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Student's Science Project With Bird Poop Leads To Discovery Of Cancer-Fighting Compound
Middle school students in Chicago discovered a cancer-fighting compound in goose poop during a STEM program led by Professor Brian Murphy, showcasing the potential of young scientists.
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Indian-American Researcher Unveils How Ancient Egyptians Built The Pyramids
Rajan Hooda, an Indian-origin researcher from the University of Chicago, has proposed a groundbreaking theory on how the ancient Egyptians built the pyramids.
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How Rainwater Helped Stabilise Early Cells, Enabling Life's Complexity on Earth
Recent research led by Aman Agrawal, in collaboration with experts from the University of Chicago and University of Houston, uncovers the potential role rainwater played in stabilising protocells on early Earth. Their findings show how this helped prevent RNA leakage and uncontrolled mixing, allowing the formation of stable genetic material. This n...
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''Bring My Daughter Back'': Mother Of Hyderabad Woman Who Was Found Starving On US Street
When asked about her condition, she explains that she was taken to a hospital for treatment, but her health deteriorated further after blood samples were extracted from her body for testing.
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'Glaze' Software Can Thwart Copycat AI Tools From Stealing Artist Styles, Researchers Say
Glaze, a free software tool released by researchers at the University of Chicago, can protect an artist's style from being copied by generative artificial intelligence (AI) services. The software makes small changes to digital images — invisible to the human eye — that act as a "style cloak" when they are posted online, according to the researc...
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Smartwatches Could Help Detect Emerging Health Problems Using AI, Skin-Like Electronics, Study Shows
Researchers are developing skin-like electronics that could work with artificial intelligence (AI) to potentially detect problems such as heart disease, cancer or multiple sclerosis before obvious symptoms appear. They have developed a skin-like neuromorphic "chip" that consists of a thin film of a plastic semiconductor combined with stretchable go...
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New Flexible Wearable Device Can Analyse Health Data by Mimicking Human Brain
Fusing wearable technology with artificial intelligence, researchers, at the University of Chicago, have developed a flexible stretchy device that records heath data and processes by mimicking the functioning of a human brain.
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AI-Based Algorithm Can Predict Violent, Property Crimes a Week in Advance With 90 Percent Accuracy
Thanks to advancements in machine learning, scientists have now been able to develop a computer model that can predict crime that is about to occur up to a week before it happens. Using public data, data scientists and social scientists at the University of Chicago have developed an algorithm that predicts future violent and property crimes with 90...
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Porous Solar Cells Could Help Scientists to Develop Better Pacemakers
Expanding the potential of solar cells, scientists from the University of Chicago incorporated holes on the top layer of the solar cells, making them porous. They found that the holes could improve the technology and in turn be used in making less-invasive pacemakers.
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Indians Losing 5 Years Of Life Expectancy Due To Air Pollution: Report
Air Pollution: According to the Energy Policy Institute at the University of Chicago's Air Quality Life Index report average Indian resident is set to lose 5 years of life expectancy if the WHO guidelines are not followed on air pollution.
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"PB Mehta No Ordinary Thorn...": Raghuram Rajan On Ashoka Varsity Exits
Former Reserve Bank of India Governor Raghuram Rajan is the latest among a host of global academics to voice their distress over the exit of two renowned intellectuals, Pratap Bhanu Mehta and Arvind Subramaniam, from Ashoka University earlier this week citing alleged curbs on free speech. "Free speech is the soul of a great university. By compromis...
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The 10 Best Movies of 2020
The 10 best movies of 2020 are: Portrait of a Lady on Fire, Little Women, Never Rarely Sometimes Always, Hamilton, Mangrove, The Trial of the Chicago 7, Soul, Lovers Rock, American Utopia, and Kaamyaab.
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Amid Pandemic, Lucknow, Delhi Face Most Danger From An "Everyday Killer": Report
A new report by the Energy Policy Institute of the University of Chicago (EPIC.) says that air pollution is a bigger killer than coronavirus, much worse than conflict and terrorism.
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Quantum Loop: US Unveils Blueprint for 'Virtually Unhackable' Internet
US officials and scientists have begun laying the groundwork for a more secure "virtually unhackable" internet based on quantum computing technology.
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Indian American Teen Choked Before Being Sexually Assaulted: Prosecutors
The teenage Indian-American university student sexually assaulted in Chicago was placed in a choke hold by the accused until she passed out, prosecutors said.
