Sci-Tech news

• YouTube Star PewDiePie Gets Twitter Timeout After ISIS Joke

  31-08-2016 22:37 via nbcnews.com
  
  PewDiePie, the most followed star on YouTube, was apparently in Twitter time-out today, shortly after he made a joke about joining ISIS.
  
  Read more

• Instagram makes it easier to stalk users

  31-08-2016 22:14 via rss.cnn.com
  
  It's time to brush up on your photo editing skills. Instagram is rolling out a feature that will let people get a closer, more intimate look at your pictures.
  
  Read more

• Samsung announces 2 Gear S3 variants at IFA with larger designs, GPS, and Samsung Pay - Android Police

  31-08-2016 22:02 via androidpolice.com
  
  Android Police
  Samsung announces 2 Gear S3 variants at IFA with larger designs, GPS, and Samsung Pay
  Android Police
  After some teasing in weeks prior, Samsung has taken the wraps off the Gear S3 at IFA. Although the Gear S2 was already a potent smartwatch, the Gear S3 adds a host of new features that make it even more competitive with Android Wear's crop of ...
  IFA 2016: All of the gadgets from Europe's biggest tech show - CNETCNET
  Samsung announces Gear S3 iOS-compatible smartwatches, one with
  
  Read more

• Researchers peel back another layer of chemistry with 'tender' X-rays

  31-08-2016 21:41
  
  Scientists can now directly probe a previously hard-to-see layer of chemistry thanks to a unique X-ray toolkit developed at the Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab). The X-ray tools and techniques could be extended, researchers say, to provide new insight about battery performance and corrosion, a wide range of chemical reactions, and even biological and environmental processes that rely on similar chemistry.
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• Intensifying Tropical Depression 9 checked by NASA

  31-08-2016 21:38
  
  Heavy rainfall is a big part of Tropical Depression 9, which is strengthening in the Gulf of Mexico. The Global Precipitation Measurement mission, or GPM, core satellite passed over the gulf in space and measured that rate of rainfall.
  
  Read more

• Now Twitter Will Pay You to Post Videos

  31-08-2016 21:22 via nbcnews.com
  
  Twitter is trying something new to boost its stagnating user base: Luring content creators to post on Twitter to earn easy money from their videos.
  
  Read more

• Dropbox Hack Exposed Almost 70M Accounts

  31-08-2016 21:13 via nbcnews.com
  
  Cloud storage company Dropbox confirmed today the scope of a 2012 breach was bigger than previously known.
  
  Read more

• Ancient Egyptians used metal in wooden ships

  31-08-2016 21:04
  
  A piece of wood recovered at a dig near the Great Pyramid of Giza shows for the first time that ancient Egyptians used metal in their boats, archaeologists said Wednesday.
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• Researchers find transition point in semiconductor nanomaterials

  31-08-2016 21:03
  
  Collaborative research at Notre Dame has demonstrated that electronic interactions play a significant role in the dimensional crossover of semiconductor nanomaterials. The laboratory of Masaru Kuno, professor of chemistry and biochemistry, and the condensed matter theory group of Boldizsár Jankó, professor of physics, have now shown that a critical length scale marks the transition between a zero-dimensional, quantum dot and a one-dimensional nanowire.
  
  Read more

• Dawn sets course for higher orbit

  31-08-2016 20:32
  
  After studying Ceres for more than eight months from its low-altitude science orbit, NASA's Dawn spacecraft will move higher up for different views of the dwarf planet.
  
  Read more

• Tesla planning upgrade to semi-autonomous Autopilot system

  31-08-2016 20:31
  
  Tesla Motors is planning improvements to its semi-autonomous Autopilot system after a fatal crash earlier this summer.
  
  Read more

• Facebook changes to Trending Topics questioned after blunder

  31-08-2016 20:17
  
  Facebook's changes to its "Trending Topics" section are being questioned after it featured a false report about Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly.
  
