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Feb 06 2025TECHNOLOGY

Budget Breakthrough: Affordable AI Reasoning Model Takes the Stage

Imagine a world where cutting-edge AI models aren't just for big tech companies. This is now a reality. The researchers at Stanford and the University of Washington developed an AI reasoning model that costs less than $50 in cloud credits. It's similar to the big names in the AI industry, like Open

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Feb 06 2025HEALTH

Heart Health and Wealth: A Spanish Tale

Do you know that how well the economy is doing can actually affect our health? Spain's 17 regions showed us this in a big way. Over the past couple of decades, scientists have been on a roll, trying to figure out if economic conditions have any impact on our health. They were particularly intereste

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Feb 06 2025HEALTH

Smart Tech Helps Manage High Cholesterol

High cholesterol, or dyslipidemia, is a serious problem that raises the risk of heart issues. Imagine having a smart helper that can understand a lot of information. This kind of helper is called a Generative AI or GenAI, and it can be used to help manage high cholesterol. Think of it as a smart fri

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Feb 05 2025SCIENCE

The Power of Protein Partnerships: How CPEB3 and Tau Team Up

At first glance, tau and CPEB3 might seem like an unlikely duo. Tau is a protein that can go rogue and form harmful clumps in Alzheimer's disease. On the other hand, CPEB3 is essential for long-term memory and forms functional clumps to do its job. So, what happens when these two memory-related prot

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Feb 05 2025HEALTH

How did Parents see changes in their kids who struggle with movement

Power mobility devices, or PMs, are basically small electric vehicles. They can be a big help for kids with cerebral palsy (CP). One exciting experiment involved two such devices, the Explorer Mini (EM) and the modified ride-on car (mROC). Parents tested these with their young ones over 16 weeks. Th

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Feb 05 2025HEALTH

The Sleep Defense Against Childhood Trauma

Sleep in teenage years is a big deal! Researchers found that getting good sleep can help shield young people from the negative effects of childhood trauma. What happens is this: When you experience trauma as a child, it can mess with your mental health as you grow up. This can lead to feeling reall

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Feb 05 2025SCIENCE

One of the Minds behind The 100 Years Celebration

Cambridge University's very own Sarah Bray leads the way in developmental biology and neuroscience. Right now, she's the brain behind the scenes of Britain's Technical Science Organization. At the age of 35, Sarah started working with different biological research organizations and has never looked

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Feb 05 2025EDUCATION

Little Brains, Big Screens: What's the Verdict?

Little kids are curious and soak up everything around them. Screens are everywhere these days, from TV to tablets. It's natural to wonder how all this screen time affects their language skills. Researchers jumped in to see if the time toddlers spend on screens impacts their language and how they t

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Feb 04 2025SCIENCE

Back to the Basics: Jonas Salk, Distant Discovery and China's Polio Vaccine

Vaccines come from different places and times, even if not made in the USA. In the 1980s someone was brewing up a new vaccine in China. A vaccine to fight polio. It was called the Sabin strains-derived inactivated polio vaccine (sIPV). This vaccine is part of the polio research legacy, so it is

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Feb 04 2025ENTERTAINMENT

Scary Solitaire: The Game that will make you think twice before Clicking

Ever thought of solitaire as anything but a simple game of cards on a computer? If you think that solitaire on a computer is boring there is a game heading your way that will make you think twice before clicking. Forbidden Solitaire is a game designed to make you feel afraid. Imagine bringi

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