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Study: Extreme heat is changing habits of daily life

Jan 19, 2023

Extreme temperatures make people less likely to pursue outdoor activities they would otherwise make part of their daily routine, a new study led by MIT researchers has confirmed. “We did...

Enabling advanced studies in Turkey with MIT OpenCourseWare

Jan 19, 2023

About two years ago, a group of medical students at Ege University Faculty of Medicine in Turkey began meeting to study single variable calculus. But with the guidance of lectures,...

Big data's hidden cost

Jan 19, 2023

High performance computing has transformed how research works and our ability to make previously unthinkable discoveries. But while few people would argue against such progress, it comes with a cost....

Vaccination shown to protect against pregnancy complications from COVID-19 Omicron variant

Jan 18, 2023

To evaluate the impact of the COVID-19 Omicron variant on maternal and neonatal outcomes the researchers studied 1,545 pregnant women diagnosed with the variant and 3,073 non-diagnosed, concomitant pregnant women...

Big data's hidden cost

Jan 18, 2023

High performance computing has transformed how research works and our ability to make previously unthinkable discoveries. But while few people would argue against such progress, it comes with a cost....

MOD. launches new exhibition FLEX

Jan 18, 2023

18 January 2023In MOD.’s new exhibition FLEX, we test how we might inch closer, or rush towards, boundaries. FLEX is the tenth exhibition by MOD. is a future-focused museum, a...

Newborn screening for spinal muscular atrophy improves chances of walking and quality of life: study

Jan 18, 2023

The study is one of the first to investigate the effectiveness of newborn screening for spinal muscular atrophy beyond clinical trial populations. The two-year survival rate was 93 per cent...

Had your data leaked in 2022? Blockchain could have the answer

Jan 17, 2023

Photo: GettyWe could skip over this single point of failure by decentralising the data and give each customer and employee sovereignty over their own data points, using blockchain enabled Decentralised...

Astronomers capture radio signal from distant galaxy

Jan 17, 2023

How do stars form in distant galaxies? Now researchers from Montreal and India have captured a radio signal from the most distant galaxy so far at a specific wavelength known...

Gone fishing: highly accurate test for common respiratory viruses uses DNA as ‘bait’

Jan 17, 2023

The test uses DNA ‘nanobait’ to detect the most common respiratory viruses – including influenza, rhinovirus, RSV and COVID-19 – at the same time. While many common respiratory viruses have...