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Spotlight Stories Headlines
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EXTREMELY STRETCHABLE HYDROGELS MAY BE USED IN ARTIFICIAL MUSCLES
http://phys.org/news/2014-10-extremely-stretchable-hydrogels-artificial-muscles.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=splt-item&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter
ORGANIC MOLECULES IN TITAN'S ATMOSPHERE ARE INTRIGUINGLY SKEWED
http://phys.org/news/2014-10-molecules-titan-atmosphere-intriguingly-skewed.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=splt-item&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter
HUMAN SKIN CELLS REPROGRAMMED DIRECTLY INTO BRAIN CELLS
http://medicalxpress.com/news/2014-10-human-skin-cells-reprogrammed-brain.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=splt-item&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter
TWO FAMILIES OF COMETS FOUND AROUND NEARBY STAR BETA PICTORIS
http://phys.org/news/2014-10-families-comets-nearby-star-beta.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=splt-item&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter
GOOFY DINOSAUR BLENDS BARNEY AND JAR JAR BINKS (W/ VIDEO)
http://phys.org/news/2014-10-goofy-dinosaur-blends-barney-jar.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=splt-item&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter
OLDEST DNA EVER FOUND SHEDS LIGHT ON HUMANS' GLOBAL TREK
http://phys.org/news/2014-10-oldest-dna-humans-global-trek.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=splt-item&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter
COMPUTER SCIENTISTS CAN PREDICT THE PRICE OF BITCOIN
http://phys.org/news/2014-10-scientists-price-bitcoin.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=splt-item&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter
LCD TECHNOLOGY MAINTAINS 3D IMAGES IT DISPLAYS WITHOUT DRAWING POWER
http://phys.org/news/2014-10-lcd-technology-3d-images-power.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=splt-item&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter
FERMI SATELLITE FINDS HINTS OF STARQUAKES IN MAGNETAR 'STORM'
http://phys.org/news/2014-10-fermi-satellite-hints-starquakes-magnetar.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=splt-item&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter
NIST OFFERS ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY TWO WAYS TO SNOOP ON SELF-ORGANIZING MOLECULES
http://phys.org/news/2014-10-nist-electronics-industry-ways-snoop.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=splt-item&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter
MATHEMATICAL MODEL SHOWS HOW THE BRAIN REMAINS STABLE DURING LEARNING
http://medicalxpress.com/news/2014-10-mathematical-brain-stable.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=splt-item&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter
A REAL-TIME TRACKING SYSTEM DEVELOPED TO MONITOR DANGEROUS BACTERIA INSIDE THE BODY
http://medicalxpress.com/news/2014-10-real-time-tracking-dangerous-bacteria-body.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=splt-item&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter
NEW GENOME-EDITING TECHNIQUE ENABLES RAPID ANALYSIS OF GENES MUTATED IN TUMORS
http://medicalxpress.com/news/2014-10-genome-editing-technique-enables-rapid-analysis.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=splt-item&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter
RESEARCH REVEALS HOW LYMPH NODES EXPAND DURING DISEASE
http://medicalxpress.com/news/2014-10-reveals-lymph-nodes-disease.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=splt-item&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter
NEW INSIGHTS ON CARBONIC ACID IN WATER
http://phys.org/news/2014-10-insights-carbonic-acid.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=splt-item&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter
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COMPUTER SCIENTISTS CAN PREDICT THE PRICE OF BITCOIN
Scientists have crunched data to predict crime, hospital visits, and government uprisings—so why not the price of Bitcoin?
Full story at http://phys.org/news/2014-10-scientists-price-bitcoin.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=ctgr-item&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter
REVIEW: BETTER CAMERAS, LESS GLARE IN IPAD AIR 2
If I've seen you taking photos with a tablet computer, I've probably made fun of you (though maybe not to your face, depending on how big you are). I'm old school: I much prefer looking through the viewfinder of my full-bodied, single-lens reflex camera, even though it has a large LCD screen.
Full story at http://phys.org/news/2014-10-cameras-glare-ipad-air.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=ctgr-item&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter
NEW 3-D PRINTING ALGORITHMS SPEED PRODUCTION, REDUCE WASTE
New software algorithms have been shown to significantly reduce the time and material needed to produce objects with 3-D printers.
Full story at http://phys.org/news/2014-10-d-algorithms-production.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=ctgr-item&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter
BLINK, POINT, SOLVE AN EQUATION: INTRODUCING PHOTOMATH
"Ma, can I go now? My phone did my homework." PhotoMath, from the software development company MicroBlink, will make the student's phone do math homework. Just point the camera towards the mathematical expression, and PhotoMath displays a result. The PhotoMath app solves equations using the camera on an iOS or Windows phone and will be available for Android early next year. More important, PhotoMath is not just a camera-based calculator. Its value is not just in giving the phone user the answer but in being able to display the solution in steps taken to solve the problem. The user can understand the process that was used to solve the problem.
