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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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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

Rare Sighting: Manatee Spotted in Massachusetts Coast

Resurgence of Board Games in Digital Era

University of Missouri Study: Drones and AI Enhance Corn Health Tracking

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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

Fast Delivery Drones Zip Ice Cream to Customer's Driveway

Delivery drones may soon take off in the US. Here's why

GPT-5: Has AI just plateaued?

Openai Unveils Gpt-5: Path to Artificial General Intelligence

Brain cells learn faster than machine learning, research reveals

Brain Cells Outperform Machine Learning in Networking Efficiency

The Impact of GPS Technology on Society

How quantum technology can help pilots navigate more safely

Australian Researchers Develop Technique to Prevent Unauthorized AI Learning from Images

New method to block AI learning from your online content

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Tuesday, 17 November 2020

In the Amazon's 'sand forests,' birds play by different evolutionary rules

Picture the Amazon. You're thinking lush rainforests teeming with animals, right? It turns out, the Amazon Basin contains other less-famous ecosystems that have been under-studied by biologists for years, including patches of habitat growing on white sands. Scientists are starting to turn their attention to these "sand forests" and the animals that live there. In a new study, researchers examined birds from the region and found that unlike birds in the dense rainforest, the white sand birds travel from one habitat patch to another and interbreed. It's a characteristic that could change the way conservationists protect the sand forest birds.

Teaching and complex tools 'evolved together'

The human ability to teach and our use of complex tools may have evolved together, according to new research.

New analysis refutes claim that dinosaurs were in decline before asteroid hit

A new study from researchers at the University of Bath and Natural History Museum looking at the diversity of dinosaurs shows that they were not in decline at the time of their extinction by an asteroid hit 66 million years ago.

Breakthrough in childhood brain cancer will save lives

A scientific breakthrough has enabled experts to predict relapse in a common childhood cancer and means doctors can tailor treatment for each individual child and improve prognosis.

What does COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness mean?

What does COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness mean?

California governor imposes new restrictions in pandemic

California Gov. Gavin Newsom said he was pulling the "emergency brake" Monday on reopening the state's economy as coronavirus cases surge at the fastest rate since the start of the outbreak.

Airbnb details years of losses ahead of planned IPO

Airbnb was losing money even before the pandemic struck and cut its revenue by almost a third, the home-sharing company revealed in documents filed Monday ahead of a planned initial public offering of its stock.

Huawei selling Honor phone brand in face of US sanctions

Chinese tech giant Huawei is selling its budget-price Honor smartphone brand in an effort to rescue the struggling business from damaging U.S. sanctions imposed on its parent company.

Tesla will be added to the benchmark S&P 500 index Dec. 21

Tesla will be added to the S&P 500 index on Dec. 21. Based on its market value Monday, the electric car maker would be one of the top 10 companies in the benchmark index upon entry.

China positions rocket ahead of ambitious lunar mission

China on Tuesday moved a massive rocket into place in preparation for launching a mission to bring back materials from the moon for the first time in four decades.

Astronauts board ISS from SpaceX's 'Resilience'

Four astronauts carried into orbit by a SpaceX Crew Dragon boarded the International Space Station on Tuesday, the first of what NASA hopes will be many routine missions ending US reliance on Russian rockets.

Henderson island fossils reveal new Polynesian sandpiper species

Fossil bones collected in the early 1990s on Henderson Island, part of the Pitcairn Group, have revealed a new species of Polynesian sandpiper.

Quantum tunneling pushes the limits of self-powered sensors

Shantanu Chakrabartty's laboratory has been working to create sensors that can run on the least amount of energy. His lab has been so successful at building smaller and more efficient sensors, that they've run into a roadblock in the form of a fundamental law of physics.

Teeth grinding and facial pain increase due to coronavirus stress and anxiety

The stress and anxiety experienced by the general population during Israel's first lockdown brought about a significant rise in orofacial and jaw pain, as well as jaw-clenching in the daytime and teeth-grinding at night, according to a new study from Tel Aviv University (TAU).

A change of heart—new drug for HCM reduces heart mass

For the first time, a medication has impacted heart muscle thickness and function for patients with the most common inherited heart condition, rather than simply addressing their symptoms.

SCORED and SOLOIST trials add to evidence for treating diabetes with SGLT2 inhibitors

Less than a decade ago, the Food and Drug Administration approved drugs for treating type 2 diabetes in an entirely new way. Since that time, evidence in favor of the use of sodium/glucose cotransporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitors has been mounting, with studies showing better blood glucose control, cardiovascular benefits, weight loss and more for patients with diabetes taking SGLT2 inhibitors. Now, two large clinical trials, conducted by investigators at Brigham and Women's Hospital and sponsored by Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, add new evidence about the benefits for patients with diabetes and chronic kidney disease as well as those with diabetes and recent worsening heart failure. In these two paired trials, teams of investigators led by Brigham cardiologist Deepak L. Bhatt, MD, MPH, evaluated sotagliflozin, a drug that inhibits SGLT2 and SGLT1. Results of the trials are both published in The New England Journal of Medicine and presented by Bhatt simultaneously at the Late-Breaking Clinical Trial Sessions of the American Heart Association Scientific Sessions.

Study shows geographic shift in U.S. social mobility

Dylan Connor's father worked as a house painter while his mother tended to their home and family, one that included six boys. Neither of his parents finished high school, but they built a future for their children that included their success. This may sound like a story made in America.

Cannabinoids may help limit secondary damage of TBIs

In the hours and days after a traumatic brain injury, inflammation inside the brain can accelerate to the point that more brain damage occurs, says a scientist working to better understand the acceleration and whether interventions like cannabinoids can improve patient outcomes.

Pesticides commonly used as flea treatments for pets are contaminating English rivers

Researchers at the University of Sussex have found widespread contamination of English rivers with two neurotoxic pesticides commonly used in veterinary flea products: fipronil and the neonicotinoid imidacloprid. The concentrations found often far exceeded accepted safe limits.

Trial shows drug effective in 96% of patients with recurrent pericarditis

Cleveland Clinic researchers leading a global clinical trial have found that rilonacept, an FDA approved drug for other inflammatory diseases, resolved acute pericarditis episodes and reduced risk of pericarditis recurrence. The study was published today in the New England Journal of Medicine and presented at the American Heart Association's Scientific Sessions.

Changes to the brain's reward system may drive overeating in mice

A combination of innate differences and diet-induced changes to the reward system may predispose some mice to overeat, according to research recently published in JNeurosci.

Exercised over nothing: Masks don't impair lung function during physical activity

Wearing a facemask helps limit the spread of COVID-19 by reducing respiratory droplets and aerosols spewed into the air when people breathe, talk, laugh, sneeze or cough. But the physical barrier created by masks has prompted concerns that they might impair the cardiopulmonary system by making it harder to breathe, by altering the flow of inhaled oxygen and exhaled carbon dioxide and by increasing dyspnea—a medical term that describe shortness of breath or difficulty breathing, especially during physical activity.

US agricultural water use declining for most crops and livestock production

Climate change and a growing world population require efficient use of natural resources. Water is a crucial component in food production, and water management strategies are needed to support worldwide changes in food consumption and dietary patterns.

People who purchased firearms during pandemic more likely to be suicidal

People who purchase a firearm during the pandemic are more likely to be suicidal than other firearm owners, according to a Rutgers study.