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• WATCH: Justices Raise Doubts About $399M Judgment Against Samsung

  11-10-2016 23:28 via abcnews.go.com
  
  The Supreme Court raised serious doubts Tuesday about a $399 million judgment against smartphone maker Samsung for illegally copying parts of the patented design of Apple's iPhone.
  
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• Al Gore: 'Your Vote Really, Really, Really Matters'

  11-10-2016 23:15 via abcnews.go.com
  Usually, he's Al Gore, Nobel Peace Prize winner or climate advocate
  
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• US will send people to Mars by 2030s, Barack Obama says

  11-10-2016 22:56
  
  President Barack Obama wants NASA to send astronauts to Mars by the 2030s and eventually into deep space, he wrote in a CNN op-ed published Tuesday.
  
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• Proxima Centauri might be more sunlike than we thought

  11-10-2016 22:47
  
  In August astronomers announced that the nearby star Proxima Centauri hosts an Earth-sized planet (called Proxima b) in its habitable zone. At first glance, Proxima Centauri seems nothing like our Sun. It's a small, cool, red dwarf star only one-tenth as massive and one-thousandth as luminous as the Sun. However, new research shows that it is sunlike in one surprising way: it has a regular cycle of starspots.
  
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• Team studies how selfish genes cause male sterility in flowering plants

  11-10-2016 22:43
  
  Why are plants often sterile when their parents are from different species? How do species remain separate entities in nature?
  
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• Samsung scraps Note 7, so what next for consumers?

  11-10-2016 22:30
  
  Samsung has officially scrapped the Note 7. So what's next for consumers?
  
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• Metaphorically Speaking, Men Are Expected to be Struck by Genius, Women to Nurture It

  11-10-2016 22:29 via nytimes.com
  Research into the metaphors used to describe inventions found that they carried implicit associations about men and women’s stereotypical gender roles.
  
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• Space center reopens after hurricane, damage in millions

  11-10-2016 22:20
  
  NASA's Kennedy Space Center reopened for business Tuesday, relying on industrial air conditioners rushed in from around the country in the wake of Hurricane Matthew.
  
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• Oh, So You Wanted to Ditch Yahoo? They Just Made it Harder

  11-10-2016 22:20 via nbcnews.com
  
  Yahoo email users looking for an exit from the service now have to deal with a major roadblock.
  
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• Historic shrinking of Antarctic Ice Sheet linked to CO2 spike

  11-10-2016 22:20
  
  Twenty-three million years ago, the Antarctic Ice Sheet began to shrink, going from an expanse larger than today's to one about half its modern size. Computer models suggested a spike in carbon dioxide levels as the cause, but the evidence was elusive - until now. Ancient fossilized leaves retrieved from a lake bed in New Zealand now show for the first time that carbon dioxide levels increased dramatically over a relatively short period of time as the ice sheet began to deteriorate.
  
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• FDA Warns About Heart Devices After Two Die

  11-10-2016 22:20 via nbcnews.com
  
  Two people have died after the batteries failed early in two implanted heart defibrillators made by St. Jude Medical.
  
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• GoFundMe Group Will Pay Your Legal Fees If You Tattle on Trump

  11-10-2016 22:15 via nbcnews.com
  
  A GoFundMe page was launched to motivate anyone in possession of potentially damning Donald Trump tapes to come forward.
  
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• 'Worst-Case Scenario' Just Became Reality for Samsung Note7

  11-10-2016 22:14 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Analysts described terminating sales of the Note7 as a "worst case scenario."
  
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• Marconi inspires Rice design for 1-terabit wireless

  11-10-2016 22:05
  
  Rice University wireless researchers are taking a page from radio inventor Guglielmo Marconi to create the first laser-free, wireless system capable of delivering 1 terabit of data per second.
  
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• Deep space: Are we smart enough to beat the physics?

  11-10-2016 22:00 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Imagine something so distant that with our current technology it would take 2,400 generations to reach there -- and that's just our nearest star.
  
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• Researchers develop new ligase for biomedical use

  11-10-2016 21:56
  
  Ligases are enzymes that serve critical functions in cells, helping to fuse together broken strands of DNA and RNA. These enzymes are also important bioengineering tools, useful in genetic sequencing, mutation detection and other applications.
  
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• New food-ordering formula could lead to less food waste in buffet-style restaurants

  11-10-2016 21:56
  
  In a 2013 study conducted by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), researchers estimated one third of all food produced for human consumption in the world is lost or wasted. Although waste occurs in all stages of food production, some of the largest losses occur at all-you-care-to-eat (AYCTE), buffet-style facilities. University of Missouri researchers have calculated the economic and environmental production costs associated with meats and vegetables—such as fuel, tr
  
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• Trust fosters networking and knowledge sharing

  11-10-2016 21:44
  
  A group of researchers from the Niels Bohr Institute have examined how a communication network can arise within a new experiment called 'Expert Game'. They discovered that the driving mechanism for the emergence of communication network was trust building between people. The results are published in the scientific journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
  
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• New, gigantic, ancient armored fish discovered

  11-10-2016 21:38
  
  We've all seen "Jurassic Park." We all know T. rex. But what about B. rex?
  
