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• New 2-D Catalyst Fits Two Co-Catalysts on One Nanosheet for Better Water Purification

  17-04-2020 23:17 via scitechdaily.com
  
  A collaboration of scientists from the National Synchrotron Light Source II (NSLS-II)—a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science user facility at DOE’s Brookhaven...
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• In Trump's 'LIBERATE' tweets, extremists see a call to arms

  17-04-2020 23:12 via nbcnews.com
  
  Trump's tweets pushed many online extremist communities to speculate whether the president was advocating for armed conflict, an event they’ve termed “the boogaloo."
  
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• New Universal Ebola Vaccine May Fight All Species of Deadly Virus That Infect Humans

  17-04-2020 21:17 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Early preclinical tests in lab models are encouraging. Infectious disease scientists report early development of a potential universal vaccine for Ebola viruses that preclinical tests...
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• How a small blog from 2004 is keeping the golden age of the web alive

  17-04-2020 20:46 via nbcnews.com
  
  When Frank Warren launched PostSecret in 2004, the project took off. It went viral. Frank published six books. PostSecret went on tour. That was the 2000s, and more than 15 years later the blog is still up and running.
  
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• Ask NYT Parenting: I Use My Phone for Everything. Is That Harming My Kids?

  17-04-2020 20:42 via nytimes.com
  
  Modeling healthy digital habits has become more and more challenging as our smartphones become intertwined with nearly every aspect of our lives.
  
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• What Did Ancient Humans Look Like?

  17-04-2020 20:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Our ancient ancestors bore a resemblance to the reflection we see in the mirror.
  
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• Elon Musk says he sent ventilators to California hospitals, they say they got something else instead

  17-04-2020 19:58 via rss.cnn.com
  
  California Gov. Gavin Newsom responded Thursday to Tesla CEO Elon Musk's claim that the company had delivered more than 1,000 ventilators to the state's hospitals treating a surge of coronavirus patients.
  
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• High-Tech Contact Lenses Correct Color Blindness

  17-04-2020 19:46 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Researchers apply metasurfaces to standard contact lenses for customizable color correction. Researchers have incorporated ultra-thin optical devices known as metasurfaces into off-the-shelf contact lenses to...
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• An Exoplanet in the Habitable Zone Found After Hiding in Kepler Data

  17-04-2020 19:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Astronomers reviewed archived Kepler data and found evidence for a previously overlooked, Earth-like planet. And it seems to have some of the right conditions for life.
  
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• How Human Connection Affects Our Hearts and Hormones

  17-04-2020 19:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Science is showing us that our social ties play a vital role in our health.
  
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• Studying Pterosaurs – Largest Animals Ever to Fly – To Better Engineer Manmade Flight

  17-04-2020 18:26 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Pterosaurs were the largest animals ever to fly. They soared the skies for 160 million years–much longer than any species of modern bird. Despite their...
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• China pushes back on Trump administration coronavirus theory

  17-04-2020 18:18
  
  China is pushing back against President Donald Trump and some of his officials on the question of how the new coronavirus began to infect humans
  
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• New Nanoscopic Pore Gas Storage for Next-Generation Clean Energy Vehicles

  17-04-2020 17:14 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Tremendous amounts of hydrogen and methane can be stored in nanoscopic pores. A research team led by Northwestern University has designed and synthesized new materials...
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• Green New Deal Eyes Immediate Startup During Great Panic Of 2020

  17-04-2020 17:03 via technocracy.news
  
  It is not the Green New Deal architects who are confused about the immediate future and its prognosis. Rather, the confused are those Americans who laugh and shrug it off as a radical pipe-dream. They will be sorry that they didn’t pay better attention. ⁃ TN EditorJavier Moreno Zacares (JMZ): Somewhere in between left accelerationism and de-growth lies the idea of a ‘Green New Deal’ now being championed by social-democratic forces in different countries. Despite its
  
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• NASA Finds Previously Hidden 'Earth-Like' Planet that Could be Home to Life - Armenian Reporter

