From Echo Auto to Alexa: Hits and misses from Amazon's new product reveal
The Echo speakers got the most attention. And pundits had fun with a talking Alexa microwave and clock.
Consumer & Gadgets
Sep 24, 2018
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U.S. undocumented immigrant population roughly double current estimate
The number of undocumented immigrants in the United States is roughly twice as high as commonly believed, according to new research from MIT Sloan and Yale professors.
Social Sciences
Sep 24, 2018
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Image: Herschel's view of the galactic centre
An odd-shaped formation of gas and dust at the centre of the Milky Way, captured by the far-infrared cameras on board ESA's Herschel space observatory. The nearly continuous strip of dense and cold clumps of material forms ...
Astronomy
Sep 24, 2018
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Engineers add sense of touch to prosthetic hand
Engineers at Johns Hopkins University have created an electronic skin, which when added to a prosthetic hand allows the user to feel objects as if through their own hand, including feeling pain when touching a sharp object.
Engineering
Sep 24, 2018
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Material made from single molecule self-forms into a lattice that can self-heal, store gases
A team of researchers affiliated with several institutions in Japan has developed a material made from just a single molecule that self-forms into a lattice that can self-heal and store gases. In their paper published in ...
Evacuation decision-making: How people make choices in disasters
After hurricanes Harvey and Irma, the National Science Foundation (NSF) funded research to investigate the broad impacts of these disasters. A year later, some of the researchers funded by awards from the agency's Social, ...
Environment
Sep 24, 2018
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Researchers study a neutral hydrogen supershell in the Milky Way
A duo of researchers from the Czech Republic has performed a study of the neutral hydrogen supershell known as GS242-03+37, a large structure in the Milky Way galaxy. The research, presented in a paper published September ...
Ecologist suggests wild approach to selling threatened plants
Selling plants could save them from extinction. The key is growing them in their natural habitats, not on private properties or nurseries, according to FIU conservation ecologist Hong Liu.
Ecology
Sep 24, 2018
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Quicker and simpler test to detect infectious disease in dogs
A team of researchers have proposed a new test that rapidly examines dogs for exposure to a parasite transmitted by sand flies. The test could be used in monitoring the effectiveness of sand fly control efforts.
Plants & Animals
Sep 24, 2018
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Spray-on antennas unlock communication of the future
Hear the word "antenna" and you might think about rabbit ears on the top of an old TV or the wire that picks up radio signals for a car. But an antenna can be much smaller – even invisible. No matter its shape or size, ...
Engineering
Sep 24, 2018
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