Neil Savage
@neilsavage.bsky.social
Freelance science writer @ Nature, Scientific American, Chemical & Engineering News, Communications of the ACM, Photonics Focus, etc. Aspiring jet-setter. He/him.
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Can Border Agents Search Your Electronic Devices? It’s Complicated.
Esha Bhandari, Deputy Director, ACLU Speech, Privacy, and Technology Project Nathan Freed Wessler, Deputy Director, ACLU Speech, Privacy, and Technology Project Noa Yachot, Former Senior Editor, ACLU
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March 28, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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Researchers are developing new #materials for use in the #biosensors and #wearable devices of the future. @natureportfolio.bsky.social @stevexu.bsky.social @johnrogers.bsky.social @xinyuliu.bsky.social @helentran.bsky.social
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How the latest materials are taking biosensors to the next level
Researchers believe the next generation of wearable devices will transform diagnosis and treatment.
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December 13, 2024 at 10:03 PM
Researchers are developing new #materials for use in the #biosensors and #wearable devices of the future. @natureportfolio.bsky.social @stevexu.bsky.social @johnrogers.bsky.social @xinyuliu.bsky.social @helentran.bsky.social
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Using #AI to understand #animal #language. www.nature.com/immersive/d4... @natureportfolio.bsky.social @projectceti1.bsky.social @earthspecies.bsky.social #whales #elephants #monkeys #crows #seals
AI decodes the calls of the wild
Artificial intelligence could reveal how animals of the land, sea and sky talk to others of their species.
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December 10, 2024 at 6:03 PM
#AI could improve #medical #diagnosis by eliminating contrast dyes or seeing things #radiologists don't look for. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
AI’s keen diagnostic eye
Powered by deep-learning algorithms, artificial intelligence systems could replace agents such as chemicals currently used to augment medical scans. Powered by deep-learning algorithms, artificial int...
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April 18, 2024 at 8:06 PM
#AI could improve #medical #diagnosis by eliminating contrast dyes or seeing things #radiologists don't look for. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Can ChatGPT Learn Chinese or Swahili? – Communications of the ACM
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March 25, 2024 at 11:46 PM
A bit of electrical charge makes some foods and hydrogels, but not others, stick to some metals. #C&EN A jolt of current has sticky results - C&EN - American Chemical Society cen.acs.org/materials/ad...
A jolt of current has sticky results
Some metals adhere to gels and foods in reversible electroadhesion, with potential robotic and underwater applications
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March 15, 2024 at 10:21 PM
A bit of electrical charge makes some foods and hydrogels, but not others, stick to some metals. #C&EN A jolt of current has sticky results - C&EN - American Chemical Society cen.acs.org/materials/ad...
For a Nature Careers story, I'm looking for #scientists who can talk about what happened when their #research #funding ran out.
March 12, 2024 at 1:04 AM
For a Nature Careers story, I'm looking for #scientists who can talk about what happened when their #research #funding ran out.
New diagnostic tests for tuberculosis could help to eradicate this leading disease.
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Tracking down tuberculosis
Improvements in screening and diagnosis could help to eradicate this curable disease. Improvements in screening and diagnosis could help to eradicate this curable disease.
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January 25, 2024 at 6:05 PM
New diagnostic tests for tuberculosis could help to eradicate this leading disease.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
@sciencewriters.org Hi guys. Have the dates and locations of SciWri24 been determined yet?
January 2, 2024 at 10:20 PM
@sciencewriters.org Hi guys. Have the dates and locations of SciWri24 been determined yet?
Diamonds are forever, but PFAS need not be.
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How to take ‘forever’ out of forever chemicals
Stubborn compounds called PFAS in drinking water put health at risk. Technologies based on plasmas, pressure, sound or fungus could finally degrade these chemicals. Stubborn compounds called PFAS in d...
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December 14, 2023 at 10:43 PM
Diamonds are forever, but PFAS need not be.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
I don't like to be the guy who pooh-poohs urban legends, but the Snopes report on this is very amusing in its own right.
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I thought no duck story could ever top biologist Kees Moeliker's duck story. It appears that I was mistaken.
The greatest story ever told
November 17, 2023 at 7:02 PM
I don't like to be the guy who pooh-poohs urban legends, but the Snopes report on this is very amusing in its own right.
www.snopes.com/fact-check/d...
www.snopes.com/fact-check/d...
How can we protect our data when quantum computing can break the codes? www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Keeping secrets in a quantum world
Cryptographers are preparing for new quantum computers that will break their ciphers. Cryptographers are preparing for new quantum computers that will break their ciphers.
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November 1, 2023 at 6:12 PM
How can we protect our data when quantum computing can break the codes? www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Can we teach AI to do good?
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October 26, 2023 at 5:56 PM
Can we teach AI to do good?
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Some of the other people involved in the Nobel-winning quantum dot research. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
October 18, 2023 at 8:52 PM
Some of the other people involved in the Nobel-winning quantum dot research. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
How can we catch #deepfakes?
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September 18, 2023 at 5:19 PM
How can we catch #deepfakes?
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Could #nanoparticles stop internal bleeding? https://cen.acs.org/acs-news/acs-meeting-news/Nanoparticles-stanch-internal-bleeding/101/web/2023/08
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August 22, 2023 at 4:25 PM
Could #nanoparticles stop internal bleeding? https://cen.acs.org/acs-news/acs-meeting-news/Nanoparticles-stanch-internal-bleeding/101/web/2023/08
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Reposted by Neil Savage
When A.I. is used to design custom proteins that previously did not exist—at scale.
“One machine-learning person can generate enough designs to keep 100 biologists busy for months.”
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-02227-y
“One machine-learning person can generate enough designs to keep 100 biologists busy for months.”
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-02227-y
July 11, 2023 at 5:02 PM
When A.I. is used to design custom proteins that previously did not exist—at scale.
“One machine-learning person can generate enough designs to keep 100 biologists busy for months.”
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-02227-y
“One machine-learning person can generate enough designs to keep 100 biologists busy for months.”
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-02227-y
I am now on Threads neilsavage
Mastodon @neilsavage@mastodon.social
Bluesky @neilsavage.bky.social
T2 @NeilSavage
and of course
Twitter @neilsavagewrite
Let the games begin!
Mastodon @neilsavage@mastodon.social
Bluesky @neilsavage.bky.social
T2 @NeilSavage
and of course
Twitter @neilsavagewrite
Let the games begin!
July 7, 2023 at 7:57 PM
I am now on Threads neilsavage
Mastodon @neilsavage@mastodon.social
Bluesky @neilsavage.bky.social
T2 @NeilSavage
and of course
Twitter @neilsavagewrite
Let the games begin!
Mastodon @neilsavage@mastodon.social
Bluesky @neilsavage.bky.social
T2 @NeilSavage
and of course
Twitter @neilsavagewrite
Let the games begin!
So let's see which of these platforms has staying power and which go the way of MySpace and Google+.
July 7, 2023 at 6:28 PM
So let's see which of these platforms has staying power and which go the way of MySpace and Google+.