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World-first 3D bionic eye could enable superhuman sight, night vision
Posted in Hardware, Medicine on 11th Jun, 2020
by Alex Muller
A team led by scientists at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) has developed what they call the Electrochemical Eye (EC-Eye).
Facebook creates shopping data sets to make more humanlike chatbots
Posted in Online, Software on 5th Jun, 2020
by Alex Muller
The hope is that this assistant emulates human chat partners by responding to images, messages, and messages about images as naturally as a person might.
Blood Factors Halve the Epigenetic Age in Mice Cells
Posted in Medicine on 25th May, 2020
by Alex Muller
Researchers developed and validated six different epigenetic clocks for rat tissues that are based on DNA methylation.
Astonomy's use of Data Sience has lead to many new minor planets spotted in the outer Solar System
Posted in Reviews on 6th May, 2020
by Alex Muller
The discoveries were made by sifting through several years' worth of data gathered by the Dark Energy Survey, and applying new techniques to study objects that the survey was never intended to search for.
Global Obesity Rates Expected To Soar In Next Decade as the disease becomes the health crisis of the world.
Posted in Medicine on 5th May, 2020
by Alex Muller
The researchers concluded that no country has more than a 50% chance of halting the growth of obesity on current trends, and the UK's chances are between 0% and 25%. They said: "Some high-income and middle-income regions are now facing an epidemic of severe obesity."