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• Advanced Reactor Technologies to Accelerate the Next Generation of Nuclear Power

  04-03-2020 23:24 via scitechdaily.com
  
  The U.S. Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the Tennessee Valley Authority have signed a memorandum of understanding to evaluate a new generation...
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• Singaporean named to head intellectual property agency

  04-03-2020 23:16
  
  A Singaporean official has handily defeated a candidate from China in a leadership contest for the U.N.'s intellectual property body
  
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• Japan suspends annual funding for Hawaii telescope project

  04-03-2020 22:59
  Japan has suspended its yearly funding for a giant telescope project in Hawaii, citing an ongoing stalemate over its construction
  
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• FBI working to 'burn down' cyber criminals' infrastructure

  04-03-2020 22:52
  
  FBI Director Christopher Wray says law enforcement agents are working to take out the tools that allow increasingly dangerous cyber criminals to carry out their devastating attacks
  
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• Twitter is testing tweets that disappear

  04-03-2020 22:16 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Twitter is hopping on the disappearing content bandwagon.
  
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• Widely Used Weed Killer – Roundup – Contaminates Ecosystems, Harms Biodiversity

  04-03-2020 22:15 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Study examines the resilience of freshwater ecosystems contaminated by Roundup herbicide. One of the world’s most widely used glyphosate-based herbicides, Roundup, can trigger loss of...
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• Twitter preps ephemeral tweets, starts testing in Brazil

  04-03-2020 21:30
  
  Twitter is starting to test tweets that disappear after 24 hours, although initially only in Brazil
  
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• Thirdhand Smoke: Study Finds Smokers’ Clothes are Carrying Cigarette Chemicals Indoors

  04-03-2020 21:24 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A new study reveals chemicals from cigarettes linger on a person’s clothes in higher amounts than we realized. As a result, nonsmokers are unknowingly being exposed to the toxins.
  
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• Dying Breaths of a Massive Star – Supernovae That Result From Pulsating Supergiants Like Betelgeuse

  04-03-2020 21:12 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Betelgeuse has been the center of significant media attention lately. The red supergiant is nearing the end of its life, and when a star over...
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• Fin24.com | Net1 appoints former Cell C chair to its board

  04-03-2020 20:03
  
  Pillay who retired as Cell C chairman in October 2019 is a qualified lawyer and was previously the chairman and CEO of Primedia.
  
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• Scorpion Venom Used to Direct T Cells to Target Brain Cancer Tumors

  04-03-2020 20:00 via scitechdaily.com
  
  The research published today, and scorpion venom will also be key component of CAR T cell therapy for glioblastoma in newly opened City of Hope...
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• Images From Space Reveal the Dramatic Extent of Flooding in the Mississippi Valley

  04-03-2020 19:40 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Two months of heavy rains — part of a pattern that spawned Tennessee’s deadly tornadoes — have caused misery across the South.
  
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• Honeywell is rolling out a supercomputer to take on Google and IBM

  04-03-2020 19:04 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Honeywell, formerly known for its thermostats, is now rolling out a powerful quantum computer that's been in the works for a decade.
  
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• Why So Many Epidemics Originate in Asia and Africa — and Why We Can Expect More

  04-03-2020 19:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  COVID-19 is not the first — nor likely the last — to emerge from the two continents.
  
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• An Astronaut’s Guide to Applying to Be an Astronaut – NASA Accepting Applications

  04-03-2020 18:43 via scitechdaily.com
  
  About every four years, NASA accepts applications for a new class of astronauts. We in the astronaut office are thrilled and excited it is that...
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• Here now, gone tomorrow: Twitter is testing messages that disappear

  04-03-2020 18:42 via nbcnews.com
  
  The social network said it is testing a new feature for messages that last 24 hours before vanishing — an idea the company is calling "fleets."
  
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• Hotter climate upped risk of Australia's record fires by 30%

  04-03-2020 18:31
  
  A new study published Wednesday found that climate change had raised the chances of Australia’s extreme fire season by at least 30%
  
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• Austin officials say SXSW will go on despite coronavirus concerns

  04-03-2020 18:21 via rss.cnn.com
  
  South by Southwest, the annual tech, film and music conference in Austin, will proceed as planned despite concerns about coronavirus, Austin public health officials said during a press conference on Wednesday.
  
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• Clinical Trial of Antiviral Remdesivir to Treat COVID-19 Underway

  04-03-2020 17:43 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Study Enrolling Hospitalized Adults with COVID-19 in Nebraska A randomized, controlled clinical trial to evaluate the safety and efficacy of the investigational antiviral remdesivir in...
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• Tropical Forests’ Carbon Sink Is Rapidly Weakening – Crucial for Stabilizing Earth’s Climate

  04-03-2020 17:00 via scitechdaily.com
  
  The ability of the world’s tropical forests to remove carbon from the atmosphere is decreasing, according to a study tracking 300,000 trees over 30 years,...
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• Google, The ‘Creepy Line’ And The 2020 Elections

  04-03-2020 16:22 via technocracy.news
  
  Google has the power to sway elections, but is it already using it in the 2020 election cycle? The nature of the ‘creepy line’ is comparable to the ‘Twilight Zone’, where reality and illusion are blurred to the point that it is impossible to know for sure. ⁃ TN EditorThe Creepy Line is a particularly sinister term used in an unguarded remark by former Google CEO Eric Schmidt in 2010. In hindsight, what is most disturbing about the comment is how casually he explaine
  
