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From lagers and blonds to lambics, there is a wide range of different beers to choose from. But could artificial intelligence (AI) help predict if a specific beer recipe will be appreciated by consumers before they even try it? A team of scientists at KU Leuven, a university in Belgium, say that it can. The researchers gathered a trained tasting panel of 16 people and asked them to try 250 commercial beers of 22 different styles such as lagers, blonds, and stouts. Participants rated the beverages on 50 attributes, including different hop, malt, and yeast flavours, off-flavours and spices. Rese...
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By Daniel Lawler Paris (AFP) - Le cas de la princesse Kate, jeune quadragénaire atteinte d'un cancer, illustre un phénomène d'ampleur. Sans que l'on comprenne bien pourquoi, les moins de 50 ans sont, depuis plusieurs décennies, de plus en plus frappés par cette maladie. C'est une véritable "épidémie" chez les moins de 50 ans, résume auprès de l'AFP le cancérologue Shivan Sivakumar, chercheur à l'Université de Birmingham. Entre 1990 et 2019, le taux de cancers a quasiment doublé (+80%) dans cette tranche d'âge à travers le monde, selon une vaste étude publiée en 2023 par le BMJ Oncology, qui s'...
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Washington (AFP) - Experiments in the weightless environment of space have led to "crazy progress" in the fight against cancer, NASA officials said at a recent event highlighting an important and personal initiative of US President Joe Biden. Space is "a unique place for research," astronaut Frank Rubio said at the event in Washington. The 48-year-old, a physician and former military helicopter pilot, conducted cancer research during his recent mission to the International Space Station (ISS), orbiting some 400 kilometers (250 miles) above the Earth's surface. Not only do cells there age more ...
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San Francisco (AFP) - Neuralink on Wednesday streamed a video of its first human patient playing computer chess with his mind and talking about the brain implant making that possible. Noland Arbaugh, 29, who was left paralyzed from the shoulders down by a diving accident eight years ago, told of playing chess and the videogame "Civilization" as well as taking Japanese and French lessons by controlling a computer screen cursor with his brain. "It's crazy, it really is. It's so cool," said Arbaugh, who joked of having telepathy thanks to Elon Musk's Neuralink startup. Musk's neurotechnology comp...
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San Francisco (AFP) - La start-up américaine Neuralink du milliardaire Elon Musk a diffusé mercredi une vidéo dans laquelle un patient joue aux échecs par la pensée sur son ordinateur au moyen d'un implant cérébral. Noland Arbaugh, 29 ans, tétraplégique depuis un accident de plongée, a raconté jouer aux échecs et au jeu vidéo "Civilization" ou encore prendre des cours de japonais et de français grâce à un implant cérébral qui lui permet, seul, de contrôler la souris d'un ordinateur. "C'est fou", "c'est tellement cool", a lâché le jeune homme, tout sourire, dans une vidéo diffusée en direct par...
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By Daniel Lawler Paris (AFP) - L'espérance de vie moyenne, qui ne cessait de progresser depuis des décennies à travers le monde, a subitement décliné en 2020 et 2021 pendant le plus gros de la pandémie de Covid, selon une étude parue mardi dans le Lancet. Selon ce travail, l'espérance de vie a reculé à l'époque dans la grande majorité (84%) des plus de 200 pays et territoires étudiés par les chercheurs, soit quasiment le monde entier. En moyenne, sur l'ensemble des données examinées, l'espérance de vie a reculé de plus d'un an et demi par personne en 2020-2021 (1,6 année). Cela s'est traduit p...
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American aerospace company Stratolaunch hailed the first powered test flight of a new unmanned craft for hypersonic research on Saturday a success. Hypersonic describes flights at speeds of at least Mach 5, or five times the speed of sound. Chief Executive Officer Zachary Krevor said in a statement that the Talon-A-1 vehicle "reached high supersonic speeds approaching Mach 5 and collected a great amount of data at an incredible value to our customers". Paris to New York in 1.5 hours: The hydrogen jet looking to usher in hypersonic air travelKrevor said he could not release the specific altitud...
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San Francisco (AFP) - Elon Musk says the first human patient with a brain implant from his Neuralink startup is able to move a computer mouse with thought. Last month, Musk's neurotechnology company installed a brain implant in its first human patient and on Monday Musk reported the experiment had been a success. "The patient seems to have made a full recovery with no ill effects," Musk said in an interview streamed on X, formerly Twitter. The patient is able to "move the mouse around the screen just by thinking," Musk said. "We're trying to get as many button presses as possible from thinking...
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Scientists have successfully modelled a climate tipping point that would plunge large parts of Europe into a deep freeze - and it could be closer than previously thought. Using a complex climate model, researchers from Utrecht University in the Netherlands simulated the collapse of an important Atlantic Ocean current which currently brings warm water north and keeps temperatures in Europe mild. An abrupt shutdown of this current would change weather worldwide with Europe suffering the most severe consequences. Melting ice sheets could cause its collapse - but when or how likely is it to happen...
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Scientists have revealed an explanation for why more women suffer from autoimmune diseases compared to men. Autoimmune diseases, such as lupus and rheumatoid arthritis, are conditions where the body's immune system attacks normal cells. Around four out of every five patients with these diseases are female. According to a new study00002-3) led by researchers at Stanford University and published last Thursday in the journal Cell, it may have to do with women’s two X chromosomes. In mammals, biological sex is determined by chromosomes, with females having two X chromosomes and males having one X ...
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