New Cornell University research finds journalistic fact checks are a more effective counter to COVID-19 misinformation than the false news tags commonly used by social media outlets.
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Feb 16, 2022
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A combined team of researchers from the University of Arizona and MIT reports that quantum radar might be able to boost the accuracy of radar systems more than has been thought. In their paper published in the journal Physical ...
Eyewitnesses can identify perpetrators more accurately when they are able to manipulate 3D images of suspects, according to a new study.
Social Sciences
Jul 09, 2021
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It's hard enough to reach base when pitchers like Aroldis Chapman and Jacob deGrom throw the high heat. But what about when nature does?
Environment
Jun 28, 2021
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Clocks are essential building blocks of modern technology, from computers to GPS receivers. They are also essentially engines, irreversibly consuming resources in order to generate accurate ticks. But what resources have ...
General Physics
May 07, 2021
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Using an ordinary light microscope, MIT engineers have devised a technique for imaging biological samples with accuracy at the scale of 10 nanometers—which should enable them to image viruses and potentially even single ...
Bio & Medicine
Mar 29, 2021
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Stopping the spread of political misinformation on social media may seem like an impossible task. But a new study co-authored by MIT scholars finds that most people who share false news stories online do so unintentionally, ...
Social Sciences
Mar 17, 2021
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In research on solar energy and climatology, 'clear sky' or 'cloudless' conditions are very important. For instance, the number of clear-sky days (number of days having an average cloud cover less than 10%) is a key parameter ...
Environment
Feb 09, 2021
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Mass spectrometers are widely used to analyze highly complex chemical and biological mixtures. Skoltech scientists have developed a new version of a mass spectrometer that uses rotation frequencies of ionized molecules in ...
Analytical Chemistry
Jan 28, 2021
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Prostate cancer is one of the most common cancers among men. Patients are determined to have prostate cancer primarily based on PSA, a cancer factor in blood. However, as diagnostic accuracy is as low as 30%, a considerable ...
Bio & Medicine
Jan 21, 2021
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