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How Audio Fingerprinting Works
An intuitive explanation of how audio fingerprinting works helping users in identifying music from short snippets
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Experimental depression treatment is nearly 80% effective in controlled study
In a double-blind controlled study, high doses of magnetic brain stimulation, given on an accelerated timeline and individually targeted, caused remission in 79% of trial participants with severe depression.
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The software that flies SpaceX rockets and starships
Spaceflight, from the beginning, has depended on computers – both on the ground and in the spacecraft. SpaceX has carried it to a new level. We recently spoke with Steven Gerding, Dragon’s software development lead, about the special challenges software development has for SpaceX's many missions.
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Scientists build new atlas of ocean’s oxygen-starved waters
MIT scientists built a 3D atlas of the ocean’s oxygen-starved waters that could help predict oceanic response to climate change.
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New muscle layer discovered on the jaw
Human anatomy still has a few surprises in store for us: researchers at the University of Basel have discovered a previously overlooked section of our jaw muscles and described this layer in detail for the first time.
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Sequencing your DNA with a USB dongle and open source code
It takes the most exquisite measurements you can imagine, recording the changes in current associated with different bits of DNA.
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Webb flies Ariane 5: watch the launch live on 25 December
Update 22 December (22.00 CET): launch confirmed for 25 DecemberUpdate 21 December (22.30 CET): new target launch dateESA and NASA will be broadcasting live as the James Webb Space Telescope is launched to space on ESA’s Ariane 5 from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana at 12:20 GMT / 13:20 CET on Saturday 25 December.
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Average color of each country (using satellite imagery)
*Couple of weeks ago we have noticed the article getting attention around twitter. As it is using our WMS EOxMaps endpoint we have asked Erin Davis if we could host her idea here. At EOX we endorse brilliant and unique ideas that utilize our tools and data. Thank you for this most interesting contri ...
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Newly identified hormone may be a critical driver of type 1 and type 2 diabetes
A newly discovered hormone named fabkin helps regulate metabolism and may play an important role in the development of both type 1 and type 2 diabetes, according to research led by the Sabri Ülker Center for Metabolic Research at Harvard Chan School.
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General relativity passes a range of precise tests set by pair of extreme stars
The theory of general relativity passes a range of precise tests set by pair of extreme stars
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IBM and Samsung Unveil Semiconductor Breakthrough
IBM and Samsung Electronics jointly announced a breakthrough in semiconductor design utilizing a new vertical transistor architecture that demonstrates a path to scaling beyond nanosheet, and has the potential to reduce energy usage by 85 percent.
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Research finds immune system responds to mRNA treatment for cancer
ROCHESTER, Minn. ― Adding messenger RNA, or mRNA therapy improves the response to cancer immunotherapy in patients who weren't responding to the treatment, Mayo Clinic research shows. Immunotherapy uses the body’s immune system to prevent, control and eliminate cancer. The study is published in Cancer Immunology…
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Webb placed on top of Ariane 5
On Saturday 11 December, the James Webb Space Telescope was placed on top of the Ariane 5 rocket that will launch it to space from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana.
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Synthetic Cartilage (2020)
The thin, slippery layer of cartilage between the bones in the knee is magical stuff: strong enough to withstand a person’s weight, but soft and supple enough to cushion the joint against impact, over decades of repeat use. That combination of soft-yet-strong has been hard to reproduce in the lab. But now, Duke…
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Colour-changing magnifying glass gives clear view of infrared light
By trapping light into tiny crevices of gold, researchers have coaxed molecules to convert invisible infrared into visible light, creating new low-cost detectors for sensing.
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The field of longevity biotech is a mess
Right before the Thanksgiving break, while simultaneously attending the SfRBM annual conference (an event featuring lots of hard core wet-bench science grounded in reality), I had the dubious honor of also attending the Longevity Summit . The latter is a new online event featuring talks from leaders in the burgeoning…
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Study: Most Dog Breeds Highly Inbred
UC Davis study shows most dogs are highly inbred, which affects health.
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Mushroom leather and how it is made (2020)
We love innovative materials which can replace our use of animal leather. But what is mushroom leather? and how is mushroom leather made? Read our complete guide to Mushroom leather and find out how this natural, earthy material can help lower our fashion footprint.
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US Should Create Strategy by End of '22 to Reduce Increasing Ocean Plastic Waste
Reckoning with the U.S Role in Global Ocean Plastic Waste concludes plastic waste in the U.S. is ubiquitous and increasing. Worldwide, at least 8.8 million metric tons of plastic waste enter the world’s oceans each year — the equivalent of dumping a garbage truck of plastic into the ocean every minute — and in 2016…
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Study links high cholesterol, cardiovascular disease to plastics
UC Riverside-led mouse study finds a receptor greatly contributes to the harmful effects of plastic-associated chemicals
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Researchers shrink camera to the size of a salt grain
Researchers at Princeton University and the University of Washington have developed an ultracompact camera the size of a coarse grain of salt. The new system can produce crisp, full-color images on par with a conventional compound camera lens 500,000 times larger in volume.
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New cancer therapy holds potential to switch off major cancer types
In mice and in human tissue, a new compound discovered at Princeton disables a key gene that’s implicated in breast, prostate, liver, lung, colon and other cancers.
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Arctic Ocean started getting warmer decades earlier than we thought
The Arctic Ocean has been getting warmer since the beginning of the 20th century – decades earlier than records suggest – due to warmer water flowing into the delicate polar ecosystem from the Atlantic Ocean.
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Ph.D student demonstrates a single, working laser on silicon
Engineering physics PhD student Khadijeh Miarabbas Kiani has fabricated a laser on silicon using a simple, cost-effective method - something that has been a longstanding challenge in the field of silicon photonics. [...]Read More...
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How death rates from Covid-19 differ between vaccinated and unvaccinated
To understand how the pandemic is evolving, it’s crucial to know how death rates from COVID-19 are affected by vaccination status.