The Trump administration has delayed billions of dollars for projects to protect Americans from floods, wildfires and hurricanes. Local leaders are increasingly anxious.
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US team makes phonon lasers as a step towards ‘unjammable’ navigation
Scientists at the University of Rochester and Rochester Institute of Technology have engineered a squeezed phonon laser that could help develop ‘unjammable’ navigation systems and delve into quantum phenomena like entanglement.
Lasers,…
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Positronic Robotics launches ‘PhAIL’ benchmark to test real-world performance of physical AI systems
Positronic Robotics has introduced a new benchmarking initiative aimed at evaluating how well AI-driven robots perform in real-world industrial tasks, as interest grows in so-called “physical AI” systems. The benchmark, called PhAIL (Physical…
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Forty new migratory species win international protection: UN body
The UN Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS) on Sunday approved the listing of 40 new species for international protection, including the snowy owl featured in the Harry Potter saga.
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Scientists solve 40-year-old biological mystery behind sleeping sickness
To survive in the human bloodstream, the African trypanosome parasite wears a “cloak” made of proteins known as a variant surface glycoprotein (VSG). The study, published in Nature Microbiology, identifies the protein that allows the parasite to…
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Autism risk genes are shared across ancestries, research reveals
A new study, co-led by researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and published March 30 in Nature Medicine, demonstrates that genes associated with autism risk are largely the same across people of different ancestries. The…
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Confused about protein? Here’s how to figure out your optimal intake : NPR
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Protein is having a moment. From coffee chains adding it to lattes to food…
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NASA Is Launching Astronauts to the Moon, but Americans Aren’t That Excited
Ask the power brokers in Washington, and they will tell you it is a vital national imperative for NASA astronauts to return to the moon before China gets there.
“Make no mistake,” Senator Ted Cruz, Republican of Texas and the chairman of the…
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Inside the stealthy startup that pitched brainless human clones
Last Monday, the same day it announced itself to the world in Wired, R3 sent us a sweeping disavowal of our findings. It said Schloendorn “never made any statement regarding hypothetical ‘non-sentient human clones’ [that] would be carried…
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This Deadly Parasite Stays Invisible by Shredding Its Own Genes
A deadly parasite stays hidden by shredding its own genetic instructions—now scientists finally know how. To survive inside the human bloodstream, the African trypanosome parasite disguises itself with a protective “cloak” made of proteins…
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