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• Networking can cut two ways for employers, employees

  11-10-2016 21:38
  
  There may be more going on at the office happy hour than you thought.
  
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• Livestock donation programs reduce poverty, improve food security and nutrition

  11-10-2016 21:37
  
  Two papers co-written by a pair of University of Illinois experts in agricultural policy and international development point to the wealth of positive effects that direct livestock-transfer programs have on impoverished communities in rural Africa.
  
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• Lack of opportunities promotes brood care

  11-10-2016 21:35
  
  Male black coucals who care for their broods alone are just as successful as pairs of the closely related white-browed coucal, where partners share parental duties. Researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Ornithology in Seewiesen discovered that a single white-browed coucal parent would be sufficient to raise the brood; they believe that females share the job primarily because they are unlikely to find another mate. In white-browed coucals the sex-ratio is relatively balanced, whereas in b
  
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• Tiny new fossil crocodile-relative had mammal-like teeth

  11-10-2016 21:34
  
  In the dinosaur-rich fossil beds of Morocco, dated to about 100 million years ago, scientists have discovered a strange new crocodile. A fossil was found of an upper and lower jaw preserved together, with oddly shaped teeth. At first, researchers thought it was the snout of a small mammal, but later determined that it belonged to a member of the crocodile-line of evolution. Hardly a monster, this little crocodile-relative would have been less than 2 feet (60 cm) in length.
  
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• Asian American children and youth: Historical context and recommended research methodology as population grows

  11-10-2016 21:34
  
  To date, developmental research focused on racial and ethnic groups has emphasized children in African American or Latino families. Yet, Asian American migrants now outnumber those from Latin America. U.S. Census data indicate that by 2050, the Asian American population is projected to increase by 79 percent, making this the fastest growing racial and ethnic group in the country. A new special section of the journal Child Development, coauthored by members of the Asian Caucus of the Society for
  
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• Virus carrying DNA of black widow spider toxin discovered

  11-10-2016 21:32
  
  A tiny virus that may sting like a black widow spider. That is one of the surprise discoveries made by a pair of Vanderbilt biologists when they sequenced the genome of a virus that attacks Wolbachia, a bacterial parasite that has successfully infected not only black widow spiders but more than half of all arthropod species, which include insects, spiders and crustaceans.
  
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• Researcher points finger at inaccuracy in most biology textbooks

  11-10-2016 21:32
  
  Nearly all biology textbooks are wrong, according to a new paper co-authored by University of Kansas researcher Christopher Haufler.
  
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• More gender diversity needed in survey questions: study

  11-10-2016 21:32
  
  Most people have taken a survey or completed a questionnaire in the past that has asked the question: "Are you male or female?" A joint study from Grand Valley State University and Stanford University suggests that this traditional survey question does not mirror gender diversity in the world today.
  
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• Researchers discover effect of rare solar wind on Earth's radiation belts

  11-10-2016 21:28
  
  Researchers from the University of New Hampshire have captured unique measurements of the Van Allen radiation belts, which circle the Earth, during an extremely rare solar wind event. The findings, which have never been reported before, may be helpful in protecting orbiting telecommunication and navigational satellites, and possibly future astronauts, by helping to more accurately predict space conditions near Earth, as well as around more remote planets.
  
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• New potential cancer treatment using microwaves to target deep tumors

  11-10-2016 21:28
  
  Physicists at The University of Texas at Arlington have shown that using microwaves to activate photosensitive nanoparticles produces tissue-heating effects that ultimately lead to cell death within solid tumors.
  
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• NREL to lead one exascale computing project, support three others

  11-10-2016 21:20
  
  Scientists at the Energy Department's (DOE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) will lead an effort to model the complex and turbulent flow of wind through large wind plants as part of DOE's Exascale Computing Project (ECP), which is gearing up U.S. computational capabilities to prepare for the next generation of supercomputers. NREL will also provide support to three projects related to combustion science, urban systems, and power grid dynamics.
  
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• NASA sees Tropical Depression Aere dissipating

  11-10-2016 21:17
  
  NASA's Terra satellite passed over Tropical Depression Aere as it was dissipating in the South China Sea.
  
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• NASA's Terra Satellite shows strength around Tropical Storm Nicole's center

  11-10-2016 21:16
  
  Strong thunderstorms were evident around Tropical Storm Nicole's center of circulation in imagery from NASA's Terra satellite. Bermuda is now under a watch and a warning as Nicole is forecast to head that way in the next couple of days.
  
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• 'FAST-forge' process set to change UK's high value manufacturing industry

  11-10-2016 21:16
  
  Researchers have developed a new concept in high value manufacturing which could lead to a more cost effective and sustainable production process in the aerospace industry.
  
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• Atomic-scale MRI holds promise for new drug discovery

  11-10-2016 21:14
  
  Researchers at the University of Melbourne have developed a way to radically miniaturise a Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) machine using atomic-scale quantum computer technology.
  
