From backyard pool chemical to nanomaterial
Could a cheap molecule used to disinfect swimming pools provide the key to creating a new form of DNA nanomaterials?
Biochemistry
Mar 1, 2016
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Around a third of workers fear for jobs and pay, research says
The scale of workers' insecurity since the economic crisis is revealed in research showing that 32% believed that there was a risk of losing their jobs and 38% were anxious that their pay would be cut.
Social Sciences
Mar 1, 2016
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National Zoo closes attraction after E. coli discovered
The Smithsonian's National Zoo shut down its Kid's Farm exhibit after E. coli was found in some animals.
Plants & Animals
Mar 1, 2016
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Tax credit extensions can impact renewable energy deployment and electric sector
The Energy Department's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) today released new analysis exploring the potential impact of recently extended federal tax credits on the deployment of renewable generation technologies ...
Energy & Green Tech
Mar 1, 2016
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Researchers' new advance in quest for second generation biofuels
Scientists at the University of York are part of an international research team that has made a significant step forward in understanding the processes naturally occurring enzymes use to degrade microbe-resistant biomass, ...
Biotechnology
Mar 1, 2016
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In face of uncertainty, carmakers bet on SUVs, new tech
Automakers looking to support sales in the face of global economic uncertainty are betting on new SUVs and the promise of high tech as they try to outshine each other at the Geneva International Motor Show.
Business
Mar 1, 2016
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Can the FBI force a company to break into its own products?
Can the FBI force a company like Apple to extract data from a customer's smartphone? In the fight over an iPhone used by an extremist killer in San Bernardino, some legal experts say Congress has never explicitly granted ...
Security
Mar 1, 2016
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Lynch: 'Open dialogue' needed between law enforcement, tech
Law enforcement and technology companies at odds over encryption and other issues of digital privacy need to have an "open dialogue" to try to resolve their differences, Attorney General Loretta Lynch is asserting.
Security
Mar 1, 2016
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An integrated evaluation framework for water storage strategies in Sub-Sahara Africa
The current study proposes a multi-criteria decision aid framework to funding agencies for the integrated evaluation of water storage systems in Ethiopia and more broadly in Sub-Saharan Africa. Various water storage schemes ...
Environment
Mar 1, 2016
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Why celestial bodies come in different sizes
Our solar system contains one massive object—the sun—and many smaller planets and asteroids. Now researchers from Duke University in Durham, N.C. have proposed a new explanation for the size diversity, which is found ...
General Physics
Mar 1, 2016
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