[quick news] November 15, 2018 United Nations Diabetes Day: beware of diabetes blindness

United Nations Diabetes Day: watch out for diabetes blindness every November 14 is the United Nations diabetes day According to the relevant data, the prevalence of diabetic retinopathy in diabetic population in China is 24.7% to 37.5% There are about 110 million diabetics in our country According to this, there are 27 million diabetics with retinopathy in our country But the screening rate of this disease in our country is less than 10% Hyperglycemia, hypertension, hyperlipidemia and the course of diabetes are important risk factors for diabetic retinopathy Therefore, strict control of blood glucose, blood lipid, blood pressure and other risk factors, as well as fundus screening, can significantly reduce the risk of diabetic retinopathy in diabetic patients Effective interventions for early diabetic retinopathy can significantly reduce the blindness rate of diabetic retinopathy Http:// the National Science Foundation of the United States has released ten major research projects Recently, the National Science Foundation of the United States (NSF) has released a special report introducing the ten major innovative research projects that will be supported in the future Specifically, it includes: human technology frontier exploration, growth convergence research, data application revolution, mesoscale research infrastructure, new Arctic navigation plan, nsf2026, NSF support plan, life law exploration, and space window exploration NSF plans to invest $30 million in each of these 10 areas in 2019 Focusing on interdisciplinary research is an important feature of this conceptual study, which is most prominent in the new Arctic navigation plan While focusing on basic observation, the plan hopes to break through the regional human land relationship and feedback mechanism by integrating social and economic research methods, so as to achieve stable and sustainable development in the Arctic region Https://nsf.gov/pubs/2019/nsf19511/nsf19511.pdf the 20th hi tech Fair opened in Shenzhen More than 10000 projects participated in the fair on November 14, and the 20th China International hi tech Fair opened in Shenzhen With the theme of "adhering to the new development concept and promoting high-quality development", this Hi Tech fair focuses on displaying advanced technologies and products in the fields of artificial intelligence, intelligent manufacturing, energy conservation and environmental protection, new generation information technology, biology, new energy, new materials, aerospace, new display and other high-tech fields, demonstrating the important role of the new development concept in promoting high-quality economic development With a total exhibition area of 140000 square meters, over 10000 projects from 3356 exhibitors participated in the fair, and 41 countries and more than 60 international organizations participated in the fair The hi tech fair also set up the start-up technology enterprise exhibition and maker exhibition to provide free technology innovation and product innovation display platform for start-up technology enterprises and makers Http://digitalpaper.stdaily.com/http_ / 15 / content_ HTM? Div = - 1 British scientists have drawn up the map of human placenta According to a paper published in nature on the 14th, British scientists have drawn the map based on about 70000 cells of human early placenta This result is expected to bring new insights into the cell tissue and cell communication in the early stage of human pregnancy At the same time, this study explores the mechanism of maintaining the stability of physiological environment, which is crucial to the success of pregnancy In the early stage of human pregnancy, the placenta is implanted into the endometrium (decidua), and the trophoblasts are mixed with the mother cells This relationship is very important for the success of pregnancy, but the cell interaction in decidua in early pregnancy is still unclear International research projects such as "human cell atlas" are trying to identify all cell types involved in development, health and disease Https:// Microsoft wants to acquire xoxco, and continues the road of artificial intelligence Microsoft announces its intention to acquire xoxco, a software developer Xoxco was founded in 2009, and began to study robots in 2013 It is famous for developing the first conference scheduling robot Xoxco focuses on robot design, becoming the fourth AI related company Microsoft bought this year Neither company disclosed the purchase price, but the purchase is in line with Microsoft's overall acquisition strategy this year A series of acquisitions show that Microsoft is fully committed to AI https://techcrunch.com/2018/11/14/microsoft-to-acquire-xoxco-as-focus-on-ai-and-bot-developers-continues/