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src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAUEBAAAACwAAAAAAQABAAACAkQBADs="alt=""> </a> </figure> <div class="sorted-article-content d-flex flex-column ie-flex-1"> <h3 class="mb-1 mb-lg-2"><a class="news-link" href="https://phys.org/news/2024-11-police-communications-pose-privacy-black.html">Broadcast police communications may pose privacy risks, especially to Black men</a></h3> <p class="mb-1 pr-1"> Police radio transmissions contain personally identifiable information that could pose privacy risks for members of the public, especially Black males, according to a new study by researchers at Penn State and the University ... </p> </div> </div> <div class="article__info mt-lg-3 mt-2"> <div class="article__info-item mr-auto"> <div class="text-low text-uppercase"> <p> Social Sciences </p> </div> </div> <div class="article__info-item mr-3"> <span class="mr-3"></span> <svg class="article__info-icon"> <use xlink:href="https://phys.b-cdn.net/tmpl/v6/img/svg/sprite.svg#icon_clock" x="0" 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mb-lg-2"><a class="news-link" href="https://phys.org/news/2024-11-video-sun-star-simulation.html">Video: Our sun is the star in a new simulation</a></h3> <p class="mb-1 pr-1"> NASA supercomputers are shedding light on what causes some of the sun's most complex behaviors. Using data from the suite of active sun-watching spacecraft currently observing the star at the heart of our solar system, researchers ... </p> </div> </div> <div class="article__info mt-lg-3 mt-2"> <div class="article__info-item mr-auto"> <div class="text-low text-uppercase"> <p> Astronomy </p> </div> </div> <div class="article__info-item mr-3"> <span class="mr-3"></span> <svg class="article__info-icon"> <use xlink:href="https://phys.b-cdn.net/tmpl/v6/img/svg/sprite.svg#icon_clock" x="0" y="0"></use> </svg> <p class="text-uppercase text-low"> Nov 21, 2024 </p> </div> <div class="article__info-item mr-3"> <svg class="article__info-icon"> <use xlink:href="https://phys.b-cdn.net/tmpl/v6/img/svg/sprite.svg#icon_comment" x="0" y="0"></use> </svg> <p class="text-uppercase text-low"><span>0</span></p> </div> <div class="article__info-item"> <svg class="article__info-icon"> <use xlink:href="https://phys.b-cdn.net/tmpl/v6/img/svg/sprite.svg#icon_share" x="0" y="0"></use> </svg> <p class="text-uppercase text-low"><span>2</span></p> </div> </div> </article> <article class="sorted-article"> <div class="d-flex"> <figure class="sorted-article-figure"> <a href="https://phys.org/news/2024-11-reveals-rna-unknown-role-dna.html"> <img data-src="https://scx1.b-cdn.net/csz/news/175u/2024/rnas-surprising-role-i.jpg" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAUEBAAAACwAAAAAAQABAAACAkQBADs="alt=""> </a> </figure> <div class="sorted-article-content d-flex flex-column ie-flex-1"> <h3 class="mb-1 mb-lg-2"><a class="news-link" href="https://phys.org/news/2024-11-reveals-rna-unknown-role-dna.html">Study reveals RNA's unknown role in DNA damage repair</a></h3> <p class="mb-1 pr-1"> A multi-institutional team of researchers, led by Georgia Tech's Francesca Storici, has discovered a previously unknown role for RNA. Their insights could lead to improved treatments for diseases like cancer and neurodegenerative ... </p> </div> </div> <div class="article__info mt-lg-3 mt-2"> <div class="article__info-item mr-auto"> <div class="text-low text-uppercase"> <p> Molecular & Computational biology </p> </div> </div> <div class="article__info-item mr-3"> <span class="mr-3"></span> <svg class="article__info-icon"> <use xlink:href="https://phys.b-cdn.net/tmpl/v6/img/svg/sprite.svg#icon_clock" x="0" y="0"></use> </svg> <p class="text-uppercase text-low"> Nov 21, 2024 </p> </div> <div class="article__info-item mr-3"> <svg class="article__info-icon"> <use xlink:href="https://phys.b-cdn.net/tmpl/v6/img/svg/sprite.svg#icon_comment" x="0" y="0"></use> </svg> <p class="text-uppercase text-low"><span>0</span></p> </div> <div class="article__info-item"> <svg class="article__info-icon"> <use xlink:href="https://phys.b-cdn.net/tmpl/v6/img/svg/sprite.svg#icon_share" x="0" y="0"></use> </svg> <p class="text-uppercase text-low"><span>132</span></p> </div> </div> </article> <article class="sorted-article"> <div class="d-flex"> <figure class="sorted-article-figure"> <a href="https://phys.org/news/2024-11-genetic-machine-reveals-complex-chimpanzee.html"> <img data-src="https://scx1.b-cdn.net/csz/news/175u/2024/genetic-time-machine-r.jpg" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAUEBAAAACwAAAAAAQABAAACAkQBADs="alt=""> </a> </figure> <div class="sorted-article-content d-flex flex-column ie-flex-1"> <h3 class="mb-1 mb-lg-2"><a class="news-link" href="https://phys.org/news/2024-11-genetic-machine-reveals-complex-chimpanzee.html">'Genetic time machine' reveals complex chimpanzee cultures</a></h3> <p class="mb-1 pr-1"> In recent decades, scientists have clearly demonstrated that chimpanzees, like humans, pass on complex cultures such as tool use from generation to generation. But human culture has become vastly more sophisticated, from ... </p> </div> </div> <div class="article__info mt-lg-3 mt-2"> <div class="article__info-item mr-auto"> <div class="text-low text-uppercase"> <p> Evolution </p> </div> </div> <div class="article__info-item mr-3"> <span class="mr-3"></span> <svg class="article__info-icon"> <use xlink:href="https://phys.b-cdn.net/tmpl/v6/img/svg/sprite.svg#icon_clock" x="0" y="0"></use> </svg> <p class="text-uppercase text-low"> Nov 21, 2024 </p> </div> <div class="article__info-item mr-3"> <svg class="article__info-icon"> <use xlink:href="https://phys.b-cdn.net/tmpl/v6/img/svg/sprite.svg#icon_comment" x="0" y="0"></use> </svg> <p class="text-uppercase text-low"><span>0</span></p> </div> <div class="article__info-item"> <svg class="article__info-icon"> <use xlink:href="https://phys.b-cdn.net/tmpl/v6/img/svg/sprite.svg#icon_share" x="0" y="0"></use> </svg> <p class="text-uppercase text-low"><span>79</span></p> </div> </div> </article> <article class="sorted-article"> <div class="d-flex"> <figure class="sorted-article-figure"> <a href="https://phys.org/news/2024-11-hubble-sizzling-young-star-fu.html"> <img data-src="https://scx1.b-cdn.net/csz/news/175u/2024/hubble-finds-sizzling.jpg" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAUEBAAAACwAAAAAAQABAAACAkQBADs="alt=""> </a> </figure> <div class="sorted-article-content d-flex flex-column ie-flex-1"> <h3 class="mb-1 mb-lg-2"><a class="news-link" href="https://phys.org/news/2024-11-hubble-sizzling-young-star-fu.html">Hubble finds sizzling details about young star FU Orionis</a></h3> <p class="mb-1 pr-1"> In 1936, astronomers saw a puzzling event in the constellation Orion: the young star FU Orionis (FU Ori) became a hundred times brighter in a matter of months. 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