Full story at http://phys.org/news/2014-10-equation-photomath.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=ctgr-item&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter
APPLE ISSUES SECURITY WARNING FOR ICLOUD
Apple has posted a new security warning for users of its iCloud online storage service amid reports of a concerted effort to steal passwords and other data from people who use the popular service in China.
Full story at http://phys.org/news/2014-10-apple-issues-icloud.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=ctgr-item&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter
APPLE CO-FOUNDER TO MENTOR AT AUSTRALIAN UNIVERSITY
Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak has accepted an adjunct professorship at a Sydney university and will play a mentoring role at the university's innovation lab.
Full story at http://phys.org/news/2014-10-apple-co-founder-australian-university.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=ctgr-item&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter
LUFTHANSA OUTSOURCES IT INFRASTRUCTURE OPS TO IBM
German airline Lufthansa said on Wednesday it will outsource its IT infrastructure services to US computer giant IBM to cut costs by 70 million euros ($89 million) annually.
Full story at http://phys.org/news/2014-10-lufthansa-outsources-infrastructure-ops-ibm.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=ctgr-item&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter
SAMSUNG MASS PRODUCES INDUSTRY'S FIRST 8-GIGABIT DDR4 BASED ON 20 NANOMETER PROCESS TECHNOLOGY
Samsung Electronics announced that it is mass producing the industry's most advanced 8-gigabit (Gb) DDR4 memory and 32-gigabyte (GB) module, both of which will be manufactured based on a new 20-nanometer (nm) process technology, for use in enterprise servers.
Full story at http://phys.org/news/2014-10-samsung-mass-industry-gigabit-ddr4.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=ctgr-item&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter
STABILIZING GEOTECHNICAL ASSETS: NEW RESEARCH AIMS TO IDENTIFY POTENTIAL HIGHWAY, RAILROAD PROBLEMS
While we're able to enjoy timeless scenery as we travel in the United States, it's important to realize that the soils and rocks forming the base of these transportation systems may not forever be stable.
Full story at http://phys.org/news/2014-10-stabilizing-geotechnical-assets-aims-potential.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=ctgr-item&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter
EXPLORING ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF SOLAR TECHNOLOGIES
Even technologies promoted for good environmental reasons can sometimes have unforeseen negative consequences.
Full story at http://phys.org/news/2014-10-exploring-environmental-impacts-solar-technologies.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=ctgr-item&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter
ARE SILICON VALLEY TECH GIANTS REAL INNOVATORS OR SPOILT RICH KIDS?
According to TechRepublic, Google produced two of the five worst tech products of 2009 – Android 1.0 and Google Wave. The fact that Google remains dominant suggests that, while not infallible, it's rich enough to take risks and weather occasional failures.
Full story at http://phys.org/news/2014-10-silicon-valley-tech-giants-real.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=ctgr-item&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter
IS BIG DATA HEADING FOR ITS 'HORSEMEAT MOMENT'?
There have been so many leaks, hacks and scares based on misuse or misappropriation of personal data that any thought that "big data" could provide benefits rather than only opportunities for harm may be fading in the public imagination.
Full story at http://phys.org/news/2014-10-big-horsemeat-moment.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=ctgr-item&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter
BOEING AND CHINESE FIRM TO TURN 'GUTTER OIL' INTO JET FUEL
US aircraft maker Boeing has set up a facility with a Chinese firm to transform waste cooking oil—the source of repeated food safety scandals—into jet fuel, it said Wednesday.
Full story at http://phys.org/news/2014-10-boeing-chinese-firm-gutter-oil.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=ctgr-item&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter
CHEAPER SILICON MEANS CHEAPER SOLAR CELLS
Researchers at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology have pioneered a new approach to manufacturing solar cells that requires less silicon and can accommodate silicon with more impurities than is currently the standard. Those changes mean that solar cells can be made much more cheaply than at present.
Full story at http://phys.org/news/2014-10-cheaper-silicon-solar-cells.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=ctgr-item&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter
SUCCESSFUL READ/WRITE OF DIGITAL DATA IN FUSED SILICA GLASS WITH HIGH RECORDING DENSITY
Hitachi today announced that, in collaboration with Professor MIURA Kiyotaka of the School of Engineering, Kyoto University, it has successfully achieved read/write of digital data in 100 layers of fused silica glass, a recording density comparable to Blu-ray Disc. One hundred multi-layer data recording was verified by the application of newly developed noise reduction technology to overcome interference from data recorded on other layers while trying to access data written in deeper layers within the fused silica glass.
Full story at http://phys.org/news/2014-10-successful-readwrite-digital-fused-silica.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=ctgr-item&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter
GOVERNMENT UPS AIR BAG WARNING TO 7.8M VEHICLES (UPDATE)
The U.S. government is now urging owners of nearly 8 million cars and trucks to have the air bags repaired because of potential danger to drivers and passengers. But the effort is being complicated by confusing information and a malfunctioning website.
