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• Physicists Build Hybrid Quantum System by Entangling Molecule With Atom – Could Enable Large-Scale Quantum Computers

  26-05-2020 23:23 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Physicists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have boosted their control of the fundamental properties of molecules at the quantum level by...
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• Dangerous blood clots pose a perplexing coronavirus threat

  26-05-2020 23:19
  
  Dangerous blood clots that can cause strokes and other life-threatening problems are increasingly being reported in coronavirus patients
  
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• Evidence Shows Cloth Masks May Help Against COVID-19 – Especially Those With Several Layers of Cotton Cloth

  26-05-2020 22:13 via scitechdaily.com
  
  The evidence shows that cloth masks, particularly those with several layers of cotton cloth, block droplet, and aerosol contamination of the environment, which may reduce...
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• Paleontologists Are Pretty Sure Spinosaurus Could Swim. But They’re Still Piecing Together What It Looked Like

  26-05-2020 20:35 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Recent findings show the dinosaur may have been more comfortable in water than on land. But a full skeleton has never been found, leaving researchers to construct the beast’s image with scattered evidence.
  
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• NASA’s Mars Orbiter Maps Electric Currents Around the Red Planet – Fundamental to Atmospheric Loss

  26-05-2020 20:29 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Five years after NASA’s MAVEN spacecraft entered into orbit around Mars, data from the mission has led to the creation of a map of electric...
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• Xbox aims for another hit with 'Minecraft Dungeons' launch

  26-05-2020 20:11 via rss.cnn.com
  
  "Minecraft" is one of the best-selling games of all time, with a dedicated fanbase in the hundreds of millions. Now it's getting a new title in the franchise called "Minecraft Dungeons," out Tuesday, which takes the classic block-building, zombie-slaying game into an entertaining adventure format.
  
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• Apple to open about 100 stores in the U.S. this week with focus on curbside service

  26-05-2020 20:01 via nbcnews.com
  
  In total, about 130 out of 271 Apple Stores in the United States will be open by the end of the week. Apple operates 510 stores around the world.
  
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• New MIT Search-and-Rescue Algorithm Identifies Hidden “Traps” in Ocean Waters

  26-05-2020 19:22 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Method may help quickly identify regions where objects — and missing people — may have converged. The ocean is a messy and turbulent space, where...
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• Christiana Figueres Blasts ‘Irresponsible’ Governments Over COVID-19

  26-05-2020 18:05 via technocracy.news
  
  Former UN head of Climate Change Christiana Figueres succinctly ties together COVID-19 and Climate Change hysterias in order to drive the deep economic transformation of Sustainable Development, aka Technocracy. This would mean spending stimulus funds on ‘decarbonization’ projects. ⁃ TN EditorThe U.S., the U.K. and Brazil have been “nothing but irresponsible” in their isolationist approaches to the coronavirus crisis, and such stances will weaken the global response
  
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• Asteroid That Doomed the Dinosaurs Struck Earth at “Deadliest Possible” Angle

  26-05-2020 18:04 via scitechdaily.com
  
  New simulations from Imperial College London have revealed the asteroid that doomed the dinosaurs struck Earth at the ‘deadliest possible’ angle. The simulations show that...
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• Twitter says it won't remove Trump's tweets about MSNBC host Joe Scarborough

  26-05-2020 18:01 via nbcnews.com
  
  Trump in recent days has attacked Scarborough and also insinuated without evidence that he should be investigated for Lori Klausutis' death.
  
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• Does The NSA Really Know Everything About Everyone?

  26-05-2020 17:17 via technocracy.news
  
  Data is the heroin of Technocrats who are addicted to it and cannot get enough of it. Mainway was originally ordered by powerful Trilateral Commission member and then-Vice President Dick Cheney just after the 9/11 terrorist attack. This is a must-read story. ⁃ TN EditorEdward Snowden revealed the agency’s phone-record tracking program. But thanks to “precomputed contact chaining,” that database was much more powerful than anyone knew.
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• Next-Gen Laser Beams With Up to 10 Petawatts of Power Will Usher In New Era of Relativistic Plasmas Research

  26-05-2020 17:00 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Laser beams with power up to 10 petawatts will create plasmas with energy levels to be studied with quantum electrodynamics, with implications for medical imaging...
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• CDC Confirms Extremely Low COVID-19 Death Rate

  26-05-2020 16:39 via technocracy.news
  
  The CDC now independently confirms recent research by Stanford University that COVID-19 has an extremely low death rate. This exposes the Technocrat hysteria as being man-made and not based on any real, verified data. ⁃ TN EditorMost people are more likely to wind up six feet under because of almost anything else under the sun other than COVID-19.
  The CDC just came out with a report that should be earth-shattering to the narrative of the political class, yet it will go into the t
  
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• Massive, Never-Before-Seen Star System Puzzles Scientists

  26-05-2020 15:42 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Earlier this year, an international team of scientists announced the second detection of a gravitational-wave signal from the collision of two neutron stars. The event,...
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• Kids at Home? Earth School Wants to Send Them on a Nature ‘Quest’

  26-05-2020 15:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Over 1.5 billion children can’t go to school right now. An online program called Earth School hopes to help by offering dozens of science ‘quests’ for kids, parents and teachers.
  
