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Engineers create rubbery 'smart' material to treat open wounds, infections and cancer
Science Daily - 26 Feb 2019 22:50
Researchers have developed a material -- a new kind of shape memory polymer (SMP) -- that could have major implications for health care.
This is What a Smartphone With an 18,000mAh Battery Looks Like
Mac Rumors - 26 Feb 2019 02:44
Energizer, best known for its line of batteries, recently announced a whole slew of new smartphones, including one that comes with a massive 18,000mAh battery. Energizer is showing off its smartphones at Mobile World Con...
NASA scientists build 'primordial ocean' to recreate origins of life - CNET
CNET - 26 Feb 2019 02:31
Putting the young Earth's ocean in a glass provides tantalizing clues as to where we might find life in deep space.
How the bacterial replicative helicase opens to start DNA replication process
Science Daily - 26 Feb 2019 22:50
Researchers have identified the mechanism used by the helicase ring to thread around and separate entwined DNA strands in the replication process.
SlashGear's Best of MWC 2019!
Slash Gear - 26 Feb 2019 21:34
It’s been an unexpectedly packed Mobile World Congress 2019, and this year’s big show in Barcelona, Spain hasn’t been short on news. Foldable phones, striking notebooks, glossy augmented reality, and great lashings...
Critical WinRAR Flaw Found Actively Being Exploited
Threatpost - 26 Feb 2019 16:51
The spam campaign is being used to spread a malicious .exe file, taking advantage of a vulnerability in WinRAR which was patched in January.
Gravitational Waves Could Solve Hubble Constant Conundrum
SPACE.com - 26 Feb 2019 14:05
Analyzing ripples in the fabric of space and time created by pairs of dead stars may soon solve a cosmic mystery surrounding how quickly the universe is expanding -- if scientists are lucky.
There's a way to hide the Galaxy S10's camera hole, but you'll get a massive bezel instead
BGR - 26 Feb 2019 04:03
The Galaxy S10 may have not been unveiled in Barcelona at the Mobile World Congress, but the phone is still one the stars of the show. All of the variants, including the Galaxy S10 5G, are on display at Samsung's huge bo...
The ESA captures stunning images of ancient waterways on Mars
BGR - 26 Feb 2019 03:08
Mars as we know it today is a dusty, dried-up ball of rock with a little bit of ice here and there, but things were much different a long time ago. Through the various missions undertaken by NASA and the European Space A...
Chinese scientists invent new method of sterilizing drinking water with sunlight
BGR - 26 Feb 2019 00:29
Making drinking water safe to consume is actually more complicated than you might imagine. Destroying bacteria in any water source can be a challenge, and the methods that are used to cleanse water before it is made avai...
Why Tesla's electric cars can burn hours after a crash
Mashable - 26 Feb 2019 00:12D-Link Releases New, Battery-Powered Wi-Fi Water Sensor (That Works With Google Assistant
Medical Design Technology - 26 Feb 2019 23:34
Product Announcement D-Link announced today its new DCH-S161 Wi-Fi Water sensor--one of the first to work with Google Assistant. The sensor, an updated version of the DCH-S160, runs off batteries and provides voice contr...
Samacsys, Altium Deliver Integrated Platform for PCB Footprints, Schematic Symbols And 3D Models
Medical Design Technology - 26 Feb 2019 23:19
News SamacSys Ltd, the world's leading provider of electronic component CAD models, has completed a new integration with Altium, a leading supplier of PCB design tools. . Announced at the embedded world trade fair in Nur...
New method uses AI to screen for fetal alcohol spectrum disorder
Science Daily - 26 Feb 2019 22:50
Scientists have developed a new tool that can screen children for fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) quickly and affordably, making it accessible to more children in remote locations worldwide.
Cellular alterations increase vulnerability of obese and diabetic individuals to infection
Science Daily - 26 Feb 2019 22:50
A study identifies changes to neutrophils that appear to explain why people suffering from obesity and type 2 diabetes are more likely to contract infectious diseases.
Infants exposed to corticosteroids in utero are smaller at birth
Science Daily - 26 Feb 2019 21:43
Infants exposed to antenatal corticosteroid therapy (ACT) to accelerate lung maturation have a clinically significant reduction in birth size, according to a new of study of 278,508 births.
Lowering lactose and carbs in milk does not help severely malnourished children
Science Daily - 26 Feb 2019 21:43
Treating hospitalized, severely malnourished children with a lactose-free, reduced-carbohydrate milk formula does not improve clinical outcomes, according to a new study.
Machine learning could eliminate unnecessary treatments for children with arthritis
Science Daily - 26 Feb 2019 21:43
Machine learning algorithm was able to sort children with arthritis into seven distinct types of disease according to the location of painful joints in the body in a way that was predictive of disease outcome. This will ...
US Appeals Court Clears AT&T's $81B Purchase of Time Warner
Medical Design Technology - 26 Feb 2019 21:17
News A federal appeals court on Tuesday cleared AT&T's takeover of Time Warner, rejecting the Trump administration's claims that the $81 billion deal will harm consumers and reduce competition in the TV industry. Contrib...
Study reveals that night and weekend births have substantially higher risk of delivery complications
Science Daily - 26 Feb 2019 19:50
As if expecting mothers didn't have enough to worry about, a new study has found that the quantity of delivery complications in hospitals are substantially higher during nights, weekends and holidays, and in teaching hos...
An existing drug may have therapeutic potential in mitochondrial disease
Science Daily - 26 Feb 2019 19:50
New preclinical findings from extensive cell and animal studies suggest that a drug already used for a rare kidney disease could benefit patients with some mitochondrial disorders -- complex conditions with severe energy...
Tuesdays with Roger: Tapping into the Visual Cloud
Medical Design Technology - 26 Feb 2019 18:25
Videos On this week's episode of Tuesdays with Roger, Recon Analytics' Roger Entner and Intel's Lynn Comp, VP and GM of Visual Cloud Network Platforms, discuss new opportunities and applications around the visual cloud a...