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Checkmate: How Plant Protein Feronia Protects Against Bacterial Attackers - Newswise (press release)

Chess Research - Wed, 10/24/2018 - 15:41

Checkmate: How Plant Protein Feronia Protects Against Bacterial Attackers
Newswise (press release)
But the ISU research shows Feronia can detect the pathogen's attempts to hijack the jasmonic acid system and diminish a protein called MYC2 to fight off the disease. The researchers said it's a little bit like a game of chess playing out inside the ...

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Checkmate: How plant protein Feronia protects against bacterial attackers - Iowa State University News Service

Chess Research - Wed, 10/24/2018 - 15:01

Checkmate: How plant protein Feronia protects against bacterial attackers
Iowa State University News Service
But the ISU research shows Feronia can detect the pathogen's attempts to hijack the jasmonic acid system and diminish a protein called MYC2 to fight off the disease. The researchers said it's a little bit like a game of chess playing out inside the ...

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Making moves to understand cognitive function in the brain - ScienceBlog.com (blog)

Chess Research - Wed, 10/24/2018 - 14:30

Making moves to understand cognitive function in the brain
ScienceBlog.com (blog)
Li's team currently is pursuing experiments testing this hypothesis that the cerebellum may perform a similar function on brain activity related to thoughts, such as when playing a game of chess. Researchers who contributed to the study include ...

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Internet Memes Are Making UK Children Fat, Say Researchers Who Don't Understand Memes - Techdirt

Chess Research - Wed, 10/24/2018 - 05:32

Internet Memes Are Making UK Children Fat, Say Researchers Who Don't Understand Memes
Techdirt
I mean, at one point in time, chess -- the game of kings and gifted elementary school students -- was considered to be the Grand Theft Auto of its day, capable of turning players into cold-blooded killers. Some UK "researchers," who have earned every ...

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City opens outdoor chess park | News - ECU The East Carolinian

Chess Research - Wed, 10/24/2018 - 02:00
City opens outdoor chess park | News  ECU The East Carolinian

Sheppard Memorial Library and the city of Greenville held a ribbon-cutting ceremony to officially open the outdoor chess park Tuesday on the library's central ...

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Checkmate: How plant protein Feronia protects against bacterial attackers - News Service - Iowa State University News Service

Chess Research - Wed, 10/24/2018 - 02:00
Checkmate: How plant protein Feronia protects against bacterial attackers - News Service  Iowa State University News Service

AMES, Iowa – Plant scientists at Iowa State University have shed new light on a genetic pathway that influences both plant growth and disease resistance, ...

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Outdoor giant chess and checker park opens at Sheppard Memorial Library - WITN

Chess Research - Tue, 10/23/2018 - 23:03

WITN

Outdoor giant chess and checker park opens at Sheppard Memorial Library
WITN
Outdoor giant chess and checker park opens at Sheppard Memorial Library. The City of Greenville and Sheppard Memorial Library held a ribbon-cutting ceremony Tuesday to officially open the new outdoor chess park on the library's central lawn on Tuesday.

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US military is trying to 'breed' an AI with the 'basic common sense' of a ten-year-old child as part of a $2 billion ... - Daily Mail

Chess Research - Tue, 10/23/2018 - 12:04

Daily Mail

US military is trying to 'breed' an AI with the 'basic common sense' of a ten-year-old child as part of a $2 billion ...
Daily Mail
The US military is chasing a 'third wave' of artificial intelligence (AI) that will see robots endowed with the basic common sense of a 10-year-old child. Its research branch the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, or DARPA, is calling for ...

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Platform Economy—How Companies Can Drive Inclusive Growth - Council on Foreign Relations (blog)

Chess Research - Tue, 10/23/2018 - 07:51

Council on Foreign Relations (blog)

Platform Economy—How Companies Can Drive Inclusive Growth
Council on Foreign Relations (blog)
Voices from the Field features contributions from scholars and practitioners highlighting new research, thinking, and approaches to development challenges. This piece is authored by Henriette Kolb, Manager, Gender Secretariat, International Finance ...

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Chess.com Isle Of Man: Naiditsch, Wang Hao Lead - Chess.com

Chess Research - Tue, 10/23/2018 - 02:00
Chess.com Isle Of Man: Naiditsch, Wang Hao Lead  Chess.com

Well, tomorrow's pairings just got easy. Of the six players with perfect scores entering the the fourth day of play at the 2018 Chess.com Isle of Man International, ...

