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• New wave in tech: hacking the brain (Update)

  08-01-2016 23:59
  
  The next frontier for the tech sector is the human brain.
  
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• New wave in tech: hacking the brain

  08-01-2016 23:59
  
  The next frontier for the tech sector is the human brain.
  
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• Tech tethers dog lovers remotely to their pets

  08-01-2016 23:58
  
  Gadgets galore are letting dog lovers stay connected to their pets even when they can't take canine companions with them on the go.
  
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• Self-cleaning toilet makes splash in Las Vegas

  08-01-2016 23:58
  
  The demo high-tech toilets from Japan are unabashedly right in the middle of the floor at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.
  
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• YouTube Star iJustine Shows Off CES 2016 Hits

  08-01-2016 23:57
  
  Justine Ezarik served as an ambassador for the show.
  
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• Unusual January tropical storm forms southwest of Hawaii

  08-01-2016 23:57
  
  An El Nino-related tropical storm has formed southwest of Hawaii, only the third such system to develop in January in over 40 years.
  
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• Quiet quasar has apparently eaten its fill

  08-01-2016 23:57
  
  Astronomers with the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) announced that a distant quasar ran out of gas.
  
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• NASA looks at storms hitting California

  08-01-2016 23:54
  
  Extreme rain events fueled by the current strong El Nino have started to affect California. NASA estimated rainfall over a period of 7 days while NASA/NOAA's GOES Project created a satellite animation showing the storms affecting the region over the past three days.
  
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• NOAA's GOES-S, T and U satellites are shaping up

  08-01-2016 23:53
  
  As NOAA's GOES-R satellite goes through mechanical testing in preparation for launch in October 2016, the remaining satellites in the series (GOES-S, T, and U) are also making significant progress.
  
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• Physicists offer theories to explain mysterious collision at Large Hadron Collider

  08-01-2016 23:52
  
  Physicists around the world were puzzled recently when an unusual bump appeared in the signal of the Large Hadron Collider, the world's largest and most powerful particle accelerator, causing them to wonder if it was a new particle previously unknown, or perhaps even two new particles. The collision cannot be explained by the Standard Model, the theoretical foundation of particle physics.
  
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• Watch: How to Tour the CES Scene with iJustine

  08-01-2016 23:33
  
  ABC News' Alyssa Newcomb talks with YouTube star Justine Ezarik at the Consumer Electronics Show.
  
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• Watch: Virtual Reality at CES

  08-01-2016 22:00
  
  ABC News' Rebecca Jarvis checks out the latest in virtual reality.
  
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• How Blizzard turned a costly failure into the highly anticipated 'Overwatch'

  08-01-2016 22:00
  
  Blizzard Entertainment spent millions of dollars and more than five years designing a vast, ambitious video game only to realize that it wasn't fun. The project, code-named Titan, "utterly, completely and miserably" failed, according to the guy who ran it, veteran designer Jeffrey Kaplan.
  
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• CES 2016: The Gadgets That Know How We Look and Feel

  08-01-2016 21:57
  
  There's even a high-tech pregnancy test.
  
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• Endangered Shorebird Nests in NY; 1st Time in Over 30 Years

  08-01-2016 21:44
  
  Endangered piping plovers nest along Lake Ontario in NY; 1st time in over 30 years
  
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• The latest in gadgets: Wave your arms, play Pac-Man

  08-01-2016 21:41
  
  The latest developments surrounding the consumer-electronics show in Las Vegas known as CES (all times local):
  
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• The latest gadgets: Smartphone, smartwatch, smart ... tail? (Update 5)

  08-01-2016 21:41
  
  The latest developments surrounding the consumer-electronics show in Las Vegas known as CES (all times local):
  
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• Study shows how calcium carbonate forms composites to make strong materials such as in shells and pearls

  08-01-2016 21:41
  
  Seashells and lobster claws are hard to break, but chalk is soft enough to draw on sidewalks. Though all three are made of calcium carbonate crystals, the hard materials include clumps of soft biological matter that make them much stronger. A study today in Nature Communications reveals how soft clumps get into crystals and endow them with remarkable strength.
  
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• New museum app: Like GPS, only indoors

  08-01-2016 21:00
  
  Scene 1. You're in the middle of nowhere. You pull over in your car. You set the GPS and it's only a moment before you're flying around some hidden switchback on the way to your destination - that stretch of beach with the secret waterfall. You thought you'd never see it again. But there it is!
  
