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Wild orangutan treats wound with pain-relieving plant

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A wild orangutan was observed applying a plant with known medicinal properties to a wound, a first for a wild animal.

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AI-Powered Analytics: Unveiling Hidden Insights in Point-of-Sale Data

Smart Data Collective

AI technology can help sales people make the most of POS systems, which helps them reach their goals more easily.

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Book Review: Confronting the Racist Legacy of the American Child Welfare System

The New Social Worker

Read The New Social Worker’s book review of Confronting the Racist Legacy of the American Child Welfare System: The Case for Abolition by Alan Dettlaff. Reviewed by Stephen Cummings.

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The Network Appoints Allison N. Winnike as Director, Western Region

The Network for Public Health Law

The Network is pleased to announce the appointment of Allison Winnike as Director of the Network’s Western Region Team. Allison’s expertise and track record in public health emergency preparedness and response, immunization law and policy, health information technology and telemedicine are widely recognized. Her leadership in the western region will strengthen the Network’s work in advancing law and policy solutions through direct legal technical assistance and providing critical capacity buildi

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Scientists work out the effects of exercise at the cellular level

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The health benefits of exercise are well known but new research shows that the body's response to exercise is more complex and far-reaching than previously thought. In a study on rats, a team of scientists has found that physical activity causes many cellular and molecular changes in all 19 of the organs they studied in the animals.

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Top Tips for Keeping Your AI Startup’s IT Staff Inspired

Smart Data Collective

AI startups should invest in the right IT support staff if they want to be successful.

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Public Health AmeriCorps training new generation of public health workers

Public Health Newswire

Program supporting thousands of community public health positions

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Stretchable e-skin could give robots human-level touch sensitivity

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A stretchy electronic skin could equip robots and other devices with the same softness and touch sensitivity as human skin, opening up new possibilities to perform tasks that require a great deal of precision and control of force.

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New Startup Uses AI to Help Forex Traders Make Better Insights

Smart Data Collective

AI has led to some major changes in the financial sector. There are many ways that financial professionals are using AI which includes with algorithmic trading as we stated in this article. One of the many ways that AI is changing finance is by revolutionizing forex trading.

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Significant new discovery in teleportation research -- Noise can improve the quality of quantum teleportation

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Researchers succeeded in conducting an almost perfect quantum teleportation despite the presence of noise that usually disrupts the transfer of quantum state.

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Did a magnetic field collapse trigger the emergence of animals?

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Researchers uncovered compelling evidence that Earth's magnetic field was in a highly unusual state when the macroscopic animals of the Ediacaran Period -- 635 to 541 million years ago -- diversified and thrived. Their study raises the question of whether these fluctuations in Earth's ancient magnetic field led to shifts in oxygen levels that may have been crucial to the proliferation of life forms millions of years ago.

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Earth-like environment likely on ancient Mars

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A research team using the ChemCam instrument onboard NASA's Curiosity rover discovered higher-than-usual amounts of manganese in lakebed rocks within Gale Crater on Mars, which indicates that the sediments were formed in a river, delta, or near the shoreline of an ancient lake.

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Random robots are more reliable

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New algorithm encourages robots to move more randomly to collect more diverse data for learning. In tests, robots started with no knowledge and then learned and correctly performed tasks within a single attempt. New model could improve safety and practicality of self-driving cars, delivery drones and more.

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Marriage of synthetic biology and 3D printing produces programmable living materials

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Scientists are harnessing cells to make new types of materials that can grow, repair themselves and even respond to their environment. These solid 'engineered living materials' are made by embedding cells in an inanimate matrix that's formed in a desired shape. Now, researchers have 3D printed a bioink containing plant cells that were then genetically modified, producing programmable materials.

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More plants on the menu of ancient hunter-gatherers

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It has long been thought that meat played an important role in the diet of hunter-gatherers before the Neolithic transition. However, due to the scarcity of well-preserved human remains from Paleolithic sites, little information exists about the dietary habits of pre-agricultural human groups. A new study challenges this notion by presenting compelling isotopic evidence of a strong preference for plants among 15,000-year-old hunter-gatherers from Morocco.

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Scientists identify new brain circuit in mice that controls body's inflammatory reactions

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The brain can direct the immune system to an unexpected degree, capable of detecting, ramping up and tamping down inflammation, shows a new study in mice.

