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• Businesses seeking international legitimacy should look to china's model

  06-03-2017 22:44
  
  Companies looking to invest in business enterprises in other countries should be aware of the influence of word-of-mouth associations, traditional and social media and historical legacy when they make their commitments - particularly looking at China as a model - Lehigh University researcher Charles Stevens says in a study published in the February 2017 Global Strategy Journal.
  
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• Activists Rush to Save Government Science Data — If They Can Find It

  06-03-2017 22:35 via nytimes.com
  The Trump administration has begun changing some government websites. A group of concerned citizens has been working to preserve data it sees as politically vulnerable.
  
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• Cryovolcanism on dwarf planet Ceres

  06-03-2017 22:30
  
  Among the most striking features on the surface of Ceres are the bright spots in the center of Occator crater which stood out already as NASA's space probe Dawn approached the dwarf planet. Scientists under the leadership of the Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research (MPS) have now for the first time determined the age of this bright material, which consists mainly of deposits of special mineral salts. With about four million years only, these deposits are about 30 million years younger
  
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• Pennsylvania Senate Democrats resist ransom in cyberattack

  06-03-2017 22:27
  
  Pennsylvania's top state Senate Democrat said Monday that no ransom has been paid to resolve a cyberattack that shut down the caucus' network and prompted an FBI investigation.
  
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• US: 11 of 27 reef fish species in Hawaii are overfished

  06-03-2017 22:20
  
  U.S. officials say the first-ever assessment of Hawaii's reef fish shows that 11 of 27 species are experiencing some level of overfishing.
  
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• NASA wants to create the coolest spot in the universe

  06-03-2017 22:20
  
  This summer, an ice chest-sized box will fly to the International Space Station, where it will create the coolest spot in the universe.
  
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• Study shows US grasslands affected more by atmospheric dryness than precipitation

  06-03-2017 22:10
  
  A new study showing dryness of the atmosphere affects U.S. grassland productivity more than rainfall could have important implications for predicting how plants will respond to warming climate conditions.
  
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• Scientists tweak seat cushion material to clean oil spills

  06-03-2017 22:10
  
  Federal researchers have created a new tool to clean up oil spills by tinkering with the kind of foam found in seat cushions.
  
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• NASA sees powerful Tropical Cyclone Enawo threatening Madagascar

  06-03-2017 22:10
  
  Tropical Cyclone Enawo has continued to intensify while moving toward Madagascar. NASA's Aqua satellite showed the development of an eye, while the Global Precipitation Measurement mission or GPM found heavy rainfall in the storm.
  
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• Unique protein partly to blame for worm's digestive distress

  06-03-2017 22:00
  
  A protein unlike any other appears to be partially responsible for upsetting the stomachs of the most common animal on the planet.
  
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• Robot uses social feedback to fetch objects intelligently

  06-03-2017 22:00
  
  If someone asks you to hand them a wrench from a table full of different sized wrenches, you'd probably pause and ask, "which one?" Robotics researchers from Brown University have now developed an algorithm that lets robots do the same thing—ask for clarification when they're not sure what a person wants.
  
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• How nature creates forest diversity

  06-03-2017 22:00
  
  Forests, especially tropical forests, are home to thousands of species of trees—sometimes tens to hundreds of tree species in the same forest—a level of biodiversity ecologists have struggled to explain. In a new study published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), researchers at the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) and their colleagues in Australia are now providing a first model that elucidates the ecological and evoluti
  
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• Tree growth model assists breeding for more wood

  06-03-2017 21:52
  
  A meeting in a forest between a biologist and a mathematician could lead to thicker, faster growing trees.
  
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• Researchers create new tool that measures active learning in classrooms

  06-03-2017 21:50
  
  Researchers at San Francisco State University have developed a tool that for the first time can measure the extent to which instructors use innovative teaching methods by analyzing simple audio recordings of classroom sounds, according to a study published today in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science.
  