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• Muscle, glitz and a minivan: A look at Detroit auto show

  08-01-2016 20:34
  
  That sound of engines revving? It's coming from Detroit.
  
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• Pedal, solar power aims to be the new hybrid

  08-01-2016 20:33
  
  Is it a car, a bike or some other kind of contraption?
  
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• From the high-flying to the practical: CES 2016 in brief

  08-01-2016 20:30
  
  This year's CES gadget show, like ones before it, showed off a mix of the dreamy and the practical in technology. Gadget prototypes promised us fully autonomous vehicles carrying commuters on the streets and in the sky, while gizmos went on sale that aimed to solve daily problems like restocking your fridge.
  
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• French startup aims to be your cup of wine

  08-01-2016 20:30
  
  A French startup is looking to change the way people drink wine, one glass at a time.
  
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• Wi-Fi, cell service: Big changes coming to NYC subway (Update)

  08-01-2016 20:26
  
  Dropped calls, lost connections and sputtering phone batteries will soon be a thing of the past on the New York subway system, thanks to efforts to bring the nation's busiest transit system into the 21st century.
  
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• Wi-Fi, cell service: Big changes coming to NYC subway

  08-01-2016 20:26
  
  New York City subway riders will soon have Wi-Fi and cellphone service as part of a plan to upgrade the century-old transit system.
  
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• Stir no more: Scientists show that draining speeds up bioassays

  08-01-2016 20:24
  
  For many research scientists, idle time has long been an unwelcome feature of the discovery process. Advances in cellular biology have yielded popular and powerful tools to detect cellular proteins and DNA—largely by exploiting the unique and intricate interactions between these microscopic molecules. Scientists use these tools to advance research and diagnose diseases. But these come at a cost in time—from hours to days—before they yield accurate answers.
  
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• A medical pop-up book from the 17th century

  08-01-2016 20:21
  
  Archives & Special Collections at Columbia University's Augustus C. Long Health Sciences Library announced the digitization of an important anatomical flap book - an early attempt to represent the three dimensionality of the human body in the two dimensional format of the book.
  
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• Mechanical properties of nanomaterials are altered due to electric field, researchers find

  08-01-2016 20:17
  
  Mechanical properties of nanomaterials can be altered due to the application of voltage, University of Wyoming researchers have discovered.
  
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• Xistential crisis: Discovery shows there's more to the story in silencing X chromosomes

  08-01-2016 20:16
  
  Nearly every girl and woman on Earth carries two X chromosomes in nearly every one of her cells—but one of them does (mostly) nothing. That's because it's been silenced, keeping most of its DNA locked up and unread like a book in a cage.
  
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• NASA sees stubborn Tropical Cyclone Ula kick up

  08-01-2016 20:14
  
  Tropical Storm Ula strengthened over the night-time hours of Jan. 6 to 7 and NOAA's GOES-West satellite and NASA's RapidScat instrument provided a look at the stubborn storm that is expected to continue to intensify and curve south.
  
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• NASA investigates Tropical Storm Pali's temperatures, winds

  08-01-2016 20:12
  
  The Central Pacific Ocean's out-of-season tropical depression has strengthened into a tropical storm and has been renamed Pali. NASA's RapidScat instrument and Terra satellite gathered wind and temperature data on the unusual storm far to the southwest of Hawaii.
  
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• New Horizons Image Reveals Curious Corner on Pluto’s Icy Plains

  08-01-2016 20:10 via scitechdaily.com
  
  The latest New Horizons image reveals some intriguing surface activity on Pluto. Transmitted to Earth on December 24, this image from the Long Range Reconnaissance Imager (LORRI) extends New Horizons’ highest-resolution views of Pluto to the very center of Sputnik Planum, the informally named icy plain that forms the left side of Pluto’s “heart” feature. […]
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• Biochemists advancing research into autism, Alzheimer's disease and Down syndrome

  08-01-2016 20:10
  
  Biochemists at The University of Texas at Arlington are mapping the catalytic processes of sulfur-oxidizing enzymes to improve understanding of the chemical imbalances found in patients with autism, Alzheimer's disease and Down syndrome.
  
