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• FDA Raids Immunotherapy Clinic, Seizes Smallpox Vaccine

  29-08-2017 23:35 via feedproxy.google.com
  The FDA has seized vials of smallpox vaccine from a California immunotherapy company, claiming they had been used for an unauthorized cancer treatment.StemImmune markets an unapproved treatment for cancer involving stem cells and a type of virus commonly used to inoculate against smallpox. The virus, vaccinia, is an attractive option because it's good at getting into cancerous cells and can be genetically tweaked to improve effectiveness. It's not easy to get, however, because it can cau
  
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• Why Augmented Reality Is About to Take Over Your Life

  29-08-2017 23:33 via nbcnews.com
  Apple and Google are investing in augmented reality - and in weeks, you'll have plenty of apps to play with.
  
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• Female orgasms aren't all that mysterious

  29-08-2017 23:22
  
  HealthA new study suggests it's pretty easy to figure out.
  A new study surveyed over 1,000 women about their sexual preferences, and it turns out they’re pretty consistent.
  
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• Are consumers ready to give augmented reality a try?

  29-08-2017 23:00
  You might have gotten a taste of "augmented reality," the blending of the virtual and physical worlds, as you chased on-screen monsters at real-world landmarks in last year's gaming sensation, "Pokemon Go."
  
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• Amid Harvey chaos, fears of alligators escaping captivity

  29-08-2017 22:50
  As flood waters in Texas rose to unprecedented heights Tuesday, so did fears that hundreds of captive alligators may get loose and swim into populated areas.
  
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• Russian Kalashnikov arms maker presents riot control vehicle

  29-08-2017 22:40
  Russia's Kalashnikov company, the maker of the prolific assault rifle, has presented a new product: a formidable crowd control vehicle.
  
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• Whale gets entangled in cruise ship anchor for half a day

  29-08-2017 22:39
  A humpback whale became entangled in an anchor line on a small cruise ship in southeast Alaska, getting stuck for roughly 12 hours while federal authorities and the boat's crew worked to free it.
  
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• Scientists map genomic atlas of your inner fish gut

  29-08-2017 22:38
  Scientists have discovered a network of genes and genetic regulatory elements in the lining of the intestines that has stayed remarkably the same from fishes to humans. Many of these genes are linked to human illnesses, such as inflammatory bowel diseases, diabetes and obesity.
  
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• NASA's Lunar mission captures solar eclipse as seen from the moon

  29-08-2017 22:37
  During the total solar eclipse on Aug. 21, NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, or LRO, captured an image of the Moon's shadow over a large region of the United States, centered just north of Nashville, Tennessee.
  
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• NASA's IMERG shows rainfall accumulation along Harvey's track

  29-08-2017 22:34
  As Harvey continues to dump catastrophic rains over southeastern Texas and southwestern Louisiana, NASA has been tallying rainfall accumulations in the storm's wake.
  
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• Overwatch Patch Makes Character Balance Changes, Shows Roadhog Some Love - GameSpot

  29-08-2017 22:19 via gamespot.com
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  Overwatch Patch Makes Character Balance Changes, Shows Roadhog Some Love
  GameSpot
  The latest update for Overwatch has arrived on all platforms. Although the addition of Deathmatch modes are the headlining feature, it's the character balance changes that will have the most meaningful impact on the game overall. With the new ...
  The new Overwatch map Junkertown is now playable on the PTRPC Gamer
  PC players can try the next 'Overwatch' map earlyEngadget
  New Overwatch PTR Patch Adds Junker
  
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• Texas storm Harvey breaks historic rainfall record

  29-08-2017 22:11
  Hurricane Harvey has set what forecasters believe is a new rainfall record for the continental United States, officials said Tuesday.
  
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• Where will all the water from Hurricane Harvey go?

  29-08-2017 22:07
  
  EnvironmentIt will leave very, very slowly.
  Houston is now covered in water. Where will it all go?
  
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• A preview of the first wave of AR apps coming to iPhones - TechCrunch

  29-08-2017 22:02 via techcrunch.com
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  A preview of the first wave of AR apps coming to iPhones
  TechCrunch
  Over the past few weeks I've been steeping myself in the developer and investor community that is quickly sprouting up around ARKit. There are a variety of reasons that people are excited about the possibilities but it's safe to say that the number one ...
  Apple updates ARKit resources for developers building augmented reality appsAppleInsider (press release) (blog)
  Apple Partners With Accenture To Build Enterprise A
  
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• This troubling tennis trend is keeping players out of the U.S. Open

  29-08-2017 21:04
  
  HealthA more stressful game.
  The best tennis players in the world are playing the U.S. Open this week. But the men’s entry list has some gaping holes.
  
