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Quantum 'spooky action at a distance' becoming practical Scientists from Griffith University (Australia) have overcome a major challenge connected to Einstein's 'spooky action at a distance' effect. Credit: Griffith University A team from Griffith's Centre for Quantum Dynamics in Australia have demonstrated how to rigorously test if pairs of photons – particles of light – display Einstein's "spooky action at a distance", even under adverse conditions t
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Oceans suffocating as huge dead zones quadruple since 1950, scientists warn Ocean dead zones with zero oxygen have quadrupled in size since 1950, scientists have warned, while the number of very low oxygen sites near coasts have multiplied tenfold. Most sea creatures cannot survive in these zones and current trends would lead to mass extinction in the long run, risking dire consequences for the hundreds of millions of people who depend on the sea. Climate change caused b
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Aarhus Letbane mangler fire godkendelser af næste strækning – ingen ansøgninger er afleveret Hele fire godkendelser mangler Aarhus Letbane for at få lov til at tage næste strækning, de ca. 30 km mellem banegården i den jyske hovedby og Odder. Det fremgår af en mailudveksling, som Ingeniøren har haft med Trafikstyrelsen og med selskabet bag letbanen. Dermed kan det have lange udsigter, inden pendlerne syd for Aarhus igen kan køre med tog. Banen skulle have været åbnet i november, og passa
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Cells rank genes by importance to protect them, according to new research IMAGE: This is an Arabidopsis thaliana , the plant species used in this study. view more Credit: Eric Belfield Researchers at the University of Oxford have discovered that a cellular mechanism preferentially protects plant genes from the damaging effects of mutation. Whilst DNA sequence mutation is the fundamental fuel of species evolution, mutations in genes are often harmful. As a form
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Special star is a Rosetta Stone for understanding the sun's variability and climate effect The spots on the surface on the Sun come and go with an 11-year periodicity known as the solar cycle. The solar cycle is driven by the solar dynamo, which is an interplay between magnetic fields, convection and rotation. However, our understanding of the physics underlying the solar dynamo is far from complete. One example is the so-called Maunder Minimum, a period in the 17th century, where spot
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Scientists find culprits for extreme rainfall over Yangtze River in May 2016 IMAGE: This is the monthly precipitation anomaly (mm/mn) over China in May 2016. view more Credit: CHUNXIANG LI In May 2016, an extreme rainfall occurred in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River Valley. The area averaged anomaly of total precipitation over the region (117°-121°E, 26°-34°N) was the third wettest on record since 1961. There were 25 stations broke 56-year maximum records. Meanw
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Scientists uncover why sauna bathing is good for your healthScientists at the University of Eastern Finland have shown that sauna bathing is associated with a variety of health benefits. Using an experimental setting this time, the research group now investigated the physiological mechanisms through which the heat exposure of sauna may influence a person's health. Their latest study with 100 test subjects shows that taking a sauna bath of 30 minutes reduce
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The CSI effect: Viewing TV crime shows does not make better criminals IMAGE: The CSI effect experiment: crime scene mock-up to be 'cleaned up' by subjects. view more Credit: photo/©: Andreas Baranowski Does watching the work of fictional forensic investigators on TV influence viewers? There is a belief that this is the case and that the consequences of people watching shows such as the American crime drama television series "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" are
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Alien Megastructure Debunked – Astronomers Finally Explain the Weirdest Star in the Universe Among the most recent promises of extraterrestrial contact, the so-called “alien megastructure” has been one of the most exciting. It’s a star that inexplicably dims and brightens, prompting the Penn State astronomer Jason Wright to famously theorize that the explanation might be that it’s not a star at all but a swarm of alien energy-collecting spacecrafts in a Dyson sphere -like formation. Bu
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Radio Atlantic: How Has America Changed Since 1968? As 2018 begins, tensions and tumult in America are high. But before the end of 1968, Conor Friedersdorf reminded us in The Atlantic , "Martin Luther King Jr. and Robert F. Kennedy would be assassinated; U.S. troops would suffer their deadliest year yet in Vietnam—and massacre scores of civilians at My Lai; Richard Nixon would be elected president; the Khmer Rouge would form in Cambodia; humans wo
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Nu bliver det første teleselskab slæbt i retten for ulovlig masseovervågning af danskerne TDC bliver som det første teleselskab herhjemme slæbt i retten med krav om stoppe den omfattende registrering af oplysninger om kunderne, som i praksis gør det muligt at følge danskernes færden i tykt og tyndt. Sagen vil blive anlagt af en gruppe internetaktivister, som er oprørte over, at logningen fortsætter. EU-Domstolen kendte allerede for godt et år siden en tilsvarende logning i Sverige ulo
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Does this image freak you out? Here’s why Trypophobia, commonly known as “fear of holes,” is linked to a physiological response more associated with disgust than fear, a new study suggests. Trypophobia is not officially recognized in the American Psychiatric Association’s Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM). Many people, however, report feeling an aversion to clusters of holes—such as those of a honeycomb, a lotus
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Proceed to checkout? Not on your mobile, say researchers Shoppers hoping to bag a bargain in the post-Christmas sales are much less likely to go through with their purchases if they are using phones and tablets to buy goods online. This is because consumers often worry they are not seeing the full picture on a mobile app or that they could be missing out on special offers or overlooking hidden costs, according to new research. Concerns about privacy an
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First discover the disorder and then find the patients IMAGE: The biochemist Prof. Dr. Thomas Dierks is carrying out research on hereditary disorders and treatment concepts with a particular focus on defective enzymes and their replacement. view more Credit: Bielefeld University The sequencing of the human genome has made it possible: nowadays scientists can discover potential disorders for which there are no known patients. Such a disorder i
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Harnessing the potential of blockchain to transform education Blockchain technology can help improve old models of data management and bring benefits to learners and educational institutions in the EU – if policymakers are well prepared to embrace the change. That's the main message of a Science for Policy report from the Joint Research Centre, the European Commission's science and knowledge service. The report highlights how blockchain technology could imp
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Space fever: Weightlessness increases astronauts' body temperature Astronauts float weightlessly through space, and the condition of weightlessness is something many would love to experience. However, in addition to producing both physical and psychological stress, a trip into space affects our core body temperature. Researchers from Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin have observed that astronauts run hot when exposed to weightlessness, and that, even at rest,
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Thermometer for global oceanThere's a new way to measure the average temperature of the ocean.
