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Apollo astronaut thinks sending humans to Mars is 'almost ridiculous'
BGR - 26 Dec 2018 01:03
Mars is the hottest topic in the space science world these days, with new rovers, orbiters, and landers finding out new and exciting things about the Red Planet with startling regularity. Multiple manned missions are alr...
Post-natal depression in dads linked to depression in their teenage daughters
Science Daily - 26 Dec 2018 20:28
Fathers as well as mothers can experience post-natal depression -- and it is linked to emotional problems for their teenage daughters, new research has found.
Confronting the side effects of a common anti-cancer treatment
Science Daily - 26 Dec 2018 23:40
Results of a new study suggest that a new treatment approach is needed -- and how this may be possible -- to address adverse effects of aromatase inhibitors, drugs commonly prescribed to both men and women to prevent rec...
Two for One: How Our Brains Reward Us Twice for Every Meal
Discover - 26 Dec 2018 23:49
Food. It's probably on your mind quite a bit this holiday season, whether you're anticipating festive meals or dreading the pounds you might pack on during a bout of epicurean overindulgence. Though tips on managing our ...
MODI: a DIY Development Kit for Iot Devices and Robotics
Medical Design Technology - 26 Dec 2018 21:41
Videos LUXROBO, an IoT robotics company, is showcasing its customizable IoT smart modules called MODI at the CES 2019 in Las Vegas. This device allows users to customize and code their own smart homes and smart classroom...
Forget Nail Polish: Fingernail Sensor Provides Health Insights
Medical Design Technology - 26 Dec 2018 21:23
Videos IBM researchers have created tiny fingernail sensors that help doctors detect and monitor both diseases and movement disorders. The prototype monitors the progression of the disease with AI analysis and grip stren...
New Composite Advances Lignin as a Renewable 3D Printing Material
Medical Design Technology - 26 Dec 2018 20:54
News Scientists at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory have created a recipe for a renewable 3D printing feedstock that could spur a profitable new use for an intractable biorefinery byproduct: ligni...
Designing Self-Driving Cars for the Elderly
Medical Design Technology - 26 Dec 2018 20:33
Article A lot is going on when it comes to the topic of self-driving vehicles then. However, a lot of people are still skeptical about the technology. In fact, a survey by AAA suggested that around 75 percent of the publ...
Cell size and cell-cycle states play key decision-making role in HIV
Science Daily - 26 Dec 2018 20:29
Thanks to the development of antiretroviral drugs, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is considered a manageable chronic disease today. However, if left undiagnosed or untreated, HIV can develop into AIDS (acquired immun...
How skin ages, loses fat and immunity
Science Daily - 26 Dec 2018 20:28
Some dermal fibroblasts can convert into fat cells that reside under the dermis, giving skin a youthful look and producing peptides that fight infections. Researchers show how this happens and what causes it to stop as p...
Buzzed flies reveal important step to intoxication
Science Daily - 26 Dec 2018 20:28
The alcohol in beverages acts much like an anesthetic. It creates a hyper 'buzzed' feeling first, and then sedation. But how? It turns out there is an important intermediate step that wasn't previously known.
Exoskeleton Event Brings Teams Together to Advance Exoskeleton Technology
Medical Design Technology - 26 Dec 2018 17:43
Article While many of us were celebrating the holidays with loved ones, there were soldiers overseas protecting us, allowing those special holiday moments to transpire. Recently, numerous organizations came together to s...
5G TTCN-3 Conformance Test Case to 3GPP RAN 5 for 5G NR Device Certification
Medical Design Technology - 26 Dec 2018 17:01
Product Announcement Keysight Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: KEYS), a leading technology company that helps enterprises, service providers, and governments accelerate innovation to... Contributed Author: Keysight Technologies...
Amazon just announced its best-selling electronics of the holidays - and they're all still on sale
BGR - 26 Dec 2018 16:46
Amazon on Wednesday announced that this past holiday shopping season was its most successful season ever, with more items ordered worldwide than ever before. That shouldn't come as much of a surprise considering how good...
Swedish Research Multiplies the Life of Rechargeable Nimh Batteries
Medical Design Technology - 26 Dec 2018 16:41
News Researchers at Stockholm University have developed a method to multiply the lifespan of nickel-metal hydride batteries. This means that the batteries can handle a great many more charging cycles without losing capac...
New Material Cleans and Splits Water
Medical Design Technology - 26 Dec 2018 16:36
News Some of the most useful and versatile materials today are the metal-organic frameworks (MOFs). MOFs are a class of materials demonstrating structural versatility, high porosity, fascinating optical and electronic......
Holiday Asteroid Imaged With NASA Radar
Medical Design Technology - 26 Dec 2018 16:27
News The December 2018 close approach by the large, near-Earth asteroid 2003 SD220 has provided astronomers an outstanding opportunity to obtain detailed radar images... Contributed Author: NASA Topics: Radar
Why is this the one thing Android phone makers won't steal from the iPhone?
BGR - 26 Dec 2018 16:21China's Huawei Faces New Setbacks in Europe's Telecom Market
SecurityWeek - 26 Dec 2018 16:07
The U.S. dispute with China over a ban on tech giant Huawei is spilling over to Europe, the company's biggest foreign market, where some countries are also starting to shun its network systems over data security concerns...
6 Ways to Anger Attackers on Your Network
Dark Reading - 26 Dec 2018 16:00
Because you can't hack back without breaking the law, these tactics will frustrate, deceive, and annoy intruders instead.
The Finnish Swimmers Who Chill Out in Subzero Temperatures
Wired - 26 Dec 2018 16:00
Who needs a warm tropical beach when you can enjoy a hole in the ice? Definitely not the Finns.
Social Media Helped Make 2018 the Year of the Scammer
Wired - 26 Dec 2018 16:00
Hustlers have always tried to get over on the powerless--in 2018, though, the tables began to turn.