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Pokemon is back with a hit new gaming app

With over 60 million downloads and an estimated $180 million in revenue since late October, a new Pokemon mobile game app is enjoying worldwide success as the latest incarnation of the hit Nintendo-owned franchise.

Google renews push into mixed reality headgear

Google is ramping up its push into smart glasses and augmented reality headgear, taking on rivals Apple and Meta with help from its sophisticated Gemini artificial intelligence.

Open source system detects new varieties of cyberattacks

Cyberattacks have become a major risk for companies and other organizations. To prevent data theft, sabotage and extortion, many companies and government agencies are turning in response to Security Information and Event ...

Simulation software boosts climate resilience in buildings

Storms, hail, rising floodwaters—extreme weather events have caused billions of euros in damage in recent years. In the ResCentric project, researchers from the Fraunhofer Institute for High-Speed Dynamics, Ernst-Mach-Institut, ...

GM opened a lab to prevent software bugs in new vehicles

General Motors Co. has developed a software-testing lab inside its Global Technical Center that it's replicating elsewhere, including in GM's Silicon Valley office, to prevent bugs from entering new vehicles and affecting ...

Swedish app aims to solve household chore disputes

Who's doing household chores? There's an app for that—in an effort to make "invisible work visible", Swedish engineering students have developed an app for families to organize and track housework.

Software package can bypass CPU for more efficient computing

Technion Researchers have developed a software package that enables computers to perform processing operations directly in memory, bypassing the CPU. This is a significant step toward developing computers that perform calculations ...

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AI-powered staining in microbiology: Researchers introduce virtual Gram staining of label-free bacteria
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Environment
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Polymers
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Molecular & Computational biology
Natural products from soil fungus could replace harmful pesticides in agriculture
Astronomy
Discovery poised to help detect dark matter and pave way to unravel the universe's secrets
Plants & Animals
Logging and conversion of tropical forests to oil palm plantations have wide effects on ecosystems, study shows
Evolution
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Planetary Sciences
Water and carbon dioxide detected in the atmosphere of a hot super-Neptune exoplanet
Analytical Chemistry
Wireless electrochemical synthesis: Microelectronics transform well plate for high-throughput experimentation
Nanophysics
Domain wall fluctuations in 2D materials reveal a new mechanism of superconductivity
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Chemists unlock potential of ketone and ester molecules, paving way for greener and more efficient drug development
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Inhalable therapy uses mussel-inspired nanoparticles to target lung cancer cells
Space Exploration
Spacecraft buzzes Mercury's north pole and beams back stunning photos
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Boreal forests face increased wildfire threat as tree densities shift
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High-resolution simulations explore the physics of star formation
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New apps help researchers with statistical analyses of data

It's a sign of the times: an app store for omics enthusiasts. The Multi-Omics Analysis Portal (MAP) by the end of 2024 will be a one-stop shop for computer applications capable of making sense of various and vast omics data. ...

New code mines microscopy images in scientific articles

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NASA noise prediction tool supports users in air taxi industry

Several air taxi companies are using a NASA-developed computer software tool to predict aircraft noise and aerodynamic performance. This tool allows manufacturers working in fields related to NASA's Advanced Air Mobility ...