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No, cow milk in baby formula doesn’t up diabetes risk Drinking formula made with cow’s milk does not increase children’s risk of developing type 1 diabetes, according to the results of a 15-year global study of children genetically predisposed to developing the disease. The findings provide a long-awaited answer to the question of whether infant formula made with cow’s milk plays a role in the development of type 1 diabetes, according to researchers
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'Mortal Engines' Trailer: The Physics of Those Giant Driving Cities Next December, there'll be a new entrant into the end-of-year, blockbuster science fiction movie category: the Peter Jackson film Mortal Engines . A teaser trailer for it dropped just before the holidays, and there's really only one thing you need to know about it. Driving cities. Driving cities ! Now, I know the movie is based on a book series, which probably has a lot of detail about these gian
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The U.S. Economy Added 2.1 Million Jobs in 2017 In the final month of 2017, the U.S. economy added 148,000 jobs, while the unemployment rate remained at 4.1 percent, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. All told, an additional 2.11 million jobs were added in all of 2017—a performance that will be hard to repeat in 2018. As the economy has steadily improved, adding jobs for one of the longest consecutive streaks in modern history, many
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The Understated Elegance of Phantom Thread Phantom Thread is the second collaboration between the writer-director Paul Thomas Anderson and the actor Daniel Day-Lewis—and if the latter is to be believed, it will be the last. Day-Lewis has announced that he is retiring following this performance. I don’t doubt the sincerity of this vow, but I dearly hope he will change his mind. (Steven Soderbergh did , after all.) At 60, Day-Lewis has many
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DeepMind’s Co-founder Thinks AI Should Get Ethical in 2018 The Science Linking Arctic Warming to This Crazy-Cold Winter It’s well known that the rapidly warming Arctic is melting sea ice, thawing permafrost, and accelerating sea-level rise. But a growing body of research suggests, counterintuitively, that it could also be amplifying cold snaps, much like the brutal one… Read more It’s well known that the rapidly warming Arctic is melting sea ice, thawing
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People who sleep less than 8 hours a night more likely to suffer from depression, anxietySleeping less than the recommended eight hours a night is associated with intrusive, repetitive thoughts like those seen in anxiety or depression, according to new research.
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Type 1 Diabetes: Autoimmune reaction successfully halted in early stage islet autoimmunityScientists have discovered a mechanism that amplifies the autoimmune reaction in an early stage of pancreatic islet autoimmunity prior to the progression to clinical type 1 diabetes. If the researchers blocked the corresponding molecules, the immune system was significantly less active.
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Scientists aim to turn off mosquito genes for biting Focusing on Wyeomyia smithii , also known as pitcher plant mosquitoes, researchers have pinpointed and sorted out 902 genes related to blood feeding and 478 genes linked to non-blood feeding among female mosquitoes. The researchers hope to use this genetic information to stop mosquitoes from feeding on blood, which would, in turn, stop the spread of many serious diseases. “…if we can figure out h
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New tool to assess largely ignored risk in pharmaceutical industry A new method to test the likelihood of a drug turning into a potentially harmful version of itself when it enters the body has been developed by researchers at Cardiff University. In collaboration with Liverpool John Moores University and AstraZeneca, the team have developed a simple approach to trawl through large databases of pharmaceutical drugs and assess the likely risk of a drug undergoin
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While The Eastern U.S. Freezes, It's Too Warm In Alaska Ice skaters in Anchorage, AK take advantage of warmer than average temperatures at Westchester Lagoon. Mark Thiessen/AP hide caption toggle caption Mark Thiessen/AP Ice skaters in Anchorage, AK take advantage of warmer than average temperatures at Westchester Lagoon. Mark Thiessen/AP While above average temperatures might sound good to much of the U.S. right now, it's too warm in rural Alaska. Hi
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A paper in JCR looks at the Presenter's Paradox: A difference between how people want to present information about things and how that information is evaluated. A community for those who are interested in the mind, brain, language and artificial intelligence. Want to know more? Take a look at our reading list here. If you have any suggestions for further inclusions, post them here .
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5G: What is it? What does it mean for your smartphone? On Thursday, AT&T confirmed the first smartphones supporting the new wireless service will arrive later this year. The transition to 5G promises faster smartphones, and a lot more. Here's what you need to know about 5G. 1. What is 5G? It stands for fifth generation. So, this would mark the fifth generation mobile network. 2. What does this mean for my smartphone ? Compared to 4G, which
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Virksomheder ser lyst på 2018, men investeringslysten halter Ingen ved, hvad fremtiden bringer – men deltagerne i DI's virksomhedspanel er netop kommet med et bud, og hvis deres spådom holder stik, kommer det til at gå godt for både omsætning og beskæftigelse i 2018. Således forventer 20 procent af dem en vækst på ti procent, mens 50 procent regner med en fremgang på mellem to og ti procent. Kun syv procent regner med en tilbagegang, fremgår det af en anal
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Tech tricks to help you organize your digital photo library Smartphones' ever-improving cameras encourage us to snap an ever-increasing pile of digital photos. And as these images build up in your phone's storage, they become harder and harder to organize. That's where apps come in. Both Google Photos (for Android and iOS ) and Apple Photos (built into iOS ) can sort pictures by date, album, and other attributes (in addition to editing and backing up your
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Are All Neurodegenerative Diseases Made Equal?The Scientist is bringing together a panel of experts to share their research, discuss current therapeutic approaches, and to offer their insights.
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Cleaning carbon nanotubes makes them work better Scientists have found a way to remove contaminants from carbon nanotubes, which need to be as clean as possible to maximize their utility in next-generation nanoscale devices. In the process, the researchers also discovered why the electrical properties of nanotubes have historically been so difficult to measure. Like any normal wire, semiconducting nanotubes are progressively more resistant to c
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Family Medicine and Community Health Journal Volume 5, Issue Number 4 publishes Beijing, December 23, 2017: The December 2017 issue includes an editorial, five original research articles, one case study, one systematic review and two China Focus articles addressing various topics in family medicine in both China and internationally. The first featured article in this issue is an original research article entitled "Seguin Form Board as an intelligence tool for young child
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Mirror neuron activity predicts people's decision-making in moral dilemmasMirror neuron activity predicts certain decisions in the face of moral dilemmas; findings could one day benefit people with mental disorders that make social communication difficult
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In scientific first, IU researchers grow hairy skin in a dish IMAGE: Lee et al. show that hair follicles can be generated from mouse pluripotent stem cells in a 3-D cell culture system. The hair follicles (red) grow radially out of spherical… view more Credit: Artwork by Jiyoon Lee and Karl Koehler. Researchers at Indiana University School of Medicine have successfully developed a method to grow hairy skin from mouse pluripotent stem cells–a di
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MSU studies investigate effectiveness of booster seats BOZEMAN — Booster seats, car seats and seat belts are equally effective at saving the lives of children, while booster seats top the others at reducing minor injuries specifically among children ages 8-12, according to Montana State University economist D. Mark Anderson. Anderson recently published two studies that investigated booster seats. One looked at their effectiveness relative to seat be
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This Question Helps Reveal How Online Harassment Is Super-Slippery to Define Is $850,000 for a Blindness Treatment Worth It? Spark Therapeutics, which makes the therapy, today announced the whopping price tag. Called Luxturna, it was approved by the FDA in December , but Spark didn’t disclose the price at the time. Now it has. And it’s a lot. In a class of its own. The only… Read more Spark Therapeutics, which makes the therapy, today announced the whopping price tag.
