Science X Newsletter Friday, Sep 19

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Here is your customized Phys.org Newsletter for September 19, 2014:


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Spotlight Stories Headlines
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PARTICLE DETECTOR FINDS HINTS OF DARK MATTER IN SPACE
http://phys.org/news/2014-09-particle-detector-hints-dark-space.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=splt-item&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter
FINGERTIP SENSOR GIVES ROBOT UNPRECEDENTED DEXTERITY
http://phys.org/news/2014-09-fingertip-sensor-robot-unprecedented-dexterity.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=splt-item&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter
EXPERIMENT WITH SPEEDING IONS VERIFIES RELATIVISTIC TIME DILATION TO NEW LEVEL OF PRECISION
http://phys.org/news/2014-09-ions-relativistic-dilation-precision.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=splt-item&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter
QUICK-CHANGE MATERIALS BREAK THE SILICON SPEED LIMIT FOR COMPUTERS
http://phys.org/news/2014-09-quick-change-materials-silicon-limit.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=splt-item&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter
DIMINUTIVE DECOYS: MEMBRANE-CLOAKED NANOPARTICLES DISRUPT ANTIBODY-MEDIATED AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES
http://medicalxpress.com/news/2014-09-diminutive-decoys-membrane-cloaked-nanoparticles-disrupt.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=splt-item&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter
IG NOBEL WINNER: USING PORK TO STOP NOSEBLEEDS
http://phys.org/news/2014-09-ig-nobel-winner-pork-nosebleeds.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=splt-item&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter
HOW PARAMECIUM PROTOZOA CLAW THEIR WAY TO THE TOP
http://phys.org/news/2014-09-paramecium-protozoa-claw.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=splt-item&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter
STUDY HELPS UNCOVER MECHANISM BEHIND SOLID-SOLID PHASE TRANSITIONS
http://phys.org/news/2014-09-uncover-mechanism-solid-solid-phase-transitions.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=splt-item&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter
GENE THERAPY IN MICE IMPROVES DEFECTS IN NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION REVERSING NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE SYMPTOMS
http://medicalxpress.com/news/2014-09-gene-therapy-mice-defects-neuromuscular.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=splt-item&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter
HOW THE SIGNAL FROM LIGHT TRIGGERS BIOLOGICAL ACTION IN BACTERIA
http://phys.org/news/2014-09-triggers-biological-action-bacteria.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=splt-item&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter
GRAPHENE SENSOR TRACKS DOWN CANCER BIOMARKERS
http://phys.org/news/2014-09-graphene-sensor-tracks-cancer-biomarkers.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=splt-item&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter
ELUCIDATING EXTREMOPHILIC 'MICROBIAL DARK MATTER'
http://phys.org/news/2014-09-elucidating-extremophilic-microbial-dark.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=splt-item&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter
RESEARCHERS TAKE A LOOK AT THE COMPETITOR'S BRAIN, FIND POSSIBLE SWITCHING MECHANISM
http://medicalxpress.com/news/2014-09-competitor-brain-mechanism.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=splt-item&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter
PHYSICAL CONSTANT IS CONSTANT EVEN IN STRONG GRAVITATIONAL FIELDS
http://phys.org/news/2014-09-physical-constant-strong-gravitational-fields.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=splt-item&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter
SIMPLE TEST CAN HELP DETECT ALZHEIMER'S BEFORE DEMENTIA SIGNS SHOW
http://medicalxpress.com/news/2014-09-simple-alzheimer-dementia.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=splt-item&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter


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Latest News On TECHNOLOGY:
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FINGERTIP SENSOR GIVES ROBOT UNPRECEDENTED DEXTERITY
Researchers at MIT and Northeastern University have equipped a robot with a novel tactile sensor that lets it grasp a USB cable draped freely over a hook and insert it into a USB port.
Full story at http://phys.org/news/2014-09-fingertip-sensor-robot-unprecedented-dexterity.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=ctgr-item&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter

QUICK-CHANGE MATERIALS BREAK THE SILICON SPEED LIMIT FOR COMPUTERS
(Phys.org) —Faster, smaller, greener computers, capable of processing information up to 1,000 times faster than currently available models, could be made possible by replacing silicon with materials that can switch back and forth between different electrical states.
Full story at http://phys.org/news/2014-09-quick-change-materials-silicon-limit.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=ctgr-item&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter

REVIEW: LARGER IPHONES ELIMINATE REASON TO SWITCH
It's easy to dismiss Apple's new iPhones as merely catching up to Android.
Full story at http://phys.org/news/2014-09-larger-iphones.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=ctgr-item&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter

