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In late 2016 Boston-based startup Neurable, the brainchild of neuroscientist Ramses Alcaide and a collective of fellow alumni from the University of Michigan, received a $2 million investment to develop software that will make it possible for users to control virtual and augmented reality with their...
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A major artificial intelligence (AI) conference will be held in Africa in 2020—because the organizers admit it will be more difficult for African researchers to get foreign visas to attend it elsewhere. Organizers of the International Conference on Learning Representations will host it in Addis Abab...
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Check out what major retailers like Amazon are offering on sale Cyber Monday
science / science - 6 years ago
A scientist in China claims to have created the world's first genetically-edited babies, a move that would be a ground-breaking medical first but which has generated a barrage of criticism. Chinese university professor He Jiankui posted a video on YouTube saying that the twin girls, born a few week...
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The U.N. Security Council has called an emergency meeting
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Mexico, Nov. 26 (Notimex).- Experts from the Center for Research and Advanced Studies (Cinvestav, for its acronym in Spanish) participated in the twenty-sixth General Conference on Weights and Measures, in which scientists from around the world redefined four of its seven units, achieving a higher l...
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Mexico, Nov. 26 (Notimex).- With the objective of benefiting the Mexican economy and future food security, as well as the welfare of the people, a research team developed new varieties of beans to combat crop losses related to drought. The research involving scientists from the University of Sheffie...
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After U.S. agents shot tear gas at migrants after some tried to breach a fence
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With Beijing’s assistance, Ethiopia is heading to space in just under a year. The Horn of Africa nation announced it would launch its first earth observatory satellite in Sept. 2019, with China footing much of the bill. Officials from both governments’ space agencies met both in August and November...
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By Aleksander Solum HONG KONG (Reuters) - Pasta prepared with mealworms raised in your own home? The unusual dinner idea could soon be a reality, if Hong Kong entrepreneur Katharina Unger has her way. The 28-year-old is the founder of Livin Farms, a start-up that has been making insect incubators si...
science / science - 6 years ago
Chinese researcher He Jiankui claims he has altered the DNA of twin girls.
science / science - 6 years ago
A northwest Chinese city was engulfed by a massive sandstorm that sparked rural fires, forced traffic to slow down and prompted residents to cover their faces, according to state media. Video from state broadcaster CCTV showed a grey wall of sand hitting Zhangye City in Gansu province on Sunday, ca...
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As Mumbai marks the 10th anniversary of attacks that killed 166 in India’s financial capital, the United States has made a new reward offer for information on the 2008 siege.
science / science - 6 years ago
A newly developed gel capable of neutralising toxic pesticides is the first real protection that India’s farmers have against toxic chemicals that are indiscriminately sprayed on crops in the near absence of government controls. Last month (October), researchers at the Institute for Stem Cell Biolog...
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I was surprised to learn, last week, that my profession has gone to the dogs. I’d introduced myself to a nonscientist as a theoretical physicist. “I think,” he said, “that theoretical physics has lost its way in symmetry and beauty and math. It’s too far from experiments to be science.” The accusati...