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Hard-to-stretch silicon becomes superelastic Illustration of the growth of stretchable silicon nanowires. Credit: Xue et al. ©2017 American Chemical Society As a hard and brittle material, silicon has practically no natural elasticity. But in a new study, researchers have demonstrated that amorphous silicon can be grown into superelastic horseshoe-shaped nanowires that can undergo stretching of more than twice their original length, and sti
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How the largest European soil dataset was born Ten years of planning and sampling has led to the creation of the largest harmonised European soil dataset, and the Joint Research Centre, the European Commission's science and knowledge service, is ready to carry out the most comprehensive assessment of soil biodiversity across the continent. Soil scientists at the JRC have been busy gathering and analysing soil samples from across the Europe.
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Landmark genetic study better predicts stomach cancer Singapore, [05 January 2018] – A research team led by National University Health System (NUHS) and Duke-NUS Medical School has used genomic technologies to better understand intestinal metaplasia (IM), a known risk factor for gastric (stomach) cancer. Patients with IM are six times more likely to develop stomach cancer than those without. This study is an important part of an ambitious investigat
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Supercharged antibiotics could turn tide against superbugsAn old drug supercharged by University of Queensland researchers has emerged as a new antibiotic that could destroy some of the world's most dangerous superbugs.The supercharge technique, led by Dr. Mark Blaskovich and Professor Matt Cooper from UQ's Institute for Molecular Bioscience (IMB), potentially could revitalize other antibiotics.
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ASK the enzyme: New potential targets for cancer IMAGE: This image shows tumor suppressive roles of TRIM48-mediated ASK1 activation and cell death. view more Credit: Atsushi Matsuzawa New understandings of how molecules affect the activity of an enzyme could lead to potential targets for the treatment of cancers and neurodegenerative diseases. Atsushi Matsuzawa at Tohoku University and colleagues in Japan used gene silencing techniques
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Swift parrots bred on predator-free islands at risk of extinction Critically endangered swift parrots. Credit: Australian National University New research from The Australian National University (ANU) has found genetic evidence that critically endangered swift parrots, which breed all over Tasmania and on predator-free islands, form a single nomadic population at high risk of extinction. Nomadic swift parrots breed across Tasmania wherever their food is most ab
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Batman's Gotham City provides test case for community resilience model A map of Gotham City is laid out in a Finite Element Analysis grid. The grid shows how stresses to different lifelines affect various parts of the city. Credit: Colorado State University If a community is resilient, it can withstand and recover from an unanticipated disaster, like an earthquake, fire or flood. But since every disaster and every community is unique, a uniform measure for defining
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You’re Most Likely to Do Something Extreme Right Before You Turn 30 Each year, cities, regions, and other organizers around the world host around 3,000 marathons . In large races like the Los Angeles Marathon and the London Marathon , more than half the participants are running a marathon for the very first time. This article is adapted from Pink’s upcoming book . For Red Hong Yi, an artist based in Malaysia, “a marathon was always one of those impossible things
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MH370: Skanderborg-software skal behandle eftersøgningsdata Den 8. marts 2014 forsvandt Malaysia Airlines MH370 med 239 mennesker om bord på vej fra Kuala Lumpur i Malaysia til Beijing i Kina. Det er aldrig lykkedes at lokalisere flyet. Eftersøgningen blev opgivet for et år siden, men Malaysias myndigheder forhandler nu med det amerikanske selskab Ocean Infinity om en ny eftersøgning ved hjælp af otte autonome undervandsdroner og et stort norsk havundersø
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2018’s Top 10 science anniversaries With each new year, science offers a fresh list of historical occasions ideally suited for a Top 10 list. Science’s rich history guarantees a never-ending supply of noteworthy anniversaries. Centennials of births, deaths or discoveries by prominent scientists (or popular centennial fractions or multiples) offer reminders of past achievements and context for appreciating science of the present day
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Where is AI headed in 2018? Your phone will know you better than your friends do, researcher predicts From self-driving cars to finding disease cures, artificial intelligence, or AI, has rapidly emerged as a potentially revolutionary technology – and the pace of innovation is only set to speed up. To get a sense of where the field is headed in 2018, U of T News sat down with the University of Toronto's Richard Zemel, a professor of computer science and the research director at the Vector Institut
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Can Gene Editing Save the World's Chocolate? Fungi and viruses are poised to doom chocolate, which is why scientists are racing to save cacao—the tree that sprouts the colorful, football-size pods containing beans used to make chocolate—with the gene-editing tool known as CRISPR-Cas9, according to a new report. Cacao trees ( Theobroma cacao ) grow in tropical environments, within about 20 degrees north and 20 degrees south of the equato
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4000-year-old woodhenge discovered in Yorkshire might have been a sauna Aerial picture of the excavations at Little Catwick Quarry. Credit: John Tibbles A team of researchers led by freelance archaeologist John Tibbles has found evidence suggesting that a woodhenge discovered in Yorkshire several months ago might have been used for sacrifices, or perhaps as a sauna. Tibbles spoke to the Yorkshire Post recently, offering up details of the site and his ideas on its pur
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Scientists help Costa Rican community manage dwindling water supply A stream in the Potrero-Caimital watershed in Costa Rica during the dry (top) and wet (bottom) season. Residents depend on high rainfall during the wet season to provide enough water to get them through the four-month long dry season. Credit: Silja Hund A new tool could help local authorities in Costa Rica prepare for periods of drought during the dry season based on rainfall during the wet seaso
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Cutting-Edge Camera Deciphers Messages Written on Mummy Wrappings About 2,000 years ago, ancient Egyptians made homemade wrappings for mummies from "recycled" scraps of paper that people had first used to scribble down shopping lists and personal notes. Scientists have tried a wide array of methods — many of them destructive — to try to first peel apart these papyri and then decipher the ancient writings on them. Now, in an effort to analyze the papyri wi
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Florida iguanas falling from treesThey're not dead, just chilling in cool temperatures in the US.
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How playing games on your phone or tablet could cut your power bill Summer has arrived, and with it, soaring energy bills. Australian households are paying more for their power as generators struggle to meet consumer demand. We blast our air conditioners to stay cool, and put on that old fridge for the Christmas drinks, both of which are likely to blow out our electricity bill. But while we wait for the situation to improve, there is something you can do to hel
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Image of the Day: Virus SpacecraftResearchers reconstruct images of a virus that infects Escherichia coli bacteria.
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PNAS Editor-in-Chief Placed on LeaveIn a gender discrmination lawsuit against the Salk Institute, a female scientist alleges that biologist Inder Verma was dismissive of his female colleagues.
