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Computational challenges arising in algorithmic fairness and health equity with generative AI
Tierney, A. A. et al. NEJM Catal. Innov. Care Deliv. https://doi.org/10.1056/CAT.23.0404 (2024).
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Embedding pentagonal rings to access fully π-conjugated carbon nanobelts
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This is a summary of: Han, Y. et al. Synthesis of fully π-conjugated non-alternant carbon nanobelts. Nat….
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Bioengineering needs diversity | Nature Reviews Bioengineering
Policies that limit diversity and inclusion undermine evidence-based science by creating gaps in the data, potentially distorting findings and skewing results. When diversity and inclusion are sidelined, scientific progress is hindered.
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The Cali Fund promises conservation benefits, but only if countries and businesses take action
The new multilateral mechanism will provide fresh and crucial resources towards the US $200 billion spending gap for biodiversity conservation (Target 19 of the Global Biodiversity Framework). Parties agreed on a sector-based approach for…
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Improving stability of frying oils and food quality with addition of dried olive mill wastewater
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Olive fruits (Olea europaea L.) from the Koroneiki cultivar were used in the study (the crop season of mid-November 2022 which was obtained from the Menoufia Governorate, Egypt). Refined corn oil (free fatty Acids 0.08%, density at 20…
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Bismuth’s mask uncovered: Implications for quantum computing and spintronics materials
Whether bismuth is part of a class of materials highly suitable for quantum computing and spintronics was a long-standing issue. Kobe University research has now revealed that the true nature of bismuth was masked by its surface, and in doing so…
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Radiocarbon Spike 14,350 Years Ago was Caused by Strongest Known Solar Storm, Study Confirms
The Sun rarely produced extreme solar particle events, orders of magnitude stronger than everything directly observed. Their enormous power can greatly distort the production of cosmogenic isotopes, e.g., radiocarbon (14C), in the terrestrial…
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Dual associations with two fungi improve tree fitness
When trees and soil fungi form close associations with each other, both partners benefit. Many tree species have further enhanced this cooperation by forming a concurrent symbiosis with two different groups of mycorrhizal fungi. Those trees cope…
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Stretched in a cross pattern: Our neighboring galaxy is pulled in two axes
Researchers at Nagoya University in Japan have discovered that Cepheid variable stars in our neighboring galaxy, the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC), are moving in opposing directions along two distinct axes. They found that stars closer to Earth…
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