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• How Mars tearing apart its own moon (+video) - Christian Science Monitor

  11-11-2015 23:10 via
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  How Mars tearing apart its own moon (+video)
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  Mars and its moon Phobos are far closer together than Earth and its moon, causing a strong gravitational pull that will eventually tear the moon apart. By Story Hinckley, Staff November 11, 2015. Save for later Saved · About video ads. Mars is ...
  Mars's Moon Phobos Is Likely Crumbling Away, Says NASANewsweek
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• More young adults are failing to launch or 'boomerang' home, study finds

  11-11-2015 23:00
  
  The study, conducted by researchers at the University of Melbourne, concluded that the changing nature of family living situations often led to avoidable conflict.
  
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• The Dust Devils of Mars Could Pack a Seismic Punch - Discovery News

  11-11-2015 21:44 via
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  The Dust Devils of Mars Could Pack a Seismic Punch
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  During experiments on a dry California lake bed, seismologists were able to detect dust devils racing across the barren surface — the first time a seismic signal of these tiny atmospheric events has ever been recorded. Method of Birth Control. www.not ...
  How dust devils hold clues to Mars's core and climateChristian Science Monitor
  Here's Why There's Still Not a Human on MarsNational Geographic
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• High-tech means higher sales for many small retailers

  11-11-2015 21:10
  
  An independent retailer may not look like the cutting edge of technology, but these small businesses increasingly turn to apps and sophisticated software to connect with customers.
  
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• Climate vulnerable nations appeal for harder UN goal

  11-11-2015 21:10
  
  A coalition of nations most at risk from climate change appealed Wednesday for a crucial UN summit to enshrine a much tougher target on global warming, warning that more than one billion lives were at stake.
  
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• Amazon flies high in the Internet cloud

  11-11-2015 21:00
  
  Amazon is widely known for its prowess as an online retail colossus, but is also thriving when it comes to sending business aloft in the Internet cloud.
  
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• Digging deeper into DNA: An efficient method to sequence chloroplast genomes

  11-11-2015 20:57
  
  To fully understand a plant's nuclear genome, scientists must also study two other genomes found within plant cells—-in the "powerhouse" mitochondria and in the photosynthesizing chloroplast organelles. Researchers from the Instituto Nacional de Investigación Agropecuaria (National Institute of Agricultural Research) in Uruguay have developed a chloroplast genome-sequencing strategy to facilitate this research. The new method could unlock a wealth of untapped chloroplast genome sequ
  
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• Google and Apple try to keep malware out of their app stores. But they don't ... - Washington Post

  11-11-2015 20:50 via
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  Google and Apple try to keep malware out of their app stores. But they don't ...
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  Google and Apple just removed a popular third-party Instagram app from their online stores after reports surfaced that the app was stealing usernames and passwords and then using the ill-gotten credentials to post spam to Instagram accounts without ...
  Third-party Instagram app pulled after stealing passwordsCNET
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• What's the best time to launch a video game?

  11-11-2015 20:46
  
  The video game industry is a massive one, with some $93 billion in annual sales. Budgets for major titles rival those for major motion pictures. This fall's 800-pound gorillas include Halo 5 and Star Wars Battlefront. But releasing a new video game title is a more complicated business than releasing a movie because in order to buy the game consumers must first own the platform it runs on, typically meaning a console or computer or tablet or phone—so game sales interact with platform sales.
  
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• Researchers open 'Golden Window' in deep brain imaging

  11-11-2015 20:46
  
  The neuroscience community is saluting the creation of a "Golden Window" for deep brain imaging by researchers at The City College of New York led by biomedical engineer Lingyan Shi. This is a first for brain imaging, said Shi, a research associate in City College's Institute for Ultrafast Spectroscopy and Lasers, and the biology department.
  
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• Mirror currents in the wall make the most beautiful plasma of all

  11-11-2015 20:44
  
  The way to increase the power and efficiency of magnetic fusion energy may be to risk running the plasma - hotter than 100-million-degrees C - closer than ever to the wall, according to new experimental results achieved by the first U.S.-China fusion research team.
  
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• Video: A safer way to demonstrate the 'rainbow flame' in the classroom

  11-11-2015 20:39
  
  A chemistry demonstration commonly known as the "rainbow flame" experiment has resulted in a number of serious injuries in classrooms in recent years. The experiment is meant to show how various metal salt solutions can create flames of different colors, but it can be unsafe if teachers use highly flammable solvents like methanol or ethanol in the procedure.
  