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• Immortality: The Unequivocal False Promise Of Science

  04-03-2020 16:00 via technocracy.news
  
  Scientists who fall victim to the religion of Scientism immediately join the quest to achieve godhood by conquering death and becoming immortal. This is Transhumanism and it is a false proposition that will never happen. ⁃ TN EditorThe super-rich will soon be able to “live forever” thanks to sophisticated scientific breakthroughs effectively bringing about the end of death, experts believe.
  Speaking to Daily Star Online, futurologist and former Labour MP Dr Ian Pearso
  
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• Should CEOs run two companies at once? A Silicon Valley practice comes under scrutiny

  04-03-2020 15:48 via rss.cnn.com
  
  For years, some of the most towering figures in Silicon Valley have pulled off a feat that's equal parts impressive and head-scratching: running two or more sizable companies at the same time. Now, it's coming under scrutiny.
  
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• Clean Energy Technology Revolutionized by “Needle in a Haystack” Discovery

  04-03-2020 15:46 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Researchers from the University of Aberdeen have discovered a new family of chemical compounds that could revolutionize fuel cell technology and help reduce global carbon...
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• Coronavirus: WHO Urges People To Go ‘Cashless’

  04-03-2020 15:42 via technocracy.news
  
  Globalists are taking full advantage of a fearful crisis to promote a cashless world as a way to combat China’s coronavirus. Removing cash from society takes all monetary power away from citizens while giving it to central banks. ⁃ TN EditorIt looks like the Chinese started something…
  Following reports that Beijing had “quarantined” dirty cash, the WHO warned on Monday that the virus could survive on banknotes, potentially spreading Covid-19 within commun
  
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• EU commission unveils climate law amid criticism

  04-03-2020 14:52
  
  The European Commission unveiled plans Wednesday for its first ever climate law, the lynchpin of the EU's Green Deal aimed at making the 27-country bloc climate neutral by 2050
  
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• Laser Mini-Magnets Could Enable 100x Boost to Cloud Data Speeds

  04-03-2020 14:33 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Tiny, laser-activated magnets could enable cloud computing systems to process data up to 100 times faster than current technologies, a study suggests. Chemists have studied...
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• Sub-Atomic Particle Identified That Could Have Formed “Dark Matter”

  04-03-2020 13:18 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Scientists shed light on mystery of dark matter. Scientists have identified a sub-atomic particle that could have formed the “dark matter” in the Universe during...
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• Barry Diller weighs in on the Hollywood streaming wars

  04-03-2020 12:06 via nbcnews.com
  
  Quibi is "a total speculation," and Apple "hasn't decided yet" about Apple TV+, the Hollywood mogul says.
  
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• Fin24.com | OLX Brazil, which is part-owned by Prosus, buys competitor

  04-03-2020 11:19
  
  OLX Brazil, the 50/50 joint venture between Naspers-owned Prosus and Adevinta, which is owned by Norway’s Schibsted, will buy its competitor Grupo Zap in a deal worth almost R10 billion.
  
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• Self-Assembly Biomaterial Discovery Enables 3D Printing of Tissue-Like Vascular Structures

  04-03-2020 11:00 via scitechdaily.com
  
  An international team of scientists have discovered a new material that can be 3D printed to create tissue-like vascular structures. In a new study published...
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• Coronavirus Is What You Get When You Ignore Science

  04-03-2020 11:00 via nytimes.com
  
  Scientists are all we have left. Pray for them.
  
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• “Impossible” Superconducting Compound Synthesized by Scientists

  04-03-2020 09:18 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Scientists have created new superconducting compounds of hydrogen and praseodymium, a rare-earth metal, one substance being quite a surprise from the perspective of classical chemistry....
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• NASA Accepting Applications for New Astronauts to Explore Moon, Mars

  04-03-2020 08:04 via scitechdaily.com
  
  For the first time in more than four years, NASA began accepting applications Monday for future astronauts. Aspiring Moon to Mars explorers have until 11:59...
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• WFIRST Universe-Studying, Planet-Finding Mission Greenlit by NASA

  04-03-2020 07:28 via scitechdaily.com
  
  NASA’s Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope (WFIRST) project has passed a critical programmatic and technical milestone, giving the mission the official green light to begin...
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• Fin24.com | Telkom to auction 53 more properties

  04-03-2020 06:58
  
  Telkom will be auctioning 53 of its properties around the country from 13 March. The company successfully auctioned 32 properties in November 2019.
  
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• Victims of Mass Casualty Event Identified Quickly With Rapid DNA Identification Test

  04-03-2020 06:00 via scitechdaily.com
  
  To quickly identify victims of the 2018 Camp Fire, the deadliest wildfire in California’s history, researchers used a technique called Rapid DNA Identification that can...
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• Coronavirus Spreads to 8 New Countries Overnight, Now in 73 Countries

  04-03-2020 05:16 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Note: There is now a newer Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Situation Report 44. WHO Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Situation Report 43 Eight new Member States (Andorra, Jordan,...
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• Baby Bee Brain Development Impaired by Pesticides – “Permanent and Irreversible”

  04-03-2020 01:15 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Pesticides can impair brain growth in baby bumblebees, affecting their ability to perform a simple learning task as adults, according to a new study. Imperial...
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• Archaeologists Discover Clues to Early Domestication in Wild Boars

  04-03-2020 01:00 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Until now, archaeozoologists have been unable to reconstruct the earliest stages of domestication: the process of placing wild animals in captivity remained beyond their methodological...
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