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Starstruck: the best space images of 2017 With space missions in 2018 set to boldly go further than ever before, here is a look back at some of biggest breakthroughs and most breathtaking views offered by 2017 Continue reading…
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1,000-Year-Old Stone Structure in Mexico May Depict Creation of Earth When water levels in the pond are low, the Tetzacualco can be seen. Credit: Arturo Cruz, Terrasat Cartografía A 1,000-year-old stone structure in Mexico may represent how some people in ancient Mesoamerica believed the Earth was created, an archaeologist suggests. Located on the foothills of a volcano in the middle of a pond, the "Tetzacualco" (a name that can mean "stone enclosure") has b
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Folding ‘exoskeleton’ could get cell-sized robots moving Researchers have created a robot “exoskeleton” that can rapidly change its shape by sensing shifts in its environment. The researchers say these microscale machines—equipped with electronic, photonic, and chemical payloads—could become a powerful platform for robotics at the size scale of biological microorganisms. “You could put the computational power of the spaceship Voyager onto an object the
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Big data could bring about workplace utopia—or the office from hell Credit: Jesus Sans/Shutterstock.com The cost of poor employee well-being for individuals, organisations and society is significant – 25.7m days were lost to work-related ill health during 2016-17, half of which can be accounted for by stress, depression and anxiety. Not only is this problematic for employees and organisations, it can put added pressure on health services. Assessing and reducing s
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Harnessing the potential of blockchain to transform education Blockchain technology can help improve old models of data management and bring benefits to learners and educational institutions in the EU—if policymakers are well prepared to embrace the change. That's the main message of a Science for Policy report from the Joint Research Centre, the European Commission's science and knowledge service. The report highlights how blockchain technology could impro
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DropSynth, a one-pot approach to gene synthesis Credit: CC0 Public Domain A team of researchers at the University of California has found a way to synthesize multiple genes from a group of microarray-generated oligonucleotides. In their paper published in the journal Science , the group describes their technique, called DropSynth, how well it works, and its drawbacks. Synthesizing genes has become so popular that there are now companies that d
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General approach for the solution of lattice gauge theories It is not the daily occurrence that physicists from entirely different fields closely work together. However, in theoretical physics a general ansatz can offer solutions for a large variety of problems. A team of scientists from the Theory Division of Professor Ignacio Cirac at the Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics has now for a couple of years collaborated with theorists from the field of p
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Obscure Vomiting Illness Linked to Long-Term Pot Use For 17 years, Chalfonte LeNee Queen suffered periodic episodes of violent retching and abdominal pain that would knock her off her feet for days, sometimes leaving her writhing on the floor in pain. “I’ve screamed out for death,” said Queen, 48, who lives in San Diego. “I’ve cried out for my mom who’s been dead for 20 years, mentally not realizing she can’t come to me.” Queen lost a model
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Experts just ranked the best diets, and their choices will probably surprise you Extreme diets are just the nutritional version of 30-day fitness challenges. Nearly everyone tries them at some point, but they don't generally turn your life around. We seek out both for the same reason: because it’s often not good enough for us to make a change. It also has to feel like we’ve made a change. Consuming more fibrous veggies and fewer simple carbs doesn’t seem like the path to shed
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New street light runs on dog waste Credit: Shutterstock Turning human and animal waste from problem to energy source is not new, animal dung has been used as fuel since the neolithic period. But a pilot project is showing dog poo can be used to fuel street lighting. Our streets need less dog poo and greener ways of fueling street lighting , so why not use one to do the other? We've been getting flammable gas from decaying organic
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New tool to assess largely ignored risk in pharmaceutical industry A new method to test the likelihood of a drug turning into a potentially harmful version of itself when it enters the body has been developed by researchers at Cardiff University. In collaboration with Liverpool John Moores University and AstraZeneca, the team have developed a simple approach to trawl through large databases of pharmaceutical drugs and assess the likely risk of a drug undergoing
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Algorithms obtain the maximal amount of knowledge from images Professor Stefan Roth. Credit: Technische Universitat Darmstadt Digital images and videos contain much more information than computers currently extract from them. With the help of intelligent algorithms, a research team led by Professor Stefan Roth aims to obtain the maximal amount of knowledge from images. A typical street scene can be seen on the screen in Stefan Roth's office – but from the '
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Climate change will displace millions of people. Where will they go? Credit: Columbia University Islands like Barbuda may seem like paradise now, but they face many challenges from climate change in the future. Credit: Tiffany Challe Barbuda, the sister island of Antigua, is a small, low-lying Caribbean island. Most of its 1,700 residents lived in Codrington, the central location for stores and schools. The town is also the location for the Barbuda Research Comple
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Døde havområder med iltsvind firdoblet siden 1950’erne Temperaturen i verdens have stiger – og det får iltindholdet i vandmasserne til at falde. Samtidig udledes der stadig mere forurening i form af gødning fra landbrug og spildevand fra verdens eksplosivt voksende kystbyer til havene. Det giver næring til alger, der forbruger ilt og producerer nitrogendioxid – en potent drivhusgas. Siden 1950’erne har iltsvind firdoblet arealet af såkaldte døde havo
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Bullfinches stick together for years Bonded pairs likely have an advantage during the breeding season because they can begin mating earlier in the spring and don’t have to expend energy on finding a new mate. Credit: Nina Tveter, NTNU Scientists and many bird enthusiasts have long assumed that bullfinches (Pyrrhula pyrrhula) mate for several years, and perhaps even for life. But believing and knowing are two different things. A prof
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The trouble with rockets Space is big. Really big. It takes 10 years just to cross our solar system. The next star is 70,000 years away at the same speed. So if we're going to get anywhere, we're going to need more than just rockets. When it comes to getting off the Earth, rockets are just about our only option. They're the only thing powerful enough to pull a spaceship out of Earth's gravity. They release their energy q
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Even Realistic Videogames like Call of Duty Won’t Help Us Win Wars Millennials can now storm the beaches of Normandy and fight Nazis with a new level of realism. Sure, past games like like Castle Wolfenstein let them role play America’s Greatest Generation. But the recently released Call of Duty: WWII provides a more human and realistic dimension of war, whereas previous videogames delved into fantasy or featured cyber-mutant soldiers out of a bad '90s movie. WI
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Sportslæger skal betale 4.000 kroner for at arbejde frivilligt Frivillige sportslæger, der er tilknyttet eksempelvis ishockeyklubber, skal som følge af ny tilsynsordning betale 4.000 kroner årligt for at stå til rådighed under sportsstævner i lægerens fritid.
