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New Materials That Could Transform Our Lives Are in the Works at UT Austin

AUSTIN, Texas — A technological leap sits on the horizon, with exciting capabilities like quantum computing, soft robotics and more coming down the pike. To bring these ideas to reality will require engineering new classes of materials that make up their building blocks. (more…)

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Napf­schne­cke: Über­le­bens­künst­le­rin der Meere

Riesennapfschnecken und ihre kleineren Verwandten überleben mitunter auch dort, wo der Ozean schäumt, brodelt, sauer und toxisch ist, oder sich zeitweilig zurückzieht und felsigen Untergrund freigibt. Wie das diesen Weichtieren gelingt, hat ein Team um Reinhard Dallinger vom Institut für Zoologie weiter geklärt. (more…)

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IBM Announces Inaugural TechXchange Conference

IBM TechXchange will bring together technologists from around the world and provide education through hands-on experience with the latest IBM technology

ARMONK, N.Y. — Today, IBM announced its first-ever TechXchange Conference, which will take place September 11 through September 14 at the MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada. For more information and to register, please visit the conference homepage. (more…)

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Aliza Kopans: Working to promote digital wellness for generations to come

From organizing grassroots campaigns to advocating for policy change, the Brown sophomore is on a mission to make screen time safer, healthier and more empowering for young people.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] — As a teenager, Aliza Kopans moved from the Boston suburbs to the “middle of nowhere Vermont” to attend a semester school program, where she went four months without her cell phone. But that wasn’t the culture shock — it was coming back home. (more…)

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Will Lionel Messi reshape Major League Soccer?

The United States has a long history of recruiting aging soccer stars from other countries. Argentine Lionel Messi, considered by many worldwide to be soccer’s GOAT—greatest of all time—is set to join Inter Miami CF later this year, the team former soccer great David Beckham co-owns. (more…)

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President Putin received a copy of Holy Quran and hold it close to his heart

During his working trip to Dagestan, Russian President Vladimir Putin visited the architectural and archaeological complex of the Naryn-Kala citadel and the Juma Mosque in Derbent that have federal monument status and are UNESCO World Heritage sites. (more…)

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Neue Erkenntnisse zu menschlichen Stoffwechselprozessen

Freiburger Forscher*innen entdecken zahlreiche unbeschriebene Stoffwechselprozesse und deren Gene durch Vergleich von Stoffwechselprodukten in Urin und Blut

Forscher*innen der Medizinischen Fakultät der Universität Freiburg haben wesentliche neue Erkenntnisse über Stoffwechselprozesse in der Niere gewonnen. (more…)

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