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• Made to order: Researchers discover a new form of crystalline matter

  11-11-2015 20:38
  
  Dust is everywhere: under the bed, on the stairs and even inside of plasmas. A team of researchers from Auburn University, the University of Iowa and the University of California, San Diego, using the new Magnetized Dusty Plasma Experiment (MDPX), the first U.S. experiment of its kind, recently discovered a new form of crystalline-like matter in strongly magnetized dusty plasma.
  
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• New Super H-mode regime could greatly increase fusion power

  11-11-2015 20:37
  
  Meet "Super H mode," a newly discovered state of tokamak plasma that could sharply boost the performance of future fusion reactors. This new state raises the pressure at the edge of the plasma beyond what previously had been thought possible, creating the potential to increase the power production of the superhot core of the plasma.
  
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• Mixing an icy cocktail to safely cool hot plasma - Phys.Org

  11-11-2015 20:36 via
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  Mixing an icy cocktail to safely cool hot plasma
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  Figure 1: Visible light image of SPI into a tokamak plasma. Ice shards can be seen entering the plasma (invisible, edge indicated by white line) heading toward plasma core (indicated by white cross). Bright light at top is gas (used to …more. A shot ...
  Daring move for first US-China fusion team(e) Science News (press release) (registration)
  Breakthrough In Superconducting Materials Opens New Path To FusionECNmag.com
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• Mixing an icy cocktail to safely cool hot plasma

  11-11-2015 20:36
  
  A shot of icy chemical cocktail - that's the promising solution to controlling hot plasmas in fusion devices, researchers say.
  
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• Little Tally in trial, spots item highs, lows, price goofs

  11-11-2015 20:30
  
  Missing shelf items spell lots of missed opportunities. The customer sees the store is out of animal crackers and leaves, as the store nearby will not only carry the rest of the items on the grocery list but also the missing crackers.
  
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• Photos: Baby Rhesus Macaque Cuddles Teddy Bear

  11-11-2015 20:15
  
  Absolutely adorable baby animals!
  
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• Power up: Cockroaches employ a 'force boost' to chew through tough materials

  11-11-2015 20:00
  
  New research indicates that cockroaches use a combination of fast and slow twitch muscle fibers to give their mandibles a 'force boost' that allows them to chew through tough materials.
  
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• New 'short-crested lizard' found in Montana

  11-11-2015 20:00
  
  The newly described Probrachylophosaurus bergei, a member of the Brachylophosaurini clade of dinosaurs, has a small flat triangular bony crest extending over the skull and may represent the transition between a non-crested ancestor, such as Acristavus, and the larger crests of adult Brachylophosaurus, according to a study published November 11, 2015 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Elizabeth Freedman Fowler and John Horner from Montana State University, USA.
  
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• A 'nervous system' for ant colonies? Colony responds to predation simulation as a 'superorganism'

  11-11-2015 20:00
  
  Colonies of ants are incredibly complex, and at the same time intensely cooperative, so much so that they are often referred to as single 'superorganisms'. But to what extent do they actually behave as a single entity?
  
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• World nations reach landmark deal on using satellites to track flights

  11-11-2015 19:50
  
  World nations struck a landmark deal Wednesday on using satellites to track flights, which could prove key to preventing a repeat of the mysterious disappearance of flight MH370 in March 2014.
  
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• Environmental groups want thorny skate on endangered list

  11-11-2015 19:41
  
  A pair of environmental groups want the U.S. government to add a species of skate to the list of animals protected under the Endangered Species Act, touching off a drive from some fishermen who say there are already burdened with too many regulations.
  
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• Skype founder gives thumbs-up to European IT sector

  11-11-2015 19:39
  
  Skype co-founder Niklas Zennstrom on Wednesday praised European information technology, saying 2015 had been an "amazing year" for the sector.
  
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• J.J. Abrams, 'Infinity Blade' maker join forces for new game

  11-11-2015 19:38
  
  Two years ago, when the creator of the hit mobile game series "Infinity Blade" joked at the latest iPhone unveiling that the device would boast "lens flares that would make J.J. Abrams proud," Chair Entertainment co-founder Donald Mustard was actually making an inside reference to his top-secret collaboration with the "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" filmmaker.
  
