Among the terminated advisory committees was the NIH Center for Scientific Review Advisory Council, which was established in 1988. The advisory council wasn’t responsible for reviewing grant applications; rather, it…
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Newly identified disease of corn and sorghum may be mistaken for iron deficiency
A newly identified disease affecting corn and sorghum can closely resemble iron deficiency, potentially leading farmers to apply costly nutrient treatments that do not address the underlying problem. New research published in Plant Health…
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How Instagram addictiveness lawsuit could reshape social media—platform design meets product liability
A Los Angeles courtroom is hosting what may become the most consequential legal challenge Big Tech has ever faced. This is an inflection point in the global debate over Big Tech liability: For the first time, an American jury is being asked to…
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Jeff Bezos reportedly wants $100 billion to buy and transform old manufacturing firms with AI
Jeff Bezos is reportedly seeking $100 billion for a new fund, the likes of which will be used to buy up companies in major industrial sectors and, ultimately, modernize and automate them with AI, according to sources cited by Wall Street…
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Clearing the nanoscale bottleneck holding back next-gen electronics
Researchers at UCLA have discovered a way to dramatically improve how electrical current enters perovskite semiconductors, an emerging class of materials with enormous potential for next-generation electronics. Their research is published in the…
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Urban living may shield against stroke, longitudinal study finds
While urban life is often associated with stress and pollution, living in more intensely developed neighborhoods may actually protect against stroke, a new University of Michigan study suggests. The research published in Cities & Health tracked…
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If the Menu Is Just Right, Seals Will Risk Danger From Polar Bears for a Better Meal
Learn how climate change is shifting the way seals hunt and how a lose of ice could create bigger risks even still.
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If You’re Going to Drink, Make It This Kind of Alcohol
A preview of research being presented at the American College of Cardiology’s Annual Scientific Session later this month reveals that the health effects of alcohol don’t just depend on how much you drink, but what you drink.
To investigate the…
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Doodle Labs’ Ash Parikh on jamming, anti-jamming, and drone warfare
In our latest episode of Lexicon, we sat down with Ashish Parikh, Co-CEO and CTO of Doodle Labs, to explore a critical but often overlooked pillar of autonomous systems: communication.
We discussed that while artificial intelligence (AI)…
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AI tool for dinosaur tracks makes unexpected bird origin discovery
For more than a century, dinosaur footprints have been both a gift and a headache. They’re some of the most direct evidence we have of animals moving through real landscapes, but they’re also notoriously hard to interpret.
A footprint is not…
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