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• As Chinese authorities expand use of health tracking apps, privacy concerns grow

  26-05-2020 15:15 via nbcnews.com
  
  To walk around freely, people in China must have a green rating and since February they have been asked to present their health QR codes.
  
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• Media Corruption? Car Safety Recalls Reported Less When Manufacturers Advertise More

  26-05-2020 15:11 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Is the reporting of media outlets biased in favor of firms that advertise with them? A new study looked at the relationship between advertising by...
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• Climate Velocity: The Deep Ocean Is Warming Slowly – But Dramatic Changes Are Ahead

  26-05-2020 14:00 via scitechdaily.com
  
  The world’s deep oceans are warming at a slower rate than the surface, but it’s still not good news for deep-sea creatures according to an...
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• How a Widely Used Catalyst Splits Water Finally Explained at an Atomic Level

  26-05-2020 13:37 via scitechdaily.com
  
  “Gold standard” material for generating oxygen from water divulges its molecular mechanisms. A crystalline compound called ruthenium dioxide is widely used in industrial processes, where...
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• Immunity to Coronaviruses: Here’s What We Know So Far

  26-05-2020 12:58 via scitechdaily.com
  
  A new review discusses the findings from over 40 studies on coronavirus immunity and what they could mean for the Covid-19 pandemic. Written by top...
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• Virgin Orbit rocket cuts short crucial test flight

  26-05-2020 12:35 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Virgin Orbit experienced a hiccup Monday with the launch demo of its two-stage orbital rocket from a 747 aircraft.
  
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• How Gene Flow Between Species Influenced the Evolution of Darwin’s Finches

  26-05-2020 12:12 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Despite the traditional view that species do not exchange genes by hybridization, recent studies show that gene flow between closely related species is more common...
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• Uber cuts 600 jobs in India as the coronavirus pandemic hurts business

  26-05-2020 11:51 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Uber said on Tuesday that it is cutting 600 jobs in India, roughly 25% of its workforce in the country.
  
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• New World’s Record for Fastest Internet Speed From a Single Optical Chip: 44.2 Tbps

  26-05-2020 11:30 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Researchers from Monash, Swinburne and RMIT universities have successfully tested and recorded Australia’s fastest internet data speed, and that of the world, from a single...
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• Uber lays off 600 people in India as the coronavirus pandemic hurts business

  26-05-2020 08:41 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Uber said on Tuesday that it is cutting 600 jobs in India, roughly 25% of its workforce in the country.
  
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• US company trials coronavirus vaccine candidate in Australia

  26-05-2020 08:30
  Novavax has hopes of releasing a proven vaccine this year.
  
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• Virgin Orbit fails on first rocket launch attempt

  26-05-2020 07:30
  
  Richard Branson’s Virgin Orbit has failed in its first attempt to launch a test satellite into space aboard a rocket carried aloft by a Boeing 747 and released over the ocean off Southern California
  
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• A Ticketmaster for Science Seminars: MIT Mathematicians Build Portal to Online Cutting-Edge Research Talks

  26-05-2020 07:12 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Despite physical isolation because of the COVID pandemic, MIT mathematicians build one-stop portal to online talks around the world. One of the perks of an...
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• Stormy weather puts damper on SpaceX's 1st astronaut launch

  26-05-2020 06:23
  
  A SpaceX rocket is scheduled to blast off Wednesday from Kennedy Space Center.
  
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• Bioelectric Drugs Can Repair and Prevent Defects in Developing Frog Brains

  26-05-2020 06:15 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Researchers suggest the discovery offers a roadmap for exploration of therapeutic drugs that could help repair birth defects in humans. Researchers led by biologists at...
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• Dementia Gene Doubles the Risk of Developing Severe COVID-19

  26-05-2020 06:00 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Having a faulty gene linked to dementia doubles the risk of developing severe COVID-19, according to a large-scale study. Researchers at the University of Exeter...
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• A Spreadable Interlayer Could Make Solid State Batteries More Stable and Improve Density Tenfold

  26-05-2020 04:34 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Solid state batteries are of great interest to the electric vehicle industry. Scientists at Chalmers and Xi’an Jiaotong University, China now present a new way...
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• Chinese city wants to score and rank its residents based on their health and lifestyle

  26-05-2020 04:29 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Imagine a smartphone app that has access to your medical records and assigns you a daily score based on your preconditions, recent checkups and lifestyle habits -- how much you've drunk, smoked, exercised and slept on any given day can all affect your points total, boosting or lowering your ranking.
  
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• Virgin Orbit rocket experiences anomaly during launch demo

  26-05-2020 01:37 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Virgin Orbit experienced a hiccup Monday with the launch demo of its two-stage orbital rocket from a 747 aircraft.
  
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• Scientists Eliminate Drug Side Effects by Manipulating Molecular Chirality

  26-05-2020 00:44 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Scientists from Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU) have developed a novel technique that can produce pure therapeutic drugs without the associated side effects. The approach,...
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