How mindfulness can help prevent hacks, and four more cybersecurity tips
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Security
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New Texas supercomputer to push the frontiers of science
The National Science Foundation (NSF) announced today that it has awarded $60 million to the Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC) at The University of Texas at Austin for the acquisition and deployment of a new supercomputer ...
Computer Sciences
Aug 29, 2018
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Study identifies distinct groups interested in types of electric vehicles
Drivers considering plug-in hybrid vehicles with a gasoline backup are most interested in economic benefits while those gravitating toward battery-electric vehicles have stronger environmental concerns, according to a study ...
Energy & Green Tech
Aug 29, 2018
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Future impacts of El Niño, La Niña likely to intensify, increasing wildfire, drought risk
When an El Niño or its opposite, La Niña, forms in the future, it's likely to cause more intense impacts over many land regions—amplifying changes to temperature, precipitation and wildfire risk.
Environment
Aug 29, 2018
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Are trees on farms the future for the timber industry?
A multi-disciplinary research team is developing new models for growing trees on farms to help meet the needs of landholders, investors and the timber industry.
Environment
Aug 29, 2018
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Breakthrough could see bacteria used as cell factories to produce biofuels
A new technique for manipulating small cell structures for use in a range of biotechnical applications including the production of biofuels and vaccines has been developed by a team of scientists led by the University of ...
Biotechnology
Aug 29, 2018
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Light programmable guidance of direct current fields in Laplacian metadevices
To enable negative refraction and related optical illusions, metamaterials are artificially engineered with unique properties that result from their internal physical structures, rather than their chemical composition. The ...
China is hot spot of ground-level ozone pollution
In China, people breathe air thick with the lung-damaging pollutant ozone two to six times more often than people in the United States, Europe, Japan, or South Korea, according to a new assessment. By one metric—total number ...
Environment
Aug 29, 2018
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Women who run for office inspire others to do the same, study suggests
s record number of women seek seats in Congress, CU Boulder and Notre Dame researchers probe the motivations behind the trend
Social Sciences
Aug 29, 2018
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UN urges Facebook to 'proactively' fight hate speech
The UN human rights chief urged Facebook Wednesday to more proactively address hate speech but warned against excessive regulation, after US President Donald Trump accused tech giants' platforms of bias against him.
Internet
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