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• Lifetouch adjusting its lens to the digital age

  01-09-2016 23:40
  
  Executives at Lifetouch Inc. like to describe their $1.5 billion company as the best-kept secret in the Twin Cities. To millions of parents and students, however, the brand is a household name.
  
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• Apple May Repatriate at Least $5 Billion in 2017, Cook Suggests - Bloomberg

  01-09-2016 23:30 via bloomberg.com
  
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  Apple May Repatriate at Least $5 Billion in 2017, Cook Suggests
  Bloomberg
  Apple Inc. may bring at least $5 billion of its offshore cash back to the U.S. next year, Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook suggested in an interview on Irish radio. “We provisioned several billion dollars for the U.S. for payment as soon as we ...
  Vestager Lights a Fire Under Corporate Tax AvoidanceWall Street Journal
  Companies like Apple will bring back billions if there's a 'tax holiday,' but last time i
  
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• African stargazers enjoy 'ring of fire' eclipse

  01-09-2016 23:28
  
  Stargazers in south and central Africa were treated to a spectacular solar eclipse Thursday with the Moon moving across the Sun to form a "ring of fire".
  
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• Hermine becomes a hurricane in the Gulf of Mexico

  01-09-2016 23:26
  
  Tropical Storm Hermine officially reached hurricane status on Thursday, Sept. 1, 2016, at 1:55 p.m. EDT. NOAA's GOES-East satellite captured a visible image of the hurricane at 3:15 p.m. EDT (1915 UTC).
  
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• Review: Dyson fan helps clear the air

  01-09-2016 23:20
  
  I've slept with a fan blowing on me as long as I can remember.
  
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• Review: Huawei MediaPad M3 - Android Headlines

  01-09-2016 23:17 via androidheadlines.com
  
  NDTV
  Review: Huawei MediaPad M3
  Android Headlines
  The market for tablets was once a booming one, growing faster year-over-year than almost any other technology segment, and once thought to eventually overtake laptops as the primary means of mobile productivity. Over a short period of just a few years, ...
  Day 2 in Berlin: Tablet and smartphone surprises from Sony, ZTE and HuaweiDigital Trends
  Huawei Nova Plus hands-on: focused on what mattersPhone Arena
  Huawei's Nova phones strip down to t
  
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• The iPhone 7's setting headphone trends, and it isn't even here yet - CNET

  01-09-2016 23:11 via cnet.com
  
  CNET
  The iPhone 7's setting headphone trends, and it isn't even here yet
  CNET
  Wireless headphones are having a moment. Libratone. Even before we got on the plane to fly to Berlin, we knew something was up. This week we're at the technology trade show IFA in Germany, where manufacturers and other industry types gather each ...
  New Beats products to be announced at Apple's Sept. 7 'iPhone 7' eventAppleInsider (press release) (blog)
  This is why it's so great that the iPhone 7 is killing off t
  
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• Snapchat lures more campaign spending as candidates court young voters

  01-09-2016 22:50
  
  Snapchat has no proven track record in election advertising. It shares only limited data about its audience, and caters mainly to a demographic that hasn't traditionally turned out in big numbers to vote. That's not stopping political campaigns from devoting more ad dollars to reach the millions of millennials who spend hours every week on the social-media app.
  
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• Here's what we know about the SpaceX explosion - TechCrunch

  01-09-2016 22:43 via techcrunch.com
  
  TechCrunch
  Here's what we know about the SpaceX explosion
  TechCrunch
  This morning around 9:07 am ET, SpaceX experienced a devastating explosion while completing a routine static test-fire in preparation for a launch on Saturday. Luckily, no injuries were reported, but the payload, the Amos-6 satellite, was on the Falcon ...
  Watch SpaceX's rocket explode in a massive fireballWashington Post
  Dramatic Video Shows Huge Scale of SpaceX Rocket ExplosionSpace.com
  Explosion at SpaceX launch pad at Cape
  
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• Inventor turns his laser tag game into anywhere, anytime iPhone sport

  01-09-2016 22:30
  
  George Carter III, the Dallas inventor who brought the world laser tag 32 years ago, wants to bring the still-popular game into the 21st century.
  
