A schematic for creating the SciA11y HTML render from a paper PDF. Starting with the raw two-column PDF on the left, S2ORC [24] is used to extract the title, authors,…
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After all of this time searching for aliens, are we stuck with the zoo hypothesis?
The Karl Jansky Very Large Array at night, with the Milky Way visible in the sky. Credit: NRAO/AUI/NSF; J. Hellerman In 1950, during a lunchtime conversation with colleagues at the…
Radiation therapy takes advantage of cancer’s poor DNA repair abilities – an oncologist and physicist explain how
Nearly half of all cancer patients undergo radiation therapy as part of their care. Ionizing radiation, or the emission of high-energy waves or particles, works as a therapy by damaging…
Apple Services Revenue at Risk Amid Legal, Regulatory Pressures
Court cases and regulators are stirring up uncertainty among Apple watchers about the prospects for its lucrative US$85 billion services business. The U.S. government’s antitrust lawsuit against Google has produced…
Complex, unfamiliar sentences make the brain’s language network work harder, study reveals
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain With help from an artificial language network, MIT neuroscientists have discovered what kind of sentences are most likely to fire up the brain’s key language processing…
Coach-to-player comms, sideline tablets tested in bowl games, but some schools decided to hold off
Maryland quarterback Billy Edwards Jr. (9) celebrates a touchdown with teammates during the first half of the Music City Bowl NCAA college football game against Auburn, Saturday, Dec. 30, 2023,…
Newly discovered genetic mutation protects against Parkinson’s disease and offers hope for new therapies
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain A previously unidentified genetic mutation in a small protein provides significant protection against Parkinson’s disease and offers a new direction for exploring potential treatments, according to…
Top 10 Neuroscience News Articles of 2023
Summary: The year 2023 witnessed groundbreaking discoveries in neuroscience, offering unprecedented insights into the human brain. From animal-free brain organoids to the effects of optimism on cognitive skills, these top…
Merovingian ship burial found in Norway
During 2023, archaeologists conducted an investigation at Leka in the northern region of Trøndelag County, Norway, revealing the presence of a ship burial within the Herlaugshaugen burial mound. The burial…
