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Proximity to former nazi concentration camps increase xenophobia
Who - or what - is to blame for the xenophobia, political intolerance and radical political parties spreading through Germany and the rest of...
Children who spend time in a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) at birth have...
Children who spend time in a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) at birth have a higher risk of mental health issues later, regardless of...
Researchers investigate how psychedelics can help us become more environmental responsibility
In recent years there has been a resurgent scientific interest in the psychological effects of psychedelic drugs.
Consider the example of recent trials in which psilocybin...
Machine learning technologies in the search for extra-terrestrial intelligent life
An artificial neural network has identified a square structure within a triangular one in a crater on the dwarf planet Ceres, with several people...
The materials plan to use to store high-level nuclear waste will degrade faster than...
The materials the United States and other countries plan to use to store high-level nuclear waste will likely degrade faster than anyone previously knew...
Artificial intelligence can help cancer patients start their radiation therapy sooner
Artificial intelligence can help cancer patients start their radiation therapy sooner - and thereby decrease the odds of the cancer spreading - by instantly...
New methods for simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM)
In recent years, research teams worldwide have developed new methods for simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM).
These techniques can be used to construct or...
Traveling salesman problem – new technology calculates the shortest distance in an instant
Combinatorial optimization problems are problems that arise in everyday situations, involving the puzzle of determining the shortest route that can be taken between multiple...
Men and women approach mental rotational tasks in different ways
Men are not better than women at spatial cognition – such as map reading – is the principal finding from ground-breaking work by researchers...
HyDrop – new Israeli system for firefighting from high altitude
HyDrop technology allows for aerial sorties at night, works with cargo planes and helicopters and is safer for pilots.
Israeli security firm Elbit on Tuesday...
Rolls-Royce plans on building mini nuclear reactors
Rolls-Royce plans on building mini nuclear reactors, which could be in operation by 2029. They are less the size of traditional nuclear reactors and...
Deadly Marburg virus has been found for the first time in fruit bats in...
Scientists have detected Marburg virus in fruit bats in Sierra Leone, marking the first time the deadly virus has been found in West Africa....
A ketogenic diet produces negative effects after a week
A ketogenic diet - which provides 99 percent of calories from fat and protein and only 1 percent from carbohydrates - produces health benefits...
Coronavirus Fear in Wuhan
China expanded drastic travel restrictions Sunday to contain an epidemic that has killed 56 people and infected nearly 2,000, as the US, France and...
Snake Ransomware removes backup shadows copies and encrypt Windows files
Researchers observed new snake ransomware that written in Golang targeting Windows users to encrypt the system files and remove the Volume Shadow Copies that...