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• Text messages as public records emerges as new Montana issue

  29-08-2017 20:30
  Montana government leaders plan to create rules for when and how to preserve text messages after a news organization's public-records request exposed the lack of a policy to retain the messages that have become a regular communication method for state business.
  
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• Hands-On Tests at Sandia’s Z Machine Contradict Black Hole Models

  29-08-2017 20:29 via scitechdaily.com
  Hands-on experiments performed at Sandia National Laboratories’ Z machine contradict a long-standing but unproven assumption about the X-ray spectra of black holes. Z, the most...
  The post Hands-On Tests at Sandia’s Z Machine Contradict Black Hole Models appeared first on SciTech Daily.
  
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• Best Buy rolls out consulting service at people's homes

  29-08-2017 20:20
  Best Buy is rolling out a free service next month where salespeople will sit with customers at their own homes to help make recommendations on TVs, streaming services and more.
  
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• Lebanon gets first animal protection law

  29-08-2017 20:10
  Lebanese President Michel Aoun on Tuesday signed the country's first animal welfare bill into law, guaranteeing that domestic and wild animals will be legally protected from abuse.
  
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• Delivery without drivers: Domino's, Ford team up for test

  29-08-2017 20:00
  No ring of the doorbell, just a text. No tip for the driver? No problem in this test, where Domino's and Ford are teaming up to see if customers will warm to the idea of pizza delivered by driverless cars.
  
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• Federal judge reviews $151 million chemical spill settlement

  29-08-2017 19:50
  A revised class-action settlement plan is back before a federal judge deciding how to pay victims of a chemical spill that left people without tap water for up to 9 days.
  
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• Why does rubbing a balloon on your hair make it stick?

  29-08-2017 19:49
  For centuries, scientists have tried to understand triboelectric charging, commonly known as static electricity.
  
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• Senegalese 'miracle grain' could see Sahel prosper: TED

  29-08-2017 19:44
  A Senegalese chef is one step closer to turning an ancient grain found in his country—gluten-free and bursting with nutrients and amino acids—into the next trendy superfood.
  
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• On Katrina anniversary, New Orleans braces for Harvey

  29-08-2017 19:43
  New Orleans on Tuesday marked 12 years since Hurricane Katrina slammed into the US Gulf Coast, as the low-lying coastal city braced for a potentially-devastating new impact by Harvey later this week.
  
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• Scientists move graphene closer to transistor applications

  29-08-2017 19:37
  Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Ames Laboratory were able to successfully manipulate the electronic structure of graphene, which may enable the fabrication of graphene transistors— faster and more reliable than existing silicon-based transistors.
  
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• NASA sees Sanvu strengthen to a tropical storm

  29-08-2017 19:37
  Tropical Depression Sanvu has strengthened into a tropical storm in the Northwestern Pacific Ocean and NASA's Aqua satellite gathered temperature data on the storm's cloud tops using infrared light.
  
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• Expanding the reach of therapeutic antibodies

  29-08-2017 19:36
  A group of researchers has developed an approach to efficiently produce antibodies that can bind to two different target molecules simultaneously, a long-desired innovation in the field of cancer immunotherapy. The details will be published in the Sept. 1 issue of the Journal of Biological Chemistry.
  
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• The invisible engine that made Hurricane Harvey worse

  29-08-2017 19:30
  
  EnvironmentTides of change.
  Yes, climate change made Harvey worse. Here's how.
  
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• Drought response in global crops may be as complex as day and night

  29-08-2017 19:20
  Researchers have identified a set of genes that help control early drought response in a popular global crop. The pioneering study, conducted by Dartmouth College, the University of Wyoming, and the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, separates itself from previous research by focusing on the entire day-night cycle and by analyzing both genetic and physiological changes.
  
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• Where's the line? Managing extreme speech on social media

  29-08-2017 19:10
  Extreme speech on social media—foul language, threats and overtly sexist and racist language—has been in the spotlight. While such language is not new, recent increases of extreme and offensive posts on social media have led to politicians, celebrities and pundits calling for social media platforms to do more in curbing such speech, opening new debates about free speech in the digital age. Now, a new study from the University of Missouri School of Journalism shows that while people t
  
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• Astronomers Detect Magnetic Field in Distant Galaxy

  29-08-2017 19:02 via scitechdaily.com
  Using the National Science Foundation’s Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array (VLA), astronomers have measured the magnetic field of a galaxy nearly five billion light-years...
  The post Astronomers Detect Magnetic Field in Distant Galaxy appeared first on SciTech Daily.
  
