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Neil Savage

@neilsavage.bsky.social
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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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Neil Savage @neilsavage.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
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Neil Savage @neilsavage.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Looking for cool uses of #3DPrinting in the #Laboratory, for a story in @nature.com. Any innovative widgets you've seen/made/used? We had a story like this in 2019, but we want to see what's new since then. Any suggestions are appreciated. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
nature.com
Five innovative ways to use 3D printing in the laboratory
As the cost of 3D printers tumbles, researchers have begun using them to make everything from bespoke equipment for experiments to realistic models of human organs.
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Neil Savage @neilsavage.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
Take precautions to protect your device when crossing the border. www.aclutx.org/en/news/can-...
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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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Neil Savage @neilsavage.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
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 www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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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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Neil Savage @neilsavage.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
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
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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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Neil Savage @neilsavage.bsky.social · 07/06/2024
#Asian #scientists quiz #FBI on #discrimination. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
nature.com
FBI asks scientists for trust in taking anti-Asian bias seriously
At public forum, US investigators seek to repair damage from China Initiative with researchers of Asian descent. At public forum, US investigators seek to repair damage from China Initiative with rese...
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Neil Savage @neilsavage.bsky.social · 22/05/2024
This year's #Turing Award winner. cacm.acm.org/news/a-life-...
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A Life of Complexity – Communications of the ACM
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Neil Savage @neilsavage.bsky.social · 18/04/2024
#AI could improve #medical #diagnosis by eliminating contrast dyes or seeing things #radiologists don't look for. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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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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Neil Savage @neilsavage.bsky.social · 25/03/2024
Making #chatbots multilingual. cacm.acm.org/news/can-cha...
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Can ChatGPT Learn Chinese or Swahili? – Communications of the ACM
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Neil Savage @neilsavage.bsky.social · 15/03/2024
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...
cen.acs.org
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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Neil Savage @neilsavage.bsky.social · 12/03/2024
For a Nature Careers story, I'm looking for #scientists who can talk about what happened when their #research #funding ran out.
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Neil Savage @neilsavage.bsky.social · 25/01/2024
New diagnostic tests for tuberculosis could help to eradicate this leading disease. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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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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Neil Savage @neilsavage.bsky.social · 02/01/2024
@sciencewriters.org Hi guys. Have the dates and locations of SciWri24 been determined yet?
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Neil Savage @neilsavage.bsky.social · 14/12/2023
Diamonds are forever, but PFAS need not be. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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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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Neil Savage @neilsavage.bsky.social · 17/11/2023
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...
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Neil Savage @neilsavage.bsky.social · 01/11/2023
How can we protect our data when quantum computing can break the codes? www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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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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Neil Savage @neilsavage.bsky.social · 26/10/2023
Can we teach AI to do good? www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Neil Savage @neilsavage.bsky.social · 18/10/2023
Some of the other people involved in the Nobel-winning quantum dot research. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Neil Savage @neilsavage.bsky.social · 18/09/2023
How can we catch #deepfakes? spie.org/news/photoni...
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Neil Savage @neilsavage.bsky.social · 22/08/2023
Could #nanoparticles stop internal bleeding? cen.acs.org/acs-news/acs-meeting-ne… @cenmag.bsky.social
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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 11/07/2023
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.” www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-…
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Neil Savage @neilsavage.bsky.social · 07/07/2023
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!
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Neil Savage @neilsavage.bsky.social · 07/07/2023
So let's see which of these platforms has staying power and which go the way of MySpace and Google+.
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