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Scientists in Mexico Scramble to Deploy Seismic Sensors
Late one night in September, Victor Cruz, a geophysicist at Mexico's National Autonomous University, submitted an article to a scientific journal describing progress...
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How a 130-Year-Old Technology Led to a Nobel Prize
In 1887, Albert Michelson built an experiment that he hoped would lead to the detection of luminiferous ether.
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Southampton Experts to Trial 'instant' Test For Eye Infections
A new microchip can quickly identify serious eye infections and prevent antibiotic misuse by analyzing bacteria from laboratory-infected tissue samples.
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E-Commerce Supports Data-Driven Economic Development
The integration of "pure play" e-commerce and brick-and-mortar goods and services is accelerating.
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Russian Facebook Ads Showed a Black Woman Firing a Rifle, Amid Efforts to Stoke Racial Strife
One of the Russian-bought advertisements that Facebook shared with congressional investigators on Monday featured photographs of an armed black woman "dry firing"...
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Risk of Human-Triggered Earthquakes Laid Out in Biggest-Ever Database
From mining projects to oil and gas operations, human activity has set off earthquakes around the world and in many geological settings.
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Understanding Ethereum, Bitcoin's Virtual Cousin
Bitcoin has many cousins and competitors. None have grown more popular than Ethereum, a global computer network with its own virtual currency, called Ether.
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Chip Reprograms Cells to Regenerate Damaged Tissue
The ability to convert, or "reprogram" cells into other types has raised hopes for regenerating damaged limbs and organs. But existing methods are risky or inefficient...
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Unexpected Surprise: A Final Image from Rosetta
Scientists analysing the final telemetry sent by Rosetta immediately before it shut down on the surface of the comet last year have reconstructed one last image...
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As Scrutiny Of Social Networks Grows, Influence Attacks Continue In Real Time
The presidential election is long past, but online attacks aimed at shaping the U.S. information environment have kept right on coming.
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Nasa Damage Map Aids Puerto Rico Hurricane Response
A NASA-produced map showing areas of eastern Puerto Rico that were likely damaged by Hurricane Maria has been provided to responding agencies, including the Federal...
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New Gravitational Wave Detection From Colliding Black Holes
In another step forward for the rapidly expanding universe of invisible astronomy, scientists said on Wednesday that on Aug. 14 they had recorded the space-time...
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Asu Team Takes Cyberbullying App Public
Researchers at Arizona State University have publicly released their BullyBlocker smartphone application.
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Gigantic Ice Spikes on Pluto Trace Climate
Pluto's Bladed Terrain is just as welcoming as the name sounds. The landscape type, which is found only in the high elevation areas around the dwarf planet's equator...
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As N. Korea Threatens Nuclear Missile Test, Are .s. Ballistic Defenses Ready?
After suffering yet another round of sanctions, as well as a provocative UN speech and further sanctions from President Donald Trump, North Korea's leaders have...
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Robots Could Destabilise World Through War and nemployment, Says n
The UN has warned that robots could destabilise the world ahead of the opening of a headquarters in The Hague to monitor developments in artificial intelligence...
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The Coming Software Apocalypse
There were six hours during the night of April 10, 2014, when the entire population of Washington State had no 911 service.
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Intel's New Chip Design Takes Pointers from Your Brain
If you're asked to guess the emotion of someone in a video clip, neurons in your brain will exchange information in a flurry of electronic spikes.
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Atlanta and Georgia Tech Roll Out Smart City Projects
Atlanta is introducing smart city transportation and public safety projects.
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