Full story at http://phys.org/news/2014-10-ups-air-bag-78m-vehicles.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=ctgr-item&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter
ADAPTIVE ZOOM RIFLESCOPE PROTOTYPE HAS PUSH-BUTTON MAGNIFICATION
When an Army Special Forces officer-turned engineer puts his mind to designing a military riflescope, he doesn't forget the importance of creating something for the soldiers who will carry it that is easy to use, extremely accurate, light-weight and has long-lasting battery power.
Full story at http://phys.org/news/2014-10-riflescope-prototype-push-button-magnification.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=ctgr-item&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter
SURVEY: HARASSMENT A COMMON PART OF ONLINE LIFE (UPDATE)
A new study confirms what many Internet users know all too well: Harassment is a common part of online life.
Full story at http://phys.org/news/2014-10-survey-common-online-life.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=ctgr-item&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter
SAMSUNG DEBUTS NEW NOOK TABLET WITH LARGER SCREEN
Device maker Samsung and bookseller Barnes & Noble are introducing a new larger-screen Galaxy Tab 4 Nook tablet two months after the first version was announced.
Full story at http://phys.org/news/2014-10-samsung-debuts-nook-tablet-larger.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=ctgr-item&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter
'SILICON BEACH' BRINGS TECH BOOM TO LOS ANGELES
So long Silicon Valley. These days entrepreneurs and engineers are flocking to a place better known for surfing waves than the Web. Amid the palm trees and purple sunsets of the Southern California coastline, techies have built "Silicon Beach."
Full story at http://phys.org/news/2014-10-silicon-beach-tech-boom-los.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=ctgr-item&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter
GOOGLE UNVEILS APP FOR MANAGING GMAIL INBOXES
Google is introducing an application designed to make it easier for its Gmail users to find and manage important information that can often become buried in their inboxes.
Full story at http://phys.org/news/2014-10-google-unveils-app-gmail-inboxes.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=ctgr-item&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter
TWITTER LOOKS TO WEAVE INTO MORE MOBILE APPS
Twitter on Wednesday set out to weave itself into mobile applications with a free "Fabric" platform to help developers build better programs and make more money.
Full story at http://phys.org/news/2014-10-twitter-mobile-apps.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=ctgr-item&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter
TABLETS, CARS DRIVE AT&T WIRELESS GAINS—NOT PHONES
AT&T says it gained 2 million wireless subscribers in the latest quarter, but most were from non-phone services such as tablets and Internet-connected cars. The company is facing pricing pressure from smaller rivals T-Mobile and Sprint in a competitive environment in which most Americans already have a cellphone.
Full story at http://phys.org/news/2014-10-tablets-cars-att-wireless-gainsnot.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=ctgr-item&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter
BOFA TO REFUND APPLE PAY CUSTOMERS CHARGED TWICE
Bank of America is apologizing for double-billing customers who made purchases using Apple's new mobile payments service.
Full story at http://phys.org/news/2014-10-bofa-refund-apple-customers.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=ctgr-item&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter
AUSTRALIAN CONVICTED IN CHILD SEX STING USING VIRTUAL GIRL
An Australian man caught in a global sting which used a virtual girl to trap child sex predators has become the first person convicted from the operation, the child rights group behind it said Wednesday.
Full story at http://phys.org/news/2014-10-australian-convicted-child-sex-virtual.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=ctgr-item&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter
FIGHTING CYBER-CRIME ONE APP AT A TIME
This summer Victoria University of Wellington will be home to four Singaporean students researching cyber threats. The students have been working with Dr Ian Welch, a lecturer in Victoria's School of Engineering and Computer Science, as part of a partnership between Victoria and Singapore Polytechnic.
Full story at http://phys.org/news/2014-10-cyber-crime-app.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=ctgr-item&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter
USING SOUND TO PICTURE THE WORLD IN A NEW WAY
Have you ever thought about using acoustics to collect data? The EAR-IT project has explored this possibility with various pioneering applications that impact on our daily lives. Monitoring traffic density in cities and assisting energy saving devices in houses, for example, could enable the development of smart cities and buildings.
Full story at http://phys.org/news/2014-10-picture-world.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=ctgr-item&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter
NIST'S CLOUD COMPUTING ROADMAP DETAILS RESEARCH REQUIREMENTS AND ACTION PLANS
The National Institute of Standards and Technology has published the final version of the US Government Cloud Computing Technology Roadmap, Volumes I and II. The roadmap focuses on strategic and tactical objectives to support the federal government's accelerated adoption of cloud computing. This final document reflects the input from more than 200 comments on the initial draft received from around the world.
Full story at http://phys.org/news/2014-10-nist-cloud-roadmap-requirements-action.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=ctgr-item&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter
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