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Artificial Intelligence raises ethical, policy challenges – UN expert

Artificial Intelligence raises ethical, policy challenges – UN expert

ASTANA. KAZINFORM - While these bring tremendous benefits, AI also raises concerns, ranging from security to human rights abuses. Speaking in Paris last weekend, Secretary-General Antonio Guterres praised AI but cautioned that "technology should empower not overpower us" and that the world needs to set policies that contain unintended consequences or malicious use of frontier technologies, UN News reports.

17.11.2018 13:52

Plants can offer protection against terror attacks: German study

Plants can offer protection against terror attacks: German study

ASTANA. KAZINFORM - Plants can offer protection against terrorist attacks in cities, a study published on Friday by the Bundeswehr University Munich, a higher education institution of the German Armed Forces, found, Xinhua has learned.

17.11.2018 11:59

KazNU's scientific journal added into Web of Science Core Collection

KazNU's scientific journal added into Web of Science Core Collection

ASTANA. KAZINFORM According to the Clarivate Analytics International Agency which operates information systems and collections on intellectual property, scientific journal of the Al-Farabi KazNU "International Journal of Biology and Chemistry" has entered into the database of emerging scientific sources - Web of Science Core Collection, the University's press service says.

14.11.2018 17:53

Study finds causal link between social media use, depression

Study finds causal link between social media use, depression

WASHINGTON. KAZINFORM A new study by U.S. researchers has proven for the first time the causal connection between social media use and decreased mental health.

13.11.2018 14:07

AI may help predict Alzheimer's disease 6 years before doctors

AI may help predict Alzheimer's disease 6 years before doctors

NEW YORK. KAZINFORM A new artificial intelligence (AI) system developed by U.S. researchers may be capable of detecting the early signs of Alzheimer's disease six years before doctors can make an actual diagnosis.

09.11.2018 20:27

Kazakhstan to develop biobanks storing genetic material

Kazakhstan to develop biobanks storing genetic material

ASTANA. KAZINFORM - It is planned to develop biobanks that would for the storage of genetic material in Kazakhstan, Deputy Minister of Education and Science of Kazakhstan Askhat Aimagambetov informed, answering MPs' questions at the plenary session of the Majilis (the lower house of the Kazakh Parliament), Kazinform correspondent reports.

07.11.2018 15:58

Kazakhstan to launch satellites on Elon Musk’s rocket

Kazakhstan to launch satellites on Elon Musk’s rocket

ASTANA. KAZINFORM - Kazakhstan plans to launch two satellites on Falcon 9 rocket launch vehicle in California, Kazinform correspondent cites Marat Nurgozhin, Kazakh Deputy Minister of the Defense and Aerospace Industry.

05.11.2018 19:51

Kazakhstan, Tajikistan intend to bolster satellite communications coop

Kazakhstan, Tajikistan intend to bolster satellite communications coop

ASTANA. KAZINFORM - Representatives of the General Staff of Tajikistan visited the KazSat spacecraft reserve ground control system within the framework of the Meeting of the Chiefs of the General Staffs of the Armed Forces of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) Member States held in Kazakhstan, Kazinform correspondent reports.

30.10.2018 12:09

Exercises may improve memory through a bone hormone

Exercises may improve memory through a bone hormone

ASTANA. KAZINFORM - American researchers revealed how a bone hormone reversed memory loss in the aging brain in mice, lending new insights into how exercise could positively affect the brain, Xinhua has learned.

24.10.2018 22:05

Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan to bolster space cooperation

Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan to bolster space cooperation

ASTANA. KAZINFORM- The delegation of Kazakhstan Gharysh Sapary National Company JSC returned from a working visit to Uzbekistan, where they signed a document regarding space cooperation, Kazinform correspondent reports.

23.10.2018 17:54

Kazakhstan, Russia, Uzbekistan may jointly launch satellite

Kazakhstan, Russia, Uzbekistan may jointly launch satellite

TASHKENT. KAZINFORM Russia offers Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan to cooperate in a joint launch of satellite, Kazinform correspondent reports.

19.10.2018 16:44

Mammals become extinct much faster than they diversify: study

Mammals become extinct much faster than they diversify: study

ASTANA. KAZINFORM - Danish and Swedish researchers said that many mammal species would be extinct during the next five decades but nature need 3 to 5 million years to recover, Xinhua has learned.

16.10.2018 08:09

Crew scheduled to go to ISS to remain unchanged

Crew scheduled to go to ISS to remain unchanged

MOSCOW. KAZINFORM The next crew will go to the International Space Station in December and its composition will not be changed, Russia's space training center told TASS on Monday.

15.10.2018 21:39

Stanford researchers relocate genes in cell with new gene-editing tool

Stanford researchers relocate genes in cell with new gene-editing tool

WASHINGTON. KAZINFORM Researchers at Stanford University developed a new gene-editing technology to manipulate the genome in three-dimensional space, and found that genes behaved differently in different zones.

12.10.2018 16:30

Soyuz MS-10 crew had prelaunch press conference at Baikonur

Soyuz MS-10 crew had prelaunch press conference at Baikonur

BAIKONUR. KAZINFORM Less than 24 hours left until the blast-off of Soyuz MS-10 manned spacecraft from the Baikonur launch site, Kazinform correspondent reports.

11.10.2018 07:59

Two American economists share 2018 Nobel Prize in Economics

Two American economists share 2018 Nobel Prize in Economics

STOCKHOLM. KAZINFORM The 2018 Nobel Prize in Economics, or officially the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel, was awarded Monday jointly to William Nordhaus and Paul Romer.

09.10.2018 15:33

Scientists establish new links between DNA damage, cancer

Scientists establish new links between DNA damage, cancer

SYDNEY. KAZINFORM A new research by Australian and Dutch scientists has highlighted the link between DNA damage and cancer, by identifying an underlying cause behind early onset leukaemia.

05.10.2018 21:45

Congolese physician and Iraqi human rights activist win 2018 Nobel Peace Prize

Congolese physician and Iraqi human rights activist win 2018 Nobel Peace Prize

STOCKHOLM. KAZINFORM The 2018 Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to physician Denis Mukwege from the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Iraqi human rights activist Nadia Murad, the Norwegian Nobel Committee said in a statement on Friday.

05.10.2018 19:24

Russian spacecraft with ISS crew lands in Kazakh steppe

Russian spacecraft with ISS crew lands in Kazakh steppe

KOROLYOV. KAZINFORM The descent capsule of the Soyuz MS-08 spacecraft with three crewmembers of the International Space Station (ISS) has landed in the Kazakh steppe near the town of Dzhezkazgan, Russia's Mission Control reported on Thursday.

04.10.2018 18:58

Soyuz MS-08 with three-man crew on board separates from ISS

Soyuz MS-08 with three-man crew on board separates from ISS

KOROLYOV /Moscow Region/. KAZINFORM The Soyuz MS-08 spacecraft with three participants in the prolonged space expedition 55/56 has separated from the International Space Station (ISS) and begun the journey home, Mission Control near Moscow told the media on Thursday.

04.10.2018 16:16

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