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This Rice University Professor Developed Cancer-Detection Technology

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Richards-Kortum is a professor of bioengineering at Rice University , in Houston, and codirector of the Rice360 Institute for Global Health Technologies , which is developing affordable medical equipment for underresourced hospitals. To help her cause, she and colleague Z. The initiative developed the NEST360 newborn tool kit.

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Is Worldcoin a Crypto-currency for the Masses or Your Digital ID?

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So far, Worldcoin has signed up more than 700,000 users in some 25 countries, including Chile, France, and Kenya. tried out in locations including California, Finland, and Kenya. But that means control of these networks often boils down to how many high-powered computer chips you can afford or how much crypto you hold.