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Corporate strategies in tough times: Lessons from chess - NewsDay

Chess Research - Mon, 10/22/2018 - 22:00

NewsDay

Corporate strategies in tough times: Lessons from chess
NewsDay
Although chess has strict guidelines, the proficient player knows how to use his creativity to come up with surprise moves to defeat the opponent. If you research on world legends on chess, you will be amazed with the moves they made for them to become ...

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Making moves to understand cognitive function in the brain - Baylor College of Medicine News (press release)

Chess Research - Mon, 10/22/2018 - 14:38

Baylor College of Medicine News (press release)

Making moves to understand cognitive function in the brain
Baylor College of Medicine News (press release)
In a study in the current edition of Nature, researchers at Baylor College of Medicine have found the first direct evidence that the cerebellum does more than just control muscle activity. It also plays a role in cognitive functions. While past studies ...

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Do You Have This Amazing Chess Book? - Chess.com

Chess Research - Mon, 10/22/2018 - 14:10

Chess.com

Do You Have This Amazing Chess Book?
Chess.com
... improvisation and of the general creative element of chess.[...] But practice is the criterion of truth and it remains a fact that a player's preparation, his research work, leads to a raising of his practical competitive results. That is how Garry ...

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Global Chess Market 2018-2025 : The House of Staunton, ChessSUA, CNCHESS, ChessBaron - Plains Ledger

Chess Research - Mon, 10/22/2018 - 09:22

Plains Ledger

Global Chess Market 2018-2025 : The House of Staunton, ChessSUA, CNCHESS, ChessBaron
Plains Ledger
Market study report Titled Global “Chess Market” 2018 Industry Research Report recently published on e-marketresearch.com is the key document for industries/clients to understand current global competitive market status. The Chess market study report ...

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In A 24/7 Viewing Age, What Does 'Competition' Mean? - MediaPost Communications

Chess Research - Mon, 10/22/2018 - 08:00

In A 24/7 Viewing Age, What Does 'Competition' Mean?
MediaPost Communications
Here is a better context: “We are competing with every show that has ever aired everywhere,” says Jeff Bader, president, program planning, strategy and research, NBC Entertainment, speaking at the ARF OTTxScience event in Los Angeles. One glaring ...

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In A 24/7 Viewing Age, What Does 'Competition' Mean? - MediaPost Communications

Chess Research - Mon, 10/22/2018 - 08:00

In A 24/7 Viewing Age, What Does 'Competition' Mean?
MediaPost Communications
Here is a better context: “We are competing with every show that has ever aired everywhere,” says Jeff Bader, president, program planning, strategy and research, NBC Entertainment, speaking at the ARF OTTxScience event in Los Angeles. One glaring ...

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Do You Have This Amazing Chess Book? - Chess.com

Chess Research - Mon, 10/22/2018 - 02:00
Do You Have This Amazing Chess Book?  Chess.com

The year was 1985 and I was playing a tournament where I had an opportunity to get my first master norm. At that time, tournaments with master norms were very ...

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Scholastic Chess Tournament focuses on strategy and sportsmanship - KMVT

Chess Research - Mon, 10/22/2018 - 02:00
Scholastic Chess Tournament focuses on strategy and sportsmanship  KMVT

Saturday marked a day of strategy and sportsmanship for students at the Magic Valley Scholastic Chess Tournament.

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Do You Have This Amazing Chess Book? - Chess.com

Chess Research - Mon, 10/22/2018 - 02:00
Do You Have This Amazing Chess Book?  Chess.com

The year was 1985 and I was playing a tournament where I had an opportunity to get my first master norm. At that time, tournaments with master norms were very ...

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Experts: China-EU-US interactions are a 3-dimensional game of chess - CGTN (press release)

Chess Research - Mon, 10/22/2018 - 01:50

CGTN (press release)

Experts: China-EU-US interactions are a 3-dimensional game of chess
CGTN (press release)
Jin Ling, a senior research fellow at the China Institute of International Studies, believed that apart from Trump's unilateralism, rising populism sentiments in European countries have also added uncertainties in terms of maneuvering room between ...

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