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• Road Rage Problem? Maybe You Need a Car Seat

  19-10-2015 23:56 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  Automotive parts manufacturer Faurecia is developing a smart car seat to monitor emotions of drivers.
  
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• Xiaomi issues price-friendly 60-inch TV and electric scooter

  19-10-2015 23:32
  
  A company's general about-us description has exact resonance this week: China's Xiaomi, which makes various consumer electronics devices, to be exact. "Xiaomi was founded in 2010 by serial entrepreneur Lei Jun, who believes that high-quality technology doesn't need to cost a fortune."
  
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• Smart Changing Pad Tracks Your Baby's Development

  19-10-2015 23:26 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  What's the latest inside poop from the Internet of Things? A smart baby-changing pad.
  
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• New mathematical method reveals structure in neural activity in the brain

  19-10-2015 23:12
  
  A newly-developed mathematical method can detect geometric structure in neural activity in the brain. "Previously, in order to understand this structure, scientists needed to relate neural activity to some specific external stimulus," said Vladimir Itskov, associate professor of mathematics at Penn State University. "Our method is the first to be able to reveal this structure without our knowing an external stimulus ahead of time. We've now shown that our new method will allow us to explore the
  
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• DraftKings: Employee Who Won Big Didn't Use Insider Info

  19-10-2015 23:12 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  An independent investigation found that a DraftKings employee did not use inside information to win $350,000 from a rival fantasy sports site.
  
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• Cyclic healing removes defects in metals while maintaining strength

  19-10-2015 23:11
  
  When designing a new material, whether for an airplane, car, bridge, mobile device, or biological implant, engineers strive to make the material strong and defect-free. However, methods conventionally used to control the amount of defects in a material, such as applying heat or mechanical stress, can also have undesirable consequences in terms of the material's strength, structure and performance.
  
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• Dust particles from afar

  19-10-2015 22:30
  
  When in 1990 the solar probe Ulysses embarked on its 19-year-long exploration tour, the participating researchers turned their attention not only to our Sun, but also to significantly smaller research objects: interstellar dust particles advancing from the depth of space into our solar system. Ulysses was the first mission with the goal to measure these tiny visitors and successfully detected more than 900 of them. Researchers under the leadership of the Max Planck Institute for Solar System Res
  
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• Testing Begins After Fire Put out at Radioactive Waste Site

  19-10-2015 22:25
  Officials test air, monitor for problems after fire at radioactive waste site is extinguished
  
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• Fossils reveal humans were greater threat than climate change to Caribbean wildlife

  19-10-2015 22:25
  
  Nearly 100 fossil species pulled from a flooded cave in the Bahamas reveal a true story of persistence against all odds—at least until the time humans stepped foot on the islands.
  
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• NASA's GPM measured Typhoon Champi's heavy rainfall

  19-10-2015 22:24
  
  Typhoon Champi has been generating heavy rainfall since Oct. 16, 2015, when NASA's Global Precipitation Measurement, or GPM, mission analyzed the storm. The storm intensified from a tropical storm to a typhoon after GPM passed overhead. GPM is a joint mission between NASA and JAXA.
  
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• IBM revenue falls for 14th straight quarter, misses Street - Reuters

  19-10-2015 22:21 via
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  IBM revenue falls for 14th straight quarter, misses Street
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  International Business Machines Corp (IBM.N) reported its 14th consecutive fall in quarterly revenue and also fell short of analysts' estimates, hurt by a strong dollar and the sale of low-margin businesses. Shares of the world's largest technology ...
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• Apple quashes apps that collect personal data

  19-10-2015 22:18
  
  Apple is kicking out applications that collect personal data in violation of the company's privacy policies from its online store, the tech giant said Monday.
  
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• Google opens up Project Fi to all -- but just for today - CNET

  19-10-2015 22:10 via
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  Google opens up Project Fi to all -- but just for today
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  If you've been thinking about checking out Google's Project Fi wireless service, now is your chance. The Mountain View, California, Internet search titan said Monday it's giving out "instant invites" to the service for the next 24 hours. Interested ...
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• While Clinton used home email, State's networks were at risk

  19-10-2015 22:06
  
  Hillary Rodham Clinton has come under fierce criticism for doing business over personal email while secretary of state, putting sensitive data at risk of being hacked. But her communications may not have been any more secure had she used a State Department email address, judging by years of independent audits that excoriated the department over poor cyber security on Clinton's watch.
  
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• NASA studying 2015 El Nino event as never before

  19-10-2015 22:05
  
  Every two to seven years, an unusually warm pool of water—sometimes two to three degrees Celsius higher than normal develops across the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean to create a natural short-term climate change event. This warm condition, known as El Nino, affects the local aquatic environment, but also spurs extreme weather patterns around the world, from flooding in California to droughts in Australia. This winter, the 2015-16 El Nino event will be better observed from space than any p
  
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• Satellite animation shows Olaf grow into a major hurricane

  19-10-2015 22:04
  
  An animation of imagery from NOAA's GOES-West satellite over several days showed Hurricane Olaf become a major hurricane on Monday, October 19, 2015. NASA's GOES Project created the animation that compiled three days of GOES data.
  