'HONEYBEE' ROBOTS REPLICATE SWARM BEHAVIOUR
Computer scientists have created a low-cost, autonomous micro-robot which in large numbers can replicate the behaviour of swarming honeybees
Full story at http://phys.org/news/2014-09-honeybee-robots-replicate-swarm-behaviour.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=ctgr-item&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter

ELECTRIC CAR BREAKS 200 MPH BARRIER TO SET NEW LAND SPEED RECORD
An electric car built by BYU engineering students has once again set a world land speed record, this time besting the previous mark by nearly 50 mph.
Full story at http://phys.org/news/2014-09-electric-car-mph-barrier.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=ctgr-item&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter

CLOUDFLARE TACKLES LOST SSL KEY RISK WITH KEYLESS SSL
Organizations looking for and concerned about optimal security protection are the targets of a new service announced by San Francisco-based CloudFlare. The offering is called Keyless SSL. CloudFlare explained that "An SSL key is the data that allows an organization to establish a secure connection with the customers that connect to it. It is also the data that lets an organization establish its identity." Here is the heartache. If you have an organization private SSL key, you can authenticate as if you were it. You can spoof identity and intercept traffic. "If, say, a media organization loses an SSL key, it's a very bad day," blogged CEO Matthew Prince. "If a financial institution loses one, it's a nightmare." Serdar Yegulalp, a senior writer at InfoWorld, said that, "With a conventional SSL system, the private key used to sign all sessions is normally held on the same public-facing server used to fulfill Web traffic. The potential dangers of this system were dramatized by t!
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Heartbleed bug, where private key information could be leaked out."
Full story at http://phys.org/news/2014-09-cloudflare-tackles-lost-ssl-key.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=ctgr-item&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter

REFLECTED SMARTPHONE TRANSMISSIONS ENABLE GESTURE CONTROL
With almost all of the U.S. population armed with cellphones – and close to 80 percent carrying a smartphone – mobile phones have become second-nature for most people.
Full story at http://phys.org/news/2014-09-smartphone-transmissions-enable-gesture.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=ctgr-item&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter

SOFT ROBOTICS 'TOOLKIT' FEATURES EVERYTHING A ROBOT-MAKER NEEDS
A new resource unveiled today by researchers from several Harvard University labs in collaboration with Trinity College Dublin provides both experienced and aspiring researchers with the intellectual raw materials needed to design, build, and operate robots made from soft, flexible materials.
Full story at http://phys.org/news/2014-09-soft-robotics-toolkit-features-robot-maker.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=ctgr-item&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter

TEAM IMPROVES SOLAR-CELL EFFICIENCY
New light has been shed on solar power generation using devices made with polymers, thanks to a collaboration between scientists in the University of Chicago's chemistry department, the Institute for Molecular Engineering, and Argonne National Laboratory.
Full story at http://phys.org/news/2014-09-team-solar-cell-efficiency.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=ctgr-item&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter

ALIBABA POISED TO SURGE ON THE NYSE
Chinese e-commerce powerhouse Alibaba will say "open sesame" to the New York Stock Exchange on Friday, as its shares begin trading in a highly anticipated debut that could raise up to $25 billion.
Full story at http://phys.org/news/2014-09-alibaba-prices-ipo.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=ctgr-item&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter

YAHOO RAKES IN ANOTHER JACKPOT FROM ALIBABA'S IPO
Yahoo is making amends for years of blundering with one smart move: an early investment in Alibaba Group that has turned into a multibillion-dollar boon.
Full story at http://phys.org/news/2014-09-yahoo-rakes-jackpot-alibaba-ipo.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=ctgr-item&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter

ALIBABA MEGA IPO CAPS FOUNDER JACK MA SUCCESS TALE
When Jack Ma founded Alibaba 15 years ago he insisted the e-commerce venture should see itself as competing against Silicon Valley, not other Chinese companies. That bold ambition from a time when China was still a corporate backwater has been vindicated this week by Alibaba completing a mammoth sale of shares to investors in the U.S. and elsewhere.
Full story at http://phys.org/news/2014-09-alibaba-mega-ipo-caps-founder.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=ctgr-item&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter

CHINESE BUYERS LEAD CHARGE IN IPHONE 6 GLOBAL DEBUT
Buyers from China, deprived of the latest iPhone launch at home, were Friday among the first in line in Japan to grab the "6" and its new large-screen cousin as Apple hit back at rivals.
Full story at http://phys.org/news/2014-09-chinese-buyers-iphone-global-debut.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=ctgr-item&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter