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• Coming to your solar system soon: A rendezvous with an asteroid

  01-09-2016 22:23
  
  A group of University of Colorado Boulder researchers is readying for NASA's Sept. 8 launch of a spacecraft to a near-Earth asteroid named Bennu, thought to harbor primordial material left over from the formation of the solar system 4.5 billion years ago.
  
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• How LinkedIn's search engine may reflect a gender bias

  01-09-2016 22:20
  
  Search for a female contact on LinkedIn, and you may get a curious result. The professional networking website asks if you meant to search for a similar-looking man's name.
  
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• 7 Ways the New Siri Can Work Harder for You

  01-09-2016 22:12 via nbcnews.com
  
  Apple opened up Siri to developers in June, allowing them to create new experiences for the virtual assistant in the upcoming iOS 10
  
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• US astronauts complete spacewalk for ISS maintenance

  01-09-2016 22:11
  
  Two US astronauts aboard the International Space Station successfully completed a spacewalk Thursday to make repairs and install new equipment.
  
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• The Galaxy Note 7's screen appears to break far too easily - BGR

  01-09-2016 22:05 via bgr.com
  
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  The Galaxy Note 7's screen appears to break far too easily
  BGR
  As soon as the Galaxy Note 7 came out, some people put the device through various torture tests that showed surprisingly bad results. The Gorilla Glass 5 screen was able to withstand drops, but it scratched easier than it should. Furthermore, the glass ...
  Galaxy Note 7 Recall Imminent Due to Exploding PhonesGotta Be Mobile
  Galaxy Note 7 delay sees Samsung's market value drop by $7bnPhone Arena
  Samsung 'Investigating The Matter'
  
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• Skyfit app puts personal trainer in your pocket

  01-09-2016 22:05
  
  Two months ago, I was bombarded by Instagram ads for a subscription fitness app named Skyfit. The app promised, with the help of professional trainers who coach with just their voices, to do the impossible: eliminate the monotony from treadmill and other indoor gym workouts.
  
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• 'Gambling' wolves take more risks than dogs

  01-09-2016 22:00
  
  Would you rather get 100 euros for certain, or have a fifty-fifty chance of receiving either 200 euros or nothing? Most choose the first, as humans tend to be "risk-averse", preferring a guaranteed pay-off over the possibility of a greater reward. It is thought that the human preference for "playing it safe" has evolved through natural selection: when you live precariously, like our remote ancestors, losing all your food reserves might be catastrophic, while adding to them might not make much di
  
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• Judge says Tesla can't sell directly to Missouri customers

  01-09-2016 21:54
  
  Electric car maker Tesla Motors cannot bypass dealerships and sell vehicles directly to Missouri customers, a judge ruled Wednesday in another setback to the company's efforts to cut the middleman out of its deals.
  
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• Companies like Apple will bring back billions if there's a 'tax holiday' – but last time it was a 'disaster' - Business Insider

  01-09-2016 21:53 via businessinsider.com
  
  Business Insider
  Companies like Apple will bring back billions if there's a 'tax holiday' – but last time it was a 'disaster'
  Business Insider
  Apple's CEO Tim Cook Thursday continued to rail against the European Competition Commission's ruling that the company got a special deal from Ireland to avoid taxes, which is against European Union rules. The commission is ordering Apple to pay $14.5 ...
  Former Best Buy CEO warns EU tax crackdown on Apple is just the beginningCNBC
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• University suggests students not drink water because of lead

  01-09-2016 21:35
  
  A New Jersey university has disconnected water fountains and handed out bottled water in dorms after finding elevated lead levels.
  
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• Drugs in the water? Don't blame the students

  01-09-2016 21:35
  
  With nearly sixty percent of American adults now taking prescription medications—from antidepressants to cholesterol treatments—there is growing concern about how many drugs are flowing through wastewater treatment facilities and into rivers and lakes. Research confirms that pharmaceutical pollution can cause damage to fish and other ecological problems—and may pose risks to human health too.
  