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• Leaders call for carbon pricing worldwide

  19-10-2015 21:56
  
  A group of world leaders called Monday for countries around the world to put a price on carbon to strengthen the international fight against climate change.
  
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• New study explains near-annual Monsoon oscillations generated by El Nino

  19-10-2015 21:54
  
  A new research study by a team of climate researchers from the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa explains for the first time the source of near-annual pressure and wind changes discovered previously in the Southeast Asian Monsoon system.
  
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• NASA sees Koppu moving across the Philippines

  19-10-2015 21:50
  
  NASA's Terra satellite and RapidScat gathered data on Typhoon Koppu before and after it made landfall in the northern Philippines.
  
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• Apple Bans Hundreds of Apps That Hid Chinese Spyware

  19-10-2015 21:45 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  Apple has banned 256 apps, with an estimated total of 1 million downloads among them, for harboring spyware from a Chinese advertising company.
  
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• Key test for self-driving cars: A northern Virginia highway (Update)

  19-10-2015 21:40
  
  Self-driving cars faced what might be their ultimate test Monday: I-95 in northern Virginia.
  
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• Key test for self-driving cars: A northern Virginia highway

  19-10-2015 21:40
  
  Self-driving cars have faced one of their most rigorous tests yet: an interstate in busy northern Virginia.
  
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• Doggie DNA study says Fido first appeared in Central Asia

  19-10-2015 21:36
  
  Where did dogs first arrive on the scene? Scientists have long debated that question, and now a study of doggie DNA from around the world is pointing to Central Asia.
  
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• Life on Earth likely started 4.1 billion years ago—much earlier than scientists thought

  19-10-2015 21:34
  
  UCLA geochemists have found evidence that life likely existed on Earth at least 4.1 billion years ago—300 million years earlier than previous research suggested. The discovery indicates that life may have begun shortly after the planet formed 4.54 billion years ago.
  
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• Hints of Life on What Was Thought to Be Desolate Early Earth

  19-10-2015 21:10
  Study: Life may have sprung up earlier on Earth, raising hopes for life elsewhere in universe
  
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• New Drone Rules Lay Groundwork for Tracking

  19-10-2015 21:08 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  Long-awaited rules from the Department of Transportation require drone-owners to register their devices, even those that are already in the air.
  
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• Tests Begin After Fire Put out at Radioactive Waste Site

  19-10-2015 21:05
  Officials test air, monitor for problems after fire at radioactive waste site is extinguished
  
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• Facebook will warn users of state-sponsored attacks

  19-10-2015 21:03
  
  Facebook on Monday followed in Google's footsteps and began warning users when it appears they are targeted by state-sponsored cyber attacks.
  
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• The phage is a lonely hunter

  19-10-2015 21:00
  
  Sharks prowl the watery depths for their prey, lions stalk the tall-grass savannah, and bacteriophages, well, they've got snot. The thin layer of mucus that coats epithelial cells serves as the hunting ground for phages, viruses that kill and use bacteria to proliferate. Newly published research by scientists at San Diego State University finds that these phages use a novel hunting strategy known as "subdiffusive motion" to better their chances of finding bacteria within a mucosal surface.
  
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• Study urges optimization of solar energy development

  19-10-2015 21:00
  
  With mounting vigor for combating global climate change, increasing the use of renewable energy resources such as solar, without compromising natural habitats, is a challenge to the traditional model of utility-scale solar energy installations. Such facilities use vast swaths of land for solar gathering and generating equipment. Until now, studies quantifying the effects on land-cover change and analyses of impacts on protected areas near solar facilities have been limited.
  
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• Researchers discover mechanism that regulates aging and abundance of secreted proteins

  19-10-2015 21:00
  
  Physiological processes in the body are in large part determined by the composition of secreted proteins found in the circulatory systems, including the blood. Each of the hundreds of proteins in the blood has a specific life span that determines its unique range of abundance. In fact, measurements of their quantities and activities contribute to many clinical diagnoses. However, the way in which normal protein concentrations in the blood are determined and maintained has been a mystery for deca
  
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• Regrow a tooth? Fish—yes; humans—maybe some day

  19-10-2015 21:00
  
  When a Lake Malawi cichlid loses a tooth, a new one drops neatly into place as a replacement. Why can't humans similarly regrow teeth lost to injury or disease?
  
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• Queen or worker? Flexibility between roles relies on just a few genes

  19-10-2015 21:00
  
  Two insect species from Latin America, the dinosaur ant and the red paper wasp, have been used to uncover the molecular mechanisms underpinning queen and worker roles in social insects. The research by an international team of scientists brings us closer to understanding how genomes are used to generate castes in social evolution.
  
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• Poisonous frogs more likely to face extinction, study finds

  19-10-2015 21:00
  
  Scientists at the University of Liverpool have found that amphibians that use toxins to protect themselves against predators are at a higher risk of extinction than those who use other types of defence, which poses a challenge to a long-held evolutionary hypothesis.
  
