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How Amnesty International Aims to Bring Technology and Human Rights Together
Singularity Hub - 23 Jan 2016 22:00
Technologies will advance and take hold long before our governments and laws are ready for them. To keep up with the needs of billions of people around the world, it's...
Color-Morphing Clams Could Inspire New Smartphone & TV Screens
Live Science - 23 Jan 2016 17:56
Iridescent cells in the flesh of giant clams could one day help scientists design more efficient solar panels, and television and smartphone screens that are easier on the eyes, researchers say.
Beetle-inspired discovery could reduce frost's costly sting
e! Science News - 23 Jan 2016 13:17
In a discovery that may lead to ways to prevent frost on airplane parts, condenser coils, and even windshields, a team of researchers led by Virginia Tech has used chemical micropatterns to control the growth of frost ca...
Biologists develop method for antibiotic susceptibility testing
Science Daily - 23 Jan 2016 04:43
A team of biologists and biomedical researchers has developed a new method to determine if bacteria are susceptible to antibiotics within a few hours, an advance that could slow the appearance of drug resistance and allo...
Scientists overcome missing data to demonstrate ART effectiveness in HIV-infected infants
Science Daily - 23 Jan 2016 04:43
Scientists have demonstrated that the issue of missing data can be successfully overcome using appropriate statistical methods, and as a result, they were able to show how early initiation of ART in infants allows the in...
Winter Storm Views from Space: See the Latest Satellite Images
Live Science - 23 Jan 2016 04:03
NASA and NOAA have their satellite eyes on the powerful winter storm bearing down on the Mid-Atlantic region of the U.S. East Coast this weekend, with the latest views showing the storm's growth and progress through the ...
Star Cluster Sparkles Like Jewels in Hubble Telescope View (Photo, Video)
Live Science - 23 Jan 2016 03:25
The new Hubble image depicts the star cluster Trumpler 14, a collection of about 2,000 young stars that lies 8,000 light-years from Earth, near the center of the Carina Nebula.
Bad Omen: How Full Moon Could Worsen Looming Storm Jonas
Live Science - 23 Jan 2016 03:05
Can a full moon make a winter storm even worse? Yes, scientists say. Here's how.
Tumor-suppressing gene works by restraining mobile genetic elements that can lead to genomic instability
Science Daily - 23 Jan 2016 02:09
The most commonly mutated gene in cancer, p53, works to prevent tumor formation by keeping mobile elements in check that otherwise lead to genomic instability, researchers have found.