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How Automation Helps Businesses Survive In These Difficult Times

While automation helps SMBs eliminate repetitive, everyday tasks, there are bigger benefits as well: 88% of SMBs say automation allows them to compete with larger companies by allowing them to move faster, close leads quickly, spend less time on busywork, reduce errors, and offer better customer service.

Life On Mars Could Be Hidden Underground

With technologies like transient electromagnetic sounding, Tarnas says, researchers can get an idea of where and how much water is hiding beneath the surface.

Scientists Completed The First Human Trial Of A Wireless High-Bandwidth Brain-Computer Interface

To demonstrate the potential of the system, the researchers showed that two patients who had been paralyzed by spinal cord injuries were able to use the device to control a computer cursor in their homes rather than in a specialized lab.

A Blueprint For An Opto-electronic Computer 'Brain'

The proposal is an intriguing new chapter in the hunt for artificial general intelligence.

Powerful Tidal Turbine Will Power 2,000 Homes In The UK

The O2 is built on land before setting sail all ready to go, and is basically just a giant boat that needs to be anchored and connected to the grid; the energy the system produces gets routed back to land through submerged cables.

23andMe’s Huge Covid-19 Study Draws Links Between The Virus And Our Genetics

The blood link to Covid-19 susceptibility is intriguing, but doesn’t change treatments.

What Would We Do If An Asteroid Hit Earth? NASA Is Simulating It

'These exercises ultimately help the planetary defense community communicate with each other and with our governments to ensure we are all coordinated should a potential impact threat be identified in the future'

A Helicopter Flew On Mars For The First Time.

Ingenuity is what we call a "technology demonstrator". Over the next few weeks, the helicopter will undertake three or four more flights, the most adventurous of which will involve taking off and travelling about 300m away from Perseverance Rover.

An Overview Of Robotic Process Automation

The first wave of robotic process automation brought the power of technology to users’ desktops in all industries and companies of all sizes. Cloud-based, AI-enabled robots bringing intelligent automation to all enterprises.

Advanced Radiotherapy ‘must Play Central Role’ In Clearing Covid’s Cancer Backlog

During the Covid-19 pandemic, radiotherapy may be a safer treatment option than chemotherapy or surgery in certain cases while the incidence of coronavirus remains high – as it often involves fewer and shorter visits to hospital and therefore less exposure to the virus.

Early Findings Show New Drug Could Be ‘gamechanging’ For Brain Cancer Treatment

Using ipatasertib, researchers say some brain cancers could potentially be made vulnerable to immunotherapy agent

Topical Therapy Can Help Safely Reduce Side Effect Of Cancer Treatment

BRAF inhibitors given in pill form work by blocking a mutated gene found most commonly in melanoma, which rapidly shrinks the tumors.