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• Gene on-off switch works like backpack strap: Team unravels how loops form in genome

  19-10-2015 21:00
  
  A research team based in Houston's Texas Medical Center has found that the proteins that turn genes on by forming loops in human chromosomes work like the sliding plastic adjusters on a grade-schooler's backpack. This discovery could provide new clues about genetic diseases and allow researchers to reprogram cells by directly modifying the loops in genomes.
  
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• Daily views of Earth available on new NASA website

  19-10-2015 21:00
  
  NASA launched a new website Monday so the world can see images of the full, sunlit side of the Earth every day. The images are taken by a NASA camera one million miles away on the Deep Space Climate Observatory (DSCOVR), a partnership between NASA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the U.S. Air Force.
  
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• New book explores the meaning of hope amid environmental struggles in the Pacific Ocean

  19-10-2015 20:57
  
  The Pacific Ocean faces no shortage of perils these days. From giant islands of floating garbage to overfishing, it can be hard to find a reason for hope in that vast expanse. Teresa Shewry, an associate professor of English at UC Santa Barbara, though, tells a different story, exploring literature, art and film of the Pacific.
  
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• Lenovo upgrades its big idea: The 27-inch Yoga Home 900 is for homework or air ... - PCWorld

  19-10-2015 20:30 via
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  Lenovo upgrades its big idea: The 27-inch Yoga Home 900 is for homework or air ...
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  Lenovo's 27-inch Yoga Home 900, announced Monday, is built for the great American suburbs. For the family with a decently sized house and yards of counter space, this all-in-one PC could stand in the kitchen or family room for homework time. After ...
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• Ohio River's Huge Algae Bloom a Warning for Water Suppliers

  19-10-2015 20:25
  Toxic algae stretching 600 miles along Ohio River serves up warning for drinking water plants
  
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• Amazon sues more than 1000 sellers of fake product reviews - KSL.com

  19-10-2015 20:19 via
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  NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — Amazon is expanding its campaign against fake product reviews posted on its website. The online reseller is suing more than 1,000 people who are "misleading Amazon's customers" by selling "fake reviews of products," ...and more »
  

• 8 paid iPhone apps on sale for free today - BGR

  19-10-2015 20:14 via
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  8 paid iPhone apps on sale for free today
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  Happy Monday, dear readers. You didn't think we would let you go through an entire day without a list of paid iPhone and iPad apps on sale for free, did you? Better late than never, and today's list is worth waiting for. DON'T MISS: 10 hottest iPhone ...
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• How Amazon Is Taking on Alleged Fake Reviewers

  19-10-2015 20:13
  
  Amazon is cracking down on more than 1,000 anonymous defendants who allegedly accepted payment in exchange for giving positive reviews of products on the site.
  
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• Czechs open EU project with 'world's most powerful laser'

  19-10-2015 20:10
  
  The Czech Republic is opening a new scientific center that will include what officials call the world's most powerful laser device.
  
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• Solvents save steps in solar cell manufacturing

  19-10-2015 19:59
  
  Advances in ultrathin films have made solar panels and semiconductor devices more efficient and less costly, and researchers at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory say they've found a way to manufacture the films more easily, too.
  
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• Hacker claims to have breached CIA director's personal email

  19-10-2015 19:57
  
  An anonymous hacker claims to have breached CIA Director John Brennan's personal email account and has posted documents online, including a list of email addresses purportedly from Brennan's contact file.
  
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• Facebook Will Now Warn You If Another Country Is Spying on You

  19-10-2015 19:55
  Facebook will now issue warnings to users who the social network believes are being targeted by state-sponsored actors.
  
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• Navigation App Waze Gets A Huge Redesign – Now Less Cluttered, But Still Needs ... - TechCrunch

  19-10-2015 19:46 via
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  Navigation App Waze Gets A Huge Redesign – Now Less Cluttered, But Still Needs ...
  TechCrunch
  The Google-owned navigation app Waze has a number of standout features – its ability to alert you to traffic conditions and speed traps, and re-route you around traffic jams, for example – but its user interface was not one of its better qualities ...
  Waze Cuts the Clutter, Adds Traffic-Based RemindersPC Magazine
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• Biomarker finder adjusts on the fly: Scientists build better tool to find signs of disease

  19-10-2015 19:46
  
  A Rice University laboratory has developed a continuously tunable method to find and quantify DNA and RNA biomarkers.
  
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• Watch: US Regulators Set Sights on Drones

  19-10-2015 19:40
  
  The U.S. Department of Transportation is expected to announce new rules to have Drones registered with the government.
  
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• Baylor researchers project long-term effects of climate change, deforestation on Himalayan mountain basins

  19-10-2015 19:40
  
  As part of an multi-disciplinary study, a team of Baylor researchers found that climatic changes, an increase in agricultural land use and population growth in the Himalaya Mountain basins could have negative impacts on water availability, further stressing a region plagued by natural disasters and food insecurity.
  
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