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• Accessory makers race to launch new wireless & Lightning headphones ahead of iPhone 7 - 9 to 5 Mac

  01-09-2016 21:03 via 9to5mac.com
  
  9 to 5 Mac
  Accessory makers race to launch new wireless & Lightning headphones ahead of iPhone 7
  9 to 5 Mac
  With Apple's iPhone 7 next week expected to ditch the 3.5mm headphone jack and make wireless and Lightning headphones a necessity, there a lot of companies racing to announce new products ahead of Apple's event. And it's good timing with IFA taking ...
  Apple Leak Says The iPhone Home Button Will Be Eliminated In 2017Forbes
  Irritated iPhone 6 users sue Apple over 'touch disease' d
  
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• Oldest fossils on Earth discovered in 3.7 billion-year-old Greenland rock - CNN

  01-09-2016 21:01 via cnn.com
  
  CNN
  Oldest fossils on Earth discovered in 3.7 billion-year-old Greenland rock
  CNN
  (CNN) Scientists have discovered in Greenland the oldest physical evidence of life on earth -- fossils that date back 3.7 billion years. If confirmed, the fossils are 220 million years older than any previously found, providing tangible evidence of ...
  Ancient cone-like fossils suggest life on Earth may go back more than 3.7 billion yearsLos Angeles Times
  The Oldest Fossils Ever DiscoveredYahoo News
  World's oldest
  
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• Explosion at Falcon 9 launch pad - Spaceflight Now

  01-09-2016 21:01 via spaceflightnow.com
  Los Angeles Times
  Explosion at Falcon 9 launch pad
  Spaceflight Now
  Spacecom Ltd., the Israeli operator of the Amos 6 satellite destroyed today, has not confirmed whether the spacecraft was fully insured for a loss before liftoff. Two industry sources familiar with space insurance arrangements for Falcon 9 launches ...
  SpaceX Rocket Explosion Destroys Facebook Internet SatelliteNBCNews.com
  SpaceX Rocket Explodes at Launchpad in Cape CanaveralNew York Times
  Here's what we know about the SpaceX ex
  
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• Romanian hacker gets four-year sentence in US

  01-09-2016 20:58
  
  A Romanian hacker who went by the online moniker "Guccifer" got four years and four months in prison Monday for releasing private emails, medical data and financial information from senior political figures, including Bush family members.
  
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• Engineers treat printed graphene with lasers to enable paper electronics

  01-09-2016 20:57
  
  The researchers in Jonathan Claussen's lab at Iowa State University (who like to call themselves nanoengineers) have been looking for ways to use graphene and its amazing properties in their sensors and other technologies.
  
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• Ceres: The tiny world where volcanoes erupt ice

  01-09-2016 20:55
  
  Ahuna Mons is a volcano that rises 13,000 feet high and spreads 11 miles wide at its base. This would be impressive for a volcano on Earth. But Ahuna Mons stands on Ceres, a dwarf planet less than 600 miles wide that orbits the Sun between Mars and Jupiter. Even stranger, Ahuna Mons isn't built from lava the way terrestrial volcanoes are—it's built from ice.
  
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• Images from Sun's edge reveal origins of solar wind

  01-09-2016 20:53
  
  Ever since the 1950s discovery of the solar wind - the constant flow of charged particles from the sun - there's been a stark disconnect between this outpouring and the sun itself. As it approaches Earth, the solar wind is gusty and turbulent. But near the sun where it originates, this wind is structured in distinct rays, much like a child's simple drawing of the sun. The details of the transition from defined rays in the corona, the sun's upper atmosphere, to the solar wind have been, until now
  
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• Criminologists detail the personal and professional costs of using confidential informants

  01-09-2016 20:50
  
  Interviews with law enforcement officers who work with confidential drug informants reveal that the practice, while aiding in investigations and arrests, can also extract huge personal, professional and organizational costs, according to research published in a new book this month.
  
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• New studies provide unexpected insights into dwarf planet Ceres

  01-09-2016 20:48
  
  Six studies published today in Science highlight new and unexpected insights into Ceres, a dwarf planet and the largest object in the asteroid belt (between Mars and Jupiter). The results, derived from data from the Dawn spacecraft in orbit around Ceres, reveal that it has craters, cracks, cryovolcanos and other markers of geological processes. Together, these studies provide a much-improved understanding of Ceres, a world of rock and ice.
  