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• Researchers study possible benefits of residential prairie gardens

  11-11-2015 19:31
  
  Prairie gardens offer Midwestern suburban dwellers an alternative option to the traditional grass lawn. Their combination of native grasses, like tall and wispy bluestem and sideoats, and forbs, such as the colorful yellow and purple coneflowers, are a welcome addition to any lawn.
  
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• Nanopores could take the salt out of seawater

  11-11-2015 19:31
  
  University of Illinois engineers have found an energy-efficient material for removing salt from seawater that could provide a rebuttal to poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge's lament, "Water, water, every where, nor any drop to drink."
  
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• Titan takes on the big one

  11-11-2015 19:26
  
  The San Andreas Fault system, which runs almost the entire length of California, is prone to shaking, causing about 10,000 minor earthquakes each year just in the southern California area.
  
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• Focusing on user habits key to preventing email phishing

  11-11-2015 19:25
  
  The cumulative number of successful phishing cyberattacks has risen sharply over the last decade, and in 2014 that figure surged past the total U.S. population.
  
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• Machine learning could solve riddles of galaxy formation

  11-11-2015 19:24
  
  A new machine-learning simulation system developed at the University of Illinois promises cosmologists an expanded suite of galaxy models - a necessary first step to developing more accurate and relevant insights into the formation of the universe.
  
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• The owls beyond the Andes: Divergence between distant populations suggests new species

  11-11-2015 19:23
  
  They might be looking quite identical, while perched above humanised farmlands and grasslands across several continents, but each of the populations of two owl species, living in the opposite hemispheres, might actually turn out to be yet another kind. This suggestion has been made by Dr. Nelson Colihueque and his team from Universidad de Los Lagos, Chile, based on new genetic divergence analyses of the Common Barn and the Short-eared Owl populations from southern Chile and comparing them with t
  
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• Southern right whale calf wounding by Kelp Gulls increased to nearly all over four decades

  11-11-2015 19:22
  
  Wounding of southern right whale calves and mothers by Kelp Gulls has increased from 2% to 99% over four decades, according to a study published Oct. 21, 2015 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Carina Marón from the University of Utah and colleagues.
  
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• VLT Maps Out the Shattered Remains of an Asteroid Around a White Dwarf

  11-11-2015 19:16 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Using the Very Large Telescope, an international team of astronomers has studied in detail for the first time the remains of a fatal interaction between a dead star and an asteroid. This gives a glimpse of the far-future fate of the Solar System. Led by Christopher Manser, a PhD student at the University of Warwick […]
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• Humans have relied on honeybees for nearly 9000 years — and now they're ... - Washington Post

  11-11-2015 19:14 via
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  Humans have relied on honeybees for nearly 9000 years — and now they're ...
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  With the help of 20 years' worth of research and thousands of prehistoric shards of pottery, a large group of scientists have presented evidence that the deep relationship between humans and honeybees is far older than we thought — giving us just one ...
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• Plate tectonics thanks to plumes?

  11-11-2015 19:08
  
  "Knowing what a chicken looks like and what all the chickens before it looked like doesn't help us to understand the egg," says Taras Gerya. The ETH Professor of Geophysics uses this metaphor to address plate tectonics and the early history of the Earth. The Earth's lithosphere is divided into several plates that are in constant motion, and today's geologists have a good understanding of what drives these plate movements: heavier ocean plates are submerged beneath lighter continental plates alon
  
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• First 'porous liquid' invented

  11-11-2015 19:08
  
  Scientists at Queen's University Belfast have made a major breakthrough by making a porous liquid - with the potential for a massive range of new technologies including 'carbon capture'.
  
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• Venus' twin? Earth-sized rocky planet orbiting a nearby star

  11-11-2015 19:03
  
  Scientists have discovered a new exoplanet that, in the language of "Star Wars," would be the polar opposite of frigid Hoth, and even more inhospitable than the deserts of Tatooine. But instead of residing in a galaxy far, far away, this new world is, galactically speaking, practically next door.
  
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• Earth-sized rocky planet orbiting a nearby star

  11-11-2015 19:03
  
  Scientists have discovered a new exoplanet that, in the language of "Star Wars," would be the polar opposite of frigid Hoth, and even more inhospitable than the deserts of Tatooine. But instead of residing in a galaxy far, far away, this new world is, galactically speaking, practically next door.
  
