Computer Model Shows If You'll Die From COVID-19 | University of Copenhagen

Credit: CC0 Public Domain Feb. 5, 2021 (MedicalXpress) -- Artificial intelligence is able to predict who is most likely to die from the coronavirus. In doing so, it can also help decide who should be ...

Ramanujan Machine Creates Mathematical Conjectures | Israel Institute of Technology

Credit: CC0 Public Domain Feb. 5, 2021 (Phys.org) -- Using AI and computer automation, researchers have developed a "conjecture generator" that creates mathematical conjectures, which are considered ...

Smartphone-based COVID-19 test delivers results in 10 minutes | University of Arizona

UArizona researchers image a sample using a smartphone microscope. Credit: UArizona Biosensors Lab Jan. 29, 2021 (MedicalXpress) -- Researchers at the University of Arizona are developing a COVID-19 ...

Pandemic slows across world | AFP

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Jan. 29, 2021 (MedicalXpress) -- The COVID-19 pandemic slowed down in every region of the world over the past week, according to a specialised AFP database. Here is ...

Hand gestures while speaking influence how words are heard by others | Bob Yirka

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Jan. 28, 2021 (Phys.org) -- A team of researchers in The Netherlands has found that hand gestures used by people when speaking can influence how their words are bei ...

Just Add Water — Mickey Z.

Photo: Mickey Z. Mickey Z. — World News Trust January 25, 2021 Back in the pre-mask era, I'd regularly venture into Manhattan to train fitness clients. On those early morning trips, it was not uncomm ...

Analysis Reveals Predictable Patterns In Armed Conflicts | Santa Fe Institute

Engraving of the Boston Massacre, 1770. Credit: Paul Revere Jan. 8, 2020 (Phys.org) -- New work by SFI's Collective Computation Group (C4) finds that human conflict exhibits remarkable regularity des ...

Rare Quadruple-Helix DNA Found In Living Human Cells With Glowing Probes | Hayley Dunning

Quadruple-helix DNA. Credit: Imperial College London Jan. 8, 2021 (Phys.org) -- New probes allow scientists to see four-stranded DNA interacting with molecules inside living human cells, unraveling i ...

"Because Science" Can Be a Dangerous Argument - Here's Why — Mickey Z.

Screenshot from teechip.com Mickey Z. — World News Trust January 8, 2021 “Science never solves a problem without creating ten more.” (George Bernard Shaw) This article is not any of the following: “A ...

World's Fastest Optical Neuromorphic Processor | Swinburne University of Technology

Dr Xingyuan (Mike) Xu with the integrated optical microcomb chip, which forms the core part of the optical neuromorphic processor. Credit: Swinburne University of Technology Jan. 7, 2021 (TechXplore) ...

The Grand Mutation: An Astrological Interlude | John Michael Greer

Dec. 23, 2020 (EcoSophia.net) -- Over the last year, and especially over the last month, I’ve fielded a flurry of questions about the astrological meaning of the conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn tha ...