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• Scientists Home In on Pairs of Atoms That Boost a Catalyst’s Activity

  13-07-2020 23:44 via scitechdaily.com
  
  They discovered the messy environment of a chemical reaction can actually change the shape of a catalytic nanoparticle in a way that makes it more...
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• U.S. COVID-19 vaccine program to start manufacturing by late summer, says U.S. official - Yahoo! Voices

  13-07-2020 23:42 via news.google.com
  
  U.S. COVID-19 vaccine program to start manufacturing by late summer, says U.S. official  Yahoo! VoicesModerna shares jump as much as 16% after company says its coronavirus vaccine trial produced 'robust' immune response  CNBCFirst COVID-19 vaccine tested in U.S. poised for final testing  OCRegisterModerna COVID-19 vaccine enters final stage trial this month  Bangkok PostModerna vaccine induced antibodies in all trial participants: paper  Yahoo! V
  
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• Ex-Uber employees are being surprised by big tax bills. They blame the ride-hailing company.

  13-07-2020 23:29 via nbcnews.com
  
  A lawyer in San Francisco said that about $200 million is at stake and that he has 60 people signed up for a class-action lawsuit.
  
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• 'Scooby-Doo' writer reveals studio killed fans' 'lesbian Velma dreams'

  13-07-2020 23:07 via nbcnews.com
  
  Sarah Michelle Gellar, who played Daphne in the franchise, previously revealed that her character and Velma were supposed to kiss in the original film.
  
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• Analog Devices to buy Maxim Integrated for $21 billion

  13-07-2020 22:43 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Analog has just become a significantly bigger player in the semiconductor space — and could be instrumental in the race for 5G.
  
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• Gall Fly Outmaneuvers Host Plant in Evolutionary Game of “Spy vs. Spy”

  13-07-2020 22:29 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Over time goldenrod plants and the gall flies that feed on them have been one-upping each other in an ongoing competition for survival. Now, a...
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• Worried about China collecting your data? TikTok is just the start

  13-07-2020 21:05 via nbcnews.com
  
  Analysis: The reality of TikTok's threat is far more mundane and not particularly unique, experts say.
  
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• Artificial Intelligence Predicts Which Planetary Systems Will Survive 100,000 Times Faster

  13-07-2020 21:00 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Why don’t planets collide more often? How do planetary systems — like our solar system or multi-planet systems around other stars — organize themselves? Of...
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• Tesla scraps plans for its bargain version of the Model Y

  13-07-2020 20:33 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Tesla is scrapping plans for a bargain Model Y SUV because of its short range on a single charge, CEO Elon Musk said in a tweet over the weekend.
  
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• 6 Ways You Can Help Save Bees and Other Pollinators

  13-07-2020 20:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Many people are helping save pollinators these days, from planting bee gardens to building homes for native bees. These citizen science pollinator projects let you take your efforts to the next level.
  
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• Semiconducting Graphene Ribbons Developed for Electronics and Quantum Computing

  13-07-2020 19:38 via scitechdaily.com
  
  A team of physicists and chemists has produced the first porous graphene ribbons in which specific carbon atoms in the crystal lattice are replaced with...
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• Analog Devices buys Maxim, creating $68 billion chipmaker

  13-07-2020 19:31 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Analog Devices is buying Maxim Integrated in an all-stock deal that values the combined business at more than $68 billion
  
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• This could be the greatest Lego set of all time

  13-07-2020 19:06 via rss.cnn.com
  
  What's the nerdiest thing you can think of? Gen Xers playing with Legos? Getting warm. Gen Xers playing with retro Super Mario-themed Legos? Oh, you're so, so close!
  
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• Upgrades to NASA’s Massive Deep Space Station in Australia for Communications With Robotic Spacecraft

  13-07-2020 18:18 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Used for communicating with distant spacecraft, a massive radio antenna is being retrofitted to prepare it for a busy future of solar system exploration. The...
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• NBC launches 'TODAY All Day,' a 24/7 streaming network

  13-07-2020 18:00 via nbcnews.com
  
  "This is just the beginning of a big and fun new chapter for 'TODAY,'” said Noah Oppenheim, president of NBC News.
  
