A German candy maker is hoping to tempt the taste-buds of Berliners with customized fruit gum sweets made with a 3D printer. …read more Source:: UKScienceNews
Month: September 2015
Taurinus X200: Now the most ‘Free Software’ laptop on the planet
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•The Free Software Foundation has announced Libiquity’s Taurinus X200 laptop has met its strict requirements for being a free-software computer, including replacing Intel’s Management Engine firmware. …read more Source:: Linux
Competing mice reveal genetic defects
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•A sensitive new toxicity test detected impaired reproduction in mice caused by genetic mutations that had seemed harmless when studied by developmental techniques. …read more Source:: Science
Linux-powered botnet generates giant denial of service attacks
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•Linux won the day as the more secure alternative to Windows, and its popularity as a result as given rise to the real threat of Linux botnets, according to Akamai.<br …read more Source:: Linux
U.S. biotech to apply artificial intelligence to UK genome study
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•CHICAGO (Reuters) – Berg, a private company that uses artificial intelligence to discover new drugs and diagnostics, will help England’s national genomics project mine DNA and health data from thousands …read more Source:: UKScienceNews
From pixels to pixies: the future of touch is sound
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•SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Ultrasound – inaudible sound waves normally associated with cancer treatments and monitoring the unborn – may change the way we interact with our mobile devices. …read more Source:: UKScienceNews
Scientists to bypass brain damage by re-encoding memories
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•Researchers are testing a prosthesis that translates short-term memories into longer-term ones, with the potential to bypass damaged portions of the brain. …read more Source:: Science
Making batteries with portabella mushrooms
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•Can portabella mushrooms stop cell phone batteries from degrading over time? Researchers think so. They have created a new type of lithium-ion battery anode using portabella mushrooms, which are inexpensive, …read more Source:: Science
Relationship between sympathy, helping others could provide clues to development of altruism
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•Developmental psychologists long have debated whether individuals volunteer and help others because they are sympathetic or whether they are sympathetic because they are prosocial. Now, new research helps clarify some …read more Source:: Science
Sleep may strengthen long-term memories in the immune system
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•More than a century ago, scientists demonstrated that sleep supports the retention of memories of facts and events. Later studies have shown that slow-wave sleep, often referred to as deep …read more Source:: Science