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3D printing of light-activated hydrogel actuators

An international team of researchers has embedded gold nanorods in hydrogels that can be processed through 3D printing to create structures that contract when exposed to light -- and expand again when the light is removed. Because this expansion and contraction can be performed repeatedly, the 3D-printed structures can serve as remotely controlled actuators.

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Bipolar disorder and alcohol: It's not as simple as 'self-medication'

Bipolar disorder and alcohol problems seem to go hand-in-hand, leading to a widespread belief that drinking acts as a kind of 'self medication' to ease bipolar's life-altering symptoms of mania, depression, anxiety, sleep disturbances and more. But a new study suggests a much more complex interaction between the two.

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Chimpanzees gesture back and forth quickly like in human conversations

When people are having a conversation, they rapidly take turns speaking and sometimes even interrupt. Now, researchers who have collected the largest ever dataset of chimpanzee 'conversations' have found that they communicate back and forth using gestures following the same rapid-fire pattern.

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Yvette Cooper reveals Tories’ £700m Rwanda spend and brands asylum backlog ‘Hotel California’ - The Independent

  1. Yvette Cooper reveals Tories’ £700m Rwanda spend and brands asylum backlog ‘Hotel California’  The Independent
  2. Failed Rwanda deportation scheme cost £700m, says Yvette Cooper  The Guardian
  3. Rishi Sunak says staying on as acting Tory leader until November is in the ‘national interest’ - live  The Independent
  4. A U.K. Deportation Plan Cost $900 Million. Only Four People Left.  The New York Times
  5. Scrapped Rwanda scheme has already cost £700m in 'most shocking waste of taxpayers' money ever seen'... Читать дальше...

Voice of America 

CrowdStrike: More machines fixed as customers, regulators await details on what caused meltdown 

AUSTIN, Tex. — Cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike says a "significant number" of the millions of computers that crashed on Friday, causing global disruptions, are back in operation as its customers and regulators await a more detailed explanation of what went wrong.  A defective software update sent by CrowdStrike to its customers disrupted airlines, banks, hospitals and other critical services Friday, affecting about 8.5 million machines running Microsoft's Windows operating system. The painstaking... Читать дальше...

TheHill.com 

Schumer, Jeffries praise Harris but stop short of endorsement

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries (N.Y.) praised Vice President Harris as “off to a great start” in her bid to win the Democratic nomination for president but stopped short of endorsing her Monday. “She is rapidly picking up support from grassroots delegates from one end of the country...

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Can I get seasonal depression in the summer?

When the summer heat and humidity climb to unbearable levels, meteorologists, school administrators and government officials often discuss ways to stay cool – but what about the impact on our mental health?