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Each Grain of the Ocean Floor Is Home to a Diverse, Mysterious World Sand is not as passive as you might think. Down on the ocean floor, it’s filtering seawater and, thanks to a teeming set of microbes living on it, busily processing nutrients from the constant rain of sediment drifting downward. Microbiologists have studied the tiny inhabitants of sand by analyzing bulk DNA extracted from scoops of ocean floor, but while this can give you a general list of the bu
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Rover could discover life on Mars – here's what it would take to prove it Mars seen by Viking. Credit: NASA / USGS Finding past or present microbial life on Mars would without doubt be one of the greatest scientific discoveries of all time. And in just two years' time, there's a big opportunity to do so, with two rovers launching there to look for signs of life – Mars2020 by NASA and ExoMars by the European Space Agency and Roscosmos. I am helping to develop one of the
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The Rise of the Bro Tortoise This year saw the drama of Jeremy the “lonely lefty snail.” Found in 2016, Jeremy’s left-twisting shell structure interested geneticists at Nottingham University and prompted a global call for other left twisting snails to act as mates. In May 2017 Angus Davison , a geneticist at Nottingham, introduced two more left twisting snails to Jeremy. In a headline- and pun-worthy twist, Jeremy became cau
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The origins of the cigar-shaped alien 'asteroid' 'Oumuamua Artist’s illustration of planet formation. Credit: NASA / Lynette Cook One of the highlights of 2017 was the discovery of the first object in our solar system that definitely came from somewhere else. At first we thought it was a comet , then an asteroid , and now the International Astronomical Union has reclassified it as something new entirely, an interstellar object . The Hawaiian astronomers
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Green bonds are taking off—and could help save the planet The " tragedy of the horizons ," a term coined by Canada's Mark Carney, governor of the Bank of England, has been haunting the financial sector ever since climate change began posing serious threats to the planet. As Carney put it: Can the financial sector address long-term climate change problems when most investments are made for the short term? Behavioural economics has shown us that people
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You, too, can be an astrophysicist with your new telescope Credit: Flickr/Grand Canyon National Park, CC BY A telescope can reveal the beauty of the universe, such as the Moon's craters, Saturn's rings, and the glowing gas of the Orion nebula. But a telescope isn't just for sightseeing – it is also a scientific instrument. If you've just received a telescope as a present then it's probably better than any used by the Italian scientist Galileo Galilei (15
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A nonaddictive opioid painkiller with no side effects The findings show how USC Michelson Center scientists collaborate with other experts in multiple disciplines to conduct groundbreaking research. Credit: Janels Katlaps What if scientists could develop an opioid-based painkiller that is not addictive and has limited side effects? That is possible based on new findings by an international team of scientists that included contributions from top rese
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Sikkerhedsekspert opfordrer til at opdatere efter hackerhul Husk at opdatere din computer, smartphone og tablet, lyder rådet fra medstifter af it-sikkerhedsvirksomheden CSIS Peter Kruse. Opfordringen kommer, efter at der er opdaget to alvorlige sikkerhedsbrister i computere, tablets og smartphones i hele verden. En sikkerhedsbrist i så stort et omfang er ikke set før, fortæller han. Læs også: Apple lukker kritisk sikkerhedshul på Mac-computere – Det er en
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Researchers show how to optimize nanomaterials for fuel-cell cathodes Simulations by Rice University scientists show how carbon nanomaterials may be optimized to replace expensive platinum in cathodes for electricity-generating fuel cells. Credit: Yakobson Research Group Nitrogen-doped carbon nanotubes or modified graphene nanoribbons may be suitable replacements for platinum for fast oxygen reduction, the key reaction in fuel cells that transform chemical energy i
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Threat identification tool for cybersecurity in self-driving cars While every new generation of auto tech brings new security risks, the vulnerabilities that come along with advanced mobility are both unprecedented and under-studied, new research from the University of Michigan shows. A new white paper could help academic and industry researchers analyze the likelihood and severity of potential cyberthreats to autonomous and connected vehicles. Credit: Steve Al
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Use of mobile devices at home can carry conflict to workplace A University of Texas at Arlington researcher is part of a team of authors who have found that using a mobile device at home for work purposes has negative implications for the employee's work life and also their spouse. Wayne Crawford, assistant professor of management in UTA's College of Business, was one of five authors on "Your Job Is Messing With Mine! The Impact of Mobile Device Use for Wor
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Computational astrophysics team uncloaks magnetic fields of cosmic events Computational astrophysicists describe a new method for acquiring information on experiments using laser beams to reproduce cosmic conditions. Credit: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory The development of ultra-intense lasers delivering the same power as the entire U.S. power grid has enabled the study of cosmic phenomena such as supernovae and black holes in earthbound laboratories. Now, a n
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With climate change, insurance may provide best safety net for world's poor A maize farmer in Tanzania stands in front of her crop. Credit: Laura Paul /AMA Innovation Lab The poorest people in the world are among the most vulnerable to the effects of climate change, including droughts, floods and wildfires. This is especially true for poor farmers in drought-prone regions of the world who rely on crops or livestock to feed their families. A new study led by researchers a
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Image: NOAA's GOES-16 satellite captures powerful East Coast stormThis Geocolor image from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) GOES-16 satellite captures the deepening storm off the East coast of the United States on Jan. 4, 2018, at 16:22 UTC. The powerful nor'easter is battering coastal areas with heavy snow and strong winds, from Florida to Maine. Notice the long line of clouds stretching over a thousand miles south of the storm, which
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Trial of laser beams to scare sea eagles from lambs Image copyright Iain Erskine/RSPB Scotland Image caption Sea eagles are the UK's largest bird of prey and one of its most protected species Shining laser beams onto hillsides could be used as a method of scaring white-tailed sea eagles away from flocks of sheep. The technology is to be trialled in Argyll, an area where crofters and farmers have had issues with the raptors preying on lambs. Scotti
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Braer: The huge oil spill that Shetland survived Image copyright STR Image caption The Liberian-registered oil tanker Braer hit rocks on the Shetland Isles Twenty five years ago the Braer oil tanker ran aground off the Shetland Isles in hurricane-force winds, spilling almost 85,000 tonnes of crude oil. The captain and crew of the vessel were airlifted to safety by helicopter after its engines failed and it became clear the disaster was imminent
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Technique could produce strong, resilient nanofibers for many applications New ultra-fine fibers created by the MIT team are seen in a Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) image. Credit: Massachusetts Institute of Technology Researchers at MIT have developed a process that can produce ultrafine fibers—whose diameter is measured in nanometers, or billionths of a meter—that are exceptionally strong and tough. These fibers, which should be inexpensive and easy to produce, co
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Eclipse Megamovie project seeks public's help analyzing 50,000 photosAlthough August's total solar eclipse was over in minutes, analysis of the 50,000 photos uploaded to the Eclipse Megamovie website is a time-consuming job, so team leaders are asking citizen scientists for help.