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• Early farmers exploited beehive products at least 8,500 years ago

  11-11-2015 19:02
  
  Humans have been exploiting bees as far back as the Stone Age, according to new research from the University of Bristol published in Nature today.
  
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• Thermal sensitivity of marine communities reveals the most vulnerable to global warming

  11-11-2015 19:00
  
  The sensitivity of marine communities to ocean warming rather than rising ocean temperatures will have strong short-term impacts on biodiversity changes associated with global warming, according to new research.
  
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• Astronomers discover oldest stars ever seen

  11-11-2015 19:00
  
  An international team of astronomers, led researchers from the University of Cambridge and the Australian National University, have identified some of the oldest stars in our galaxy, which could contain vital clues about the early Universe, including an indication of how the first stars died.
  
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• Moscow tells Twitter to store Russian users' data in the country

  11-11-2015 18:54
  
  Moscow has warned Twitter that it must store Russian users' personal data in Russia, under a new law, the national communications watchdog told AFP on Wednesday.
  
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• A protein-RNA structure hints at how viruses commandeer human proteins

  11-11-2015 18:53
  
  Researchers at Case Western Reserve University and the University of Michigan have produced the first image of an important human protein as it binds with ribonucleic acid (RNA), a discovery that could offer clues to how some viruses, including HIV, control expression of their genetic material.
  
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• Imitating synapses of the human brain could lead to smarter electronics

  11-11-2015 18:52
  
  Making a computer that learns and remembers like a human brain is a daunting challenge. The complex organ has 86 billion neurons and trillions of connections—or synapses—that can grow stronger or weaker over time. But now scientists report in ACS' journal Nano Letters the development of a first-of-its-kind synthetic synapse that mimics the plasticity of the real thing, bringing us one step closer to human-like artificial intelligence.
  
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• On-Site Construction Begins on the Giant Magellan Telescope

  11-11-2015 18:51 via scitechdaily.com
  
  On-site construction for the for the Giant Magellan Telescope has begun. Leading scientists, senior officials, and supporters from an international consortium of universities and research institutions are gathering on a remote mountaintop high in the Chilean Andes today to celebrate groundbreaking for the Giant Magellan Telescope (GMT). The ceremony marks the commencement of on-site construction […]
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• Zooplankton: Not-so-passive motion in turbulence

  11-11-2015 18:50
  
  Physicists show that despite their limited swimming abilities, zooplankton called calanoid copepods display active, energetic behaviour in turbulent flows.
  
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• Dendrimer technology gets a grip on cell proteins, could improve cancer treatment

  11-11-2015 18:49
  
  Purdue researchers have devised a way to capture the finer details of complex cell processes by using tiny synthetic particles known as dendrimers, a technology that could lead to more targeted treatment for cancer.
  
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• Commercial sea salt samples purchased in China contaminated with microplastics

  11-11-2015 18:49
  
  Tiny plastic bits, collectively known as called microplastics, are showing up in bodies of water around the world, and are accumulating in aquatic creatures, including fish and shellfish. Now scientists, after testing a sampling of commercial products in China, have reported for the first time that they also could be contaminating something else we consume from the sea salt. Their study appears in ACS' journal Environmental Science & Technology.
  
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• Chemical safety board could halt new investigations while it reboots

  11-11-2015 18:48
  
  Under new leadership, the Chemical Safety & Hazard Investigation Board (CSB) is hitting the reset button to put its embattled past behind it. The federal agency charged with investigating and issuing recommendations on chemical accidents wants to set an ambitious timeline for completing reports, but doing so will require a hold on new cases, according to an article in Chemical & Engineering News (C&EN), the weekly newsmagazine of the American Chemical Society.
  
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• Mars’ Moon Phobos Shows Signs of Structural Failure

  11-11-2015 18:37 via scitechdaily.com
  
  New research presented at the 47th Annual Meeting of the Division of Planetary Sciences reveals that the long, shallow grooves lining the surface of Phobos are likely early signs of the structural failure that will ultimately destroy this moon of Mars. Orbiting a mere 3,700 miles (6,000 kilometers) above the surface of Mars, Phobos is […]
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