Worldwide study reveals air pollution link to unborn baby growth
Exposure to air pollution is linked to babies' growth during pregnancy, according to a landmark new study.
Environment
Apr 18, 2019
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The quest to save the banana from extinction
Panama disease, an infection that ravages banana plants, has been sweeping across Asia, Australia, the Middle East and Africa. The impact has been devastating. In the Philippines alone, losses have totalled US$400m. And the ...
Ecology
Apr 18, 2019
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Living room conservation: Gaming and virtual reality for insect and ecosystem conservation
Gaming and virtual reality (VR) could bridge the gap between urban societies and nature, thereby paving the way to insect conservation by the means of education, curiosity and life-like participation.
Ecology
Apr 18, 2019
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Could computer games help farmers adapt to climate change?
Researchers from Sweden and Finland have developed the interactive web-based Maladaptation Game, which can be used to better understand how Nordic farmers make decisions regarding environmental changes and how they negotiate ...
Environment
Apr 18, 2019
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Training data for autonomous driving
Autonomous cars must perceive their environment true to reality. The corresponding algorithms are trained using a large number of image and video recordings. For the algorithm to recognize single image elements, such as a ...
Automotive
Apr 18, 2019
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Lasers make magnets behave like fluids
For years, researchers have pursued a strange phenomenon: When you hit an ultra-thin magnet with a laser, it suddenly de-magnetizes. Imagine the magnet on your refrigerator falling off.
General Physics
Apr 18, 2019
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As governments adopt artificial intelligence, there's little oversight and lots of danger
Artificial intelligence systems can – if properly used – help make government more effective and responsive, improving the lives of citizens. Improperly used, however, the dystopian visions of George Orwell's "1984" become ...
Machine learning & AI
Apr 18, 2019
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Demonstrating a weak topological insulator in bismuth iodide
Topological insulators are one of the most exciting discoveries of the 21st century. They can be simply described as materials that conduct electricity on their surface or edge, but are insulating in their interior bulk. ...
Condensed Matter
Apr 18, 2019
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Multistep self-assembly opens door to new reconfigurable materials
Self-assembling synthetic materials come together when tiny, uniform building blocks interact and form a structure. However, nature lets materials like proteins of varying size and shape assemble, allowing for complex architectures ...
Materials Science
Apr 18, 2019
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Turning an old enemy into a helpful friend
Half our genome is basically foreign, derived from viruses. Obviously, the invasion of such foreign elements can deregulate critical biological processes, and lead to disease. This is why animals, including humans have evolved ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Apr 18, 2019
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