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NSF to end cost-sharing mandate for some grants to level the playing field
Source: Science Will waiving a policy designed to stretch federal dollars open programs to once-excluded institutions?
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Cyber officials from 37 countries, 13 companies to meet on ransomware in Washington
Source: Reuters The White House will host officials from 37 countries and 13 global companies in Washington this week to address the growing threat of ransomware and other cyber crime, including the illicit use of cryptocurrencies, a senior U.S. official said.
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Chatting Online May Help, Hurt Participants; SACHRP Highlights Planning, IRB Involvement
Source: Cosmos People are naturally inquisitive, and those who enroll in clinical and other trials might be more so than most. But what happens if that curiosity prompts them to turn to the internet for information or answers?
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Racial and gender disparities in publishing start early for doctors and scientists
Source: Science “It does not have to do with ability or talent,” one researcher says.
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Commercial smartwatch with pulse oximeter detects short-time hypoxemia as well as standard medical-grade device: Validation study
Source: PubMed.gov We investigated how a commercially available smartwatch that measures peripheral blood oxygen saturation (SpO 2 ) can detect hypoxemia compared to a medical-grade pulse oximeter.
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Compounds block pain without sedation in mice
Source: National Institutes of Health Researchers identified several compounds that activate a specific pain-blunting receptor on cells.
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3 Questions: How AI image generators could help robots
Source: MIT News MIT PhD student Yilun Du describes methods to make generative art systems like DALL-E 2 more creative, while also exploring using stable diffusion models for robots.
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Death of patient in closely watched Alzheimer’s trial raises concern about risk for some groups
Source: STAT News Though still under investigation, the death in a lecanemab trial suggests that new medicines to treat Alzheimer's, like medicines to treat anything else, will come with their own side effects and costs.
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‘Science is just rocketing forward’: A Q&A with former NIH director Francis Collins
Source: STAT News Former NIH director Francis Collins spoke with STAT about his hopes for early-cancer detection, curing progeria, and other advancements in genetic research.
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Stress and uncertainty drag down graduate students’ satisfaction
Source: Nature Scholars in PhD and master’s programmes struggle with securing work–life balance and support around career training and mental health, finds Nature survey.
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