Discovery of a structural class of antibiotics with explainable deep learning.
One of the challenges with deep learning (neural networks) is that although they find patterns the reasoning disappears into an endless detail of numbers. In this paper the researchers built an 'explainable' AI to discover antibiotics instead of such a 'black box'. "The discovery of novel structural...
Source: nature.com
Effect of alcohol on promise making - a prisoner
An Economic Analysis of Business Drinking: Evidence from a Lab-in-the-field Experiment
“Our GAAM (guilt aversion and alcohol myopia) model predicts that intoxication increases promise-making but has no effect on promise-breaking. We test these predictions using a prisoner’s dilemma game with pre-play...
Source: gmu.edu
Millions of British children breathing toxic air, Unicef warns: More than 4.5 million affected, says UN group, while tests
Millions of British children breathing toxic air, Unicef warns: More than 4.5 million affected, says UN group, while tests suggest children’s shorter height increases exposure on busy roads
Source: theguardian.com
Britain flouting duty to protect citizens from toxic air pollution – UN: Exclusive: Special rapporteur’s mission finds
Britain flouting duty to protect citizens from toxic air pollution – UN: Exclusive: Special rapporteur’s mission finds government has violated obligation to protect people’s lives and health
Source: theguardian.com
Activists scale Nelson's Column in protest over London's 'toxic' air: Protesters from environmental campaign group Greenpeace
Activists scale Nelson's Column in protest over London's 'toxic' air: Protesters from environmental campaign group Greenpeace have scaled Nelson’s Column in a protest over air pollution in London.
The group gathered at the Trafalgar Square statue at around 4.10am before starting its ascent,...
Source: standard.co.uk
Delhi's air pollution is causing a health crisis. So, what can be done?: The city’s toxic air has been linked to allergies,
Delhi's air pollution is causing a health crisis. So, what can be done?: The city’s toxic air has been linked to allergies, respiratory conditions, birth malformations and increasing incidence of cancers. But as a recent car-free experiment showed, action to cut pollution can be effective
Source: theguardian.com
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