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- Should Future Fighter Be Like a Bomber? Groundbreaking CSBA Study http://breakingdefense.com/2015/04/should-future-fighter-be-like-a-bomber-groundbreaking-csba-study/ 38 comments
- Will you let your future children start dating if their studies are not affected? https://www.reddit.com/r/india/comments/9u1qhg/will_you_let_your_future_children_start_dating_if/ 17 comments india
- Study says COVID-19 school closures will cost children future income https://www.upi.com/top_news/world-news/2021/02/01/study-says-covid-19-school-closures-will-cost-children-future-income/7531612190182/ 15 comments worldnews
- Most Indians under-prepared for future health crises: Study http://www.livemint.com/money/ns9qwwvogggr4nxlqh2uwi/most-indians-underprepared-for-future-health-crises-study.html 5 comments india
- Every time our ancestors cooked freshwater fish in ceramic vessels, they unwittingly set a Carbon-14 trap for future archaeologists. A new study by Bente Philippsen at Aarhus University. http://www.pasthorizonspr.com/index.php/archives/03/2013/fish-based-diets-cause-archaeological-dating-problems 13 comments science
- A new study has found found the variety of activities we choose within committed relationships depends on whether we consider more of the relationship as being in the future or in the past. http://www.fuqua.duke.edu/news_events/news-releases/etkin-variety-relationships/#.why8oiiltna 11 comments science
- Study Confirms Climate Models are Getting Future Warming Projections Right https://climate.nasa.gov/news/2943/study-confirms-climate-models-are-getting-future-warming-projections-right/ 1940 comments science
- Germany, Italy and France will funding the collaborative work on the future MALE combat drone. The Study will take up to 2 years with competition for its construction beginning shortly after. http://www.nasdaq.com/press-release/european-male-drone-development-airbus-finmeccanica-and-dassault-aviation-welcome-the-signature-of-20150518-00476 45 comments europe
- Biochar, an ancient soil amendment, could be a promising tool for future soil health enhancement and maintenance, according to a new study https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/frans.2023.1205583/full 11 comments science
- A new study shows that breast cancer metastases form more efficiently while patients are sleeping: “When the affected person is asleep, the tumour awakens”. This finding could significantly change the way cancer is diagnosed and treated in future. https://ethz.ch/en/news-and-events/eth-news/news/2022/06/pr-breastcancer-is-nocturnal.html 8 comments science
- Cost plunges for capturing carbon dioxide from the air "Such technology is expensive—about $600/ton of CO2, by one recent estimate. Now, in a new study, scientists say future chemical plants could drop that cost below $100/ton" https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/06/cost-plunges-capturing-carbon-dioxide-air?utm_campaign=scimag&utm_source=jhubbard&utm_medium=facebook 910 comments science
- Carbon fibre can store energy in the body of a vehicle, finds a new study that shows that carbon fibres can work as battery electrodes, storing energy directly, which can contribute to a significant weight-reduction in the aircraft and vehicles of the future – a key challenge for electrification. https://www.chalmers.se/en/departments/ims/news/pages/carbon-fibre-can-store-energy.aspx 4 comments science
- A study of 266,939 people living all around the world found that physical activity reduced depression risk. The future risk of developing depression was around 20% lower in people who did this. https://www.spring.org.uk/2018/05/protect-against-depression.php 49 comments science
- Many species will not be able to adapt fast enough to survive climate change, say scientists. A study of more than 50 plants and animals suggests their ability to adapt to changes in rainfall and temperature will be vastly outpaced by future climate change http://rspb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/283/1843/20162104 8 comments science
- High-quality studies have shown that use of face masks in the community is associated with reduced transmission of SARS-CoV-2 and is likely to be an important component of an effective response to a future respiratory threat. https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2811136 179 comments science
- I wrote a bad interpreter for a bad esoteric language I came up with while studying languages at uni. What do you think? The structure can surely be improved, and I still have some future developments in the readme. It doesn't aim at being superfast, but it should do some quick calculation easily. https://github.com/KayJay7/rpn-c 15 comments rust
- Melting ice sheets 14,600 years ago caused seas to rise 10 times faster than today -- oceans worldwide rose 3.6 meters (11.8 feet) per century over a 500-year period some 14,600 years ago. Study could offer "vital clues" about future ice sheet melting and sea level rises due to climate change. https://www.sciencealert.com/ice-melts-14-600-years-ago-caused-seas-to-rise-10-times-faster-than-today 47 comments science
- NASA successfully lands the Perseverance Rover on Mars. It will determine if life ever existed on the red planet & will collect rock samples that can be bought back to Earth in future missions for deeper study. https://edition.cnn.com/world/live-news/nasa-mars-rover-landing-02-18-21/index.html 188 comments space
- Army scientists partner with University of Maryland on quantum networking. They published a study showing how they combined two different quantum technologies to produce a timing synchronization tool for future quantum networks. https://www.army.mil/article/232023/ 3 comments science
- Exercise boosts blood flow into two key regions of the brain associated with memory. Notably, the study showed this blood flow can help even older people with memory issues improve cognition, a finding that scientists say could guide future Alzheimer's disease research. https://www.j-alz.com/content/exercise-improves-memory-boosts-blood-flow-brain 27 comments science
- Air pollution has major impact on children in sport, study warns - Britain’s future sporting performance could be hampered by air pollution because some training grounds are in areas with dangerously high pollution levels, a report has revealed. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/feb/11/air-pollution-has-major-impact-on-children-in-sport-study-warns 3 comments worldnews
- Aerogels, the lightest known solids, could help scientists terraform Mars, finds new study. For one, these porous materials could serve as flexible blankets that protect growing algae beneath them. "We could make habitable conditions on Mars within our lifetime, not centuries in the future." http://www.astronomy.com/news/2019/07/using-frozen-smoke-to-build-terraforming-domes-on-mars 7 comments worldnews