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• Astonishingly short mid-infrared pulses offer new tool for peering inside atoms and solids

  11-10-2016 21:14
  
  A newly developed laser pulse synthesizer that generates femtosecond pulses at mid-infrared (IR) wavelengths promises to provide scientists with a better view of the inner workings of atoms, molecules and solids. Understanding the behavior of electrons and other atomic elements at time scales shorter than one oscillation of a light wave could lead to a host of new developments, such as extremely sensitive sensors and electronics that are a thousand times faster than what is state-of-the-art toda
  
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• It pays to go beyond the last word when advertising using Google AdWords

  11-10-2016 21:13
  
  As search advertising gains share in advertising budgets, the decision on which keywords to bid on has gained in importance among marketers - both big and small. An often debated question is: Should marketers prioritize advertising on the last keyword or the first keyword that a customer searched that led to clicks and sales? There is no obvious answer to the question. While last touched keywords attract customers who know what they want, first touch keywords help bring in customers who are begi
  
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• We're Almost There... How to Survive the Election on Social Media

  11-10-2016 20:58 via nbcnews.com
  
  Congratulations! Other than a painstaking few more weeks, you've almost survived Election 2016 on social media.
  
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• MIT Physicists Simulate a Magnetar to Seek Dark Matter Particle

  11-10-2016 20:24 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Physicists from MIT are proposing a new experiment to detect a dark matter particle called the axion. If successful, the effort could crack one of the most perplexing unsolved mysteries in particle physics, as well as finally yield a glimpse of dark matter. Axions are hypothetical elementary particles that are thought to be among the […]
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• Yale Researchers Reveal Genes Behind Aggressive Ovarian and Endometrial Cancers

  11-10-2016 20:13 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Researchers from Yale University have defined the genetic landscape of rare, highly aggressive tumors called carcinosarcomas, pointing the way to possible new treatments. The findings are published in the early edition of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Endometrial and ovarian cancers are the most prevalent gynecologic tumors in women, with over 76,160 newly […]
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• Firm linked to social media surveillance loses data access

  11-10-2016 20:08
  
  Twitter and Facebook on Tuesday cut access to certain data for an analytics firm which according to a civil liberties group helped law enforcement track protesters in social movements.
  
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• Justices raise doubts about $399M judgment against Samsung (Update)

  11-10-2016 20:07
  
  The Supreme Court raised serious doubts Tuesday about a $399 million judgment against smartphone maker Samsung for illegally copying parts of the patented design of Apple's iPhone.
  
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• Justices raise doubts about $399M judgment against Samsung

  11-10-2016 20:07
  
  The Supreme Court is raising serious doubts about a $399 million judgment against smartphone maker Samsung for illegally copying parts of the patented design of Apple's iPhone.
  
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• Genomic study of high school students from Denmark reveals remarkable genetic homogeneity

  11-10-2016 20:06
  
  People from Denmark are genetically similar to each other no matter which part of the country they come from, report researchers in the journal Genetics, a publication of the Genetics Society of America. Eight hundred Danish high school students contributed genetic material to the Where Are You From? project, and the data were used to decode population-wide patterns of genetic variation. Although there were subtle traces of the impact of Danish history on genetic similarity between different reg
  
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• 'Poring over' DNA: Advancing nanopore sensing towards lower cost and more accurate DNA sequencing

  11-10-2016 20:04
  
  In a future of personalized medicine, doctors may quickly glean the changes in the DNA sequences of patients that predispose them to specific diseases or determine the most appropriate therapeutic approach simply by analyzing a saliva sample. At present, however, reading DNA sequences from genomes using current next generation sequencing methods is still a costly endeavor restricted to well-equipped laboratories.
  
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• NASA apots Typhoon Songda's cloud-filled eye

  11-10-2016 20:02
  
  Small but powerful Typhoon Songda continued moving to the northeast and over the open ocean of the Northwestern Pacific Ocean when NASA's Terra satellite passed overhead and saw its cloud-filled eye.
  
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• Have a Galaxy Note 7? Here Are Your Options

  11-10-2016 19:42 via nbcnews.com
  
  Samsung is halting production of its Galaxy Note 7 smartphone following reports that some of the replacement devices may have caught fire.
  
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• Sprint to connect 1M students under 'My Brother's Keeper'

  11-10-2016 19:19
  
  The White House says 1 million low-income high school students will receive free internet access under President Barack Obama's "My Brother's Keeper" initiative for minority males.
  
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• GE ramping up presence at new headquarters, digital hub

  11-10-2016 19:19
  
  General Electric is ramping up its presence at its new corporate headquarters in Boston and unveiling a new digital hub in Rhode Island as it prepares to leave its Connecticut home of the last 42 years.
  
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• Florida hopes quarantine and irradiated flies stop screwworm

  11-10-2016 19:18
  
  A narrow ribbon of road linking the Florida Keys with the mainland is the front line in a renewed fight against maggots that can eat livestock and pets alive.
  
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• Top court weighs key patent issue in Apple-Samsung case

  11-10-2016 19:15
  
  The Supreme Court took up the blockbuster legal battle between Apple and Samsung Tuesday in a case likely to result in a landmark decision on the importance of design in technology patents.
  
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