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Google's Health Studies app lets Android users contribute to research
Google is giving Android users a simple way to contribute to health research with its new Health Studies app.
Researchers 3D-printed a cell-sized tugboat
Physicists at Leiden University in the Netherlands have 3D printed the world’s smallest boat, a test object known as Benchy.
The US Army wants to build an autonomous drone charging system
The military funded a four-year research project into the technology.
The switch to remote learning has made schools even bigger cyber targets
As homeschooling increased, so did attacks against educational institutions.
Astronomers detect possible signs of life in Venus's atmosphere
Some astronomers believe phosphine detected on Venus was produced by living microorganisms.
Harvard created a wool-like 3D-printable material that can shape shift
Researchers believe it could reduce waste in the fashion industry.
Twitter 'Transparency Center' shows government data requests by country
Twitter unveils a new Transparency Center to showcase past transparency reports and the data they contain.
Researchers grew a mini human heart to study fetal heart development
A team of scientists have grown a miniature human heart to better understand fetal heart development.
Recent damage to the Arecibo telescope could keep it offline for months
It could take months to repair Arecibo Observatory, the second-largest radio telescope in the world.
Research shows answering one robocall doesn't lead to more
Researchers used 66,606 fake phone lines to better understand robocalls.
MIT algorithm finds subtle connections between art pieces
A new system developed by MIT researchers called “MosAIc” is finding hard-to-spot similarities between art pieces at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum. To use MosAIc, the user inputs an image and MosAIc’s algorithm finds similar art pieces.
US charges two Chinese hackers with trying to steal COVID-19 research
Today, the US Justice Department charged two Chinese hackers with targeting US COVID-19 research.
NSA says Russian hackers are trying to steal COVID-19 vaccine research
The US, UK and Canada claim Cozy Bear has targeted health care organizations.
Bipartisan Senate bill aims to invest $100 billion in technology R&D
The Endless Frontiers Act would invest $100 billion in AI, high-performance computing, robotics, automation and more.
Mount Sinai’s AI can diagnose COVID-19
Researchers from Mount Sinai believe they are the first in the US to use AI, combined with imaging and clinical data, to diagnose COVID-19.
FBI accuses China of attempting to steal US COVID-19 research
The FBI warns that China-backed hackers are attempting to steal COVID-19 research from organizations in the US.
Ford shares a year's worth of self-driving car data
Ford is releasing a comprehensive self-driving dataset to help academics and researchers.
Twitter unlocks tools to help researchers study COVID-19 tweets
Researchers will be able to study conversations about the coronavirus on Twitter.
Microsoft blood bot helps recovered COVID-19 patients donate plasma
Microsoft’s Plasma Bot is a screening tool meant to help recovered COVID-19 patients donate their plasma to treatment efforts.
IBM shares AI tools to better understand and treat COVID-19
It has released a series of new tools to aggregate data, help researchers explore potential therapies, advance the study of newly sequenced SARS-CoV-2 genomes and make the latest info available to healthcare professionals. Its AI deep search tool is ingesting data from the White House, a coalition of research groups and licensed databases from the DrugBank, Clinicaltrials.gov and GenBank. The cloud-based research tool is a repository of genes, proteins and other molecules from sequenced viral and bacterial organisms, and it’s meant to help researchers identify molecular targets necessary for drug design, test development and treatment.