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• Study shows how skates, rays and sharks sense electrical fields

  06-03-2017 21:46
  
  Sharks, rays and skates can hunt for prey hidden in the sandy sea floor by "listening" for faint traces of bioelectricity—they can literally sense their prey's heart beating. The basic anatomy of the electro-sensory organs that accomplish this feat has been known for decades, but the biological mechanisms - how electrosensory cells pick up faint electrical signs of life—has remained a puzzle.
  
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• NASA takes a double-look at Tropical Cyclone Blanche

  06-03-2017 21:44
  
  Tropical Cyclone Blanche formed on March 5 near Australia's Top End, and made landfall the next day as NASA's Aqua satellite passed overhead gathering images in visible and infrared light.
  
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• Cosmic environments and their influence in star formation

  06-03-2017 21:40
  
  The scaffolding that holds the large-scale structure of the universe constitutes galaxies, dark matter and gas (from which stars are forming), organized in complex networks known as the cosmic web. This network comprises dense regions known as galaxy clusters and groups that are woven together through thread-like structures known as filaments. These filaments form the backbone of the cosmic web and host a large fraction of the mass in the universe, as well as sites of star formation activity.
  
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• Compounds could be basis for devices that turn waste heat into electricity

  06-03-2017 21:40
  
  Cage-like compounds called clathrates could be used for harvesting waste heat and turning it into electricity. UC Davis chemists just discovered a whole new class of clathrates, potentially opening new ways to make and apply these materials.
  
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• A new approach to improving lithium-sulfur batteries

  06-03-2017 21:40
  
  Rechargeable lithium-ion batteries are the power behind most modern portable electronics, including cell phones, tablets, laptops, fitness trackers, and smart watches. However, their energy density—that is, the amount of energy stored within a given amount of physical space, or mass—will need to be improved for these batteries to see widespread use in smart grid and electric transport applications.
  
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• Bubble-recoil could be used to cool microchips, even in space

  06-03-2017 21:33
  
  The bubbles that form on a heated surface create a tiny recoil when they leave it, like the kick from a gun firing blanks. Now researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago, under funding from NASA, have shown how this miniscule force can be harnessed to mix liquid coolant around high-power microelectronics—in space or on Earth.
  
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• New materials could turn water into the fuel of the future

  06-03-2017 21:32
  
  Scientists at the Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) and the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) have—in just two years—nearly doubled the number of materials known to have potential for use in solar fuels.
  
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• Turning food waste into tires: Eggshells, tomato peels add strength to sustainable rubber

  06-03-2017 21:28
  
  Tomorrow's tires could come from the farm as much as the factory. Researchers at The Ohio State University have discovered that food waste can partially replace the petroleum-based filler that has been used in manufacturing tires for more than a century.
  
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• Flashy first images arrive from NOAA's GOES-16 lightning mapper

  06-03-2017 21:26
  
  Detecting and predicting lightning just got a lot easier. The first images from a new instrument onboard NOAA's GOES-16 satellite are giving NOAA National Weather Service forecasters richer information about lightning that will help them alert the public to dangerous weather.
  
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• WATCH: Steve Martin to teach online comedy class

  06-03-2017 21:09
  
  ABC News' Lara Spencer reports the buzziest stories of the day in "GMA" Pop News.
  
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• Vesicle formation findings could pave way for liquid biopsies, drug delivery devices

  06-03-2017 21:00
  
  Engineers at Carnegie Mellon University and biomedical researchers at the University of Pittsburgh and Magee-Womens Research Institute have established a framework for understanding the mechanics that underlie vesicle formation. Their findings, published in the online early edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, can be used to help develop liquid biopsies for a range of diseases and to develop new drug delivery vehicles.
  
