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Researchers May Have Discovered the Secret to Invisibility

Credit: Allard Mosk/Matthias Kühmayer We can see things because light bounces off of them. Scientists say they have discovered a manner to make light pass directly via things-- the secret to invisibility. Invisibility is not science fiction anymore. Researchers have developed a single light wave that, when emitted via an item, makes the item appear invisible...

AI Seems To Be Better At Distributing Wealth Than Human Beings Are, Research Hints

Credit: Sharon McCutcheon/Unsplash A new study proposes that artificial intelligence (AI) can devise approaches to wealth distribution that are more popular than systems developed by people. The discoveries made by a group of researchers at UK-based AI firm DeepMind show that machine learning systems are not just proficient at fixing complicated physics and biology issues but...

Midwifery Education in Bangladesh Increased Women’s Access to Safe Childbirth

In association with the British High Commission in Bangladesh, the Directorate General of Nursing and Midwifery (DGNM) and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) arranged a dissemination seminar on Wednesday 1 June 2022, at the auditorium of DGNM in Dhaka to share findings of two studies on midwifery in Bangladesh. Those two independent pieces of...

Giant Diamonds Might Hold the Key to Superdeep Earthquakes

According to most geophysical models, earthquakes should not happen more than 300 kilometers beneath Earth's surface. However, they commonly do, an event that has confounded seismologists for years. Imperfections such as the inclusions (dark flecks) in this diamond reveal that tectonic slabs can carry water deep into Earth's mantle. EVAN SMITH/© 2021 GIA Researchers suggest...

4 Answers to Key Questions About the Monkeypox Outbreak

More than 300 people in 21 nations outside Africa have been infected with the illness. Monkeypox (orange), shown infecting monkey cells (green) in this colorized electron micrograph, has spread to multiple countries outside Africa. The large outbreak is unusual for the virus, which is transmitted by close contact. NIAID/FLICKR (CC BY 2.0) An outbreak of monkeypox...

Ageism and Health: Research Reveals Close Links

Credit: Dimitri Otis/Getty Images. Nearly all older grownups have experienced some type of ageism in their everyday lives; a new study finds whether it is seeing ageist messages and photos on television or the web, encountering individuals who mean that they are less capable just because they are older, or believing stereotypes concerning aging. However, older...

Scientists Investigate the Personalities and Predictability of Farmed Calves

The study indicates the existence of exploratory and active personality types in farmed calves. Using top-notch sensor technologies, experts at the University of Nottingham have found that calves reared on ranches not only vary considerably in their movement and space patterns. However, likewise, some calves are also more predictable in their habits than others. Individual personality...

Exercise and Lengthy COVID Syntoms

Research study: Signs and symptom variant, connections, and relationship to physical activity in Long Covid: an intensive longitudinal study. Credit: The Science Advisory board. In a recent study posted to the medRxiv preprint web server. Researchers reviewed associations between physical activity as well as long coronavirus disease (COVID) signs. History Post-acute sequelae of COVID 2019 (COVID-19)...

FBI Seizes ‘SSNDOB’ ID Theft Service for Selling Personal Data of 24 Million People

Credit: Pixelz. On Tuesday, the Department of Justice (DoJ) announced that an illegal online marketplace called SSNDOB was dismantled in an operation led by U.S. law enforcement agencies. SSNDOB take down SSNDOB trafficked in personal data such as names, dates of birth, credit card numbers, as well as Social Security numbers of roughly 24 million people in...