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Nov 7, 2018

A venture under pressure

Posted by in categories: economics, innovation

“The problems the Bay Area is facing are the problems of success,” says Grant. The northern California metropolis is among the top 50 science cities in the Nature Index, measured by its contribution to the authorship of 82 high-quality research journals. When assessed solely on the output of its corporate institutions, it ranks number one. The question is whether the Bay Area can, in the face of mounting social problems, retain these companies and the brilliant researchers whose work they depend on.


Scientific innovation has long powered the San Francisco Bay Area’s economy, but community and political challenges could undermine progress.

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Nov 6, 2018

Could Solar Radiation Pressure Explain ‘Oumuamua’s Peculiar Acceleration?

Posted by in category: space

Abstract: ‘Oumuamua (1I/2017 U1) is the first object of interstellar origin observed in the Solar system.

Recently, Micheli et al. (2018) reported that ‘Oumuamua showed deviationsfrom a Keplerian orbit at a high statistical significance.

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Nov 6, 2018

Japan Develops World’s First Test to Detect Cancer via Urine Samples

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, engineering

Scientists in Japan have developed the world’s first test that can detect cancers in patient urine samples. The breakthrough technology by Japanese researchers from engineering firm Hitachi has been in development for two years and it may be made available by 2020.

According to Agence France-Presse, the research team will work with Nagoya University to analyze 250 urine samples to check for breast, colon, and childhood forms of the disease in central Japan. The experiments will begin this month and end in September.

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Nov 6, 2018

The Way We Define a Kilogram Could Change Next Week

Posted by in category: futurism

The future of mass depends on a conference vote next week.

A long-discussed resolution for next week’s General Conference on Weights and Measures would toss out the international prototype of the kilogram—a hunk of platinum and iridium in Paris that everyone agrees weighs 1 kilogram. Instead, the International Bureau of Weights and Measures (BIPM) would redefine the International System of Units to ensure that kilograms are based on things that can’t change over time. It would require an entire rethinking of how kilograms work.

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Nov 6, 2018

Database of 18,000 Retracted Scientific Papers Now Online

Posted by in category: materials

The blog Retraction Watch released an online database of more than 18,000 papers and conference materials that have been retracted since the 1970s.

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Nov 6, 2018

Computer vision identifies signs of early Alzheimer’s up to 6 years before clinical diagnosis

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, robotics/AI

Researchers have developed a novel AI method that uses AI to detect early signs of Alzheimer’s disease up to six years before it’s formally diagnosed.

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Nov 6, 2018

NASA’s mission to ‘Touch the Sun’ just reached its first major milestone with close flyby

Posted by in category: space

It’s been a busy month for the Parker Solar Probe which, if you haven’t been keeping track, is currently moving faster than any man-made object ever and also closer to the sun than anything humans have ever built. The spacecraft launched a couple of months back, but it’s finally ready to do some science, and it just made it first close pass by our Sun, which is obviously cause for celebration.

The probe, which will make dozens of passes of the star, achieved its closest distance of this particular loop (called “perihelion”) on Monday night. Now, its handlers back on Earth are eagerly awaiting word from the craft so that it can share whatever information it has gathered.

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Nov 6, 2018

What Are the Causes of Coronary Artery Disease?

Posted by in category: biotech/medical

Coronary artery disease, or coronary heart disease, can lead to heart attack or death. Learn what causes this condition and how you can prevent it.

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Nov 6, 2018

LSD changes communication patterns between regions of the brain, a new study shows

Posted by in categories: health, neuroscience

LSD changes the communication patterns between regions of the brain, a new study by researchers of the University of Zurich and Yale University shows. The study also provides insights into how mental health disorders develop and how these could be treated.

The researchers used brain imaging technology to examine the effects of LSD on the brains of healthy study participants. The data suggests that LSD triggers a reduction in the communication between the brain regions that are responsible for planning and decision making. At the same time, LSD increases the connectivity in brain networks associated with sensory functions and movement.

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Nov 6, 2018

Airglow in Earth’s upper atmosphere shines in red, green, purple and yellow in this view from the International Space Station

Posted by in categories: particle physics, satellites

Turbulence in this sea of charged particles can interfere with satellites 🛰 as well as communication 📡 and navigation 📶 signals. When it launches tomorrow, our #NASAICON mission will watch and image airglow, helping scientists better understand the extreme variability of the region where Earth meets space.

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