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Drug addiction is caused by the structure of the dopamine transporter
A detailed description of the structure of the human dopamine transporter in complex with cocaine has been published in Nature Communications. The structure is based on a model that was created by a team of scientists at Imperial College London, the University of Oxford, and Stanford University. It shows the transporter’s narcote as a hydrophobic…
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Canada’s wildfires likely worsened due to human-driven climate change
Weather that increases fire risk is “getting more severe as climate change gets worse”, said a climate scientist from Imperial College London in a case study on climate impacts on fire-weather conditions in the Pacific and Southern Hemisphere. The study looked at human-caused climate impacts on fire weather, the conditions that make a spark likely…
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The world requires processed food.
Ultra-processed foods are associated with an increase in cancer mortality, a study by Imperial College London found. The study found that the risk of dying from cancer increased by six per cent for each additional ten per cent increase in ultraprocessed food consumption. Overly processed foods include soups, sauces, frozen pizza and ready-to-eat meals, among…
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The New York schools ban access because of fears of cheating and misinformation.
Thomas Lancaster, a computer scientist at Imperial College London said, “Despite the words ‘artificial intelligence’ being thrown about, really, these systems don’t have intelligence in the way we might think about as humans.” He added, “We may need technical tools to make sure what we are seeing is real, the same way we use deepfakes…