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Jan 10 2025HEALTH

Fat Quality on X-Rays: Is It a Red Flag for Advanced Bile Duct Cancer?

Everyone knows cancer is scary. But did you know some patients with advanced bile duct cancer might have a special warning sign on their X-rays? This warning is all about fat. You might think fat is just fat, but scientists are finding out that the type of fat around your tummy can say a lot. When t

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Jan 10 2025HEALTH

Protecting Hearts: How a Plant Compound Fights Metal Toxins

Ever heard of vanadium? It's a trace element that, in large amounts, can do serious damage to organs like the heart. Now imagine a hero fighting back – enter tectochrysin, a naturally occurring plant compound with a superpower: shielding hearts from this metal menace. Tectochrysin tackles heart dama

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Jan 10 2025POLITICS

How Data Can Boost Civil Servant Morale

Public servants play a crucial role in connecting the government with its citizens. Their work directly influences how national policies are put into action. A recent study in China used the Labor Force Survey to find out more about these public servants and their professional identity. The study a

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Jan 09 2025POLITICS

Wine Cellars' Surprising Unwelcome: Putin's Absence

In the heart of Moldova, a country once part of the Soviet Union, lies a remarkable wine storage complex. This vast underground network, owned by the Cricova Winery, has seen its share of history. Among the notable figures whose bottles it once housed is Hermann Goering, Hitler's deputy, whose colle

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Jan 09 2025TECHNOLOGY

AI’s Next Step: Synthetic Data

Elon Musk, the CEO of xAI, agrees with other AI experts: we’ve practically run out of real-world data to train AI models. He commented during a livestream with Mark Penn, "We’ve used up basically all the knowledge humans have created to train AI. " This’s a significant shift that happened just last

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Jan 08 2025BUSINESS

Nvidia's AI Ambition: From Gaming to Autonomous Cars

Everyone knows Nvidia for their gaming chips, but the company has much bigger plans. At the recent CES 2025 tech show, CEO Jensen Huang unveiled a new roadmap focusing on artificial intelligence (AI) in self-driving cars, robotics, and other cutting-edge fields. Nvidia is also cooking up new video g

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Jan 08 2025HEALTH

ECMO in Thoracic Surgery: A Lifesaver

In recent years, doctors have started using extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) more often in complex thoracic surgeries. This tool helps patients who might not be suitable for surgery otherwise. ECMO is like a backup system that provides oxygen and supports blood flow. It's especially useful

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Jan 08 2025POLITICS

Trump's Unconventional Ideas: Greenland and the Panama Canal

President-elect Donald J. Trump sparked interest in a recent news conference by suggesting that the U. S. might use military or economic pressure to persuade Panama and Denmark to give up control of the Panama Canal and Greenland, respectively. Built over a century ago by Americans, the Panama Canal

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Jan 08 2025SPORTS

Track and Field: A Century of Change with Noah Lyles and Harold Abrahams

Imagine running the 100m race a hundred years apart. That's what Noah Lyles and Harold Abrahams did. Lyles, the 27-year-old Olympic champion, clocked 9. 79 seconds in the 2024 Paris Olympics. Abrahams, from the 1924 Games, ran the same distance in 10. 6 seconds. That's a difference of 0. 81 seconds,

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Jan 07 2025TECHNOLOGY

AI Takes the Spotlight at CES

This year's CES event in Las Vegas is all about artificial intelligence (AI). Companies are showcasing AI-enabled gadgets like smart refrigerators and AI agents. Nvidia and Microsoft are among the big names participating. Investors are now focusing on the return on investment (ROI) for AI firms, wit

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