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• YouTube Is Quietly Attempting To Clean Up Its Act, And It's Backfiring - Yahoo Sports

  01-09-2016 20:36 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  USA TODAY
  YouTube Is Quietly Attempting To Clean Up Its Act, And It's Backfiring
  Yahoo Sports
  YouTube is, in some ways, the wild west of video. Anybody can start a channel, and, if they gather enough followers to their cause, can even turn posting videos to YouTube into a career. Some of the followings the site gathers can be baffling from the ...
  Advertiser-friendly content guidelines - YouTube Help - Google HelpGoogle Help
  YouTube Is Shutting Down My Channel and I'm Not Sure What To DoYouTube
  
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• Ancient cone-like fossils suggest life on Earth may go back more than 3.7 billion years - Los Angeles Times

  01-09-2016 20:13 via latimes.com
  
  Los Angeles Times
  Ancient cone-like fossils suggest life on Earth may go back more than 3.7 billion years
  Los Angeles Times
  How long has life flourished on our planet? A new study suggests it could go back more than 3.7 billion years. In a study published Wednesday in Nature, a team of Australian researchers describe small conical structures that may have been built by ...
  World's oldest fossils found in GreenlandFox News
  3.7 billion-year-old Greenland fossils are oldest yet, scientists sa
  
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• SpaceX Rocket Explodes at Launchpad in Cape Canaveral - New York Times

  01-09-2016 20:07 via nytimes.com
  New York Times
  SpaceX Rocket Explodes at Launchpad in Cape Canaveral
  New York Times
  An explosion was seen from the site of a SpaceX rocket at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida on Thursday morning. By NASA/KENNEDY SPACE CENTER on Publish Date September 1, 2016. Photo by NASA. Watch in Times Video ». embed.
  Launchpad Explosion Destroys SpaceX Falcon 9 Rocket, Satellite in FloridaSpace.com
  What Today's Explosion Means for the Future of SpaceXGizmodo
  4 Things You Need to Know Ab
  
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• This new plastic fabric could make clothes that keep you cool - Washington Post

  01-09-2016 20:05 via washingtonpost.com
  
  Washington Post
  This new plastic fabric could make clothes that keep you cool
  Washington Post
  A material inspired by plastic wrap could keep you cooler than anything you've ever worn before – perhaps even cool enough to help kill your dependence on air conditioning. Given this weather, I think the heat-wicking duds are coming just in the nick ...
  Plastic-wrap-inspired fabric could keep us cool in the futureThe Verge
  Engineers develop a plastic clothing material that cools the skinPhys.Org
  
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• WATCH: No Injuries After Massive Explosion Rocks SpaceX Launch Site

  01-09-2016 20:02
  
  The explosion happened "in preparation for today's static fire," and resulted in "the loss of the vehicle and its payload," SpaceX said in a statement.
  
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• Researchers use microwaves to produce high-quality graphene

  01-09-2016 20:00
  
  Rutgers University engineers have found a simple method for producing high-quality graphene that can be used in next-generation electronic and energy devices: bake the compound in a microwave oven.
  
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• Plastic-wrap-inspired fabric could keep us cool in the future - The Verge

  01-09-2016 20:00 via theverge.com
  
  The Verge
  Plastic-wrap-inspired fabric could keep us cool in the future
  The Verge
  A form of polyethylene — the common plastic that makes up ClingWrap — is a promising candidate for a textile that prevents us from overheating, researchers say. Hopefully, it won't look like those PVC bodysuits that pop up every Halloween.
  This new plastic fabric could make clothes that keep you coolWashington Post
  Meet The Plastic Textile That Could Keep You CoolForbes
  Engineers develop a plastic clot
  
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• New method makes building 'one-handed' drugs easier than ever

  01-09-2016 20:00
  
  Chemists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have invented a new technique for constructing one-handed or "chiral" drug molecules. The new method is already being adopted by pharmaceutical researchers.
  
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• Location, location, location: Cellular hotspots for tumors and regeneration

  01-09-2016 20:00
  
  Two studies publishing on 1st September in Open Access journal PLOS Biology identify overlapping groups of cells in the Drosophila larva that have unique properties. In one case, the cells are resistant to irradiation or drug-induced cell death and capable of moving to areas of damaged tissue where they adopt a new fate and initiate regeneration. The second study examines cells from the same location and reports that, upon inactivation of a tumor suppressor gene, these cells but not others elsew
  
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• Engineers develop a plastic clothing material that cools the skin

  01-09-2016 20:00
  
  Stanford engineers have developed a low-cost, plastic-based textile that, if woven into clothing, could cool your body far more efficiently than is possible with the natural or synthetic fabrics in clothes we wear today.
  
