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• Looking Ahead to Apple's Worldwide Developer's Conference

  19-04-2016 23:28
  
  It's official: Apple's Worldwide Developer's Conference will take place in San Francisco the week of June 13.
  
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• Yahoo logs loss as it courts potential buyers

  19-04-2016 23:13
  
  Yahoo on Tuesday reported a quarterly loss as the struggling Internet pioneer continued to court potential buyers and examine other strategic options.
  
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• More natural history training needed, survey shows

  19-04-2016 23:12
  
  A survey of early-career scientists and environmental-science professionals found that only 11 percent felt their academic training alone provided the needed exposure to natural history, which can be defined as the observation of organisms in their natural environment.
  
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• Intel Cutting 12,000 Jobs, 11 Percent of Workforce

  19-04-2016 22:33 via nbcnews.com
  
  Intel announced it would cut 12,000 jobs, or 11 percent of its workforce, by 2017 due to restructuring.
  
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• Chipmaker Intel Says It Will Cut 12,000 Jobs, or About 11 Percent of Its Workforce, Over the Next Year

  19-04-2016 22:32
  Chipmaker Intel says it will cut 12,000 jobs, or about 11 percent of its workforce, over the next year
  
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• Intel to slash up to 12,000 jobs in restructuring (Update)

  19-04-2016 22:30
  
  Intel will cut up to 12,000 jobs worldwide as it seeks to shake up its business to reduce dependence on the slumping personal computer market, the US tech giant said Tuesday.
  
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• Intel to slash up to 12,000 jobs in restructuring

  19-04-2016 22:30
  
  Intel will cut up to 12,000 jobs worldwide as it seeks to shake up its business to reduce dependence on the slumping personal computer market, the US tech giant said Tuesday.
  
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• IUPUI ecohydrologist studies fog, dew and other novel water sources for dryland vegetation

  19-04-2016 22:13
  
  As fresh water becomes more scarce due to population growth and climate warming, both of which are projected to increase over the coming decades, ecohydrologist Lixin Wang of the School of Science at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis is investigating how non-rainfall water sources—especially fog and dew—impact drylands with important implications for their agriculture. His work is supported by a new CAREER award from the National Science Foundation.
  
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• Making electronics out of coal

  19-04-2016 22:12
  
  Jeffrey Grossman thinks we've been looking at coal all wrong. Instead of just setting it afire, thus ignoring the molecular complexity of this highly varied material, he says, we should be harnessing the real value of that diversity and complex chemistry. Coal could become the basis for solar panels, batteries, or electronic devices, he and his research team say.
  
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• Airbnb adds new recommendations features

  19-04-2016 21:56
  
  Airbnb is adding recommendations to its online accommodations service, building on its knowledge of travelers' preferences, coupled with tips from locals.
  
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• Apple denies handing source code over to China

  19-04-2016 21:41
  
  Apple on Tuesday denied providing Chinese authorities with special access to its devices, as the iPhone maker defended its position on encryption and cooperation with US law enforcement.
  
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• Hope for the Paralyzed

  19-04-2016 21:08 via nytimes.com
  The Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation writes that “we cannot ignore the promise of technology.”
  
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• Watch: Apple, FBI Discuss Encryption vs. Security on Capitol Hill

  19-04-2016 21:05
  
  Amy Hess, executive assistant director for science and technology at the FBI, testified before a House Energy and Commerce subcommittee today.
  
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• Spanish classic 'Don Quixote' published in 17,000 tweets

  19-04-2016 20:45
  
  A retired computer engineer is marking the fourth centenary of the death of Spain's revered author Miguel de Cervantes by publishing his best-known novel "Don Quixote" online—one Twitter message at a time.
  
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• Snowmobiling could be hard hit by climate change, new study says

  19-04-2016 20:45
  
  Declining snowfall in Vermont, a likely byproduct of a warming climate, is sure to negatively affect the state's $600 million snowmobile industry. New research provides a sobering look at just how much.
  
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• Video: The chem-hiss-try of snake venom

  19-04-2016 20:28
  
  We know poisonous snakes are dangerous, but what exactly makes venom so powerful?
  
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• New research improves conductive plastic for health, energy, other technologies

  19-04-2016 20:27
  
  Biological implants that communicate with the brain to control paralyzed limbs or provide vision to the blind are one step closer to reality thanks to research by Brian Collins, an assistant professor of physics at Washington State University.
  
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• Seeing double: NASA missions measure solar flare from two spots in space

  19-04-2016 20:06
  
  Solar flares are intense bursts of light from the sun. They are created when complicated magnetic fields suddenly and explosively rearrange themselves, converting magnetic energy into light through a process called magnetic reconnection - at least, that's the theory, because the signatures of this process are hard to detect. But during a December 2013 solar flare, three solar observatories captured the most comprehensive observations of an electromagnetic phenomenon called a current sheet, stren
  
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• Americans use less energy in 2015, analysis shows

  19-04-2016 20:03
  
  Americans used less energy overall in 2015 than the previous year, according to the most recent energy flow charts released by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.
  
