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Mashup Score: 1Quantum twist on common computer algorithm promises useful speed boost - 10 month(s) ago
Quantum computers have been shown to solve some problems faster than ordinary computers, but so far all these problems have had little application. A quantum Monte Carlo algorithm could change that
Source: New ScientistCategories: Future of Medicine, Latest HeadlinesTweet
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Mashup Score: 2Record-breaking number of qubits entangled in a quantum computer - 10 month(s) ago
A group of 51 superconducting qubits have been entangled inside a quantum computer, not just in pairs but in a complex system that entangles each qubit to every other one
Source: New ScientistCategories: Future of Medicine, Latest HeadlinesTweet
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Mashup Score: 1Using bigger AI training data sets may produce more racist results - 10 month(s) ago
Contrary to Silicon Valley wisdom, training AIs on larger data sets could worsen their tendency to replicate societal biases and racist stereotypes
Source: New ScientistCategories: Future of Medicine, Latest HeadlinesTweet
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Mashup Score: 3Bone disease in sabre-toothed tigers may be a sign of inbreeding - 10 month(s) ago
An analysis of bones from the La Brea tar pits in California reveals that sabre-toothed tigers and dire wolves had very high rates of osteochondrosis, which may stem from a dwindling gene pool as they neared extinction
Source: New ScientistCategories: Healthcare Professionals, Latest HeadlinesTweet
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Mashup Score: 10Sex between two males is extremely common in wild macaque monkeys - 10 month(s) ago
Almost three-quarters of male macaques observed by scientists mounted other males, and the behaviour may help to strengthen alliances
Source: New ScientistCategories: Latest Headlines, Oncologists2Tweet
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Mashup Score: 1Genetic marker discovered for the severity of multiple sclerosis - 10 month(s) ago
Analysis of data from more than 22,000 people with multiple sclerosis helped researchers identify a genetic variant that is associated with the severity of the disease
Source: New ScientistCategories: Infectious Disease, Latest HeadlinesTweet
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Mashup Score: 0Stem cells from umbilical cord 'goo' delay type 1 diabetes progression - 10 month(s) ago
Stem cells found within babies’ umbilical cords, normally discarded as medical waste, could help people newly diagnosed with type 1 diabetes reduce their need for insulin injections
Source: New ScientistCategories: Healthcare Professionals, Latest HeadlinesTweet
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Mashup Score: 0The myth that men hunt while women stay at home is entirely wrong - 10 month(s) ago
An analysis of foraging societies from around the world has found that women hunt in the vast majority of those looked at, confirming that the idea of gender division in providing food is a myth
Source: New ScientistCategories: Hem/Oncs, Latest HeadlinesTweet
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Mashup Score: 0The societies proving that inequality and patriarchy aren't inevitable - 10 month(s) ago
Today’s complex societies are pretty homogeneous, but experimental cultures, past and present, teach us how to think more creatively about the way we live
Source: New ScientistCategories: Hem/Oncs, Latest HeadlinesTweet
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Mashup Score: 4Bird flu viruses have mutations that might help them spread to humans - 10 month(s) ago
A human immune system protein called butyrophilin helps to stop bird flu from infecting people, but some viruses currently circulating have mutations that might overcome this barrier
Source: New ScientistCategories: Infectious Disease, Latest HeadlinesTweet
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