A multi-institutional research team in Japan evaluated the impact of the Revised Health Promotion Law and related local ordinances on indoor smoking policies in restaurants and bars. Their analysis identified a modest but significant increase in…
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Impact of Japan's indoor smoke-free laws on the prevalence of smoke-free establishments
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Study finds ChatGPT gets science wrong more often than you think
Washington State University professor Mesut Cicek and his research team repeatedly tested ChatGPT by giving it hypotheses taken from scientific papers. The goal was to see if the AI could correctly determine whether each claim was supported by…
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AlphaFold Database expands with millions of predicted protein complexes
A new collaboration between EMBL’s European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI), Google DeepMind, NVIDIA, and Seoul National University has made millions of AI-predicted protein complex structures openly available through the…
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Targeted alpha therapy: One compound holds promise for unified cancer care
ORNL is a leader both in developing advanced radiotherapies and in providing the radioisotopes needed for those therapies. According to Karen Sikes, director of the National Isotope Development Center, the lab is home to more than 300 isotopes…
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Dragon fruit peel extract enhances bread nutrition and reduces food waste
A research team led by Professor ZHOU Weibiao from the Department of Food Science and Technology at the NUS Faculty of Science has shown that compounds extracted from red dragon fruit peel can be incorporated into bread to increase…
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Today’s NYT Mini Crossword Answers for March 18
Looking for the most recent Mini Crossword answer? Click here for today’s Mini Crossword hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Wordle, Strands, Connections and Connections: Sports Edition puzzles.
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Nearly 30 million Americans bought guns after the pandemic, with 11 million becoming first-time gun owners
A national survey estimates that nearly 30 million U.S. adults acquired firearms between 2021 and 2024, including more than 11 million people who became gun owners for the first time. These new owners also introduced guns into millions of…
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Keto Diet May Have a Surprising Bonus Benefit, Mouse Study Suggests : ScienceAlert
High-fat, low-carb ketogenic diets are controversial, but a new study in mice suggests they really may work to improve health in some special cases – especially when combined with exercise.
The researchers behind the study, from institutions…
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Scientists link childhood stress to lifelong digestive issues
A new study published in Gastroenterology suggests that stress during early life may increase the risk of digestive problems later on. Researchers found that these effects are linked to changes in both the gut and the sympathetic nervous system.
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Dallas-Fort Worth has untapped innovation potential, study says
Dallas-Fort Worth has all the right ingredients to be a national powerhouse for innovation—from a robust economy, world-class research universities to a diverse, dynamic workforce—yet an SMU-led study found the region isn’t fully realizing…