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• NASA investigates 3-D printing for building densely populated electronic assemblies

  19-04-2016 20:01
  
  As detector assemblies get smaller and denser—packed with electronic components that all must be electrically connected to sense and read out signals—it's becoming increasingly more challenging to design and manufacture these all-important instrument devices.
  
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• Study: Cities have individual microbial signatures

  19-04-2016 19:59
  
  Cities have their own distinct microbial communities but these communities don't vary much between offices located in the same city, according to a new study. The work, published this week in mSystems, an open access journal from the American Society for Microbiology, offers insight into what drives the composition of microbes in built environments.
  
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• Tesla Shares Dip After Report Cites Quality Issues

  19-04-2016 19:54 via nbcnews.com
  
  Tesla shares turned lower on Tuesday after Consumer Reports released an online article saying the car maker's Model X faces quality issues.
  
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• 'We have not provided source code to China': Apple

  19-04-2016 19:50
  
  Apple has not provided its underlying software instructions or "source code" to China, the company's top lawyer said Tuesday, seeking to quash rumors about the iPhone maker's data security.
  
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• Dutch police crack encrypted communications network

  19-04-2016 19:32
  
  Dutch police and prosecutors took down an encrypted communications network Tuesday believed to have been used by criminals in the Netherlands and possibly overseas.
  
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• The unique biology of human breast milk

  19-04-2016 19:24
  
  Humans may have the most complex breast milk of all mammals. Milk from a human mother contains more than 200 different sugar molecules, way above the average 30-50 found in, for example, mouse or cow milk. The role of each of these sugars and why their composition changes during breastfeeding is still a scientific puzzle, but it's likely connected to the infant immune system and developing gut microbiome. A Review of what's known and the different jobs of human breast milk appears April 19 in Tr
  
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• Guess How Often the Average iPhone User Unlocks Their Device

  19-04-2016 19:23
  
  Number shows just how attached many people are to their phones.
  
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• From bright flare ribbons to coronal rain, high-resolution images capture a solar flare as it unfolds

  19-04-2016 19:22
  
  Scientists at NJIT's Big Bear Solar Observatory (BBSO) have captured unprecedented images of a recent solar flare, including bright flare ribbons seen crossing a sunspot followed by "coronal rain," plasma that condenses in the cooling phase shortly after the flare, showering the visible surface of the Sun where it lands in brilliant explosions.
  
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• Apple Refused Chinese Request for Source Code: Lawyer

  19-04-2016 19:08 via nbcnews.com
  
  Apple was asked by the Chinese government for the company's source code within the past two years, and the company refused, Apple's top lawyer said.
  
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• Fermi Observations Poised to Pin Down Gravitational Wave Sources

  19-04-2016 18:45 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Fermi observations are helping researchers gain a much deeper understanding of gravitational waves. On September 14, waves of energy traveling for more than a billion years gently rattled space-time in the vicinity of Earth. The disturbance, produced by a pair of merging black holes, was captured by the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) facilities in […]
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• New Images Reveal More Details on Ceres’ Craters

  19-04-2016 18:26 via scitechdaily.com
  
  NASA’s Dawn spacecraft has revealed marvelous sights on dwarf planet Ceres during its first year in orbit, including the mysterious bright spots in Occator Crater. Craters with bright material on dwarf planet Ceres shine in new images from NASA’s Dawn mission. In its lowest-altitude mapping orbit, at a distance of 240 miles (385 kilometers) from […]
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• Do Your CVS Shopping Via App, Get It Delivered Free

  19-04-2016 18:21 via nbcnews.com
  
  Leaving the house to go and get things may seem so 20th century, but CVS Pharmacy just partnered with Curbside to offer free delivery.
  
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• Chemistry consortium uses Titan supercomputer to understand actinides

  19-04-2016 18:15
  
  Radioactive materials have long been a part of American history—from the Manhattan Project to the development of nuclear power. The materials central to these innovations are actinides, or elements 89-103 on the periodic table that release large amounts of energy when atoms are split.
  
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• New Ceres images show bright craters

  19-04-2016 18:13
  
  Craters with bright material on dwarf planet Ceres shine in new images from NASA's Dawn mission.
  
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• Hubble Image of the Week – Elegance Conceals an Eventful Past

  19-04-2016 18:12 via scitechdaily.com
  
  This newly released Hubble image shows lenticular galaxy NGC 4111. The elegant simplicity of NGC 4111, seen here in this image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, hides a more violent history than you might think. NGC 4111 is a lenticular, or lens-shaped, galaxy, lying about 50 million light-years from us in the constellation of […]
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• Venus Express' swansong experiment sheds light on Venus' polar atmosphere

  19-04-2016 18:09
  
  Some of the final results sent back by ESA's Venus Express before it plummeted down through the planet's atmosphere have revealed it to be rippling with atmospheric waves – and, at an average temperature of -157°C, colder than anywhere on Earth.
  
