Elevated lipoprotein(a), also known as Lp(a), is an independent, inherited and causal risk factor for cardiovascular disease, the leading cause of death and disability worldwide. Lp(a) is similar to low-density lipoprotein (LDL),…
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Legionnaires’ Disease Outbreak in New York City Linked to Cooling Towers
What Is the Legionnaires’ Disease Outbreak That Has Killed Two People in New York City?
Fifty-eight people have been infected—and two have died—in a New York City outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease—a severe type of pneumonia caused by a…
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The Sturgeon Moon rises, followed by the Moon’s tour of the Solar System planets. Here’s how to see it
This week, the Sturgeon Moon rises, giving moongazers across the world the chance to see a beautiful full Moon skimming the horizon.
The Sturgeon Moon is the August full Moon, the eighth full Moon of the year, and rises on 9 August at 21:13…
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Precision Pipetting for 3D Cell Culture Innovation
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SIGN INAs 3D cell culture becomes a cornerstone of modern R&D, achieving consistency and…
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OpenAI Just Released Its First Open-Weight Models Since GPT-2
OpenAI just dropped its first open-weight models in over five years. The two language models, gpt-oss-120b and gpt-oss-20b, can run locally on consumer devices and be fine-tuned for specific purposes. For OpenAI, they represent a shift away from…
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OpenAI has finally released open-weight language models
“The vast majority of our [enterprise and startup] customers are already using a lot of open models,” said Casey Dvorak, a research program manager at OpenAI, in a media briefing about the model release. “Because there is no [competitive]…
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WGS for rare disease diagnosis [eBook]
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SIGN INWhole-genome sequencing (WGS) can help doctors pinpoint the cause of undiagnosed genetic…
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What is NASA’s Distributed Spacecraft Autonomy?
Software designed to give spacecraft more autonomy could support a future where swarms of satellites navigate and complete scientific objectives with limited human intervention.
Astronauts living and working on the Moon and Mars will rely on…
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Sun-tracking solar panels power Japan’s rice fields without crop loss
Japan may have found a way to harvest renewable electricity without giving up valuable farmland.
A University of Tokyo study, recently published in the Journal of Photonics for Energy, demonstrates that a dual-axis sun-tracking photovoltaic…
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