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Give it five minutes – Signal v. Noise
A few years ago I used to be a hothead. Whenever anyone said anything, I’d think of a way to disagree. I’d push back hard if something didn’t fit my world-view. It’s like I had to be first with an opinion – as if being first meant something. But what it really meant was that …
Health Department Meetings and Events
Health Department Meetings and Events | Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department …
Police departments adopting facial recognition tech amid allegations of wrongful arrests – 60 Minutes
In the past few years, facial recognition technology has become a critical tool for law enforcement: the FBI has used it to help identify suspects who stormed the Capitol on January 6 and state and local police say it’s been instrumental in cases of robberies, assaults, and murders. Facial recognition software uses complex mathematical algorithms …
New plasmonic isothermal PCR technology can detect respiratory viral pathogens in 30 minutes
Apr 15 2021 Researchers in South Korea developed a plasmonic isothermal recombinase polymerase amplification (RPA) array chip, the world’s first plasmonic isothermal PCR technology which can detect 8 types of pathogens (4 bacteria and 4 viruses) that cause acute respiratory infectious diseases in 30 minutes, led by Dr. Sung-Gyu Park and Dr. Ho Sang Jung …
New technology to obtain ‘protein fingerprints’ in just a few minutes
Researchers from Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin and the Francis Crick Institute have developed a mass spectrometry-based technique capable of measuring samples containing thousands of proteins within just a few minutes. It is faster and cheaper than a conventional blood count. To demonstrate the technique’s potential, the researchers used blood plasma collected from COVID-19 patients. Using …
UK technology business created every 30 minutes in 2020
A new technology business was created every half an hour during 2020, with nearly 19,500 registering in total across the UK, industry figures reveal. Data analysed by industry body Tech Nation for the Department of Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) – based on figures provided by the Office for National statistics (ONS) and …
Texas Was 4 Minutes and 37 Seconds Away From a Blackout That Could Have Lasted Months – NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth
The board that oversees ERCOT held an urgent meeting Wednesday morning to discuss the winter storm that crippled most of Texas last week. They offered apologies for the devastation the power outages have caused and pledged to gather the facts to help lawmakers determine how to prevent it from ever happening again. ERCOT’s CEO, Bill …
Wall Street opens lower with Fed minutes in focus By Reuters
© Reuters. U.S. flags fly out in front of the NYSE is seen in New York (Reuters) – Wall Street’s main indexes opened lower on Wednesday as investors stayed away from making big bets ahead of the release of minutes from the U.S Federal Reserve’s January meeting. The fell 37.1 points, or 0.12%, at the …
Young driver fined for breaking Quebec curfew — by 12 minutes
When you leave too many things open to be enforced “using discretion”, you know there are going to be problems. For a young Ontario driver, being 12 minutes away from the Ontario border has resulted in a fine of $561 for violating COVID-19 restrictions. The circumstances? The 17-year-old had spent the day with his father, …
Montgomery County says its 400 COVID-19 vaccine slots filled in 9 minutes
MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Texas – The Montgomery County Public Health District said Monday that its 400 pre-registration slots filled within nine minutes. All 400 pre-registration slots for vaccines filled within 9 minutes. We will keep you updated on future allocations! — Montgomery County Public Health (@MontCo_PH) January 25, 2021 The county had opened a COVID-19 vaccine …