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Student's Science Project With Bird Poop Leads To Discovery Of Cancer-Fighting Compound
Middle school students in Chicago discovered a cancer-fighting compound in goose poop during a STEM program led by Professor Brian Murphy, showcasing the potential of young scientists.
-
Indian-American Researcher Unveils How Ancient Egyptians Built The Pyramids
Rajan Hooda, an Indian-origin researcher from the University of Chicago, has proposed a groundbreaking theory on how the ancient Egyptians built the pyramids.
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How Rainwater Helped Stabilise Early Cells, Enabling Life's Complexity on Earth
Recent research led by Aman Agrawal, in collaboration with experts from the University of Chicago and University of Houston, uncovers the potential role rainwater played in stabilising protocells on early Earth. Their findings show how this helped prevent RNA leakage and uncontrolled mixing, allowing the formation of stable genetic material. This n...
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''Bring My Daughter Back'': Mother Of Hyderabad Woman Who Was Found Starving On US Street
When asked about her condition, she explains that she was taken to a hospital for treatment, but her health deteriorated further after blood samples were extracted from her body for testing.
-
'Glaze' Software Can Thwart Copycat AI Tools From Stealing Artist Styles, Researchers Say
Glaze, a free software tool released by researchers at the University of Chicago, can protect an artist's style from being copied by generative artificial intelligence (AI) services. The software makes small changes to digital images — invisible to the human eye — that act as a "style cloak" when they are posted online, according to the researc...
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Smartwatches Could Help Detect Emerging Health Problems Using AI, Skin-Like Electronics, Study Shows
Researchers are developing skin-like electronics that could work with artificial intelligence (AI) to potentially detect problems such as heart disease, cancer or multiple sclerosis before obvious symptoms appear. They have developed a skin-like neuromorphic "chip" that consists of a thin film of a plastic semiconductor combined with stretchable go...
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New Flexible Wearable Device Can Analyse Health Data by Mimicking Human Brain
Fusing wearable technology with artificial intelligence, researchers, at the University of Chicago, have developed a flexible stretchy device that records heath data and processes by mimicking the functioning of a human brain.
-
AI-Based Algorithm Can Predict Violent, Property Crimes a Week in Advance With 90 Percent Accuracy
Thanks to advancements in machine learning, scientists have now been able to develop a computer model that can predict crime that is about to occur up to a week before it happens. Using public data, data scientists and social scientists at the University of Chicago have developed an algorithm that predicts future violent and property crimes with 90...
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Porous Solar Cells Could Help Scientists to Develop Better Pacemakers
Expanding the potential of solar cells, scientists from the University of Chicago incorporated holes on the top layer of the solar cells, making them porous. They found that the holes could improve the technology and in turn be used in making less-invasive pacemakers.
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Indians Losing 5 Years Of Life Expectancy Due To Air Pollution: Report
Air Pollution: According to the Energy Policy Institute at the University of Chicago's Air Quality Life Index report average Indian resident is set to lose 5 years of life expectancy if the WHO guidelines are not followed on air pollution.
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"PB Mehta No Ordinary Thorn...": Raghuram Rajan On Ashoka Varsity Exits
Former Reserve Bank of India Governor Raghuram Rajan is the latest among a host of global academics to voice their distress over the exit of two renowned intellectuals, Pratap Bhanu Mehta and Arvind Subramaniam, from Ashoka University earlier this week citing alleged curbs on free speech. "Free speech is the soul of a great university. By compromis...
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The 10 Best Movies of 2020
The 10 best movies of 2020 are: Portrait of a Lady on Fire, Little Women, Never Rarely Sometimes Always, Hamilton, Mangrove, The Trial of the Chicago 7, Soul, Lovers Rock, American Utopia, and Kaamyaab.
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Amid Pandemic, Lucknow, Delhi Face Most Danger From An "Everyday Killer": Report
A new report by the Energy Policy Institute of the University of Chicago (EPIC.) says that air pollution is a bigger killer than coronavirus, much worse than conflict and terrorism.
-
Quantum Loop: US Unveils Blueprint for 'Virtually Unhackable' Internet
US officials and scientists have begun laying the groundwork for a more secure "virtually unhackable" internet based on quantum computing technology.
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Indian American Teen Choked Before Being Sexually Assaulted: Prosecutors
The teenage Indian-American university student sexually assaulted in Chicago was placed in a choke hold by the accused until she passed out, prosecutors said.