ALIBABA IPO TO BOOST EMPLOYEE FORTUNES TO $8 BN
Employees of Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba will see their fortunes swell to nearly $8 billion as the company prepares a massive US stock offering that could be valued at $25 billion.
Full story at http://phys.org/news/2014-09-alibaba-ipo-boost-employee-fortunes.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=ctgr-item&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter

WHEN DOES GOOGLE HAND OVER YOUR DATA TO GOVERNMENTS?
Governments around the world want to know a lot about who we are and what we're doing online and they want communications companies to help them find it. We don't know a lot about when companies hand over this data, but we do know that it's becoming increasingly common.
Full story at http://phys.org/news/2014-09-google.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=ctgr-item&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter

IT'S NO BUBBLE: INSANE DOTCOM VALUATIONS REVEAL HOW INTEGRAL TECH IS TO OUR LIVES
A recent flurry of business mergers and acquisitions and stock market flotations in the US has prompted some financial commentators to predict a new tech bubble.
Full story at http://phys.org/news/2014-09-insane-dotcom-valuations-reveal-tech.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=ctgr-item&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter

ALIBABA MAKES WALL STREET DEBUT
Alibaba made its long-awaited Wall Street debut Friday on the heels of a record stock offering that opens the door to global expansion for the Chinese online retail giant.
Full story at http://phys.org/news/2014-09-alibaba-wall-street-debut.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=ctgr-item&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter

ALIBABA'S MA RIDES 'FORREST GUMP' STORY TO RICHES
In his long road to riches, Alibaba founder Jack Ma says his inspiration has been the film character "Forrest Gump."
Full story at http://phys.org/news/2014-09-alibaba-ma-forrest-gump-story.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=ctgr-item&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter

ALIBABA SURGES IN WALL STREET DEBUT
A buying frenzy sent Alibaba shares sharply higher Friday as the Chinese online giant made its historic Wall Street trading debut.
Full story at http://phys.org/news/2014-09-alibaba-surges-wall-street-debut.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=ctgr-item&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter

SAP WILL BUY CONCUR TECHNOLOGIES FOR $7.36 BILLION
German business software maker SAP said it will buy travel and expense management software company Concur Technologies for $129 per share, or about $7.36 billion.
Full story at http://phys.org/news/2014-09-sap-concur-technologies-billion.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=ctgr-item&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter

FACEBOOK CEO WANTS MORE STUDENTS TO EXPLORE TECH
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg wants to turn more American high school students into well-paid techies—and even hire some of them to work at his social-media company.
Full story at http://phys.org/news/2014-09-facebook-ceo-students-explore-tech.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=ctgr-item&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter

TWITPIC TO STAY ALIVE WITH NEW OWNER
Twitpic is being acquired in a deal that will give renewed life to the widely used service for sharing pictures on Twitter.
Full story at http://phys.org/news/2014-09-twitpic-alive-owner.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=ctgr-item&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter

PRIVACY GROUPS TAKE 2ND HIT ON LICENSE PLATE DATA
A California judge's ruling against a tech entrepreneur seeking access to records kept secret in government databases detailing the comings and goings of millions of cars in the San Diego area via license plate scans was the second legal setback within a month for privacy advocates.
Full story at http://phys.org/news/2014-09-privacy-groups-2nd-plate.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=ctgr-item&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter

IDEALISTIC NORWEGIAN SUN TRAPPERS
The typical Norwegian owner of a solar heating system is a resourceful man in his mid-fifties. He is technically skilled, interested in energy systems, and wants to save money and protect the environment.
Full story at http://phys.org/news/2014-09-idealistic-norwegian-sun-trappers.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=ctgr-item&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter

SEEING THROUGH THE FOG (AND DUST AND SNOW) OF WAR
Degraded visibility—which encompasses diverse environmental conditions including severe weather, dust kicked up during takeoff and landing and poor visual contrast among different parts of terrain—often puts both the safety and effectiveness of tactical helicopter operations at risk. Current sensor systems that can provide the necessary visualization through obscurants struggle with latency and are too large, heavy and power-intensive to comply with military rotary wing operations.
Full story at http://phys.org/news/2014-09-fog-war.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=ctgr-item&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter

CALIF. TEACHERS FUND TO BOOST CLEAN ENERGY BETS
The California State Teachers' Retirement System says it plans to increase its investments in clean energy and technology to $3.7 billion, from $1.4 billion, over the next five years.
Full story at http://phys.org/news/2014-09-calif-teachers-fund-boost-energy.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=ctgr-item&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter




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