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NASA International Space Station On-Orbit Status 2 September 2016
SpaceRef - 6 Sep 2016 14:47
Two astronauts are cleaning up after a spacewalk while a pair of cosmonauts are getting a Soyuz spacecraft ready for departure after the Labor Day weekend. On the ground, three new crew members are preparing for a launch...
AMD ships its extra-efficient 7th-generation processors in PCs
Engadget - 6 Sep 2016 02:50
While Intel is busy revamping its laptop processors, AMD is focused on the desktop side of personal computing. The chip designer has started shipping its 7th-generation A-series processors in desktop PCs, starting with m...
Detailed age map shows how Milky Way came together
Phys.org - 6 Sep 2016 19:45
Using colors to identify the approximate ages of more than 130,000 stars in the Milky Way's halo, Notre Dame astronomers have produced the clearest picture yet of how the galaxy formed more than 13.5 billion years ago.
NASA International Space Station On-Orbit Status 5 September 2016
SpaceRef - 6 Sep 2016 18:03
Today: Bigelow Expandable Activity Module (BEAM) Ingress and Sampling: Flight Engineer (FE)-6 Rubins ingressed the BEAM and collected the deployed Radiation Area Monitor (RAM) dosimeters and performed Microbial Air Sampl...
Dolphin emulator now supports every GameCube game
Engadget - 6 Sep 2016 15:05
The open-source Dolphin emulator has been able to run nearly every GameCube title since 2009, but one title has stumped it -- Star Wars: The Clone Wars. It turns out that the 14-year-old game used some pretty clever, tri...
Carbon nanotube transistors promise faster, leaner processors
Engadget - 6 Sep 2016 00:29
The computing industry sees carbon nanotube transistors as something of a Holy Grail. They promise not just faster performance and lower power consumption than silicon, but a way to prevent the stagnation of processor te...
Hot Wheels AI is the love child of slot cars and Roomba
Engadget - 6 Sep 2016 12:00
Model cars and track racing are the bread and butter of Hot Wheels, but they might look a little long in the tooth compared to flashy console games like Gran Turismo and Need for Speed. With the new Hot Wheels AI set, to...
AstraZeneca's Benralizumab Treatment Can Reduce Symptoms Of Severe Asthma
Tech Times - 6 Sep 2016 14:39
The symptoms and risks of severe asthma are reduced by half with AstraZeneca's benralizumab injection every four weeks. The drug works by destroying the eosinophils, which are responsible for causing allergy and asthma, ...
Rosetta's legacy
ESA - 6 Sep 2016 17:00
Tell us how Rosetta has influenced you and there's a chance to win ESA prizes
Bay Area Rapid Transit Using Bacteria-Eating Enzymes To Deal With Urine Stench In Elevators
Tech Times - 6 Sep 2016 14:59
Elevators within the Bay Area Rapid Transit are overrun by urine and the stench of it because of the lack of public bathrooms. This has caused the relevant authorities to utilize something known as Urine-B-Gone.
Mouse Study Finds Brain Circuit That Plays Key Role In Sleep-Wake Cycle And Reward System
Tech Times - 6 Sep 2016 13:13
A mice study identified a brain circuit involved in the sleep-wake cycle and reward system. The findings could lead to new treatments for sleep problems such as insomnia and those associated with neurological disorders.
Volvo creates a company to sell self-driving car software
Engadget - 6 Sep 2016 15:33
Volvo isn't going to hoard its self-driving car expertise. It's partnering with safety supplier Autoliv on a joint venture that will create autonomous driving software (including driver assistance) not just for Volvo, bu...
ITT Tech Is Officially Closing
Gizmodo - 6 Sep 2016 14:17
ITT Technical Institute is officially closing all of its campuses following federal sanctions imposed against the company. The for-profit college announced the changes in a statement:
Galaxy Note 7 ditching batteries from Samsung's own SDI arm
Slash Gear - 6 Sep 2016 03:15
Samsung is really in a heap of trouble, even if it is mostly its mobile business that will directly be affected. The case with the exploding batteries on the Galaxy Note 7 has become a total mess, and Samsung will have n...
Osiris-Rex Spacecraft Blazes Trail for Asteroid Miners
Scientific American - 6 Sep 2016 16:45
Retrieval of a space-rock sample would be proof of concept for mining metals and water --
Report: Huawei is building a successor to the Nexus 7
Ars Technica - 6 Sep 2016 16:33
Evan Blass claims a small Google tablet is coming.
NASA FISO Presentation: NASA Space Portal - A Framework for Space Exploration and Development in the 21st Century?
SpaceRef - 6 Sep 2016 15:31
Now available is the August 17, 2016 NASA Future In-Space Operations (FISO) telecon material. The speaker was Dan Rasky (NASA ARC) who discussed "NASA Space Portal - A Framework for Space Exploration and Development in t...
New CERN LHC Experiments --"Predict a Boson Beyond the Higgs That Could Unlock Clues to Existence of Dark Matter"
The Daily Galaxy - 6 Sep 2016 17:38
Two separate experiments at the Large Hadron Collider at the European Organisation for Nuclear Research, on the French-Swiss border, appear to confirm the existence of a subatomic particle, the Madala boson, that for the...
Make Your Outlets Smarter With Today's WeMo Gold Box Deals
Gizmodo - 6 Sep 2016 14:22
If you have any lamps or appliances you wish you could control from afar, Belkin's popular WeMo Switches are marked down to all-time low prices in today's Amazon Gold Box.
Our Interstellar Neighbors: 5 Potentially Earth-Like Planets Nearby
SPACE.com - 6 Sep 2016 13:28
A possibly Earth-like planet has been found within the habitable zone of humanity's closest stellar neighbor, Proxima Centauri, and astronomers think the newfound world could potentially support life. Here are five more ...
Chromebooks might sport fingerprint scanners soon
Slash Gear - 6 Sep 2016 10:00
Chromebooks are experiencing a revival in market interest, in no small part thanks to Google's promise to bring Android apps to the platform. Given that renewed uptake, it is probably high time that Chromebook makers upd...
Scientists build a laser using human blood
Engadget - 6 Sep 2016 05:11
No, this isn't one of your childhood sci-fi dreams brought to life -- it's real. University of Michigan researchers have developed a medical observation laser where human blood is a key ingredient. When the team shined a...