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Black hole’s jets are so huge that they may shake up cosmology

New Scientist - Space - Wed, 18/09/2024 - 19:00
Spanning 23 million light years, or 220 Milky Way galaxies, a set of giant, newly discovered black hole jets known as Porphyrion may change our understanding of black holes and the structure of the universe
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‘Shazam for whales’ uses AI to track sounds heard in Mariana Trench

New Scientist - Technology - Wed, 18/09/2024 - 17:53
An artificial intelligence model that can identify the calls of eight whale species is helping researchers track the elusive whale behind a perplexing sound in the Pacific
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A deep intronic splice–altering AIRE variant causes APECED syndrome through antisense oligonucleotide-targetable pseudoexon inclusion | Science Translational Medicine

An extrathymic AIRE expression system uncovered a deep intronic AIRE variant that causes APECED and can be targeted with antisense oligonucleotides.
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Intratumoral radiation dose heterogeneity augments antitumor immunity in mice and primes responses to checkpoint blockade | Science Translational Medicine

Radiation dose heterogeneity promotes systemic antitumor immunity through induction of diverse immune activation pathways.
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ARGX-119 is an agonist antibody for human MuSK that reverses disease relapse in a mouse model of congenital myasthenic syndrome | Science Translational Medicine

ARGX-119 is a first-in-class MuSK agonist monoclonal antibody in clinical development for treatment of neuromuscular diseases.
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Perfusion imaging metrics after acute traumatic spinal cord injury are associated with injury severity in rats and humans | Science Translational Medicine

Ultrasound perfusion metrics are correlated with acute spinal cord injury severity in rats and humans.
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Deep humoral profiling coupled to interpretable machine learning unveils diagnostic markers and pathophysiology of schistosomiasis | Science Translational Medicine

Antibody profiling and machine learning provide insight into the underlying pathophysiology of schistosome infection stages.
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Venus could be rocked by thousands of quakes every year

New Scientist - Space - Wed, 18/09/2024 - 15:00
The second-closest planet to the sun is more geologically active than we thought and could have more than 17,000 venusquakes a year
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Quantum computers teleport and store energy harvested from empty space

New Scientist - Technology - Wed, 18/09/2024 - 01:18
A quantum computing protocol makes it possible to extract energy from seemingly empty space, teleport it to a new location, then store it for later use
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Cold war spy satellites and AI detect ancient underground aqueducts

New Scientist - Technology - Tue, 17/09/2024 - 00:27
Archaeologists are using AI and US spy satellite imagery from the cold war to find ancient underground aqueducts that helped humans survive in the desert
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The AI expert who says artificial general intelligence is nonsense

New Scientist - Technology - Mon, 16/09/2024 - 19:00
Artificial intelligence has more in common with ants than humans, says Neil Lawrence. Only by taking a more nuanced view of intelligence can we see how machines will truly transform society
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Dark matter may allow giant black holes to form in the early universe

New Scientist - Space - Mon, 16/09/2024 - 18:00
The long-standing mystery of how supermassive black holes grew so huge so quickly could be solved by decaying dark matter
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Polaris Dawn mission is one giant leap for private space exploration

New Scientist - Space - Sat, 14/09/2024 - 01:05
The success of the all-civilian spacewalk on SpaceX’s Polaris Dawn mission shows that private space flight is starting to catch up with government space agencies
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OpenAI’s warnings about risky AI are mostly just marketing

New Scientist - Technology - Fri, 13/09/2024 - 18:12
A powerful new AI called o1 is the most dangerous that OpenAI has ever released, the firm claims – but who are these warnings for, asks Chris Stokel-Walker
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Complex chemicals found on Enceladus improve prospects for life

New Scientist - Space - Fri, 13/09/2024 - 17:00
The Cassini mission’s samples from Saturn’s moon Enceladus have signs of various organic molecules that could be among the ingredients needed for life to get started
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The deepfakes of Trump and Biden that you are most likely to fall for

New Scientist - Technology - Fri, 13/09/2024 - 01:00
Experiments show that viewers can usually identify video deepfakes of famous politicians – but fake audio and text are harder to detect
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SpaceX Polaris Dawn crew complete 'stand-up' civilian spacewalk

New Scientist - Space - Thu, 12/09/2024 - 13:44
A groundbreaking civilian spacewalk saw two astronauts partially exit a SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule wearing a brand new design of spacesuit. Every previous spacewalk completed before this was performed by government-trained astronauts.
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Visible aurora spotted for the first time on Mars by NASA rover

New Scientist - Space - Thu, 12/09/2024 - 13:00
If you were standing on Mars as it was hit by a solar flare, you might be able to see an aurora just like on Earth
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Electric vehicles race combustion cars in 'battle of technologies'

New Scientist - Technology - Thu, 12/09/2024 - 11:00
‘Battle of Technologies’ sees electric vehicles and combustion cars compete at the highest level. Who will win?
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