Do natural aphrodisiacs work?
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Rochester, Minnesota - Can foods and supplements affect libido? There's little evidence to support the effectiveness of most substances thought of as natural aphrodisiacs.
Online physician reviews don’t reflect responses in patient satisfaction surveys
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Rochester, Minnesota - Physicians who receive negative reviews online do not receive similar responses in rigorous patient satisfaction surveys, according to new Mayo Clinic research in Mayo Clinic Proceedings. Yet, compared with colleagues without negative reviews, they score lower on factors that go beyond patient interactions and are beyond their immediate control.
Photonic communication comes to computer chips
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Cambridge, Massachusetts - With novel optoelectronic chips and a new partnership with a top silicon-chip manufacturer, MIT spinout Ayar Labs aims to increase speed and reduce energy consumption in computing, starting with data centers.
Attorney General Becerra Files Criminal Charges Alleging $4.3 Million Fraud Scheme Perpetrated Against Veteran’s Administration
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Los Angeles, California - California Attorney General Xavier Becerra has filed a criminal complaint alleging 38 individuals defrauded the United States Veterans Administration (VA) out of $4.3 million. According to the complaint, five of the charged defendants operated the Alliance Trucking School in Chatsworth, California, and falsely claimed to have enrolled veterans as students to obtain commercial driver’s licenses. The school received tuition payments from the VA for nonexistent classes. The complaint also charged other individuals who received a variety of VA benefits - often exceeding $50,000 per individual - based on their enrollment in the trucking school even though they never attended or completed classes.
Computer system transcribes words users “speak silently”
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Cambridge, Massachusetts - MIT researchers have developed a computer interface that can transcribe words that the user verbalizes internally but does not actually speak aloud.
Interagency investigation captures men trafficking horns from endangered black rhinoceros
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Washington, DC - Special Agents with the National Park Service Investigative Services Branch were pleased to aid the US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) in their successful international investigation of illegal trade of protected rhinoceros horns. The investigation was part of “Operation Crash,” a nationwide effort led by the USFWS and the US Department of Justice. Edward N. Levine, age 67, was recently sentenced to serve 27 months in prison after being convicted of charges resulting from this investigation.
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