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• Android 8.0 in-depth: Oreo's not-so-obvious security enhancements - Computerworld

  29-08-2017 19:01 via computerworld.com
  Computerworld
  Android 8.0 in-depth: Oreo's not-so-obvious security enhancements
  Computerworld
  When you read about a splashy new software update like Google's fresh-from-the-oven Android 8.0 Oreo release, you tend to hear mostly about the marquee features — the most attention-grabbing elements and refinements you're likely to notice when you ...
  8 cool Android Nougat features you're probably not usingPCWorld
  Verizon Says Its Pixel and Pixel XL Units are Getting Android 8.0 Oreo Update
  
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• Biochemists simulate a protein-folding chaperone's functional dance

  29-08-2017 19:00
  Using a combination of computational and experimental techniques, a research team at the University of Massachusetts Amherst led by molecular biologist Lila Gierasch has demystified the pathway of interdomain communication in a family of proteins known as Hsp70s - a top target of dozens of research laboratories trying to develop new anti-cancer drugs, antibiotics and treatments for Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases.
  
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• Clamping down on causality by probing laser cavities

  29-08-2017 18:50
  Since the realization of the first laser cavity countless questions have been asked for which laser light has provided the answer. Numerous questions have also been posed in an effort to improve on our abilities to produce lasers with various performance specifications and wavelengths. A question that was not asked until recently is - what happens if you shine a laser beam through another laser cavity? It may not seem a practical question to ask experimentally, but after studying how externally
  
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• Racial attitudes of a region can influence decisions by police, researchers say

  29-08-2017 18:40
  When more white people in a community hold African-Americans in greater suspicion, that prevailing view may influence police behavior in ways that drive the outsize use of lethal force against African-Americans by cops, a recent study shows.
  
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• Partnering with soil microbes essential to plant and animal life

  29-08-2017 18:40
  Soils can be extraordinarily biodiverse and differ widely in the kinds of microbial communities that inhabit them. As our understanding of what governs these differences grows, we can make better choices to protect and regenerate our soils' biodiversity. And without a vibrant soil microbial community, humans would not be able to depend on soil for food and other ecosystem services.
  
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• NASA team passes major technological milestone for characterizing exoplanets

  29-08-2017 18:30
  NASA researchers say they have passed a major milestone in their quest to mature more powerful tools for directly detecting and analyzing the atmospheres of giant planets outside the solar system—one of the observational goals of NASA's proposed Wide-Field Infrared Space Telescope, also known as WFIRST.
  
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• Some Apple 'spaceship' neighbors say life has been hell

  29-08-2017 18:29
  At the end of Nightingale Avenue, a tall yellow brick facade now blocks the view of the Santa Cruz Mountains to the south. Residents call it the "prison wall."
  
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• Photosynthesis discovery could help design more efficient artificial solar cells

  29-08-2017 18:21
  A natural process that occurs during photosynthesis could lead to the design of more efficient artificial solar cells, according to researchers at Georgia State University.
  
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• The eyes have it

  29-08-2017 18:20
  Our bodies, with all their different features and variations, are the result of well-orchestrated processes that dictate what and how cells develop into the organs and tissues that comprise our anatomy. Much of the information is genetic—the result of DNA—and biochemical signals also play a role. Yet another, and still somewhat mysterious, mechanism for embryonic development exists in the tiny mechanical forces that cells exert on each other in the process.
  
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• New research strengthens link between mental health and retirement savings

  29-08-2017 18:20
  The question of how mental health status affects decisions regarding retirement savings is becoming a pressing issue in the United States. Key factors contributing to this issue include the tenuous state of the Social Security system, greater use of defined-contribution pension plans by employers, longer lifespans, and the rise of depression and other mental health issues in older Americans.
  
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• NASA watching Harvey from satellites and the International Space Station

  29-08-2017 18:20
  NASA has a lot of resources providing information on Tropical Storm Harvey as it continues to drop tremendous, flooding rainfall on Texas and Louisiana. Satellites like NASA's Aqua satellite and platforms like aircraft and the International Space Station continue to provide various kinds of data on the storm.
  
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• Collaborative effort proves silicon-based solar cells can reach nearly 36% efficiency

  29-08-2017 18:18
  Collaboration between researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), the Swiss Center for Electronics and Microtechnology (CSEM), and the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) shows the high potential of silicon-based multijunction solar cells.
  
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