduced restrictions to limit the spread of the COVID-19 illness in three regions including Montreal and Quebec City.

Millions in Chile capital emerge from lockdown

Chile on Monday lifted strict coronavirus lockdown measures for millions of people in the capital Santiago, a month ahead of a key referendum to amend the dictatorship-era constitution.

Mexico ups COVID-19 'estimate' to 89,612 deaths

Mexico upped its "estimated" COVID-19 deaths to 89,612 on Monday, and boosted estimates of its total number of cases to 870,699, almost 137,000 more than it previously recognized.

Brazil revokes mangrove protections, triggering alarm

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro's government on Monday revoked regulations protecting mangroves and other fragile coastal ecosystems, in a measure environmentalists condemned as a "crime" that would lead to their destruction.

Google clamps down on apps dodging Play Store 30% cut

Google said Monday it plans to start enforcing a rule requiring Android apps in its Play store to use its payment system, which takes a 30 percent cut of transactions.

Weibo parent Sina to delist US stocks in $2.6 bn deal

Chinese internet giant Sina Corp, the parent company of the country's vast Twitter-like Weibo platform, plans to delist its US shares and go private, making it the latest mainland firm to withdraw from Wall Street as relations between Beijing and Washington sour.

A viral march across the planet, tracked by a map in motion

On a Thursday night in early January, the disease that would become known as COVID-19 claimed its first victim, a 61-year-old man who succumbed to the newly identified coronavirus in the city of Wuhan, in the People's Republic of China.

NYC elementary schools reopen in big back-to-school test

Hundreds of thousands of elementary school students are heading back to classrooms Tuesday as New York City enters a high-stakes stage of resuming in-person learning during the coronavirus pandemic, which is keeping students at home in many other big U.S. school systems.

Purging water system of brain-eating microbe to take 60 days

A Houston-area official said Monday it will take 60 days to ensure a city drinking water system is purged of a deadly, microscopic parasite that doctors believed killed a boy and that led to warnings for others not to drink tap water.

United Arab Emirates to launch spacecraft to moon in 2024

A top official in the United Arab Emirates said Tuesday his country plans to send an unmanned spacecraft to the moon in 2024.

500 years ago, another epidemic swept Mexico: smallpox

There were mass cremations of bodies; entire families died and the inhabitants of the city, afraid to pull their bodies out, simply collapsed their homes on top of them to bury them on the spot.

Dying winds give crews hope in Northern California fires

Firefighters say they hoped dying winds would enable them to bear down on a wildfire that exploded in the Northern California wine country, prompting tens of thousands of evacuations while a second blaze killed at least three people.

Cyberattack hobbles major hospital chain's US facilities

A computer outage at a major hospital chain thrust healthcare facilities across the U.S. into chaos Monday, with treatment impeded as doctors and nurses already burdened by the coronavirus pandemic were forced to rely on paper backup systems.

EPA ridicules California's proposed ban of new gas cars

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency chief Andrew Wheeler on Monday ridiculed California Gov. Gavin Newsom's plan to ban the sale of new gas-powered cars by 2035, saying the proposal raises "significant questions of legality."

Preventing heart disease could keep more people employed and save billions for the economy

Preventing 10 years of coronary heart disease would save nearly USD $15 billion in gross domestic product (GDP) by keeping people gainfully employed. That's the finding of a study published today in the European Journal of Preventive Cardiology.

China's air pollutant reduction success could make it tougher to control climate change

China's success in improving air quality by cutting polluting emissions may have a negative knock-on effect on climate change overall, a new study has found.

Plant droplets serve as nutrient-rich food for insects

Small watery droplets on the edges of blueberry bush leaves are loaded with nutrients for many insects, including bees, wasps and flies, according to a Rutgers-led study, the first of its kind.

Lung cancer screening a step closer to reality following combined study

Newly released study results present a strong case for lung cancer screening in New Zealand—particularly for Māori whose mortality rates are between three and four times higher than other ethnic groups.

New drug targeting DNA repair shows promise in range of advanced cancers

A new precision drug which stops cancer from repairing its DNA has shown promise in an early-stage clinical trial—highlighting the potential of a new class of drugs known as ATR inhibitors.

Understanding ghost particle interactions

Scientists often refer to the neutrino as the "ghost particle." Neutrinos were one of the most abundant particles at the origin of the universe and remain so today. Fusion reactions in the sun produce vast armies of them, which pour down on the Earth every day. Trillions pass through our bodies every second, then fly through the Earth as though it were not there.

Girls benefit from doing sports

Girls—but not boys—who participate actively in school sports activities in middle childhood show improved behavior and attentiveness in early adolescence, suggests a new Canadian study published in Preventative Medicine.