The world has witnessed enormous advances in autonomous passenger vehicle technologies over the last dozen years. The performance of microprocessors, memory chips and sensors needed for autonomous driving has greatly increased, ...
Hi Tech & Innovation
Aug 8, 2016
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Google's Project Loon aims to provide internet access to the entire globe using a network of high-altitude balloons. Less than half the world's population and fewer than 30 per cent of people in Africa and Asia have internet ...
Engineering
Aug 8, 2016
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Pesticides beekeepers are using to improve honeybee health may actually be harming the bees by damaging the bacteria communities in their guts, according to a team led by a Virginia Tech scientist.
Plants & Animals
Aug 8, 2016
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An international team that includes University of Miami (UM) Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science researchers found behavioral evidence that tiger sharks prefer to opportunistically scavenge on dead or weakened ...
Ecology
Aug 8, 2016
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Teenagers who regularly play online video games tend to improve their school results, according to new research from RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia.
Social Sciences
Aug 8, 2016
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Scientists have identified four new pathogens previously not found in Australian chillies, raising the stakes for the country's quarantine and disease resistance efforts.
Plants & Animals
Aug 8, 2016
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Take a look around and you'll see evidence of the widespread adoption of wearable sensors for health and fitness, such as the Fitbit, Garmin or other devices.
Engineering
Aug 8, 2016
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Early in the development of female embryos, a crucial event occurs in all cells: An X chromosome is silenced. Whereas males have only one X chromosome, females have two—which means they can have twice as many proteins generated ...
Biotechnology
Aug 8, 2016
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Researchers at the Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV), Valencia's Oceanogràfic and the University of Alcalá (UAH) are carrying out a study to analyse the possible influence of anthropogenic or human-generated disturbances ...
Ecology
Aug 8, 2016
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Imagine you woke up to discover a massive cyber attack on your country. All government data has been destroyed, taking out healthcare records, birth certificates, social care records and so much more. The transport system ...
Security
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