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- A small study shows crunch time makes developers less effective https://blog.gitalytics.com/gitalytics-and-crunch-time/ 2 comments
- US-developed Pfizer & Moderna vaccines produce three times less antibodies against South African strain of Covid-19 – lab studies https://www.rt.com/news/515873-pfizer-moderna-south-africa-strain/ 21 comments worldnews
- The Dangers of Distracted Parenting. When it comes to children’s development, parents should worry less about kids’ screen time—and more about their own. https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2018/07/the-dangers-of-distracted-parenting/561752/ 5 comments cogsci
- Participants with less than 7 hours of sleep were 2.94 times more likely to develop a cold than those with 8 hours or more of sleep. https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/fullarticle/414701 112 comments science
- List of things that took less time to develop than Duke Nukem Forever http://duke.a-13.net/ 8 comments reddit.com
- Kongregate's Launchpad X wants to fund games with less than a month of development time http://www.htxt.co.za/2016/02/12/launchpad-x-wants-to-fund-games-in-very-early-development/ 62 comments gamedev
- Dear Firefox developers: I've accidentally torn tabs out of the browser thousands of times and purposely done it maybe 3 times; make this less sensitive. https://addons.mozilla.org/en-us/firefox/addon/12276 24 comments technology
- Scientists have developed a new microchip real-time technology platform that uses 10-fold less reagents compared to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)-approved tube-based RT-PCR tests, and reports results in as little as 30 minutes. Its accuracy was 100% predictive in clinical samples. https://www.elsevier.com/about/press-releases/research-and-journals/new-testing-platform-for-covid-19-is-an-efficient-and-accurate-alternative-to-gold-standard-rt-qpcr-tests 3 comments science
- A tiny static file server for CoffeeScript and less development, thought a few people my use it (That's my first time using node, please be nice) https://bitbucket.org/poulejapon/tumbler/wiki/Home 6 comments coffeescript
- Australian scientists develop a vaccine delivered by Nanopatch™ that induces a similarly protective immune response as a vaccine delivered by needle and syringe, but uses 100 times less vaccine. http://www.uq.edu.au/news/index.html?article=21034 53 comments science
- German 385 MW Arkona offshore wind farm built in record time: All 60 turbines were installed in less than three months, co-developer E.ON said Wednesday. https://www.spglobal.com/platts/en/market-insights/latest-news/electric-power/102418-german-385-mw-arkona-offshore-wind-farm-built-in-record-time 4 comments worldnews
- Needle-less Blood Tests: A new device developed by a team of researchers in Israel can reveal much the same information as a traditional blood test in real-time, simply by shining a light through the skin. http://phys.org/news/2012-05-microscope-rainbow-image-individual-blood.html 3 comments science
- Researchers have developed a new paradigm for designing energy storage devices that can reduce recharge time from hours to less than a minute. http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-08-energy-storage-device-recharge-electric.html 17 comments science
- I'm a neuroscientist / former brain bank manager who's developing an app to help researchers spend less time glued to microscopes in the lab. Ask me anything! https://segmentumanalysisltd.com/ 308 comments technology
- Children on dairy farms 10 times less likely to develop allergies as other rural children: According to researchers, pregnant women may benefit from spending time on dairy farms to promote maturation of the fetal and neonatal immune system http://sahlgrenska.gu.se/english/news_and_events/news/news_detail//children-on-dairy-farms-less-likely-to-develop-allergies.cid1227420 47 comments science
- Engineers have developed a form of ultra-low-power digital memory that is faster and uses 100 times less energy than similar available memory. http://www.cellular-news.com/story/48260.php 19 comments science
- Study shows dramatic decline in effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines over time. Among veterans 65 and older who were inoculated with the Moderna vaccine, those who developed a “breakthrough” infection were 76% less likely to die of COVID-19 compared with unvaccinated veterans of the same age. https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/study-shows-dramatic-decline-in-effectiveness-of-covid-19-vaccines-over-time/ 24 comments science
- Researchers have developed a way to remove ice and frost from surfaces extremely efficiently, using less than 1% of the energy and less than 0.01% of the time needed for traditional defrosting methods. https://www.sciencetells.co.uk/defrosting-surfaces-in-seconds/ 10 comments science
- GoodDollar: brainchild of Yoni Assia, co-founder/CEO of eToro. Wants to use cryptocurrency to provide universal basic income.“Twenty-five percent of the world population earns less than $2 a day. Half the world’s population lives on $5.50 a day. Developed economies have a hard time grasping..." https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-israeli-crypto-project-wants-to-direct-money-to-those-who-need-it-most-1.10244220 7 comments cryptocurrency
- Scientists have developed faster, more energy-efficient microchips based on the human brain – 9,000 times faster and using significantly less power than a typical PC http://news.stanford.edu/pr/2014/pr-neurogrid-boahen-engineering-042814.html 32 comments technology
- New study finds patients who received flu vaccine 40% less likely to be hospitalized after contracting COVID. Researchers examined the development of 15 serious coronavirus symptoms within 30, 60, and 120 days from the time patients were diagnosed. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/news.aspx/314012 481 comments science
- Scientists develop the next generation of reservoir computing - A form of neural network, it works between 33 and a million times faster, with significantly fewer computing resources and less data input needed. https://phys.org/news/2021-09-scientists-reservoir.html 5 comments futurology
- Study finds boys who regularly play video games at age 11 are less likely to develop depressive symptoms 3 years later. In addition, girls of the same age who spend more time on social media appear to develop more depressive symptoms 3 years later https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-02/ucl-bwp021721.php 14 comments science
