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June 24, 2026

US policy arm of major computing association urges suspension of facial recognition technology

Statement cites threats to rights of society's most vulnerable populationsCredit: Association for Computing Machinery The Association for Computing Machinery's US...

Implants: Can special coatings reduce complications after implant surgery?

Credit: Hala Al Khoury / Uni Halle New coatings on implants could help make them more compatible. Researchers at the...

Could your computer please be more polite? Thank you

Carnegie Mellon method automatically makes requests more politeCredit: Carnegie Mellon University PITTSBURGH--In a tense time when a pandemic rages, politicians...

Research collaborative releases new collection of North Carolina health care spending data

HCCI, Duke, Blue Cross NC release interactive data on state health care spending to inform public and policymakersCredit: Health Care...

Women significantly more likely to be prescribed opioids, study shows

Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, June 29, 2020--Women are significantly more likely to receive prescriptions of...

Researchers look for answers as to why western bumblebees are declining

Credit: Christy Bell A University of Wyoming researcher and her Ph.D. student have spent the last three years studying the...

New treatment for common form of muscular dystrophy shows promise in cells, animals

University of Alberta-led team develops synthetic molecule that stops production of toxic muscle-killing proteinCredit: University of Alberta Researchers have designed...

Researchers catch a wave to determine how forces control granular material properties

Credit: Johns Hopkins University Stress wave propagation through grainy, or granular, materials is important for detecting the magnitude of earthquakes,...

Using cellular networks to detect at-risk areas for spread of COVID-19

Data from existing wireless networks can pinpoint potential hotspotsCredit: Colorado State University In the fight against COVID-19, researchers at Colorado...

Fat cells found to play a central role in renal failure-associated cardiomyopathy

Fat cells found to play a central role in renal failure-associated cardiomyopathy. HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - New research from a team...

Cartwheeling light reveals new optical phenomenon

Rice University study finds novel type of polarized light-matter interactionCredit: Jeff Fitlow/Rice University HOUSTON - (June 29, 2020) - A...

Osmotic stress identified as stimulator of cellular waste disposal

Credit: Tania Lopez-Hernandez Cellular waste disposal, where autophagy and lysosomes interact, performs elementary functions, such as degrading damaged protein molecules,...

Understanding of relaxor ferroelectric properties could lead to many advances

Credit: MRI, Penn State A new fundamental understanding of polymeric relaxor ferroelectric behavior could lead to advances in flexible electronics,...

Princeton’s Nieng Yan tackles long-standing mysteries about membrane protein structure

Making moves with cryo-EMCredit: Photo courtesy of Nieng Yan Ion channels and membrane transporters are in the business of moving...

Team dramatically reduces image analysis times using deep learning, other approaches

Credit: Harshad Vishwasrao and Damian Dalle Nogare, NIH WOODS HOLE, Mass. - A picture is worth a thousand words -but...

New eye drops may prevent a common cause of blindness

Credit: Troy lab (CUIMC) NEW YORK, NY (June 29, 2020) -- Researchers at Columbia University Irving Medical Center have developed...

Microbiome confers resistance to cholera

Not everyone exposed to infectious diarrhea-causing bacteria gets sickCredit: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Cholera can kill within hours...

Faster processing makes cutting-edge fluorescence microscopy more accessible

NIH researchers put complex, high-resolution data within reach for many more scientistsCredit: National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering Scientists...

No keys to the kingdom: New single sign-on algorithm provides superior privacy

Researchers develop cryptographic scheme that completely hides your personal information from third parties when using single sign-on systems.Credit: Tokyo University...

Sandia weapons program meets safety, design requirements