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How bird genetics adapt to climate change Biologists studied the yellow warbler, which spends its winters in Central and South America, and flies as far north as Alaska and the Arctic Circle in summer. Credit: Joe Ellis As Earth's climate changes, species must adapt, shift their geographical ranges or face decline and, in some cases, extinction. Using genetics, UCLA biologists involved in the Bird Genoscape Project are racing against tim
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Discovering the structure of RNA A new study develops an innovative simulation model able to efficiently predict the conformation of ribonucleic acid molecules, opening up interesting opportunities for application and research Credit: Simon Poblete RNA, or ribonucleic acid, plays an essential role in many biological processes, not only as messenger molecule with the task of transmitting genetic information from the nucleus to th
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Exploring the realistic nature of the wave function in quantum mechanics Inserting the second BS when the two sub-waves have an encounter, as in (a), can produce two resultant sub-waves, as in (b), if two-sub waves inside the MZI are in-phase. Credit: Science China Press Quantum mechanics is a pillar of modern science and technology, and has benefited human society for a century. The wave function, also known as the quantum state, is the description of a quantum objec
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New application for acoustic control of bee families Credit: Glebskij The application for smartphones based on Android OS—Apivox Auditor, designed for quick control of bees without opening hives, passed the second testing season in apiaries. The application is based on the theory of acoustic control and this means that the beekeeper does not need to open the hive, in order to find out what is the state the bees at the moment. Such an approach to be
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What Happens If Russia Attacks Undersea Internet Cables It might seem like a nightmare scenario. A terrorist organization or nefarious nation state decides to derail the global internet by faulting the undersea fiber optic cables that connect the world. These cables, which run along the ocean floor, carry almost all transoceanic digital communication, allowing you to send a Facebook message to a friend in Dubai, or receive an email from your cousin in
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McLaren's New 570S Spider Supercar Adds Practicality to Luxury McLaren built its reputation on high-tech, high-spec, top priced racing cars. Borrowing engineering acumen from its (historically great, currently weak) Formula One team, the British company has produced some truly wondrous road cars, starting with the three-seater F1 in the nineties—the world's fastest production car for a decade—up to the all-new, million-dollar Senna , with a 789-horsepower en
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Sådan spiller en kunstig intelligens Super Mario Der er mange måder at spille computerspil på: din smartphone, i sofaen, ved skrivebordet eller med dine venner i en gammeldags arkadehal. Men du kan også overlade opgaven til et computerprogram. Det har Mario-eksperten som går under navnet SethBling (her dog under et andet YouTube navn) gjort, rapporterer onlinemediet The Next Web . Og det er underligt dragende at se programmet fejle igen og igen
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The Rise of Citizen Bioscience It is 5 P.M. in Santa Clara, California. Elodie Rebesque, a senior at Los Altos High School, is rushing out of class. She has a medical appointment of sorts. A few blocks away, she pushes open the door of BioCurious , a community lab whose mission is to create a space for amateurs, inventors, entrepreneurs and anyone else who wants to learn and experiment with biology in a friendly, educational e
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The largest known prime number has 23 million-plus digits There’s a new largest known prime number in town, with a whopping 23,249,425 digits. The figure is calculated by multiplying 2 by itself 77,232,917 times and then subtracting 1. Announced on January 3, the number is almost a million digits longer than the last record-breaking prime. A prime number can’t be divided by anything other than 1 and itself. If you started counting at 1, you’d encounter
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Topsøe-ulykken: Op til 100 liter ethylamin væltede ud på gulvet Da beredskabet i går rykkede ud til et kemikalieudslip ved Haldor Topsøes afdeling i Kgs. Lyngby, var der tale om det stærkt brandfarlige kemikalie ethylamin, som var væltet ud på gulvet. Det fortæller Haldor Topsøe til Ingeniøren. Dog oplyser de, at det endnu ikke vides, hvad der præcist skete i går, men kan dog fortælle, at uheldet skete »i en situation, hvor der skulle pumpes væske fra en tønd
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Icebergs Can Be Green, Black, Striped, Even Rainbow [Slide Show] The iconic iceberg is a towering white hunk of snow-covered ice, common in cold oceans. But take a trip to Antarctica and you will discover that icebergs come in myriad hues and multicolor patterns, even resembling striped candy. Icebergs can be green, blue, yellow or black. The ice can shine like a sapphire or be as murky as a frozen mud puddle. An iceberg’s color is determined by how it int
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Will 2018 be a year of scientific breakthroughs – or frustrations? | Philip Ball Quantum computers This will be the year when we see a quantum computer solve a computational problem that conventional computers can’t, using the rules of quantum mechanics to manipulate data, potentially making them much more powerful than classical devices. Many researchers think that the prototype devices built during the past year will soon be able to achieve “quantum supremacy” – the solutio
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Zuckerbergs nytårsforsæt: Stop misbrug af Facebook Nytårsforsæt er for mange lig med flere grøntsager og mere motion. Men for Facebook-topchef Mark Zuckerberg handler 2018 om at fortsætte med at gøre sit arbejde og fikse de problemer, som han indrømmer, Facebook har i øjeblikket. Det skriver han i et årligt nytårsindlæg på Facebook. – Det lyder måske ikke som en personlig udfordring, men jeg tror, jeg vil lære mere ved at fokusere intensivt på pr
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Spørg Scientariet: Skabes der energi, når ferskvand løber ud i havet? Vores læser Bent Rendal spørger: Jeg har læst, at når saltvand og ferskvand møder hinanden, opstår der energi, som kan udvindes gennem et osmose-kraftværk. Hvordan ytrer den energi sig, når en ferskvandsflod løber ud i havet? Henrik Tækker Madsen , Ph.d. hos Applied Biomimetic, svarer: Den mængde energi, der kan omsættes til arbejde, kaldes Gibbs fri energi, og den består af to dele: Entalpi og e
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Hospitals Nationally Hit Hard By Medicare's Safety Penalties Each year, hundreds of hospitals lose 1 percent of their Medicare payments through the Hospital-Acquired Conditions Reduction Program. The penalties — now in their fourth year — were created by the Affordable Care Act to drive hospitals to improve the quality of their care. Maskot/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Maskot/Getty Images Each year, hundreds of hospitals lose 1 percent of their
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Verdensrekorden for store primtal er slået igen Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search (GIMPS), der siden 1996 systematisk har ledt efter nye store primtal af formen 2^ n -1, hvor n selv er et primtal, oplyser , at den 51-årige elektroingeniør Jonathan Pace fra Tennessee i USA har fundet, at tallet 2^77.232.917-1 med 23.249.425 cifre er et primtal. Rigtigheden er verificeret uafhængigt af hinanden af fire personer, der har benyttet forskellig so
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China's Alibaba under fire over use of customer data Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba has come under fire over its handling of user data in an episode that underscores growing concerns for privacy in the hyper-digitised country. Alibaba affiliate Ant Financial was forced to apologise on Wednesday after users said they felt misled into allowing its Alipay service to share data on their spending habits with Ant's credit-scoring arm and other third-pa
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Attention backcountry skiers: Scientists want your help This April, 2017, photo provided by the Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys shows geologist Katreen Wikstrom Jones using an avalanche probe to measure snow depth at Thompson Pass, Alaska. Researchers in the Pacific Northwest and Alaska are looking for backcountry enthusiasts who want to aid a science mission. A program funded by NASA is recruiting citizen scientists to measure s
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A Voracious Starfish Is Destroying the Great Barrier Reef To eat the hard coral, the starfish has an extrudable stomach that wraps around the coral and ingests it. A starfish can eat its body diameter in coral every night. Since the inception of a control program in 2012, the marine park authority has culled more than 600,000 starfish from the northern and central reef areas, Mr. Nucifora said. One study found that between 1985 and 2012, the reef lost a
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Podcast-special: Her er årets største danske forskningsresultater Transformator Ingeniørens fredagspodcast sætter strøm til ugens største nyheder inden for teknologi, forskning og naturvidenskab og analyserer de svingninger, der på godt og ondt transformerer verden og vores samfund. Anders Høeg Nissen er vært på Transformator Foto: PodLAB Abonnér på Transformator: Følg i iTunes På mobilen: Søg på Ingeniøren i din podcast-app. På iPhone er podcast-appen indbygge
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Fowl weather friends: Arkansas students print 3-D duck leg Solving the world's food, feed and bioenergy challenges requires integration of multiple approaches and diverse skills. Andrea Eveland, Ph.D., assistant member at the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, and her team identified …
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Why cable bills are rising again and what can you do This Wednesday, May 30, 2007, file photo shows a cable box on top of a television in Philadelphia. Cable and satellite TV providers are ringing in 2018 with an unwelcomed gift: higher cable bills. Although annual rate hikes are inevitable, many consumers manage to lower their bills by pushing back and getting promotional rates. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File) Cable and satellite TV providers are rin
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HP recalls computer batteries over fire riskHP on Thursday announced a recall of batteries in some of its notebook and mobile workstation computers due to the risk they could burst into flames.