  Read more

• Rare whale's recovery hurt by entanglements, scientists say (Update)

  31-08-2016 20:16
  
  The ability of an endangered whale species to recover is jeopardized by increasing rates of entanglement in fishing gear and a resultant drop in birth rates, according to scientists who study the animal.
  
  Read more

• Rare whale's recovery hurt by entanglements, scientists say

  31-08-2016 20:16
  
  The ability of an endangered whale species to recover is jeopardized by increasing rates of entanglement in fishing gear and a resultant drop in birth rates, according to scientists who study the animal.
  
  Read more

• Tiger at Rome zoo undergoes root canal—no bones for a bit

  31-08-2016 20:14
  
  A team of veterinarians at the Rome zoo has performed a root canal on a 2-year-old Sumatran tiger named Terima Kashi.
  
  Read more

• 'Ring of fire' eclipse for African stargazers

  31-08-2016 20:14
  
  Stargazers in south and central Africa will be treated to a spectacular solar eclipse Thursday when the Moon wanders into view to make the Sun appear as a "ring of fire", astronomers say.
  
  Read more

• Lew says Apple's tax fight could spur congressional action

  31-08-2016 20:14
  
  U.S. Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew on Wednesday criticized a European ruling that Apple owes more than $14.5 billion in back taxes. But he said the decision may spur Congress to finally address the stalled effort to reform America's corporate tax structure.
  
  Read more

• Scientists find 3.7 billion-year-old fossil, oldest yet

  31-08-2016 20:10
  
  Scientists have found what they think is the oldest fossil on Earth, a remnant of life from 3.7 billion years ago when Earth's skies were orange and its oceans green.
  
  Read more

• Lunar cycle affects timing of birth in cows

  31-08-2016 20:10
  
  A popular belief that there is a higher number of births around the full moon has been shown to be true for dairy cows by a group of University of Tokyo researchers.
  
  Read more

• Female rhesus macaque calls may reflect familiarity rather than relatedness

  31-08-2016 20:10
  
  An acoustic analysis showed that similarities between contact calls - known as coos - of female rhesus macaques may be explained by familiarity rather than relatedness, according a study published August 31, 2016 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Dana Pfefferle from the Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory of the German Primate Center, Germany, Kurt Hammerschmidt from the Cognitive Ethology Laboratory of the German Primate Center, Germany, and colleagues.
  
  Read more

• Samsung updates smartwatch, Lenovo ditches laptop keyboard (Update)

  31-08-2016 20:07
  
  Samsung's next smartwatch will come with GPS capabilities and the ability to call or text for help by triple-tapping a side button.
  
  Read more

• Novel method enables absolute quantification of mitochondrial metabolites

  31-08-2016 20:06
  
  Whitehead Institute scientists have developed a method to quickly isolate and systematically measure metabolite concentrations within the cellular organelles known as mitochondria, often referred to as the "powerhouses of the cell." Prior attempts at such measurements have yielded unreliable results, either by taking too long to isolate mitochondria or by contaminating mitochondrial metabolites with contents from other cellular components.
  
  Read more

• Google Takes on Uber, Adds Carpooling to Waze App

  31-08-2016 19:53 via nbcnews.com
  
  Google is expanding its carpooling project in San Francisco, pushing forward with its aggressive autonomous vehicle development program.
  
  Read more

• Predictive tool vital to sustainable environmental futures

  31-08-2016 19:31
  
  A new predictive tool, which for the first time combines human perception of the environment with land-use planning and socioeconomic data, could help governments mitigate the impact of climate change in developing countries.
  
  Read more

• High-speed 'electron camera' films atomic nuclei in vibrating molecules

  31-08-2016 19:30
  
  An ultrafast "electron camera" at the Department of Energy's SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory has made the first direct snapshots of atomic nuclei in molecules that are vibrating within millionths of a billionth of a second after being hit by a laser pulse. The method, called ultrafast electron diffraction (UED), could help scientists better understand the role of nuclear motions in light-driven processes that naturally occur on extremely fast timescales.
  
