New algorithm can predict diabetic kidney disease

Association between CpG methylation and renal function. The methylation level of each CpG site was tested for its association with baseline eGFR (a–c) and eGFR slope (d–f). The results of…

Forming and sensing optical emitters in real time

Credit: Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences Seeking new techniques to enable quantum networking, Harvard University researchers have developed a novel laser-based strategy for creating single-atom,…

Vietnamese anti-coal campaigner freed early from prison

Nguy Thi Khanh has been released a few months early from prison but two of her fellow campaigners remain in jail on tax evasion charges One of Vietnam’s leading environmental…

Using Generative AI To Fix the Market Demand Problem

Over at the E-Commerce Times, my friend John Mello published a piece on the broad price drops and causes for them as reported by Adobe. The market has contracted, and…

Local business group tries to keep South Africa’s coal plants alive

A business coalition in South Africa’s energy heartland is fighting against plans to shut down coal plants. Business interests in South Africa’s electricity capital want to keep coal-fired power plants…

Are you who you say you are? TSA tests facial recognition technology to boost airport security

A traveler inserts her ID card while using the Transportation Security Administration’s new facial recognition technology at a Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport security checkpoint, Wednesday, April 26, 2023, in…

Managing menopause: Hormone therapy is back

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Hot flashes, night sweats and sleep disturbances are common symptoms of menopause that can affect health, quality of life and work productivity. A new review published…

Beyond Addiction: Study Targets Rising Cocaine Use Disorder

Summary: Cocaine use and related fatalities are on the rise in the U.S. Researchers are aiming to understand and combat this trend through a study centered on the theory of…

13 dead from Congo haemorrhagic fever in Iraq this year

At least 13 people have died in Iraq since the start of the year from a viral tick-borne disease transmitted to humans from livestock, the health ministry said on Saturday.…

Audio book narrators say AI is already taking away business

A woman poses at an installation showing headphones at the booth of JVC at the IFA (Internationale Funkausstellung) electronics trade fair in Berlin on September 1, 2016. As people brace…