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AI ‘doctor’s assistant’ among projects given £20m
A computerized system that advises doctors on the best treatment to give a patient is among the artificial intelligence (AI) projects that have been...
Hundreds of Syrians exit Lebanese town over tensions: UN
At least 270 Syrian families have left a north Lebanon town, as hostility toward them mounted over a murder allegedly committed by a Syrian...
Urban women have higher risk of chronic diseases than rural dwellers in Africa
African women who live in cities are seven percent more likely to have chronic diseases than rural dwellers.
Europe’s one-time bond market pariahs now locked in race to 0%
Less than a decade ago, when Portugal stood at the brink of bankruptcy, its bond rate jumped above 18%. This week it yielded next...
China’s first domestically made nuclear reactor goes online
China powered up its first domestically developed nuclear reactor – the Hualong One – a significant step in Beijing's attempts to become less dependent...
Polar scientists wary of impending satellite gap
There is going to be a gap of several years in our ability to measure the thickness of ice at the top and bottom...
Mine ponds increase risk of mercury exposure for indigenous communities and wildlife
The proliferation of pits and ponds created in recent years by miners digging for small deposits of alluvial gold in Peru's Amazon has dramatically...
Disney to lay off 4,000 more at California, Florida parks
The Walt Disney Co. announced plans to lay off 4,000 more workers in its theme parks division in US states of California and Florida...
Earth 2,000 light years closer to supermassive black hole at center of our galaxy than we thought
A new map of the Milky Way by Japanese space experts has put Earth 2,000 light years closer to the supermassive black hole at...