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• Collateral Damage: Bees die in South Carolina Zika spraying

  01-09-2016 20:00
  
  There's been some collateral damage in the fight against Zika—millions of honeybees in South Carolina.
  
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• Chemistry method expedites path to useful molecules for medicine

  01-09-2016 20:00
  
  Opening a broad vista in the search for effective pharmaceuticals, a collaboration of Chinese and U.S. chemists has laid out a highly efficient new method to convert abundant organic molecules into new medicines.
  
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• UCSD Researchers Use Adenosine to Command Stem Cells to Build New Bone

  01-09-2016 19:53 via scitechdaily.com
  
  A team of scientists from UC San Diego have discovered an easy and efficient way to coax human pluripotent stem cells to regenerate bone tissue — by feeding them adenosine, a naturally occurring molecule in the body. The stem-cell-derived bone tissue helped repair cranial bone defects in mice without developing tumors or causing infection. The […]
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• Fin24.com | Facebook's Africa satellite destroyed in SpaceX crash

  01-09-2016 19:52
  
  A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket exploded in Florida, marking the second loss of a spacecraft by Elon Musk’s venture in a little more than a year.
  
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• This is why it's so great that the iPhone 7 is killing off the headphone jack - BGR

  01-09-2016 19:42 via bgr.com
  
  BGR
  This is why it's so great that the iPhone 7 is killing off the headphone jack
  BGR
  Apple's new iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus will be packed full of all sorts of technology when they debut next week. They'll sport brand new cameras that should be among the best in the world, and they'll pack new Apple A10 processors that will undoubtedly ...
  Latest alleged 'iPhone 7 Plus' packaging pic suggests option of bundled wireless 'AirPods' [u]AppleInsider (press release) (blog)
  Apple's iPhone 7 Even
  
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• SEAS Engineers 3D Print the First Autonomous, Entirely Soft Robot

  01-09-2016 19:42 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Using a 3D printer, Harvard engineers have demonstrated the first autonomous, untethered, entirely soft robot. The small robot — nicknamed the “octobot” — could pave the way for a new generation of such machines. Soft robotics could help revolutionize how humans interact with machines. But researchers have struggled to build entirely compliant robots. Electric power […]
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• Drug shows promise in reducing abnormal brain proteins linked to Alzheimer's - Fox News

  01-09-2016 19:41 via foxnews.com
  
  Fox News
  Drug shows promise in reducing abnormal brain proteins linked to Alzheimer's
  Fox News
  In what some experts are hailing as a major breakthrough in the field of Alzheimer's research, a new investigational drug was found to reduce the disease's hallmark plaques— potentially hinting to a slowing of cognitive decline. Researchers cautioned ...
  Researchers cautiously optimistic about new brain-clearing Alzheimer's drugArs Technica
  A Possible Treatment For Alzheimer's Disease Is De
  
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• Windows 10 growth slowdown has bright side - Computerworld

  01-09-2016 19:28 via computerworld.com
  
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  Windows 10 growth slowdown has bright side
  Computerworld
  Although Windows 10's growth slowed in August, the one-year-old operating system didn't slam on the brakes as expected, according to data from multiple analytics sources. The smaller-than-anticipated slowdown may signal the start of enterprise ...
  Microsoft fixes Windows 10's Anniversary Update freezingPCWorld
  Could the future of Android be Windows?ZDNet
  Latest Windows 10 CU Delivering to Squash Freeze Bug and Fix PowerShellWind
  
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• Findings about protein could open door to new class of antibiotics

  01-09-2016 19:22
  
  Researchers have made the first-ever detailed, atomic-level images of a peroxiredoxin, which has revealed a peculiar characteristic of this protein and might form the foundation for a new approach to antibiotics.
  
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• ESOcast 87 – Astronomers Discuss Proxima b

  01-09-2016 19:22 via scitechdaily.com
  
  In this six minute ESOcast video astronomers discuss the newly discovered Proxima b and the possibility of life outside our solar system. The Pale Red Dot campaign aimed to find a planet orbiting our nearest stellar neighbor, Proxima Centauri. Incredibly, the quest succeeded and the team did indeed find a planet. Even more excitingly, the […]
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