  Read more

• Experts: Without pushing deregulation, the Japanese economy cannot grow

  31-08-2016 19:25
  
  Japan's once-booming economy has been sluggish, mainly as a result of deflation and decreased productivity, according to international economics experts at Rice University's Baker Institute for Public Policy. In a new issue brief, the experts argue that without pushing deregulation, the Japanese economy cannot grow.
  
  Read more

• Tesla: Autopilot improvements coming

  31-08-2016 19:23 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Tesla will roll out "major improvements" to its so-called Autopilot software with new versions of the software that will soon be downloaded to owners' Model S and Model X electric vehicles, CEO Elon Musk said Wednesday on Twitter.
  
  Read more

• NASA gets 2 views of Tropical Depression 8 off the Carolina coast

  31-08-2016 19:23
  
  NASA got a look at Tropical Depression 8 in infrared and visible light as it started moving away from the coast of North Carolina.
  
  Read more

• Fin24.com | Google takes on Uber with Waze carpooling service

  31-08-2016 19:00
  
  Google is set to expand a San Francisco carpooling program that could morph into a showdown with its one-time ally, the popular ride-hailing service Uber
  
  Read more

• Why more people are dying on US roads

  31-08-2016 18:56 via rss.cnn.com
  
  U.S. roads have taken a deadlier turn to a degree we haven't seen in nearly five decades. For years, statistics surrounding road safety had seen a vast improvement. But now that's changed.
  
  Read more

• Engineers Design a New Solar Cell That is More Efficient and Costs Less

  31-08-2016 18:47 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Engineers from MIT and the Masdar Institute of Science and Technology have developed a new solar cell that combines two different layers of sunlight-absorbing material to harvest a broader range of the sun’s energy. The cost of solar power is beginning to reach price parity with cheaper fossil fuel-based electricity in many parts of the […]
  The post Engineers Design a New Solar Cell That is More Efficient and Costs Less appeared first on SciTech Daily.
  
  Read more

• Tesla to Raise Funds Amid Severe Cash Crunch

  31-08-2016 18:38 via nbcnews.com
  
  Facing a severe cash crunch, Tesla plans to raise additional money to help fund development and production of its new Model 3 sedan and build out a giant battery factory.
  
  Read more

• Study Reveals a Promising New Target to Treat Type 2 Diabetes

  31-08-2016 18:32 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Scientists at Yale University reveal promising new target for drugs to treat type 2 diabetes. When the body’s cells don’t respond normally to insulin — a condition known as insulin resistance — blood glucose levels can increase, resulting in type 2 diabetes. Researchers have long known that insulin resistance is linked to defects in the […]
  The post Study Reveals a Promising New Target to Treat Type 2 Diabetes appeared first on SciTech Daily.
  
  Read more

• New Horizons Image Shows Pluto’s Methane Snowcaps

  31-08-2016 18:23 via scitechdaily.com
  
  This newly released image shows the southernmost part of Pluto that NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft could “see” during closest approach in July 2015. The image contains a range of fascinating geological features, and offers clues into what might lurk in the regions shrouded in darkness during the flyby. The area shown above is south of […]
  The post New Horizons Image Shows Pluto’s Methane Snowcaps appeared first on SciTech Daily.
  
  Read more

• NASA observes large eye of Hurricane Gaston

  31-08-2016 18:14
  
  NASA-NOAA's Suomi NPP satellite passed over Hurricane Gaston as it continued to track over the open waters of the North Central Atlantic Ocean and move farther away from Bermuda and toward the Azores Islands.
  
  Read more

• Crowdsourcing can help create better science tests cheaper

  31-08-2016 18:14
  
  When it comes to developing test questions, there's the ordinary way and the fancy way. The ordinary way is to just make up questions and put them on the test. However, this can lead to questions that are misleading, confusing, or simply don't test for the knowledge you're trying to measure. The fancy way takes a lot of possible questions, tries them out on students, and whittles them down to the most useful. But this process is both time-consuming and expensive.
  
