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• Mobile phone motion sensors can be used to crack your PIN

  12-04-2017 23:40 via cbc.ca
  
  New research has revealed just how easy it is for criminals to use the sensors in mobile phones to crack four-digit PINs, and that users know very little about the risk.
  
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• Rules restricting artificial trans fats are good for heart health

  12-04-2017 22:48
  
  Taking artificial trans fats off the menu reduces hospitalizations for heart attack and stroke.
  
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• Scientists find 2nd 'Great Spot' on Jupiter

  12-04-2017 20:19 via cbc.ca
  
  Another "Great Spot" has been found at Jupiter, this one cold and high up.
  
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• Volcanic eruptions nearly snuffed out Gentoo penguin colony

  12-04-2017 20:00
  
  Penguin poop dumps data on how a Gentoo colony responded to ancient volcanic eruptions.
  
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• Gene knockouts in people provide drug safety, effectiveness clues

  12-04-2017 19:00
  
  People naturally lacking certain genes give clues about drug safety and efficacy, a study in Pakistanis shows.
  
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• NASA set to reveal new data on 'ocean worlds' in our solar system

  12-04-2017 18:07 via cbc.ca
  
  NASA plans to announce new findings Thursday based on its research into ocean worlds in our solar system.
  
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• NASA reveals new data on 'ocean worlds' in our solar system

  12-04-2017 18:07 via cbc.ca
  
  NASA plans to announce new findings Thursday based on its research into ocean worlds in our solar system.
  
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• Jupiter’s Great Red Spot has company. Meet the Great Cold Spot

  12-04-2017 18:00
  
  A previously unidentified dark mark on Jupiter has been dubbed the “Great Cold Spot” because of its temperature and resemblance to the planet’s Great Red Spot.
  
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• Vaccinating pregnant women protects newborns from whooping cough

  12-04-2017 15:00
  
  Pregnant women who receive the pertussis, or whooping cough, vaccine pass on to their new-borns immunity to the potentially deadly bacterial infection.
  
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• Want to keep N.L. bees healthy? Stop imports, says beekeepers group

  12-04-2017 14:04 via cbc.ca
  
  Newfoundland and Labrador's bee population is healthy and thriving, and the key to keeping it that way is stopping bee imports, says the Newfoundland and Labrador Beekeeping Association.
  
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• Where Does the Brain Store Long-Ago Memories?

  12-04-2017 13:00 via rss.sciam.com
  
  An internal filing system sorts events for short- or long-term use 
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• Cells’ stunning complexity on display in a new online portal

  12-04-2017 13:00
  
  A new online explorer tool from the Allen Institute for Cell Science shows 3-D models of cell interiors.
  
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• Cellphone surveillance technology being used by local police across Canada

  12-04-2017 11:00 via cbc.ca
  
  At least six police forces across Canada are now using IMSI catchers, but several of them wouldn’t tell CBC News whether they use the devices to eavesdrop on phone calls and text messages.
  
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• Waterloo researchers capture first image of a dark matter web that connects galaxies

  12-04-2017 06:00
  
  (University of Waterloo) Researchers at the University of Waterloo have been able to capture the first composite image of a dark matter bridge that connects galaxies together. The composite image, which combines a number of individual images, confirms predictions that galaxies across the universe are tied together through a cosmic web connected by dark matter that has until now remained unobservable.
  
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• SwRI's Robin Canup elected member of American Academy of Arts and Sciences

  12-04-2017 06:00
  
  (Southwest Research Institute) Dr. Robin Canup, associate vice president of the Space Science and Engineering Division at Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) has been named a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. The 2017 class of inductees includes leaders from academia, business, public affairs, the humanities and the arts.
  
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• New night lights maps open up possible real-time applications

  12-04-2017 06:00
  
  (NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center) New global maps of Earth at night provide the clearest-ever composite view of the patterns of human settlement across our planet. The NASA team is also now automating nighttime imagery processing to make the data available within hours of acquisition -- potentially aiding short-term weather forecasting and disaster response efforts.
  
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• New method for 3-D printing extraterrestrial materials

  12-04-2017 06:00
  
  (Northwestern University) 3-D printing with lunar and Martian dust-based inks presents a new, sustainable method for extraterrestrial manufacturing of soft and hard structures and objects.
  
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• Collisions generate gas in debris disks

  12-04-2017 06:00
  
  (RIKEN) By examining the atomic carbon line from two young star systems -- 49 Ceti and Beta Pictoris -- researchers had found atomic carbon in the disk, the first time this observation has been made at sub-millimeter wavelength, hinting that the gas in debris disks is not primordial, but rather is generated from some process of collisions taking place in the debris disk.
  
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• Annotated photos highlight long-term international collaboration in atmospheric sciences

  12-04-2017 06:00
  
  (Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences) International cooperation is an essential prerequisite for long-term success in atmospheric sciences, an enterprise of global scale by its very nature. Annotated group photographs from two workshops, separated by no less than 95 years, underscore the human(e) dimension of scientific endeavours
  
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• ALMA investigates 'DeeDee,' a distant, dim member of our solar system

  12-04-2017 06:00
  
  (National Radio Astronomy Observatory) Using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), astronomers have revealed extraordinary details about a recently discovered far-flung member of our solar system, the planetary body 2014 UZ224, more informally known as DeeDee.
  
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• [Research Article] The transcription factor MAFK induces EMT and malignant progression of triple-negative breast cancer cells through its target GPNMB

  12-04-2017 04:19 via stke.sciencemag.org
  Inhibiting the activity of the transcription factor MAFK may suppress the progression of triple-negative breast cancer.
  
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• [Research Resource] Genomics and evolution of protein phosphatases

  12-04-2017 04:19 via stke.sciencemag.org
  Genomic analysis provides a global catalog of phosphatases, a key component of cell signaling.
  
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• [Research Article] YAP-mediated mechanotransduction determines the podocyte's response to damage

  12-04-2017 04:19 via stke.sciencemag.org
  Mechanosensitive activation of YAP is an early response in damaged kidneys.
  
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• Physics trips up efforts to keep shoelaces tied

  12-04-2017 01:05
  
  Loose laces are due to inertia and force of feet hitting the floor.
  
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