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Proteins in the blood could warn people of cancer more than seven years before it is diagnosed

2024-05-16 / Downshift

Scientists at the University of Oxford studied blood samples from more than 44,000 people in the UK Biobank, including over 4,900 people who subsequently had a cancer diagnosis.

They compared the proteins of people who did and did not go on to be diagnosed with cancer and identified 618 proteins linked to 19 types of cancer, including colon, lung, non-Hodgkin lymphoma and liver.

The study, funded by Cancer Research UK and published in Nature Communications, also found 107 proteins associated with cancers diagnosed more than seven years after the patient’s blood sample was collected and 182 proteins that were strongly associated with a cancer diagnosis within three years.

Andrej Karpathy’s introduction to Large Language Models (LLM)

2023-11-24 / Downshift

This is a 1 hour introduction to Large Language Models (LLM), the core technical component behind systems like OpenAI’s ChatGPT, and Google’s Bard.

What they are, where they are headed, comparisons and analogies to present-day operating systems, and some of the security-related challenges of this new computing paradigm.

[1hr Talk] Intro to Large Language Models

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Women Peace Security Index for 2023

2023-10-25 / Downshift

Georgetown University’s Institute for Women, Peace and Security (GIWPS) seeks to promote a more stable, peaceful, and just world by focusing on the important role women play in preventing conflict and building peace, growing economies, and addressing global threats like climate change and violent extremism.

This fourth edition of the Women, Peace, and Security (WPS) Index ranks and scores 177 countries on women’s status. The results show that countries where women are doing well are also more peaceful, democratic, prosperous, and better
prepared to adapt to the impacts of climate change.

This year, nine of the top ten best countries to be women are European, with Scandinavian countries leading the rankings. Denmark leads the 2023 rankings, scoring more than three times higher than Afghanistan.

1 Denmark
2 Switzerland
3 Sweden
4 Finland
4 Iceland
4 Luxembourg
7 Norway
8 Austria
9 Netherlands
10 New Zealand

Four-day work weeks improved Spanish workers’ health several ways, such as by lowering stress while reducing fuel emissions and benefiting children

2023-10-17 / Downshift

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In a couple of days, on 14 October, a solar eclipse will sweep over North, Central, and South America

2023-10-12 / Downshift

And for Indigenous people across the region, the phenomenon has long held additional significance.

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Sony unveils new video game controller for disabled gamers

2023-10-12 / Downshift

Sony unveils new video game controller for disabled gamers

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Swiss Academy of Sciences is reporting a dramatic acceleration of its glacier ice melt

2023-09-28 / Downshift

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Category: Science (Page 1 of 9)

Proteins in the blood could warn people of cancer more than seven years before it is diagnosed

Andrej Karpathy’s introduction to Large Language Models (LLM)

Women Peace Security Index for 2023

Four-day work weeks improved Spanish workers’ health several ways, such as by lowering stress while reducing fuel emissions and benefiting children

In a couple of days, on 14 October, a solar eclipse will sweep over North, Central, and South America

Sony unveils new video game controller for disabled gamers

Swiss Academy of Sciences is reporting a dramatic acceleration of its glacier ice melt

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