- Screen time for babies linked to higher risk of autism-like symptoms later in childhood. Sitting a baby in front of a tablet or television, as well as less parent-child play time, are associated with developing greater autism spectrum disorder (ASD)-like symptoms later in childhood. https://drexel.edu/now/archive/2020/april/screen-time-for-babies-linked-with-autism-like-symptoms/ 104 comments science
- A group of researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Kyushu University has developed a way to remove ice and frost from surfaces extremely efficiently, using less than 1% of the energy and less than 0.01% of the time needed for traditional defrosting methods. https://aip.scitation.org/doi/10.1063/1.5113845 6 comments science
- Eating peanuts while breastfeeding could protect babies from allergy, study suggests. Researchers found children were five times less likely to develop an allergy if their mothers had eaten nuts before weaning and introduced nuts before one year old. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/2017/09/26/eating-peanuts-breastfeeding-could-protect-babies-allergy-study/ 44 comments science
- Researchers developed a chip incorporating a new design of ultra-low consumption, digital analogue converter; it consumes 50 million times less than a conventional light bulb. The device can be powered using the reduced energy captured from the environment, and no battery is needed for it to work http://www.basqueresearch.com/berria_irakurri.asp?berri_kod=4874&hizk=i#.utdsnp6syps 8 comments science
- Researchers developed a chip incorporating a new design of ultra-low consumption, digital analogue converter; it consumes 50 million times less than a conventional light bulb. The device can be powered using the reduced energy captured from the environment, and no battery is needed for it to work http://www.basqueresearch.com/berria_irakurri.asp?berri_kod=4874&hizk=i#.utdsnp6syps 8 comments technology
- Female victims of gun violence in the US are less likely to die than their male counterparts, despite having similar injury severity, finds a 7-year analysis. U.S women are 21 times more likely to die from firearm injuries than their peers in any other developed nation. https://www.bmj.com/company/newsroom/us-female-gun-violence-victims-less-likely-to-die-than-male-victims-despite-same-injury-severity/ 331 comments science
- Trajectory analysis of socioeconomic inequality in early child development shows that children of less educated mothers are at a language disadvantage even before entering primary education and that these inequalities become more pronounced over time [OPEN ACCESS]. https://equityhealthj.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12939-022-01675-8 26 comments science
- The "natural experiment" caused by the shutdown of schools due to the COVID-19 pandemic led to a 2-h shift in the sleep of developing adolescents, longer sleep duration, improved sleep quality, and less daytime sleepiness compared to those experienced under the regular school-time schedule https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/s1389-9457(20)30418-4 1978 comments science
- Researchers develop insect-sized robot that runs at at 20 body lengths a second, comparable to the speed of a cockroach. It weighs less than 0.1g, and can withstand a weight of around 60 kg — about the weight of an average human — which is approximately 1 million times the weight of the robot. https://news.berkeley.edu/2019/07/31/you-cant-squash-this-roach-inspired-robot/ 47 comments science
- Stanford bioengineers have developed faster, more energy-efficient microchips based on the human brain – 9,000 times faster and using significantly less power than a typical PC: This offers greater possibilities for advances in robotics and a new way of understanding the brain http://news.stanford.edu/pr/2014/pr-neurogrid-boahen-engineering-042814.html 20 comments science
- Evolution inspires more efficient solar cell design: Geometric pattern maximizes time light is trapped in solar cell. Researchers at Northwestern University have now developed a new design for organic solar cells that could lead to more efficient, less expensive solar power. http://phys.org/news/2013-01-evolution-efficient-solar-cell-geometric.html 198 comments science
- Children who lack sleep may experience detrimental impact on brain and cognitive development that persists over time. Research finds getting less than nine hours of sleep nightly associated with cognitive difficulties, mental problems, and less gray matter in certain brain regions https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/960270 488 comments science
- A newly developed electronic skin can sense touch more than 1,000 times faster than the human sensory nervous system. Capable of detecting contact between different sensors in less than 60 nanoseconds, the e-skin could be used in robotics or prosthetic devices in future. http://news.nus.edu.sg/research/exceptional-touch-robots-prosthetics 37 comments science
- Preschoolers who spend more time watching television, playing video games, or using computers—especially if they're sneaky at bedtime—get less sleep. Previous research indicates that kids aged 2-5 should only use screen media for about one hour a day to ensure their healthy growth and development. http://ns.umich.edu/new/releases/25365-kids-sleeping-habits-disrupted-by-sneaky-media-use 6 comments science
- WiFi capacity doubled at less than half the size. Engineers develop the first on-chip RF circulator that doubles WiFi speeds with a single antenna. This is the first time researchers have integrated a non-reciprocal circulator and a full-duplex radio on a nanoscale silicon chip http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2016-04/cuso-wcd041316.php 660 comments science
- A group of Korean scientists have developed a fast-charge lithium-ion battery that can be recharged 30 to 120 times faster than conventional li-ion batteries. The team believes it can build a battery pack for electric vehicles that can be fully charged in less than a minute. http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/134635-scientists-develop-lithium-ion-battery-that-charges-120-times-faster-than-normal 229 comments science
- IMF To America: The Party's Over, Time To Pay Higher Taxes - To keep the global economy on track, people in the United States and the rest of the developed world need to work longer before retiring, pay higher taxes and expect less from government. And cheap imports...need to be more expensive. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/04/23/ar2010042305258.html?hpid=topnews 57 comments politics