In an online marketplace like Airbnb, host profiles can mean the difference between a booked room and a vacant one. Too peppy, too long, too many exclamation points? Language is critical in a user's search for trust and authenticity, ...
Machine learning & AI
Apr 25, 2019
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There's much to learn about what happens when fission is occurring inside nuclear fuel. Researchers at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) are providing some new insights into that process—without exposing themselves ...
Materials Science
Apr 25, 2019
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When the Republican Party rammed through tax changes in 2017, it wasn't a surprise that the rich got richer.
Economics & Business
Apr 25, 2019
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Conserving wildlife is not very different from improving public health. They both involve (sometimes nasty) debates between people with different opinions and values. In health, some most value the enjoyment they get from ...
Ecology
Apr 25, 2019
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A team of researchers with members from Taiwan, the U.S., China and the U.K. has found evidence that suggests the reason females of most species live longer than males is because of male aggressive tendencies. In their paper ...
Akin to landing lights for aircraft, ESA is developing infrared and phosphorescent markers for satellites, to help future space servicing vehicles rendezvous and dock with their targets.
Space Exploration
Apr 25, 2019
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Researchers at Tokyo Tech have developed a nanosized container bearing photoswitches that takes up hydrophobic compounds of various size and shape in water and subsequently releases them quantitatively by non-invasive light ...
Nanomaterials
Apr 25, 2019
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Comcast kept shedding cable customers and adding home internet customers in its most recent quarter.
Telecom
Apr 25, 2019
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The British government has not yet decided whether to allow China's Huawei to supply parts for the U.K.'s new 5G wireless network, Digital Secretary Jeremy Wright said Thursday, as he condemned leaks from private government ...
Business
Apr 25, 2019
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Japanese scientists have succeeded in creating what they called the first-ever artificial crater on an asteroid, a step towards shedding light on how the solar system evolved, the country's space agency said Thursday.
Space Exploration
Apr 25, 2019
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