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• Wells Fargo tells employees to delete TikTok from their company devices

  13-07-2020 17:45 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Wells Fargo has banned the social media app TikTok from company devices amid what it says are concerns about security.
  
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• Sweden Was Right After All, Rest Of The World Was Punk’d

  13-07-2020 17:39 via technocracy.news
  
  Sweden shrugged off dire predictions of mass die-offs from COVID-19 and did not shut down their entire economy and society, and now their response has been proven correct while the rest of the world stumbled into mass hysteria. ⁃ TN EditorWhy is the media so fixated on Sweden’s coronavirus policy? What difference does it make?
  Sweden settled on a policy that they thought was both sustainable and would save as many lives as possible. They weren’t trying to ‘show anyone up&
  
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• Google commits $10 billion to accelerate digitization in India

  13-07-2020 17:31 via nbcnews.com
  
  The investments will be done through a so-called digitization fund, highlighting Google’s focus on the rapid pace of growth of apps and software platforms in India.
  
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• The US National Security State Is Using Coronavirus To Drive Authoritarian Technocracy

  13-07-2020 17:19 via technocracy.news
  
  It is imperative to understand that the “Great Panic of 2020” is engineered around the pandemic by Technocrats who are driven to take over and control the whole planet, and especially the United States.
  The US government is already compliant toward Technocracy, but the American people are not. Until the soul of liberty is crushed in America, Technocrats will not have their way with us or the rest of the world. ⁃ TN EditorLast year, a U.S. government body dedicated to examining
  
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• Germany aims to make its EU presidency 'climate neutral'

  13-07-2020 17:06 via abcnews.go.com
  German is aiming to make its six-month presidency of the European Union “climate neutral.”
  
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• Solar Flow Battery: Single Device Generates, Stores and Redelivers Renewable Electricity From the Sun

  13-07-2020 17:00 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Chemists at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and their collaborators have created a highly efficient and long-lasting solar flow battery, a way to generate, store and...
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• Claim: Google To Shift 10% Of Voters Away From Trump

  13-07-2020 16:48 via technocracy.news
  
  By using its extensive psychographic profile on virtually every American, Google is poised to destroy the election process in November by shifting voters away from President Trump and conservative candidates. ⁃ TN EditorDr. Robert Epstein, the senior research psychologist at the American Institute for Behavioral Research and Technology, joined Breitbart News’ Editor-in-Chief Alex Marlow on Breitbart News Daily to discuss how Google hopes to shift 10 percent of the voting pu
  
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• Common Molecular Feature of Antibodies That Neutralize SARS-CoV-2 Discovered, Boosting COVID-19 Vaccine Prospects

  13-07-2020 16:23 via scitechdaily.com
  
  The findings support many vaccine strategies being used to tackle the new coronavirus. A team led by scientists at Scripps Research has discovered a common...
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• Bad weather may delay 1st UAE Mars mission on Japan rocket

  13-07-2020 16:20 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Final preparations for the launch from Japan of the United Arab Emirates’ first Mars mission are underway, but there is a chance of a delay because of bad weather
  
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• 'Rocket Arena' could be another 'Fortnite' if fans still have the appetite

  13-07-2020 16:09 via rss.cnn.com
  
  When Electronic Arts debuted the "Rocket Arena" trailer in late June, people were quick to nickname the video game "Fortnite 2."
  