  17-04-2020 17:01 via news.google.com
  
  NASA Finds Previously Hidden 'Earth-Like' Planet that Could be Home to Life  Armenian ReporterFuture Society In China, This Coronavirus App Pretty Much Controls Your Life  FuturismNASA discovery of planet remarkably like ours gives hope for 'second Earth'  CNETEarth-size, habitable zone planet found hidden in early NASA Kepler data  WITI FOX 6 MilwaukeeHas NASA discovered another Earth? Perhaps  USA TODAYView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• MD Boom: ‘Administrative Technocracy Has Destroyed Medicine’

  17-04-2020 16:35 via technocracy.news
  
  The healthcare industry has been riddled with and dominated by Technocrats for well over 20 years. This doctor calls it what it is and says “COVID-19 will wash this filth back into the sea from which it oozed out.” ⁃ TN EditorZDoggMD: Hey, everyone. It’s Dr. Zubin Damania. That’s right. When I use my full name, it usually means stuff’s about to get real. OK, guys, I’ve heard about the firing of Dr. Ming Lin up in Washington state. He is a physician,
  
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• How The COVID-19 Pandemic Will Change the Way We Live

  17-04-2020 16:24 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Large-scale social and behavioral changes — only some of which we can begin to predict — will follow the global catastrophe.
  
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• Dogs and Horses Mimic Each Other's Expressions During Play

  17-04-2020 16:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  By analyzing videos of dogs and horses playing together, researchers are finding clues about what they call "a universal language of play."
  
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• Biden: Pandemic An ‘Opportunity’ To Enact Green New Deal Policies

  17-04-2020 16:07 via technocracy.news
  
  From the beginning of the Great Panic of 2020, TN has warned of its tight connection and common endgame to climate alarmism. Biden reinforces this by calling it an ‘opportunity’ to enact Green New Deal, and this is the heart of the matter, not saving lives. ⁃ TN EditorFormer Vice President Joe Biden said Thursday on CNN the Chinese coronavirus crisis was an “opportunity” to enact major climate change programs found in the Green New Deal.
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• 13,000-Year-Old Fossils Hint at Evolutionary Origins of Insects’ Structural Colors

  17-04-2020 15:41 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Analysis of 13,000-year-old fossils suggest photonic nanostructures in insects, which create colorful iridescent colors, may have originated as a means of camouflage. Researchers from Yale-NUS...
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• Amazon employees plan 'online walkout' to protest firings and treatment of warehouse workers

  17-04-2020 15:22 via nbcnews.com
  
  To participate in the walkout, slated for April 24, workers would all take a personal day off at the same time.
  
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• The Curious Case of Drill Rap and its Link to Violent Crime

  17-04-2020 15:20 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  When police in London asked YouTube to remove music videos from a genre known as drill rap, the company complied. Now, researchers are searching for evidence linking the music to violent crime — and failing to find it.
  
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• How people are staying connected to their grandparents during the pandemic

  17-04-2020 15:18 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Ninety-four-year old Jane Feld typically spends her time playing tennis, attending concerts with friends and having family members over for dinner at her house in Syracuse, New York. Then the coronavirus pandemic hit.
  
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• A Genetic Test Could Someday Predict Your Heart Attack Risk

  17-04-2020 15:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  When it comes to heart attack risk, how do you score? Scientists will soon have an idea, based on your genes.
  
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• 20 Things You Didn't Know About ... Trees

  17-04-2020 15:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  These organisms have played an important role in how our world was shaped, and they can even record history.
  