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• Study finds modern hunter-gathers relocate to maximize foraging efficiency

  06-03-2017 21:00
  
  As bumblebees forage for nectar from one flower to the next, at a certain point, they will move to another area once their search for food becomes too inefficient. This behavior, also observed among other animals, conforms to a prevalent model in biology called the "marginal value theorem." In like manner, groups of modern hunter-gatherers relocate their camps to maximize their foraging efficiency, according to a Dartmouth study published in the online Early Edition of the Proceedings of the Nat
  
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• Scientists discover how animals measure time of year to reproduce

  06-03-2017 21:00
  
  Animals need to measure the time of year so that they can anticipate and adapt to the arrival of a new season to align reproduction, as well as other vital functions critical for survival. A new study, conducted at the University of Bristol, has identified how animals measure annual time to control seasonal fertility.
  
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• One in 5 residents overuses electricity at neighbors' expense

  06-03-2017 21:00
  
  Household electricity use falls by more than 30% when residents are obliged to pay for their own personal consumption. This is shown in a new study by researchers at Uppsala University's and the Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN), published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
  
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• Facebook Just Rolled Out Its Fake News Tool

  06-03-2017 19:27 via nbcnews.com
  
  Before you click that link, Facebook may let you know if the story has been disputed by third-party organizations.
  
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• World's 1st woman in space, Valentina Tereshkova, turns 80

  06-03-2017 19:14
  
  Russia is honoring the world's first woman in space, Valentina Tereshkova, on her 80th birthday.
  
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• Maintaining an active sex life may lead to improved job satisfaction, engagement in work

  06-03-2017 19:10
  
  Maintaining a healthy sex life at home boosts employees' job satisfaction and engagement at the office, underscoring the value of a strong work-life balance, an Oregon State University researcher has found.
  
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• New ALMA Image of LL Pegasi and Its Companion

  06-03-2017 18:06 via scitechdaily.com
  
  This ALMA image of the week shows the binary star system of LL Pegasi and its companion. Although it looks like the pattern of a...
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• Poachers kill rare giant elephant in Kenya

  06-03-2017 18:00
  
  One of Africa's oldest and largest elephants was killed by poachers in Kenya on Monday, according to a conservation group that protects the dwindling group of giant "tuskers".
  
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• Is Arctic sea ice doomed to disappear?

  06-03-2017 17:57
  
  There's good and bad news for people, and polar bears, threatened by the Arctic's vanishing sea ice, scientists said Monday.
  
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• Paleolake deposits on Mars might look like sediments in Indonesia

  06-03-2017 17:53
  
  In their GSA Bulletin article published online last week, Timothy A. Goudge and colleagues detail the clay mineralogy of sediment from Lake Towuti, Indonesia, using a technique called visible to near-infrared (VNIR) spectroscopy. VNIR measures the signature of reflected light from a sample across a larger wavelength range than just visible light. At Lake Towuti, the spectral record shows distinct variations in clay mineralogy over the past 40,000 years.
  
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• Star clusters discovery could upset the astronomical applecart

  06-03-2017 17:51
  
  The discovery of young stars in old star clusters could send scientists back to the drawing board for one of the Universe's most common objects.
  
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• OLYMPUS Experiment Shows Two Photons Are Exchanged During Electron-Proton Interactions

  06-03-2017 17:47 via scitechdaily.com
  
  OLYMPUS experiment sheds light on structure of protons, revealing that two photons, not one, are exchanged in electron-proton interactions. A mystery concerning the structure of...
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• League of Legends creator wins $10 million in bot/hack service lawsuit - GameZone

  06-03-2017 17:45 via gamezone.com
  
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  League of Legends creator wins $10 million in bot/hack service lawsuit
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  A League of Legends bot and cheating service has been absolutely squashed by Riot Games. Last Summer, League of Legends' developer, Riot Games, sued a cheat and bot service, LeagueSharp, because it represented "an enormous threat to LoL" and ...
  'League of Legends' creator wins $10 million in cheating lawsuitEngadget
  Riot Games Just Won A Huge Lawsuit, Get The DetailsCinema Blend
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• Breakthrough in live coral imaging

  06-03-2017 17:40
  
  Corals are calcifying animals and are the prime architects of the most diverse marine ecosystem, the coral reefs. The coral animal harbors tiny microalgae as symbionts in its tissue, where they fix CO2 via photosynthesis and provide the animal host with organic carbon for its respiration. In turn, the microalgae obtain shelter and nutrients in the coral tissue, which extends over a complex calcium carbonate skeleton deposited by the animal host.
  