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• Analog Devices buying Maxim Integrated in all-stock deal

  13-07-2020 15:24 via abcnews.go.com
  Analog Devices is buying Maxim Integrated in an all-stock deal that values the combined business at more than $68 billion
  
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• Scientists Alarmed by Long-Term Effects of Insecticides on Ant Colonies

  13-07-2020 15:19 via scitechdaily.com
  
  This week, scientists of the Institute of Bee Health of the University of Bern have published an article in the peer-reviewed journal Communications Biology, which...
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• Incredible Rare Peek at Patagonia in Winter

  13-07-2020 14:51 via scitechdaily.com
  
  In southern South America, clouds often rule the skies. But in June 2020, just the right weather patterns were in place to provide a rare,...
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• Delirium, Brain Inflammation, Nerve Damage and Stroke Linked to COVID-19

  13-07-2020 14:15 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Neurological complications of Covid-19 can include delirium, brain inflammation, stroke, and nerve damage, finds a new UCL and UCLH-led study. Published in the journal Brain,...
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• Look out, Mars: Here we come with a fleet of spacecraft

  13-07-2020 14:06 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Mars is about to be invaded by planet Earth — big time
  
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• Hubble Space Telescope Makes a frEGGs-cellent Discovery

  13-07-2020 13:29 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Galaxies are well known as the birthplaces of stars and planets thanks to the overwhelmingly large amount of dust and gas within them. Over time,...
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• Earth-Shaking Science at Cryogenic Temperatures: Next Generation Vibration Sensors

  13-07-2020 13:00 via scitechdaily.com
  
  A cutting-edge vibration sensor may improve the next generation of gravitational-wave detectors to find the tiniest cosmic waves from the background hum of Earth’s motion....
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• Google will invest $10 billion in India over the next few years

  13-07-2020 12:51 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Google is planning to invest $10 billion in India as part of plans to make the internet "affordable and useful" for a billion people.
  
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• Google announces $10 billion 'digitization' fund for India

  13-07-2020 12:16 via abcnews.go.com
  
  U.S. tech giant Google is investing in a $10 billion fund to help accelerate India’s transition to a digital economy in the next five to seven years
  
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• Innovative New Device Lights Up the Way for Quantum Technologies

  13-07-2020 12:05 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Researchers at CRANN and Trinity’s School of Physics have created an innovative new device that will emit single particles of light, or photons, from quantum...
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• Qualcomm is the latest US tech name to back India's Jio Platforms

  13-07-2020 10:31 via rss.cnn.com
  
  India's richest man isn't done with his fundraising spree just yet.
  
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• Video game pals admit to plot to firebomb Nebraska pharmacy

  13-07-2020 08:32 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Two men who plotted to firebomb a Nebraska pharmacy to benefit their own online black market drug dealing have pleaded guilty to federal criminal charges
  
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• Underground CUPID-Mo Experiment in Search for Theorized ‘Neutrinoless’ Particle Process

  13-07-2020 07:12 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Berkeley Lab researchers are part of an international team that reports a high-sensitivity measurement by underground CUPID-Mo experiment. Nuclear physicists affiliated with the U.S. Department...
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• Scaling Up the Quantum Chip: MIT Engineers Connect Photonics With “Artificial Atoms”

  13-07-2020 05:35 via scitechdaily.com
  
  MIT engineers develop a hybrid process that connects photonics with “artificial atoms,” to produce the largest quantum chip of its type. MIT researchers have developed...
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• Dengue prevention efforts stifled by coronavirus pandemic

  13-07-2020 02:52 via abcnews.go.com
  Last year was the worst on record for dengue, but the coronavirus pandemic could make the mosquito-borne disease worse
  
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• New Algorithm Coordinates Complex Behaviors Between Hundreds of Robots in a Fraction of the Time

  13-07-2020 02:24 via scitechdaily.com
  
  A new approach to designing motion plans for multiple robots grows “trees” in the search space to solve complex problems in a fraction of the...
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• LeBron James, other NBA players react to suspension of ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski: 'Free Woj' - Fox News

  13-07-2020 01:52 via news.google.com
  
  LeBron James, other NBA players react to suspension of ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski: 'Free Woj'  Fox NewsLeBron James, NBA players rally around ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski after reported suspension  Yahoo SportsDoc Rivers challenges Sen. Josh Hawley to acknowledge Black Lives Matter  MSN MoneyESPN suspends NBA reporter Adrian Wojnarowski after profane email to Sen. Hawley: reports  Fox NewsDoc Rivers Blasts Missouri Senator Josh Hawley for His Distraction and H
  