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• FBI: Using third-parties to break encryption not solution

  19-04-2016 17:58
  
  A senior FBI official says she doesn't think hiring third parties to help the FBI hack into locked iPhones should be the solution.
  
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• FBI: Using third parties to break encryption not only answer

  19-04-2016 17:58
  
  The FBI is facing an increasing struggle to access readable information and evidence from digital devices because of default encryption, a senior FBI official told members of Congress at a hearing on digital encryption Tuesday.
  
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• EU to charge Google over Android on Wednesday: sources

  19-04-2016 17:58
  
  The EU will unveil formal anti-trust charges against Google on Wednesday over how it markets its widely-used Android mobile phone operating system, two sources close to the matter told AFP.
  
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• Last month was hottest March in modern times, NOAA officials say

  19-04-2016 17:57
  
  Last month marked the hottest March in modern history and the 11th consecutive month in which a monthly global temperature record was broken, the longest such streak in the 137 years of record-keeping, US officials said Tuesday.
  
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• Earth's hot streak continues for a record 11 months

  19-04-2016 17:57
  
  Earth's record monthly heat streak has hit 11 months in a row—a record in itself.
  
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• NASA's 3-satellite view of powerful Tropical Cyclone Fantala

  19-04-2016 17:56
  
  Three NASA satellites provided data on powerful Tropical Cyclone Fantala as it lingered north of Madagascar in the Southern Indian Ocean. NASA-NOAA's Soumi NPP satellite provided a night-time and infrared view, NASA's Aqua satellite provided a look at cloud top temperatures and extent, and NASA-JAXA's Global Precipitation Measurement or GPM core satellite measured the storm's intense rainfall.
  
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• Ocean currents push phytoplankton—and pollution—around the globe faster than thought

  19-04-2016 17:54
  
  The billions of single-celled marine organisms known as phytoplankton can drift from one region of the world's oceans to almost any other place on the globe in less than a decade, Princeton University researchers have found.
  
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• Corporate sustainability should be core strategy, requires paths unique to each business

  19-04-2016 17:53
  
  Prior to the 1990s, there was little concept of corporate sustainability within the textile and apparel industry. However, beginning in the mid-1990s, clothing and apparel corporations began receiving pushback from consumers regarding social, environmental and economic sustainability. In an effort to qualify the process of investing in corporate sustainability, University of Missouri researchers examined two major international apparel brands, Nike and Adidas, to determine the paths taken to rea
  
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• Endogenous oxidants: New methods for monitoring processes in the organism

  19-04-2016 17:51
  
  Scientists from the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) have now developed two novel biological measuring systems that facilitate better analysis of disease-relevant changes in the oxidation state of cells. One of the methods can be used, for the first time, to observe variations and changes in cellular oxidation states in tissue sections. The other is a newly developed biosensor that is a sensitive enough to facilitate real-time measurements of subtle oxidative changes in metabolism.
  
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• Data sharing pilot to report and reflect on data policy challenges via eight case studies

  19-04-2016 17:50
  
  This week, FORCE2016 is taking place in Portland, USA. The FORCE11 yearly conference is devoted to the utilisation of technological and open science advancements towards a new-age scholarship founded on easily accessible, organised and reproducible research data.
  
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• Two different crystals can be described by the same mathematical rules

  19-04-2016 17:30
  
  (Phys.org)—Scientists have found that an intricately beautiful yet poorly understood type of crystal found in soap bubbles follows the same mathematical rules as a much better understood type of crystal called martensite. Due to its extreme hardness, martensite has been used since the Iron Age to make swords and horseshoes. The soap-bubble crystals, on the other hand, which are called smectic liquid crystals (where "smectic" is derived from the Greek word for "soap"), have turned out to be
  
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• Cluster analysis of cat neural network models reveals promising anti-seizure strategies

  19-04-2016 17:00
  
  An international team of investigators from Brazil, Scotland and Germany is expanding the research base on the brain's complex suite of connections known as neural networks using computer simulations and a technique called cluster analysis. Basically, they built a computer model of a cat brain's corticocortical network separated into 65 areas and connected by fibers of different densities. The areas were separated into four clusters, or cognitive regions: visual, auditory, somatosensory-motor, a
  
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• Activists appeal to EU over Polish logging of primeval forest

  19-04-2016 16:50
  
  Environmental groups on Tuesday lodged a complaint with the European Commission over Poland's large-scale logging plans in the Bialowieza forest, which includes Europe's last primeval woodland.
  
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• Gardeners can help protect butterfly populations

  19-04-2016 16:38
  
  Bees aren't the only pollinators suffering from a massive North American die-off. Butterflies and moths, those flying flowers of the insect world, are disappearing too.
  
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• New world record for fullerene-free polymer solar cells

  19-04-2016 16:32
  
  Polymer solar cells can be even cheaper and more reliable thanks to a breakthrough by scientists at Linköping University and the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS). This work is about avoiding costly and unstable fullerenes.
  
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