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Scientists Create a Light-Guided Robotic Stingray Using Rat Parts

A team of scientists at Harvard created an artificial stingray out of rat parts, which can be remote-controlled around a tank using light beams as part of the team's ongoing research on how to make artificial organs.




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Science of Teams: How MIT Media Lab Builds Cities Using Lego and Augmented Reality

The MIT Media Lab is using innovation to boil efficient teamwork down to a science. With an enhanced ability to communicate across teams, MIT is creating a workplace that shares ideas in unprecedented ways. The Changing Places group at MIT tackles large challenges like fighting pollution and urban modeling; the latter of which is being solved by using a combination of lego bricks and augmented reality.




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Out of Office with Brent Rose - Trying Stand-Up Comedy Using Only Siri, Echo, Cortana and Google Assistant

Brent Rose takes Google Assistant, Amazon Echo, Microsoft Cortana and Apple's Siri out for the ultimate test drive; which AI has the best sense of humor? How will a human audience respond to a stand-up set written entirely by smart gadgets?




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Techies Are Using Ketamine to Fight Their Depression

Sean Spencer is a pretty successful entrepreneur in LA's startup community but he also struggles with depression. He and many others use ketamine to help with their lows.




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Instagram's Bold Plan to Block Hateful Comments Using AI

WIRED Editor-in-chief Nick Thompson sits down with Instagram CEO, Kevin Systrom, to talk about the platform's bold plan to use AI to block hateful comments posted by trolls.




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Inside the Room Housing 46 Million Museum Specimen

Only 2 percent of the California Academy of Sciences’ specimen are on display. The other 98 percent are in environmentally controlled storage. This is how they go from salvage to research specimen.




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Pre-Crime Policing: How Cops Are Using Algorithms to Predict Crimes

The LAPD is one of a growing number of police departments using algorithms to try to predict crimes before they happen. Proponents of these tools say they provide cops with added tools to keep their cities safe -- but critics argue it's just another form of profiling.




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How AWS Is Changing Businesses Using Artificial Intelligence | WIRED Brand Lab

BRANDED CONTENT | Produced by WIRED Brand Lab with AWS | The future of business is here! WIRED and Amazon Web Services take a deep dive into the world of AI and deep learning to show how significant and impactful they can be for businesses.




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Dr. Robin Berzin is Using Tech and Data to Fix Healthcare

BRANDED CONTENT | Produced by WIRED with American Express | Robin Berzin founded Parsley Health to bring functional medicine, advanced testing, and data together — for the most comprehensive primary care of its kind. She tells WIRED how she built her tech-infused healthcare company.




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An introduction to uncertainty in measurement using the GUM (guide to the expression of uncertainty in measurement) / L. Kirkup and R.B. Frenkel

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Using EPIC to find conflicts, inconsistencies, and gaps in Department of Defense policies [electronic resource] / Carolyn Wong, Daniel Gonzales, Chad J. R. Ohlandt, Eric Landree, John Hollywood ; prepared for the United States Navy

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Inbound organization [electronic resource] : how to build and strengthen your company's future using inbound principles / Dan Tyre, Todd Hockenberry

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Hands-on geospatial analysis with R and QGIS : a beginner's guide to manipulating, managing, and analyzing spatial data using R and QGIS 3.2.2 / Shammunul Islam

Islam, Shammunul, author




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Interaction effects in linear and generalized linear models : examples and applications using Stata / Robert L. Kaufman, Temple University

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Groundwater recharge and flow: approaches and challenges for monitoring and modeling using remotely sensed data ; proceedings of a workshop / Lauren Everett, rapporteur ; Water Science and Technology Board, Division on Earth and Life Studies, the National

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Atmospheric modeling using PcModWin/MODTRAN / Larry B. Stotts and John Schroeder

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Reversibly-regulated drug release using poly(tannic acid) fabricated nanocarriers for reduced secondary side effects in tumor therapy

Nanoscale Horiz., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0NH00032A, Communication
Chao Chen, Tonghao Ma, Wen Tang, Xiaoli Wang, Yibing Wang, Jiafeng Zhuang, Yucheng Zhu, Ping Wang
This article introduced a reversibly pH-responsive and targeting nanocarrier based on mesoporous silica nanoparticles which could be utilized to reduce the “secondary” side effects on normal tissues.
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Near-IR absorption and photocurrent generation using a first-of-its-kind boron difluoride formazanate non-fullerene acceptor

Mater. Chem. Front., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0QM00109K, Research Article
Josh D. B. Koenig, Mahmoud E. Farahat, Jasveer S. Dhindsa, Joe B. Gilroy, Gregory C. Welch
We report the synthesis and characterization of the first non-fullerene acceptor containing a boron difluoride formazanate core end-capped with N-annulated perylene diimides.
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Electrical stability study of polymer-based organic transistors in ambient air using an active semiconducting/insulating polyblend-based pseudo-bilayer