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Every breath you take: Study models the journey of inhaled plastic particle pollution

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With recent studies having established the presence of nano and microplastic particles in the respiratory systems of both human and bird populations, new research has modeled what happens when people breathe in different kinds of plastic particles and where they end up.

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Scientists track 'doubling' in origin of cancer cells

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Working with human breast and lung cells, scientists say they have charted a molecular pathway that can lure cells down a hazardous path of duplicating their genome too many times, a hallmark of cancer cells.

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T. Rex not as smart as previously claimed

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Dinosaurs were likely as smart as reptiles but not as intelligent as monkeys.

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Time zones and tiredness strongly influence NBA results, study of 25,000 matches shows

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The body clock has a significant impact on the performance of NBA players. Data shows vastly better win ratio for home teams from the Western Time Zone Area (PDT) when playing an EDT team, compared to vice versa.

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Ice shelves fracture under weight of meltwater lakes

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Heavy pooling meltwater can fracture ice, potentially leading to ice shelf collapse.

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Methane emissions from landfill could be turned into sustainable jet fuel in plasma chemistry leap

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Researchers have developed a chemical process using plasma that could create sustainable jet fuel from methane gas emitted from landfills, potentially creating a low-carbon aviation industry.

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Researchers identify over 2,000 genetic signals linked to blood pressure in study of over one million people

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Researchers have discovered over a hundred new regions of the human genome, also known as genomic loci, that appear to influence a person's blood pressure. In total, over 2,000 independent genetic signals for blood pressure are now reported, demonstrating that blood pressure is a highly complex trait influenced by thousands of different genetic variants.

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Cardio-fitness cuts death and disease by nearly 20%

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Groundbreaking new research finds that an increased cardio fitness level will reduce your risk of death from any cause by nearly 20%.

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NASA's Webb maps weather on planet 280 light-years away

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Researchers have successfully used NASA's James Webb Space Telescope to map the weather on the hot gas-giant exoplanet WASP-43 b.

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Experimental type 1 diabetes drug shelters pancreas cells from immune system attack

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Scientists say that an experimental monoclonal antibody drug called mAb43 appears to prevent and reverse the onset of clinical type 1 diabetes in mice, and in some cases, to lengthen the animals' lifespan.

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Trotting robots reveal emergence of animal gait transitions

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A four-legged robot trained with machine learning has learned to avoid falls by spontaneously switching between walking, trotting, and pronking -- a milestone for roboticists as well as biologists interested in animal locomotion.

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Sugar-based catalyst upcycles carbon dioxide

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New catalyst is made from an inexpensive, abundant metal and table sugar. Catalyst converts carbon dioxide (CO2) into carbon monoxide, a building block for producing a variety of useful chemicals including syngas. With recent advances in carbon capture technologies, post-combustion carbon capture is becoming a plausible option to help tackle the global climate change crisis.

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Sleep resets brain connections -- but only for first few hours

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During sleep, the brain weakens the new connections between neurons that had been forged while awake -- but only during the first half of a night's sleep, according to a new study.

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'Gap' in carbon removal: Countries' plans to remove CO2 not enough

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New research suggests that countries' current plans to remove CO2 from the atmosphere will not be enough to comply with the 1.5 C warming limit set out under the Paris Agreement.

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A 'cosmic glitch' in gravity

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Researchers have discovered a potential 'cosmic glitch' in the universe's gravity, explaining its strange behavior on a cosmic scale.

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Long snouts protect foxes when diving headfirst in snow

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When hunting for mice in winter, red and arctic fox are known to plunge headfirst at speeds of 2-4 meters per second, but their sharp noses reduce the impact force in snow and protect them from injury, according to a new study.

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Biodegradable 'living plastic' houses bacterial spores that help it break down

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A new type of bioplastic could help reduce the plastic industry's environmental footprint. Researchers have developed a biodegradable form of thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) filled with bacterial spores that, when exposed to nutrients present in compost, germinate and break down the material at the end of its life cycle.

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Microarray patches safe and effective for vaccinating children, trial suggests

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The first study of the use of microarray patches to vaccinate children has shown that the method is safe and induces strong immune responses. The phase 1/2 randomized trial compared results from the measles and rubella vaccine delivered by a microarray patch, a small sticking plaster-like device with an array of microscopic projections that painlessly penetrate the skin and deliver the vaccine, or by conventional injection with a needle and syringe.

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