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Intel CEO sold shares before chip security flaw disclosed This Thursday, Jan. 7, 2016, file photo shows a laptop that uses Intel's chip technology, at the Intel booth during CES International in Las Vegas. Technology companies are scrambling to fix serious security flaws affecting computer processors built by Intel and other chipmakers and found in many of the world's personal computers and smartphones. (AP Photo/John Locher, File) Intel's CEO sold shar
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Shakedown in Oklahoma: To cut the number of bigger earthquakes, inject less saltwater Figure 2 from Pollyea et al., Annual geographic centroid locations for the years 2011-2016 (the underlying fault map is by Marsh and Holland, 2016), including volume-weighted well centroids, the 1σ radius of gyration, and M3+ earthquake centroids. Credit: Pollyea et al. and Geology In Oklahoma, reducing the amount of saltwater (highly brackish water produced during oil and gas recovery) pumped in
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Inattentional blindness: Why drivers may fail to see motorcycles in plain sight Credit: CC0 Public Domain The disproportionately high number of motorcycle-related traffic accidents may be linked to the way the human brain processes—or fails to process—information, according to new research published in Human Factors, "Allocating Attention to Detect Motorcycles: The Role of Inattentional Blindness." The study examines how the phenomenon of inattentional blindness, or a person
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Cardiff University scientists' drugs test breakthrough Image copyright Getty Images Scientists in Wales have helped develop a technique to streamline production of new drugs to detect if they could become ineffective or even harmful. Researchers can now spot if molecules could be unable to bind to proteins or enzymes in the body as intended. Compounds can become mirror images of themselves, known as racemisation, rendering them unable to work properl
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https://karriere.jobfinder.dk/da/ugens-it-job-1På dagens liste er der job for både teknikere, ledere, arkitekter og udviklere. Find det rette job for dig.
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Ugens it-job: Udviklerjob hos 3Shape eller sikkerhedschef hos SydbankPå dagens liste er der job for både teknikere, ledere, arkitekter og udviklere. Find det rette job for dig.
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'Latte levy' of 25p urged by MPs in bid to cut cup waste Image copyright Getty Images MPs are calling for a 25p "latte levy" on disposal coffee cups – and a total ban unless recycling improves. The Environmental Audit Committee says the tax should be used to improve the UK's recycling and reprocessing facilities. The MPs say throwaway cups should be prohibited altogether by 2023 if they are not all being recycled. The government agrees plastic waste is
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Se videoen: Kan du koncentrere dig i et minut? Afsløring – der sker ikke noget på videoen herover. Det er bare en et minut lang video, filmet på Peter Qvortrup Geislings fisketur, hvor man kigger ud over vandet. Videoen er fra Sundhedsmagasinet i tirsdags, der handlede om hjernen og om, hvordan vi kan træne os til mere koncentration og nærvær. Måske burde nytårsforsættet være at træne hjernen i år? Læs også: Sådan træner du din hjerne i topfo
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Virksomhed i Mariager skal være med til at løse Kina-problem med husholdningsaffald 04. jan. 2018 kl. 17.09 opdateret 04. jan. 2018 kl. 21.32 Noget plastikaffald er betydeligt nemmere at genanvende end andet, og derfor har Danmark i stil med mange andre lande sendt for eksempel rugbrødsposer og plastbakker fra husholdningsaffaldet så langt som til Kina for at komme af med det. I 2016 alene modtog Kina syv millioner tons plastaffald fra vestlige lande, men nu har kineserne sagt f
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Amatør opdager 23 millioner cifre langt primtal Det er ikke meget mere end et år siden, at matematikere sidste gang opdagede et primtal, der var større end det, man hidtil har regnet sig frem til. Kort efter jul fandt en amatørs hjemmecomputer et endnu længere et. Det skriver den britiske avis The Guardian . Primtallet er 23 millioner cifre langt og bliver derfor ikke gengivet her. Men ifølge The Guardian kendes det som M77232917 . Amatørs com
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Cold Casualties: Sharksicles And Frozen Iguanas In Florida, it's raining iguanas. And in Cape Cod, sharksicles are washing ashore. The unusual cold that has slammed the U.S. East Coast is wreaking havoc with wildlife, particularly the cold-blooded variety. As one no doubt remembers from grade-school science class, reptiles and fish take heat from their environment — when it is warm enough, all is well, but if it gets too cold, you can expect s
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Think twice about buying 'squashed-faced' breeds, vets urge dog-lovers Vets have urged dog-lovers to think twice about buying squashed-faced dogs such as pugs and French bulldogs, after many would-be owners were found to be unaware of the health problems such breeds often experience. According to data from the Kennel Club, registrations of squashed-faced, or brachycephalic, breeds have shot up in recent years: while just 692 French bulldogs were registered in 2007,
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Jurist: Under GDPR ville Statens Serum Institut være blevet ramt af bøde-hammeren En vred minister , forargede borgere og kritik i pressen har været efterdønningerne af, at Statens Serum Institut (SSI) ikke overholdt persondataloven. Sagen rejser dog også spørgsmålet om, hvad konsekvensen for instituttet ville være, hvis brøden var foregået efter den 25. maj i år, hvor de nye persondataregler GDPR træder i kraft. Og om SSI til den tid ville kunne få en bøde. Kort om GDPR – den
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Inattentional blindness The disproportionately high number of motorcycle-related traffic accidents may be linked to the way the human brain processes–or fails to process–information, according to new research published in Human Factors, "Allocating Attention to Detect Motorcycles: The Role of Inattentional Blindness." The study examines how the phenomenon of inattentional blindness, or a person's failure to notice an
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Leder: I et år har Justitsministeriet krævet ulovlig overvågning. Nu må det stoppe Landets Justitsministerium burde være garant for, at de regler, vi indretter vores samfund efter, lever op til internationale aftaler, vores egen grundlov og ikke er i konflikt med sig selv. Alligevel har netop Justitsministeriet i nu over et år blæst på, at ministeriets egen bekendtgørelse om logning af teledata er direkte ulovlig. For godt et år siden, den 21. december 2016, afsagde EU-Domstole
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Super-avanceret sensorteknologi skal finde MH370 Hvis nogen skal finde rester af det forsvundne Malaysia Airlines-passagerfly MH370 på havbunden, så er det bedste bud lige nu nok det amerikanske firma Ocean Infinity , der har leaset det norske skib Seabed Constructor . Skibet byder i sig selv som sådan ikke på noget, man ikke er set før. Men under dæk venter otte højteknologiske vidundere – undervandsdroner, der er udstyret med verdens bedste s
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Earthquake Alerts: How to Get an Early Warning for the Next Big One At 2:39 am Thursday morning, millions of Bay Area residents from Sacramento to San Jose were shaken awake by the rolling tremble of a 4.4 magnitude earthquake . The eight-mile deep tremor struck along the Hayward fault, two miles southeast of Berkeley. From my apartment just 20 blocks from the epicenter, I woke with the rest of the neighborhood and rode out the wave from bed for about 10 seconds.