Mater. Chem. Front., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0QM00048E, Research Article
Bo-Ren Lin, Horng-Long Cheng, Hung-Han Lin, Fu-Chiao Wu, Jia-Hui Lin, Wei-Yang Chou, Jrjeng Ruan, Yu-Wu Wang
Polymeric transistors with unexpected nondecaying features even in ambient air are fabricated based on a P3HT/PMMA pseudo-bilayer with microphase separation morphology.
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[ASAP] Chemical Looping Gasification of Torrefied Biomass Using NiFe<sub>2</sub>O<sub>4</sub> as an Oxygen Carrier for Syngas Production and Tar Removal

Energy & Fuels
DOI: 10.1021/acs.energyfuels.0c00584




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[ASAP] Influence of Carbon Dioxide on the Adsorption of Methane by Coal Using Low-Field Nuclear Magnetic Resonance

Energy & Fuels
DOI: 10.1021/acs.energyfuels.0c00474




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[ASAP] Experimental Determinations of Minimum Miscibility Pressures Using Hydrocarbon Gases and CO<sub>2</sub> for Crude Oils from the Bakken and Cut Bank Oil Reservoirs

Energy & Fuels
DOI: 10.1021/acs.energyfuels.0c00570




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[ASAP] Enhanced Oil Recovery Using Oleic Acid-Modified Titania Nanofluids: Underlying Mechanisms and Oil-Displacement Performance

Energy & Fuels
DOI: 10.1021/acs.energyfuels.0c00594




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[ASAP] Desulfurization of Spent Tire Pyrolysis Oil and Its Distillate via Combined Catalytic Oxidation using H<sub>2</sub>O<sub>2</sub> with Formic Acid and Selective Adsorption over Al<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub&

Energy & Fuels
DOI: 10.1021/acs.energyfuels.9b03968




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[ASAP] Optimization of Biomass Pyrolysis Vapor Upgrading Using a Laminar Entrained-Flow Reactor System

Energy & Fuels
DOI: 10.1021/acs.energyfuels.0c00649




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[ASAP] Investigation of Carbon Dioxide Absorption Using Different Functionalized Fe<sub>3</sub>O<sub>4</sub> Magnetic Nanoparticles

Energy & Fuels
DOI: 10.1021/acs.energyfuels.0c00234




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[ASAP] Chemometric Classification of Crude Oils in Complex Petroleum Systems Using t-Distributed Stochastic Neighbor Embedding Machine Learning Algorithm

Energy & Fuels
DOI: 10.1021/acs.energyfuels.0c01333




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[ASAP] Flexible, Lead-Free Nanogenerators Using Poly(vinylidene fluoride) Nanocomposites

Energy & Fuels
DOI: 10.1021/acs.energyfuels.0c01143




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Multiple Measures Are for Principal Evaluation, Too: Using Teacher Surveys to Better Understand Principal Performance

Evaluating the performance of school principals can be challenging. As we noted in previous posts, principals’ roles are complex and multi-faceted.




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Using Leading and Lagging Indicators for Medicaid and CHIP Quality Improvement

Medicaid and CHIP quality improvement often focuses on the big picture, but to be confident that new efforts will lead to improvement, we also need quality measures that can be captured earlier.




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Using Rapid-Cycle Evaluation to Inform Policy Decision Making

This video depicts how a program improvement approach—known as Rapid-Cycle Evaluation—can provide administrators with evidence about what works to improve services.




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Building a 2D game physics engine: using HTML5 and JavaScript / Michael Tanaya, Huaming Chen, Jebediah Pavleas, Kelvin Sung

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Designing immersive video games using 3DUI technologies: improving the gamer's user experience / Arun K. Kulshreshth, Joseph J. LaViola Jr

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Beginning game programming with Pygame Zero: coding interactive games on Raspberry Pi using Python / Stewart Watkiss

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[ASAP] Screened Range-Separated Hybrid Functional with Polarizable Continuum Model Overcomes Challenges in Describing Triplet Excitations in the Condensed Phase Using TDDFT

Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jctc.0c00086




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[ASAP] Revealing Acquired Resistance Mechanisms of Kinase-Targeted Drugs Using an on-the-Fly, Function-Site Interaction Fingerprint Approach

Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jctc.9b01134




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[ASAP] Scalable Electron Correlation Methods. 7. Local Open-Shell Coupled-Cluster Methods Using Pair Natural Orbitals: PNO-RCCSD and PNO-UCCSD

Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jctc.0c00192




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Development of a method for the direct determination of fluorine in solid samples using electrothermal vaporization coupled to inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectrometry