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• MIT Study Suggests Complex Life on Earth Began 2.33 Billion Years Ago

  06-03-2017 17:34 via scitechdaily.com
  
  In a newly published study scientists from MIT reveal evidence that eukaryotes — the domain of life comprising animals, plants, and protists — were present...
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• Google vows fix for 'inappropriate' search results

  06-03-2017 17:20
  
  Google said Monday it was working to fix a search algorithm glitch that produced "inappropriate and misleading" results from its search engine and connected speaker.
  
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• Hubble Image of the Week – Super Star Cluster Westerlund 1

  06-03-2017 17:13 via scitechdaily.com
  
  This newly released Hubble image shows star cluster Westerlund 1, which is located 15,000 light-years away. Light travels through space at just under 300,000 kilometers...
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• Computational method makes gene expression analyses more accurate

  06-03-2017 17:10
  
  A new computational method can improve the accuracy of gene expression analyses, which are increasingly used to diagnose and monitor cancers and are a major tool for basic biological research.
  
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• Bird flu found at Tyson Foods chicken supplier

  06-03-2017 17:10
  
  Tens of thousands of chickens have been destroyed at a Tennessee chicken farm due to a bird flu outbreak, and 30 other farms within a six-mile radius have been quarantined.
  
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• World-first synthetic receptor mimics how cells 'talk' to the world around them

  06-03-2017 17:00
  
  Researchers from the University of Bristol have found a way to mimic the way cells in living organisms 'talk' to the world around them by creating a world-first synthetic receptor which can respond to chemical signals just like its natural equivalent.
  
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• Shadow-loving insect named after Tuomas Holopainen of Nightwish

  06-03-2017 17:00
  
  Tuomas Holopainen, the multi-talented musician and founder of the symphonic metal band Nightwish, is also a full-blooded nature person. This gave conservation biologist Jukka Salmela of Metsähallitus Parks & Wildlife Finland an idea for the name of a new species he found in Finland. Discovered in eastern Lapland during an insect survey, the fungus gnat was given the scientific name Sciophila holopaineni after Tuomas. The new species is described in the open access Biodiversity Data Jour
  
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• Religious participation may serve to strengthen social bonds

  06-03-2017 17:00
  
  Roughly 80 percent of people around the globe identify with some type of religion, and scientists have been seriously pursuing insight into the evolutionary benefit of religious practice since the early part of this century. In a new study published today in Nature Human Behaviour, Eleanor Power of the Santa Fe Institute writes that active religious participation may benefit practitioners by strengthening social bonds.
  
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• New deep learning techniques analyze athletes' decision-making

  06-03-2017 16:50
  
  Sports analytics is routinely used to assign values to such things as shots taken or to compare player performance, but a new automated method based on deep learning techniques - developed by researchers at Disney Research, California Institute of Technology and STATS, a supplier of sports data - will provide coaches and teams with a quicker tool to help assess defensive athletic performance in any game situation.
  
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• WATCH: Tracking Lightning Strikes, From Space - NPR

  06-03-2017 16:47 via npr.org
  
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  A new weather satellite parked 22,300 miles above Earth has sent back its first images of lightning storms on our planet, and they are, well, pretty flashy. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, which runs the satellite, released the ...
  Flashy first images arrive from NOAA's GOES-16 lightning mapperEurekAlert (press release)
  Predicting lightning just got a whole lot easierWISN Milwaukee
  New NOAA technology shows real-time lig
  
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• Space energy technology restored to make power stations more efficient

  06-03-2017 16:46
  
  Satellite-powering technology that was abandoned decades ago has been reinvented to potentially work with traditional power stations to help them convert heat to electricity more efficiently, meaning we would need less fossil fuel to burn for power. A new study in Nano Energy presents a prototype energy converter, which uses graphene instead of metal, making it almost seven times more efficient.
  
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