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Covid: hopes for Oxford nasal vaccine dealt blow after poor trial results
Source: The Guardian Scientists ditch plans to develop nasal spray version of Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine in its current form.
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Hyundai Group will transform entire lineup to fully-connected, Software Defined Vehicles by 2025
Source: Electrek Following its “Unlock the Software Age” global forum earlier this evening, Hyundai Motor Group has outlined a detailed roadmap to transform its entire lineup of vehicles (gas and electric) across all brands into Software Defined Vehicles (SDVs) by 2025.
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Clicking ‘Accept’ Is Not Informed Consent
Source: The Hastings Center A recent Science article published the results of an experiment conducted on 20 million LinkedIn users over five years involving the “People You May Know” algorithm.
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In gold-standard trial, invitation to colonoscopy reduced cancer incidence but not death
Source: STAT News “This study provides clear data that it’s not as simple as saying, ‘Colonoscopy is the most sensitive test, and therefore it is the best.’ It still prevented cancers.”
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Eyeballs and AI power the research into how falsehoods travel online
Source: NPR Getting a sense of falsehoods online might sound straightforward, but it isn't. Researchers use state-of-the-art algorithms but it also comes down to lots of scrolling and reading.
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Should AI have a role in assessing research quality?
Source: Nature A UK study aims to find out whether artificial intelligence could ease the peer-review process for the country’s Research Excellence Framework.
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The Aesthetic Pleasures of Scholarly Writing
Source: Inside Higher ed While it may seem unlikely, such writing can actually provide a great opportunity for playing with the meanings and the music of language, writes David F. Labaree.
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Walmart to compete with Walgreens, CVS in recruiting clinical trial subjects
Source: Reuters Walmart said on Tuesday it would begin to help drug companies and research firms identify and recruit individuals to fill their clinical trials, pitting it against rivals Walgreens and CVS Health Group.
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Lawmakers push NIH to disclose steps being taken to ensure clinical trial results are reported
Source: STAT News A group of Republican senators is demanding to know what steps the NIH will take to ensure that results of clinical trials funded by the agency are reported to a federal database.
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Britain to replace GDPR data privacy regime with own system
Source: Reuters Britain will replace the European Union's data privacy regime known as the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) with its own system, culture secretary Michele Donelan said on Monday.
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