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On the way towards self-aware AI?
(Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT) ) Alexa, Sophia, Watson: the ancient idea of a humanoid machine with superhuman powers has received fresh impetus by the progress achieved in AI research. Some actors offer the prospect of a 'superintel...
Rebuilt Wetlands Can Protect Shorelines Better Than Walls
Fortified wetlands can protect shorelines better than hard structures-- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Love Island: Flamboyant males get the girls on Madagascar
(Frontiers) German scientists have discovered two new species of giant stick insect on Madagascar, whose males become dazzling blue or multicolored at sexual maturity.Writing in Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, the researchers describe their rare...
Jonas Bergh receives first ESMO Breast Cancer Award
(European Society for Medical Oncology) The European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) announced today that Professor Jonas Bergh from the Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm will receive the newly established 2019 ESMO Breast Cancer Award in connec...
Lehigh University mechanical engineer earns NSF CAREER Award for noise reduction research
(Lehigh University) Justin Jaworski, an assistant professor of mechanical engineering and mechanics at Lehigh University's P.C. Rossin College of Engineering and Applied Science, is working on developing a predictive noise framework that will he...
Evidence for link between 'leaky gut' and autoantibody production in HIV-positive patients
(Medical University of South Carolina) Investigators at the Medical University of South Carolina report in Microbiome that autoantibody production in HIV-positive patients who have undergone antiretroviral therapy is linked to levels of Staphylococcu...
Experts discover historic roots of Medicare for All, public option and free-market proposals
(Physicians for a National Health Program) As political leaders debate the future of the US health care system, a pair of health financing experts discovered that all of the current proposals -- from Medicare for All to 'repeal and replace'...
Grant will allow scientists to study how prairie strips on farms affect soil over time
(Iowa State University) A new grant will help Iowa State University researchers find answers to how quickly environmental benefits emerge after the installation of prairie strips among row crops and how long those benefits last after the strips are r...
Laser technology helps researchers scrutinize cancer cells
(California Institute of Technology) Photoacoustic microscopy technique allows researchers to analyze metabolic characteristics of cancer cells with laser light and high-frequency ultrasonic sensing.
A Drug Shows an Astonishing Ability to Regenerate Damaged Hearts and Other Body Parts
A once abandoned drug compound shows an ability to rebuild organs damaged by illness and injury-- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com