Imagine you need to have an almost exact copy of an object. Now imagine that you can just pull your smartphone out of your pocket, take a snapshot with its …read more Source:: Science
Day: April 3, 2015
One dollar blood test using gold nanoparticles outperforms PSA screen for prostate cancer, study suggests
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•A test that uses gold nanoparticles to detect early-stage prostate cancer costs less than $1, returns results in minutes and is more accurate than standard PSA screening, pilot studies show. …read more Source:: Science
Newly discovered link between Calaveras, Hayward faults means potentially larger quakes
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•Seismologists have proven that the Hayward and Calaveras faults are essentially the same system, meaning that a rupture on one could trigger a rupture on the other, producing considerably larger …read more Source:: Science
This tool can alert you about evil twin access points in the area
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•By Lucian Constantin A new open-source tool can periodically scan an area for rogue Wi-Fi access points and can alert network administrators if any are found. The tool, called EvilAP_Defender, was designed specifically to …read more Source:: OpenSource
Open source is better off without FoundationDB
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•By Simon Phipps Database startup FoundationDB mysteriously vanished at the end of last month, along with both the downloads of its proprietary database and its open source projects. As it turned out, Apple …read more Source:: OpenSource
UK Government Now Main Driver of ODF Advance: Kudos
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•By editor@techworld.com (Glyn Moody) Back in July last year, I wrote about an incredible opportunity for the open source world. After years of disappointments, and despite the usual lobbying/threats by a certain large US …read more Source:: Open Source
U.S. to halt expanded use of some insecticides amid honey bee decline
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•(Reuters) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) said on Thursday it was unlikely to approve new or expanded uses of certain pesticides while it evaluates the risks they may …read more Source:: UKScienceNews