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• 21 injured after an explosion and fire on a naval ship in San Diego - CNN

  13-07-2020 01:32 via news.google.com
  21 injured after an explosion and fire on a naval ship in San Diego  CNN21 injured after explosion and fire breaks out on USS Bonhomme Richard at Naval Base San Diego  Fox NewsFire crews battle San Diego navy ship fire  ReutersFiery explosion leaves 11 injured aboard USS Bonhomme Richard in San Diego, Navy says  Sacramento BeeUSS Bonhomme Richard Burns, Likely A Victim Of Lax Fire Safety Practices  ForbesView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• Facebook's future keeps getting murkier

  13-07-2020 01:19 via rss.cnn.com
  
  For nearly two months, Facebook has been scrambling to get a handle on a wave of criticism over its policies on moderating content, particularly hateful speech and misinformation that spreads on its platforms.
  
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• NYC prepares to fend off potential second coronavirus surge as US sees spikes - Fox News

  13-07-2020 01:19 via news.google.com
  
  NYC prepares to fend off potential second coronavirus surge as US sees spikes  Fox NewsAs virus rages in US, New York guards against another rise  Yahoo NewsAs Virus Rages Across US, New York Guards Against Another Rise  http://hamodia.comWhy should New York suffer for other states’ coronavirus mistakes? (opinion)  SILive.comNew York City Reaches Milestone With No Reported Virus Deaths  BloombergView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• Coronavirus bringing record $1 trillion of new global corporate debt in 2020: report - Reuters

  13-07-2020 01:13 via news.google.com
  Coronavirus bringing record $1 trillion of new global corporate debt in 2020: report  ReutersCovid-19 bringing record $1 trillion of new global corporate debt in 2020- report  LivemintBlue chips borrow extra $1trn just to make ends meet  The TimesCoronavirus bringing record US$1 trillion of new global corporate debt in 2020: Report  The Straits TimesCoronavirus bringing record US$1tril of new global corporate debt in 2020  The Star OnlineView Ful
  
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• Bats Offer Clues to Treating COVID-19 – Secrets to Longevity and Disease Tolerance

  13-07-2020 01:13 via scitechdaily.com
  
  To combat COVID-19, we need to regulate our immune systems to resemble those of bats. Bats are often considered patient zero for many deadly viruses...
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• How to see Comet Neowise streaking past Earth before it disappears for 6,800 years - MLive.com

  13-07-2020 01:10 via news.google.com
  How to see Comet Neowise streaking past Earth before it disappears for 6,800 years  MLive.comComet Neowise will be visible in the Lynchburg area this week  WSETComet captured streaking across Stonehenge night sky  BBC NewsHow to catch a glimpse of the spectacular comet Neowise before it disappears for thousands of years  CBS NewsSee our solar system’s newest spectacle, comet NEOWISE, in glorious detail  Digital TrendsView Full Coverage on G
  
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• Poland's presidential runoff election too close to call, early results show - Fox News

  13-07-2020 01:02 via news.google.com
  
  Poland's presidential runoff election too close to call, early results show  Fox NewsPoland's Duda holds slim lead in presidential election, exit poll suggests  BBC NewsPoles vote in presidential polls that could define EU ties  Al Jazeera EnglishPoland election: second exit poll indicates narrow lead for Duda - live news  The GuardianDuda declares victory in Poland's presidential race but rival says too close to call  CNNView Full Coverage on Go
  
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• Lisa Marie Presley's Son Benjamin Keough Dead at 27 from Apparent Suicide - TMZ

  13-07-2020 00:57 via news.google.com
  Lisa Marie Presley's Son Benjamin Keough Dead at 27 from Apparent Suicide  TMZLisa Marie Presley's son and Elvis Presley's grandson, Benjamin Keough, 27, dies  Daily MailLisa Marie Presley's son, Benjamin Keough, dead at 27  Fox NewsBenjamin Keough, son of Lisa Marie Presley and grandson of Elvis Presley, dead at 27  NBC NewsElvis Presley's grandson dies at 27 in apparent suicide: report  New York Daily NewsView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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