J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0JA00079E, Technical Note
Patricia Maung, Diane Beauchemin
ETV-ICPOES in atomic emission mode allows the direct determination of as low as 30 μg kg−1 fluorine in solid samples.
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Laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) spectra interpretation and characterization using parallel factor analysis (PARAFAC): a new procedure for data and spectral interference processing fostering the waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE)

J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0JA00026D, Paper
Jeyne Pricylla Castro, Edenir Rodrigues Pereira-Filho, Rasmus Bro
For the first time, PARAFAC was used to interpret and characterize LIBS spectra, providing the pure spectra, the signal profile and relative concentration of base and noble elements present on a printed circuit board from the hard disk.
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Rapid determination of Ba isotope compositions for barites using H2O-extraction method and MC-ICP-MS

J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0JA00078G, Paper
Lan-Lan Tian, Ying-Zeng Gong, Wei Wei, Jin-Ting Kang, Hui-Min Yu, Fang Huang
This study presents a rapid and simple method of high precision Ba isotope measurement for barite using H2O extraction. The main challenge for analyzing Ba isotope composition of barite is...
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High performance method for the accurate and precise determination of silicon isotopic compositions in bulk silicate rock samples using laser ablation MC-ICP-MS

J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0JA00036A, Paper
Chenxi Zhang, He Zhao, Wen Zhang, Tao Luo, Ming Li, Keqing Zong, Yongsheng Liu, Zhaochu Hu
MC-ICP-MS has become one of the most powerful analytical methods for Si isotopes in bulk liquid and solid samples in the past decade. Laser ablation provides direct sampling of solid...
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Chargers top pick Herbert focusing on playbook at minicamp

Justin Herbert should have been walking onto a Los Angeles Chargers practice field Friday for the first time. Herbert, who was selected with the sixth overall pick in last month's draft, is back in Southern California as the Chargers begin their virtual rookie minicamp this weekend. The former University of Oregon standout has resumed on-field workouts in Huntington Beach with John Beck, a former NFL quarterback and personal coach with whom he worked out before the draft.




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Identifying Raman modes of Sb2Se3 and their symmetries using angle-resolved polarised Raman spectra

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2020, 8,8337-8344
DOI: 10.1039/D0TA01783C, Paper
Open Access
  This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.
Nicole Fleck, Theodore D. C. Hobson, Christopher N. Savory, John Buckeridge, Tim D. Veal, Maria R. Correia, David O. Scanlon, Ken Durose, Frank Jäckel
Vibrational symmetry assignments using Raman spectroscopy and density functional theory on oriented crystals also enabling orientation optimisation of thin films.
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A novel integrated Cr(VI) adsorption–photoreduction system using MOF@polymer composite beads

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0TA01046D, Paper
Bardiya Valizadeh, Tu N. Nguyen, Stavroula Kampouri, Daniel T. Sun, Mounir D. Mensi, Kyriakos Stylianou, Berend Smit, Wendy L. Queen
Herein, a novel integrated adsorption–photoreduction system, which captures highly mobile and toxic hexavalent chromium (Cr(VI)) from real-world water samples and reduces it to less mobile and benign Cr(III) species, was designed.
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Exceeding the Volcano Relationship in Oxygen Reduction/Evolution Reactions using Single-atom-based Catalysts with Dual-active-sites

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0TA01399D, Communication
Xiyu Li, Sai Duan, Edward Sharman, Yuan Zhao, Li Yang, Zhiwen Zhuo, Peng Cui, Jun Jiang, Yi Luo
Finding cost-effective catalysts to drive oxygen reduction/evolution reactions (ORR/OER) is a highly attractive goal. Most catalysts follow a volcano relationship of performance, making it difficult to search thoroughly enough among...
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[ASAP] Catalytic, Enantioselective C2-Functionalization of 3-Aminobenzofurans Using N-Heterocyclic Carbenes

Organic Letters
DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.0c01112




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[ASAP] Stereoselective Asymmetric Synthesis of Pyrrolidines with Vicinal Stereocenters Using a Memory of Chirality-Assisted Intramolecular S<sub>N</sub>2' Reaction

Organic Letters
DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.0c01307




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[ASAP] Oxidative Coupling of Aldehydes with Alcohol for the Synthesis of Esters Promoted by Polystyrene-Supported N-Heterocyclic Carbene: Unraveling the Solvent Effect on the Catalyst Behavior Using NMR Relaxation

Organic Letters
DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.0c01188




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Fitbit conducts large scale study to identify atrial fibrillation using its wearable tech

Fitbit on Thursday launched its Fitbit Heart Study, a large-scale, virtual study to validate the use of its wearable technology to identify heart acti




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The cryptoclub: using mathematics to make and break secret codes / Janet Beissinger, Vera Pless

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