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Integrative multiomic analysis identifies distinct molecular subtypes of NAFLD in a Chinese population | Science Translational Medicine

Integrative multiomic analysis identifies three molecular subtypes of NAFLD associated with distinct clinical risks.
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Distant dwarf planet Makemake might have a surprising ice volcano

New Scientist - Space - Tue, 05/11/2024 - 22:26
A small world in the outer solar system appears to have volcanic activity possibly spurred by liquid water
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3D printing with light and sound could let us copy human organs

New Scientist - Technology - Tue, 05/11/2024 - 16:00
One day, doctors might be able to 3D print copies of your organs in order to test a variety of drugs, thanks to a new technique that uses light and sound for rapid printing
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One in 20 new Wikipedia pages seem to be written with the help of AI

New Scientist - Technology - Fri, 01/11/2024 - 14:55
Just under 5 per cent of the Wikipedia pages in English that have been published since ChatGPT's release seem to include AI-written content
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Spies can eavesdrop on phone calls by sensing vibrations with radar

New Scientist - Technology - Thu, 31/10/2024 - 15:52
An off-the-shelf millimetre wave sensor can pick out the tiny vibrations made by a smartphone's speaker, enabling an AI model to transcribe the conversation, even at a distance in a noisy room
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Simple fix could make US census more accurate but just as private

New Scientist - Technology - Thu, 31/10/2024 - 00:00
The US Census Bureau processes data before publishing it in order to keep personal information private – but a new approach could maintain the same privacy while improving accuracy
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AI can use tourist photos to help track Antarctica’s penguins

New Scientist - Technology - Wed, 30/10/2024 - 20:00
Scientists used AI to transform tourist photos into a 3D digital map of Antarctic penguin colonies – even as researchers debate whether to harness or discourage tourism in this remote region
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How a ride in a friendly Waymo saw me fall for robotaxis

New Scientist - Technology - Wed, 30/10/2024 - 20:00
I have a confession to make. After taking a handful of autonomous taxi rides, I have gone from a hater to a friend of robot cars in just a few weeks, says Annalee Newitz
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Mountaineering astronauts and bad spelling? It's advertising's future

New Scientist - Technology - Wed, 30/10/2024 - 20:00
Feedback digs into a baffling ad for a mobile game and identifies a new and devilish way to advertise a product online: make it as confusing as possible to encourage people to click (it worked on Feedback)
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Are we really ready for genuine communication with animals through AI?

New Scientist - Technology - Wed, 30/10/2024 - 20:00
Thanks to artificial intelligence, understanding animals may be closer than we think. But we may not like what they are going to tell us, says RSPCA chief executive Chris Sherwood
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Engineering CAR-T therapies for autoimmune disease and beyond | Science Translational Medicine

Emerging CAR-T technologies offer transformative potential to address the needs of patients with autoimmunity or other diseases beyond cancer.
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Protumoral lipid droplet–loaded macrophages are enriched in human glioblastoma and can be therapeutically targeted | Science Translational Medicine

Protumoral foamy macrophages are associated with poorer survival in humans with glioblastoma and can be targeted by lipid droplet inhibitors.
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A kidney-specific fasting-mimicking diet induces podocyte reprogramming and restores renal function in glomerulopathy | Science Translational Medicine

A fasting-mimicking diet treatment restores renal function in glomerulopathy and provides preliminary evidence of beneficial effects in chronic kidney disease.
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Bayesian modeling for analyzing heterogeneous response in preclinical mouse tumor models | Science Translational Medicine

Statistical modeling allows the classification of individual tumor responses and assessment of treatment effects with heterogeneous response.
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Inhibition of an Alzheimer’s disease–associated form of necroptosis rescues neuronal death in mouse models | Science Translational Medicine

A granulovacuolar degeneration–associated form of necroptosis represents an Alzheimer’s disease–related type of nerve cell death that can be inhibited.
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Single-cell transcriptomic and proteomic analysis of Parkinson’s disease brains | Science Translational Medicine

A single-cell transcriptomic atlas with integrated proteomics for the prefrontal cortex of late-stage Parkinson’s disease human brains is presented.
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Astronauts could hitch a ride on asteroids to get to Venus or Mars

New Scientist - Space - Tue, 29/10/2024 - 20:00
Asteroids that regularly fly between Earth, Venus and Mars could provide radiation shielding for human missions to explore neighbouring planets
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AI helps driverless cars predict how unseen pedestrians may move

New Scientist - Technology - Tue, 29/10/2024 - 16:00
A specialised algorithm could help autonomous vehicles track hidden objects, such as a pedestrian, a bicycle or another vehicle concealed behind a parked car
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AI models fall for the same scams that we do

New Scientist - Technology - Fri, 25/10/2024 - 22:00
Large language models can be used to scam humans, but AI is also susceptible to being scammed – and some models are more gullible than others
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NASA is developing a Mars helicopter that could land itself from orbit

New Scientist - Space - Fri, 25/10/2024 - 20:00
The largest and most ambitious Martian drone yet could carry kilograms of scientific equipment over great distances and set itself down on the Red Planet unassisted
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