  Read more

• First test of oral rabies vaccine brings hope to the world's rarest canid

  31-08-2016 18:13
  
  Research published this week in the journal Vaccine reports field trials of the oral vaccine SAG2 in Ethiopian wolves, Africa's most threatened carnivore and the world's rarest canid.
  
  Read more

• Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel may contain hidden symbols of female anatomy

  31-08-2016 18:07
  
  Publications on the works of Michelangelo in the Sistine Chapel indicate that numerous codes and hidden messages may have been inserted for various purposes.
  
  Read more

• Chandra Reveals Record-Breaking Galaxy Cluster

  31-08-2016 18:07 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Using Chandra and several other telescopes, astronomers have found the most distant galaxy cluster to date. This cluster, called CL J1001+0220, lies about 11.1 billion light years from Earth and may have been caught right after birth, a brief, but important stage of cluster evolution never seen before. The remote galaxy cluster was found in […]
  The post Chandra Reveals Record-Breaking Galaxy Cluster appeared first on SciTech Daily.
  
  Read more

• Samsung unveils Gear S3 smartwatch

  31-08-2016 18:04 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Samsung is toughening up its line of wearables with the new Gear S3. The company unveiled its latest smartwatch on Wednesday at IFA 2016, Europe's annual gadget convention.
  
  Read more

• NASA's GPM examines Category Four Hurricane Lester

  31-08-2016 18:01
  
  NASA Peered into Category Four Hurricane Lester using instruments aboard the Global Precipitation Measurement mission or GPM core satellite as it continued tracking through the Eastern Pacific Ocean.
  
  Read more

• iRobot CEO says vacuum cleaners clear path to robot future

  31-08-2016 17:30
  
  The clash this year over the future of iRobot pitted visionary robotics against the retail success of the company's Roombas, the circular-shaped domestic helpers that have cleaned millions of living rooms around the world.
  
  Read more

• The Great Elephant Census reports massive loss of African savannah elephants

  31-08-2016 17:24
  
  Results of the two-year, $8 million Great Elephant Census (GEC) of African savannah elephants led by Elephants Without Borders (EWB) were released today at an international wildlife conference in Hawaii, confirming massive declines in elephant numbers over just the last decade. The researchers report the current rate of species decline is 8 percent per year, primarily due to poaching.
  
  Read more

• 'Help Wanted' signs go unanswered at some small businesses

  31-08-2016 17:20
  
  Small businesses that can't find the right people to fill their job openings may be suffering from a Great Recession hangover.
  
  Read more

• Tiny particle blows hole in European satellite's solar panel (Update)

  31-08-2016 17:13
  
  With its sights firmly fixed on Earth, Europe's eye in the sky never saw it coming.
  
  Read more

• Tiny particle blows hole in European satellite's solar panel

  31-08-2016 17:13
  
  The European Space Agency says a tiny particle has knocked a gaping hole in a solar panel on one of its Earth observation satellites.
  
  Read more

• Apple tax bill undermines transatlantic cooperation, Lew says

  31-08-2016 17:10
  
  US Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew on Wednesday reiterated the Obama administration's frustration with European authorities over their decision this week to impose back taxes on Apple.
  
  Read more

• Fin24.com | The future will be built in Africa - Mark Zuckerberg

  31-08-2016 17:03
  
  Facebook founder and CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, has said the “future of the world” will be built on the African continent.
  
  Read more

• Mark Zuckerberg misses his coding days

  31-08-2016 16:53 via rss.cnn.com
  
  While the 32-year-old billionaire tech CEO was visiting Nigeria this week, he spoke publicly about how he applied his engineering mindset to help build Facebook (FB, Tech30), a company that's now worth north of $360 billion. But he also admitted giving up coding to manage his company was "a little sad".
  
  Read more

• Fin24.com | CWU withdraws court bid against MTN

  31-08-2016 16:52
  
  The Communication Workers Union has withdrawn its court bid against MTN’s outsourcing plan as the two parties have agreed to consult on the matter.
  
  Read more

Follow @NewslockSciTech on Twitter!