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• Testing Dark Matter Theory With Satellite Galaxies of the Milky Way

  17-04-2020 14:51 via scitechdaily.com
  
  UC Riverside physicists demonstrate ‘self-interacting dark matter’ model can be tested using astronomical observations of Draco and Fornax. A research team led by physicists at...
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• An International Research Team Tested Disinfectants Against the Novel Coronavirus SARS-Cov-2

  17-04-2020 14:22 via scitechdaily.com
  
  The disinfectants tested are WHO-recommended formulations that can be prepared quickly and easily by pharmacies and help alleviate the current shortage of disinfectants. When used...
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• A Profound Leap Forward: Pushing the Limits of 2D Supramolecules

  17-04-2020 14:07 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Scientists at the University of South Florida have reached a new milestone in the development of two-dimensional supramolecules – the building blocks that make areas...
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• New Space Telescope Cheops Ready for Science – Observes Its First Exoplanets

  17-04-2020 13:48 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Cheops, ESA’s new exoplanet mission, has successfully completed its almost three months of in-orbit commissioning, exceeding expectations for its performance. The satellite, which will commence...
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• Public trust key, EU insists, in developing virus apps

  17-04-2020 13:33
  As European countries develop coronavirus tracing apps, the EU is urging them to make the platforms voluntary and ensure that the many national systems can work together
  
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• NASA Astronauts Meir, Morgan, Crewmate Skripochka Return to Earth From Space Station

  17-04-2020 13:28 via scitechdaily.com
  
  NASA astronauts Jessica Meir and Andrew Morgan returned to Earth Friday, along with Soyuz Commander Oleg Skripochka of the Russian space agency Roscosmos. The trio...
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• The Origin of Feces: Using AI & DNA to Reliably Predict Sources of Ancient Poop

  17-04-2020 13:00 via scitechdaily.com
  
  New method of discerning sources of ancient feces makes this archaeological find far more informative. The archaeological record is littered with feces, a potential goldmine...
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• New Easier-to-Breathe Mask Material Effectively Removes Virus-Size Nanoparticles

  17-04-2020 12:31 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Scientists around the world are scrambling to adapt their research to find solutions to the many problems raised by the Covid-19 pandemic sweeping the world,...
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• NASA Reports Arctic Ozone Depletion Hit Record Low in March

  17-04-2020 12:06 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Ozone levels above the Arctic reached a record low for March, NASA researchers report. An analysis of satellite observations show that ozone levels reached their...
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• Investigation Into Novel Physics in Troilite Could Enable Spintronic Computing

  17-04-2020 11:37 via scitechdaily.com
  
  The magnetic transition of troilite causes instabilities in the ‘space metal’s’ structure that transforms it from a conductor to an insulator. Materials scientists at Duke...
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• News24.com | Regulator grants Telkom, MTN and Vodacom additional spectrum amid Covid-19

  17-04-2020 10:33
  
  A lack of high demand spectrum has been a long-running complaint by SA telecoms groups, who say that it is needed to reduce data prices and increase speed.
  
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• Fin24.com | Regulator grants Telkom, MTN and Vodacom additional spectrum amid Covid-19

  17-04-2020 10:33
  
  A lack of high demand spectrum has been a long-running complaint by SA telecoms groups, who say that it is needed to reduce data prices and increase speed.
  
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• Coronavirus World Map: 1,991,562 Confirmed Cases; 207 Countries; 130,885 Deaths

  17-04-2020 08:14 via scitechdaily.com
  
  WHO Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Situation Report 87 No new country/territory/area reported cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours. WHO has released a substantial update...
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• Genetic Self-Destruct – Some Worms Programmed to Die Early for Sake of Colony

  17-04-2020 01:00 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Some worms are genetically predisposed to die before reaching old age, which appears to benefit the colony by reducing food demand, finds a new University...
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• Google increases family leave for employees to 14 weeks

  17-04-2020 00:27 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Google is giving its workers eight extra weeks of paid leave to take care of their families as the coronavirus outbreak forces schools to remain closed.
  
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• NASA’s Gemini 7 Mission: The Ultimate in Social Distancing

  17-04-2020 00:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The flight of Gemini 7 required two astronauts be crammed into a tiny capsule and blasted into orbit. And there they stayed — physically disconnected from the rest of humanity — for nearly 14 full days.
  
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• Paper Towels Much More Effective at Removing Viruses Than Hand Dryers

  17-04-2020 00:00 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Research due to be presented at this year’s European Congress on Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ECCMID)* shows that using paper towels is substantially more...
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