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• The status quo on Europe's mussels

  08-01-2016 20:09
  
  Mussels are the natural treatment plants of bodies of water and, therefore, just as important as bees. Unfortunately, they are equally threatened: most of the world's mussel stocks are in decline and some species face extinction. For this reason, scientists from 26 European countries have compiled the first comprehensive survey on the status quo of freshwater mussel species in Europe. TUM Professor Juergen Geist and two colleagues from Porto coordinated the project and can now provide recommenda
  
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• Anglers' gear, cooperation affect coral reef fisheries, study finds

  08-01-2016 20:09
  
  Dartmouth College and University of California, Santa Barbara scientists studying a Caribbean fishing village are shedding new light on the social and ecological factors pressuring coral reef fisheries around the world.
  
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• Airline passengers face longer delays under DOT rule, study finds

  08-01-2016 20:01
  
  It takes most air passengers far more time to reach their destination despite a federal rule that penalizes airlines for stranding them onboard during lengthy tarmac delays, a Dartmouth College-Massachusetts Institute of Technology study finds.
  
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• Turning on the thyroid: Researchers determine mechanism that triggers normal and abnormal hormone production

  08-01-2016 19:31
  
  Thyroid disease affects about 12 percent of the U.S. population. While many people with thyroid disease don't even know they have it, an overactive or underactive thyroid can cause a slew of problems, including weight gain or loss, mood changes and infertility. In children, an underactive thyroid can be fatal, which is why they are tested for a deficiency at birth.
  
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• White House, US tech giants to discuss fighting terror

  08-01-2016 19:20
  
  The White House's top security officials are to meet with leading Internet companies in Silicon Valley Friday in an effort to build cooperation against terrorism.
  
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• Smart things everywhere to be seen at CES

  08-01-2016 18:20
  
  It's not clear what individual gadget will be the next big thing in the tech industry. But the Internet of Things is definitely already here in a big way.
  
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• Stance that tourism harms wildlife refuted

  08-01-2016 18:00
  
  Two Texas A&M University scientists highlighted the conservation benefits of ecotourism worldwide and said a recent research review citing the dangers of ecotourism to wildlife is premature and problematic.
  
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• At CES, PCs relegated to sidelines

  08-01-2016 17:40
  
  To experience a world empty of PCs, walk around the flashy displays of the latest and greatest technology at CES.
  
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• Musical melodies obey same laws as foraging animals

  08-01-2016 17:20
  
  (Phys.org)—Most people think of music as more of an art than a science. Although sound is a wave, and can therefore be described by the laws of physics, understanding how certain patterns of sound waves create what we perceive as music requires a much higher-level perspective than merely understanding the properties of waves.
  
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• 'Origami-inspired' car is made out of cardboard

  08-01-2016 17:07 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Japanese carmaker Lexus has created a life-sized replica of its IS sedan from 1,700 laser-cut cardboard sheets.
  
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• Milestone resource in wheat research now available for download

  08-01-2016 16:50
  
  Leading on from The Genome Analysis Centre's (TGAC) previous announcement of their new bread wheat genome assembly, the landmark resource is now publically available to download at the European Bioinformatics Institute's (EMBL-EBI) Ensembl database for full analysis.
  
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• X-rays reveal details of plastic solar cell production

  08-01-2016 16:30
  
  Plastic solar cells are light, easy to install, and readily produced using a printer. Nevertheless, the processes that take place on the molecular scale during the production of organic solar cells are not yet entirely clear. Researchers from the Technical University of Munich (TUM) have now managed to observe these processes in real time. Their findings, which are published in the specialist journal Advanced Energy Materials, could help to improve the efficiency of organic solar cells.
  
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• Even the Amish are going online to make sales

  08-01-2016 16:30
  
  With the explosion of online shopping, few can deny the power of the Internet.
  
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• Carmakers show off tech innovations at CES

  08-01-2016 16:30
  
  Speed and cars go hand in hand, whether you're talking acceleration, tight turns in the corners or how high the speedometer will go.
  
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• Small males have more sex appeal, new research shows

  08-01-2016 16:29
  
  Female burying beetles are more attracted to small partners because they are less likely to get into fights, a study by researchers at the University of Exeter has found.
  
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• Watch: Top Yachts for 2016

  08-01-2016 16:25
  
  See the newest yachts debuting for 2016 at the NY Boat Show.
  
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• Endangered shorebird nests in NY; first time in over 30 years

  08-01-2016 15:46
  
  A pair of piping plovers successfully nested on New York's Lake Ontario shoreline for the first time in more than 30 years, which bodes well for the recovery of the endangered bird's Great Lakes population, according to biologists from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Audubon New York.
  
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