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How good is your hospital?
Science Daily - 12 Jul 2019 19:33
Researchers have proposed a rating system that standardizes and combines data from five leading hospital rating systems into an easy-to-understand composite score of one to 10 that will help guide consumer's hospitals ch...
Why robocalls will be 'shaken' and 'stirred' with new mandatory caller verification
USA Today - 12 Jul 2019 02:13
The FCC is hosting a Robocall Summit to discuss phone carriers implementing SHAKEN/STIR, a caller verification system coming at the end of this year.
Hayabusa2 makes second touchdown on Ryugu asteroid and sends pictures
Slash Gear - 12 Jul 2019 12:07
As if landing on large planets weren’t difficult enough, the space scientists and engineers in at JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) wanted to land a spacecraft on an asteroid. In fact, it wanted to do it twice,...
Trump blasts Bitcoin, Facebook's Libra, demands they face banking regulations
Reuters - 12 Jul 2019 04:54
U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday criticized Bitcoin, Facebook's proposed Libra digital coin and other cryptocurrencies and demanded that companies seek a banking charter and make themselves subject to U.S. and glo...
How an ace-hole AI bot built by Facebook, CMU boffins whipped a table of human poker pros
The Register - 12 Jul 2019 04:26
This code doesn't need coolers to win: Two-core machine used to outplay world-beating elites Analysis Artificially intelligent software can comfortably outmatch human poker pros and amateurs in one-on-one matches, that m...
NASA telescope detects supermassive black hole that shouldn't exist - CNET
CNET - 12 Jul 2019 03:51
130 million light-years away, the Hubble Space Telescope finds a very unusual black hole.
White House calls meeting over 5G tensions, report says - CNET
CNET - 12 Jul 2019 02:13
The Trump administration holds a policy meeting to "combat infighting" about the next-generation networking technology, says a report.
New technology improves atrial fibrillation detection after stroke
Science Daily - 12 Jul 2019 23:41
It's important to determine whether stroke patients also experience atrial fibrillation (Afib). Monitoring technology could make the process easier and more accurate.
Nielsen confirms that Stranger Things 3 was a big hit for Netflix
The Verge - 12 Jul 2019 21:26
Nielsen Media Research has released its ratings for the latest season of Netflix's Stranger Things, showing that ratings for the third season over the first four days of release were significantly higher than for the sec...
Improving care quality for hospitalized socially at-risk patients
Science Daily - 12 Jul 2019 21:19
Nurses play a pivotal role in caring for hospitalized patients with social risk factors and preparing them for discharge. Now, a new study illustrates how certain health system constraints present barriers to effective c...
Novel nanoparticles deliver CRISPR gene editing tools into the cell with much higher efficiency
Science Daily - 12 Jul 2019 21:19
Researchers have developed a significantly improved delivery mechanism for the CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing method in the liver. The delivery uses biodegradable synthetic lipid nanoparticles that carry the molecular editing ...
How artificial intelligence can be used to more quickly and accurately diagnose breast cancer
Science Daily - 12 Jul 2019 21:19
Breast ultrasound elastography is an emerging imaging technique used by doctors to help diagnose breast cancer by evaluating a lesion's stiffness in a non-invasive way. Researchers identified the critical role machine le...
Accounts whistleblower blackmailed Autonomy for a payoff, Mike Lynch tells High Court
The Register - 12 Jul 2019 20:15
And yet his pre-HP buyout allegations got UK finance watchdogs sniffing Autonomy Trial Former Autonomy CEO Mike Lynch has accused the financial director who brought an internal accounting scandal to his attention of tryi...
New gene linked to healthy aging in worms
Science Daily - 12 Jul 2019 18:02
Damage to gene causes impaired movement in adult worms.
Dentistry: Root canal work not so bad after all
Science Daily - 12 Jul 2019 18:02
Root canal work is not as bad as people think when compared to other dental procedures. Self-reporting of their dental health suggests that patients find the procedure no worse than other dental work which overturns the ...
HIV: Reprogramming cells to control infection
Science Daily - 12 Jul 2019 18:02
Following research on cohorts, scientists have described the characteristics of CD8 immune cells in these 'HIV controller' subjects. The unique antiviral power of these immune cells can be attributed to an optimal metabo...
Fewer than half of US adults exposed to court-ordered anti-smoking advertisements
Science Daily - 12 Jul 2019 18:02
The tobacco industry's court-ordered anti-smoking advertisements reached just 40.6 percent of US adults and 50.5 percent of current smokers in 2018, according to new research. Exposure to the advertisements was even lowe...
Seeing greenery linked to less intense and frequent unhealthy cravings
Science Daily - 12 Jul 2019 18:02
New research shows that being able to see green spaces from your home is associated with reduced cravings for alcohol, cigarettes and harmful foods.
How to tell if any of your website passwords may have been hacked
TechRepublic - 12 Jul 2019 17:14
If you're worried a password you use to log in to a site was leaked during a data breach, read about two websites and a Chrome extension that can alert you if this happens.
Apple TV Plus' See reportedly costs almost $15 million per episode
The Verge - 12 Jul 2019 17:13
The already-crowded streaming market is on the verge of getting some new competitors, with Apple TV Plus, Disney+, HBO Max, and more gearing up to face off against more established players like Netflix and Hulu. These co...
Why you NEED to install the Keepa browser extension before Prime Day 2019
Android Central - 12 Jul 2019 17:08
If you're planning to shop during Amazon Prime Day, you should use Keepa to see the product price history and avoid making the wrong purchase choices. Amazon Prime Day 2019 is once again upon us from July 15 to July 16, ...
The moon landing was a giant leap for movies, too
Phys.org - 12 Jul 2019 17:02
In 1964, Stanley Kubrick, on the recommendation of the science-fiction author Arthur C. Clarke, bought a telescope.