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Impact of inactivity on muscles more severe for older people According to a recent study published in The Journal of Physiology , researchers have been able to document for the first time how the same period of inactivity has a greater and more severe impact on the muscle power of the lower limbs of the elderly than young people, which is essential for movements like climbing the stairs. The disuse of muscles due to a sedentary lifestyle or short periods o
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Does all this cold weather mean there will be fewer mosquitoes next summer? The snow is blowing sideways outside, and the temperature is stuck somewhere between ‘brrrrrr’ and ‘Holy Fahrenheit and Lord Celsius, whyyyyy?!?’ It’s awful out there, and we’re only a few days into the year. So is there anything we can look forward to? Any upside to the massive chill pill being forced down our throats? Maybe the cold will kill off the cold-blooded bloodsuckers that make our live
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Advances in brain imaging settle debate over spread of key protein in Alzheimer's Recent advances in brain imaging have enabled scientists to show for the first time that a key protein which causes nerve cell death spreads throughout the brain in Alzheimer's disease – and hence that blocking its spread may prevent the disease from taking hold. An estimated 44 million people worldwide are living with Alzheimer's disease, a disease whose symptoms include memory problems, changes
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What is ‘blockchain’ and what does it mean for me? You may have heard of blockchain, but still be confused about exactly what it is, what the hype around it really means, and how it could affect you. “…there is a bit too much hype surrounding the term ‘blockchain.'” Roger Wattenhofer, a professor of distributed computing at the information technology and electrical engineering department at ETH Zurich, began to take an interest in bitcoin and blo
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Bonobos like bullies more than helpers While most people prefer individuals who are kind and helpful to others, bonobos may be more attracted to the opposite, a new study finds. “Humans might have this unique preference for helpers that is really at the heart of why we’re so cooperative…” The researchers were surprised by the findings because these African apes—our closest relatives in the animal kingdom along with chimpanzees—have be
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WHO accused of 'institutional ageism' over five-year work programme The World Health Organisation (WHO) is being accused of institutional ageism by academics, who say older people and dementia have been left out of its work programme for the next five years. In a letter published in the Lancet medical journal , the academics say WHO is “washing its hands” of older people. “This is entirely unacceptable. If the proposed programme is approved, it will considerably
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Experts call for World Health Organization to rethink 'unacceptable' plans The World Health Organization (WHO) has been accused of "washing its hands of older people" in its proposed priorities for future work. In a letter published online in The Lancet , experts on ageing from the University of East Anglia (UEA) and the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) say the draft WHO 13th General Programme of Work makes no reference to older people or to conditio
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Will self-driving cars threaten your security? While every new generation of automobile technology brings new security risks, the vulnerabilities that come along with self-driving cars are unprecedented and understudied, a new paper suggests. Imagine the following scenarios: Instead of taking you home from work, your self-driving car delivers you to a desolate road, where it pulls off on the shoulder and stops. You call your vehicle to pick y
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Jimmie Holland, Who Cared for the Cancer Patient’s Mind, Dies at 89 Then her ambitions widened — she planned to be a country doctor or a pediatrician — before she gravitated to what would prove to be a groundbreaking psychiatric specialty. She recounted several reasons for doing so: Her uncle had been institutionalized for a mental breakdown when she was 9; her first husband committed suicide when she was 27; and she was frustrated that her second husband’s oncol
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A ‘Humanely’ Killed Animal Is Still Killed—And That’s Wrong Western conventional wisdom about animal ethics is that killing an animal is not the problem; the problem is making the animal suffer. As long as we have treated and killed an animal in a ‘humane’ way, we have done nothing wrong. A compelling example of this belief is found in the case of dogs and cats, animals particularly valued in Western culture. If someone inflicts suffering on a dog or cat,
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Beijing Is Getting a $2.1 Billion AI District This Question Helps Reveal How Slippery Online Harassment Is to Define A new Pew Research Center study hints at why social networks rarely seem to get harassment issues right. A sample question: Alice has a disagreement with Bob. Alice forwards it to Clare, who posts it online. Bob gets unkind and vulgar messages, and is… Read more A new Pew Research Center study hints at why social networks rare
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‘Pillows’ reveal when oceans got spurt of oxygen The transition to a world with an oxygenated deep ocean occurred between 540 and 420 million years ago, new research suggests. Researchers attribute the change to an increase in atmospheric O 2 to levels comparable to the 21 percent oxygen in the atmosphere today. This inferred rise comes hundreds of millions of years after the origination of animals, which occurred between 700 and 800 million ye
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NASA is headed to Earth’s outermost edge In the Dec. 23 & Jan. 6 SN : Our top stories of 2017, grounded pterosaur hatchlings, protectors of the Dead Sea Scrolls, a counterintuitive metamaterial, neutron star sizing, arrow of time reversed, E. coli in flour and more.
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The Ocean Is Suffocating, and It's Our Fault Ocean "dead zones" — regions of the sea where oxygen is severely or entirely depleted and most forms of life can't survive — are becoming more numerous, and scientists warn that they will continue to increase unless we curb the factors driving global climate change, which is fueling this alarming shift in ocean chemistry. Even outside these near-lifeless ocean regions , rising global temper
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