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Wind farms play key role in cutting carbon emissions, study finds
EurekAlert! - 11 Dec 2016 07:00
(University of Edinburgh) Wind farms have made a significant impact in limiting carbon emissions from other sources of power generation in Great Britain, a study shows.
Killer Robots Won't Go to War If Global Movement Has Its Way
Singularity Hub - 11 Dec 2016 18:00
Much ink has been spilled in recent years about the rise of killer robots. A movement to ensure no blood is shed by autonomous weapons--machines that kill or maim without a human behind the joystick or keyboard--is racin...
Why Don't Monkeys Talk Like Us?
Live Science - 11 Dec 2016 17:19
You just can't unhear new recordings showing what monkey speech would sound like if a human brain were in control.
Scientists identify gene predisposing to artery-damaging disease
Science Daily - 11 Dec 2016 14:42
A genetic discoverycould help explain a cause of a mysterious artery-damaging disease that may affect up to an estimated 5 million Americans and often strikes without warning.
Brain locations that control diabetes drugs' weight loss effects examined
Science Daily - 11 Dec 2016 14:42
Certain type 2 diabetes drugs promote weight loss, but how they do this remains poorly understood. Insight into how these drugs work in the body -- and especially the brain -- could help create new drugs that effectively...
Circulation favors placenta over brain in fetuses of diabetic mothers
Science Daily - 11 Dec 2016 14:41
Blood flows preferentially to the placenta instead of the brain in fetuses of mothers with diabetes, reveals new research.