Microsoft makes IE 11 browser work for Windows 7
Microsoft Corp. said Thursday that it has made its latest browser, Internet Explorer 11, available to users of Windows 7 machines.
Software
Nov 7, 2013
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Singapore PM's website hacked by Anonymous
Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong's official website was hacked Thursday by apparent members of activist group Anonymous after he vowed to hunt down anyone who attacks the city-state's technological network.
Internet
Nov 7, 2013
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Cost-effective method accurately orders DNA sequencing along entire chromosomes
A new computational method has been shown to quickly assign, order and orient DNA sequencing information along entire chromosomes. The method may help overcome a major obstacle that has delayed progress in designing rapid, ...
Biotechnology
Nov 7, 2013
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Wireless device converts 'lost' energy into electric power
Using inexpensive materials configured and tuned to capture microwave signals, researchers at Duke University's Pratt School of Engineering have designed a power-harvesting device with efficiency similar to that of modern ...
General Physics
Nov 7, 2013
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Unique change in protein structure guides production of RNA from DNA
One of biology's most fundamental processes is something called transcription. It is just one step of many required to build proteins—and without it life would not exist. However, many aspects of transcription remain shrouded ...
Cell & Microbiology
Nov 7, 2013
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Plant cell architecture: Growth toward a light source
Inside every plant cell, a cytoskeleton provides an interior scaffolding to direct construction of the cell's walls, and thus the growth of the organism as a whole. Environmental and hormonal signals that modulate cell growth ...
Cell & Microbiology
Nov 7, 2013
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Researchers answer century old question about 3D structure of mitotic chromosomes
Using three dimensional modeling techniques, advanced computer simulation and next generation sequencing technology, faculty at the University of Massachusetts Medical School (UMMS) and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology ...
Cell & Microbiology
Nov 7, 2013
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Scientists say new approach to climate preparedness essential to help people adjust to coming changes
Changes are already happening to Earth's climate due to the burning of fossil fuels, deforestation and large-scale agriculture. As changes get more pronounced, people everywhere will have to adjust. In this week's issue of ...
Environment
Nov 7, 2013
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Babies named for fathers but not mothers reflect US cultural ideologies
From Cal Ripkin, Jr., to MLK to Robert Downey, Jr., finding men named after their fathers is easy. Children named after men in the family – with so-called patronyms – are common around the world. But what about matronymns ...
Social Sciences
Nov 7, 2013
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NASA satellites see Super-Typhoon Haiyan lashing the Philippines
Super-Typhoon Haiyan was lashing the central and southern Philippines on Nov. 7 bringing maximum sustained winds of a Category 5 hurricane. NASA is providing visible, infrared and microwave satellite data to forecasters and ...
Earth Sciences
Nov 7, 2013
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