- The future of refrigeration may rely on “plastic crystals” instead of harmful gas, making it more adaptable, efficient and environmentally friendly, suggests a new study in Nature. Solid state fridges can also be more compact, without the need for a bulky compressor and system of sealed pipes. http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/d-brief/2019/05/16/refrigerators-compression-solid-state-plastic-crystals/ 6 comments science
- ‘Jumping genes’ drive many aggressive forms of cancer. Jumping genes aren’t mutations—mistakes in the letters of the DNA sequence— so traditional cancer genome sequencing can’t identify them. As such, this study opens up new lines of research for future cancer therapies that might target such genes. https://source.wustl.edu/2019/03/jumping-genes-drive-many-cancers/ 3 comments science
- Male animals — not including humans — may benefit from infecting female partners with STDs, a new study finds. Infections can mean species put more resources into their current young, and most male animals don't care about a female’s future babies, as they won’t be the father. http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/d-brief/2019/04/02/std-sexually-transmitted-disease-males-females-isns/#.xkutzutkhtz 7 comments science
- Children who grow up with greener surroundings have up to 55% less risk of developing various mental disorders later in life, shows a new study, emphasizing the need for designing green and healthy cities for the future. http://cloudinsurancetechnology.com 5 comments science
- Distracted pedestrians walk slower and are less steady on their feet, according to a new study. The findings could help develop safer roads and autonomous cars in the future. http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0361198118780708 3 comments science
- A new study exploring why rich countries tend to be secular whilst poor countries tend to be religious finds that a decline in religion predicts a country's future economic prosperity, when it is accompanied by a respect and tolerance for individual rights. http://www.bristol.ac.uk/news/2018/july/secularisation-economic-growth.html 1733 comments science
- NASA Twins Study spots thousands of genes toggling on and off in astronaut Scott Kelly after a year floating about the International Space Station. The goal of the investigation is to see if humans can withstand a future mission to Mars... https://www.pbs.org/newshour/science/nasa-twins-study-spots-thousands-of-genes-toggling-on-and-off-in-scott-kelly 695 comments science
- Radio powered by your own sweat hints at future of wearables. Sweat alone has been used to power a radio for two days, demonstrating capability of a new skin patch. UCSD researchers used lactate found in sweat to power biofuel cell, finds study in Energy & Environmental Science. https://www.newscientist.com/article/2138282-radio-powered-by-your-own-sweat-hints-at-future-of-wearables/ 17 comments science
- Gerard Romero: Barcelona don't believe in La Masia gem, Lee Seung-Woo, and his future is away from the club. His entourage are studying the proposals for an exit from Camp Nou. https://twitter.com/gerardromero/status/877510410668322817 77 comments soccer
- Study finds PTSD diagnosis is associated with increased risk of dementia diagnosis, and preliminary evidence that psychotropic drugs prescribed for PTSD may influence the risk of future dementia diagnosis http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jgs.14756/abstract;jsessionid=7e6b7343f04f7e17c46f0b44fe0f9ab9.f04t01 5 comments science
- Light can be used as an accurate method to control gene expression in zebrafish. It has many medical applications, and may be applied in the future to treat human illnesses. First clinical studies are undergoing to restore vision in patients with retinitis pigmentosa, a degenerative eye disease. https://www.helsinki.fi/en/news/light-can-be-utilized-to-control-gene-function 3 comments science
- The United States is vulnerable to future attack by hypersonic missiles from China and Russia and is falling behind in the technology race to develop both defensive and offensive high-speed maneuvering arms, according to a new Air Force study http://freebeacon.com/national-security/air-force-hypersonic-missiles-china-russia-pose-growing-danger-u-s/ 273 comments worldnews
- A new study casts doubt over claims that people are inherently over-optimistic about the future. For many decades scientists have believed that people have a tendency to underestimate their chances of negative experiences, while overestimating their chances of positive events. http://www.psypost.org/2016/08/study-casts-doubt-on-claim-that-people-are-over-optimistic-44411 3 comments science
- We are uncomfortably close to the point (2017) where the world’s energy system commits the planet to exceeding 2°C. Investors putting money into new carbon-emitting infrastructure need to ask how long those assets will operate for, and assess the risk of future writeoffs study concludes. http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/fossil-fuel-investment-capital-stranded-1.3524952 8 comments science
- According to a new study published in the International Journal of Gaming and Computer-Mediated Simulations, motion-controlled video games as well as future virtual reality devices, such as Oculus Rift, may improve fine motor coordination and other skills. http://www.psypost.org/2016/02/motion-controlled-video-games-may-improve-real-world-skills-41035 10 comments science
- Mothers who smoke while they are pregnant or breast feeding may be damaging the future fertility of their sons, according to new findings from research in mice. The study is the first comprehensive animal model to show the mechanism by which smoking can affect the fertility of male offspring. http://www.eshre.eu/press-room/press-releases/press-releases-2014/damaging-legacy.aspx 3 comments science
- Planet likely to warm by 4C by 2100, scientists warn. "This study breaks new ground twice: first by identifying what is controlling the cloud changes and second by strongly discounting the lowest estimates of future global warming in favour of the higher and more damaging estimates." http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2013/dec/31/planet-will-warm-4c-2100-climate 129 comments science
- Love hormone Oxytocin can cause emotional pain, new study says. "Oxytocin strengthens negative social memory and future anxiety by triggering an important signaling molecule called extracellular signal regulated kinase (ERK) that becomes activated for 6 hours after a negative social experience" http://www.sci-news.com/othersciences/neuroscience/science-love-hormone-oxytocin-emotional-pain-01303.html 594 comments science