Science X Newsletter Friday, Jul 25
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Here is your customized Phys.org Newsletter for July 25, 2014:
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Spotlight Stories Headlines
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MONKEYS FEAR BIG CATS LESS, EAT MORE, WITH HUMANS AROUND
http://phys.org/news/2014-07-monkeys-big-cats-humans.html#nwlt
PROTOTYPE DISPLAY USES EYEGLASS PRESCRIPTION TO ALLOW FOR VIEWING DEVICES WITHOUT GLASSES
http://phys.org/news/2014-07-prototype-eyeglass-prescription-viewing-devices.html#nwlt
GOOGLE BASELINE STUDY AIMS TO DEFINE WHAT A HEALTHY HUMAN LOOKS LIKE
http://phys.org/news/2014-07-google-baseline-aims-healthy-human.html#nwlt
NEW RESEARCH SUGGESTS SAHARAN DUST IS KEY TO THE FORMATION OF BAHAMAS' GREAT BANK
http://phys.org/news/2014-07-saharan-key-formation-bahamas-great.html#nwlt
WHAT SIGN LANGUAGE TEACHES US ABOUT THE BRAIN
http://medicalxpress.com/news/2014-07-language-brain.html#nwlt
NEW ALGORITHM IDENTIFIES DATA SUBSETS THAT WILL YIELD THE MOST RELIABLE PREDICTIONS
http://phys.org/news/2014-07-algorithm-subsets-yield-reliable.html#nwlt
BREAKTHROUGH LASER EXPERIMENT REVEALS LIQUID-LIKE MOTION OF ATOMS IN AN ULTRA-COLD CLUSTER
http://phys.org/news/2014-07-breakthrough-laser-reveals-liquid-like-motion.html#nwlt
CHEMISTS DEVELOP NEW FORMULATION FOR THE GENERATION OF GREEN FLAMES
http://phys.org/news/2014-07-chemists-green-flames.html#nwlt
MAGNETS FOR FUSION ENERGY: A REVOLUTIONARY MANUFACTURING METHOD DEVELOPED
http://phys.org/news/2014-07-magnets-fusion-energy-revolutionary-method.html#nwlt
EXISTENCE OF TWO-DIMENSIONAL NANOMATERIAL SILICENE QUESTIONED
http://phys.org/news/2014-07-two-dimensional-nanomaterial-silicene.html#nwlt
THE FIRST SUPERCOMPUTER SIMULATIONS OF 'SPIN–ORBIT' FORCES BETWEEN NEUTRONS AND PROTONS IN AN ATOMIC NUCLEUS
http://phys.org/news/2014-07-supercomputer-simulations-spinorbit-neutrons-protons.html#nwlt
HOW DO WE TERRAFORM VENUS?
http://phys.org/news/2014-07-terraform-venus.html#nwlt
BACTERIA MANIPULATE SALT TO BUILD SHELTERS TO HIBERNATE
http://phys.org/news/2014-07-bacteria-salt-hibernate.html#nwlt
FIRST IN-SITU IMAGES OF VOID COLLAPSE IN EXPLOSIVES
http://phys.org/news/2014-07-in-situ-images-void-collapse-explosives.html#nwlt
NEW MOLECULE PUTS SCIENTISTS A STEP CLOSER TO UNDERSTANDING HYDROGEN STORAGE
http://phys.org/news/2014-07-molecule-scientists-closer-hydrogen-storage.html#nwlt
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Latest News On TECHNOLOGY:
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PROTOTYPE DISPLAY USES EYEGLASS PRESCRIPTION TO ALLOW FOR VIEWING DEVICES WITHOUT GLASSES
An experimental display technology being developed by Microsoft, U.C. Berkeley and MIT aims to allow users with vision problems to clearly see device screens without the need for glasses. The technology is based on an algorithm developed by the team that accepts a person's eyeglass prescription and uses it to alter the image projected by a smartphone, tablet, computer, etc. allowing for viewing without eyeglasses.
Full story at http://phys.org/news/2014-07-prototype-eyeglass-prescription-viewing-devices.html#nwlt
GOOGLE BASELINE STUDY AIMS TO DEFINE WHAT A HEALTHY HUMAN LOOKS LIKE
Google has announced that it has added a project it's calling Baseline Study, to Google X. The announcement came from project manager Andrew Conrad—he gave an interview to the Wall Street Journal. The aim of the project is simple, study a lot of people as vigorously as possible to see if it's possible to define what it means to be a healthy human being. If that can be accomplished, then logic suggests that any person with deviations from that standard should have cause for concern, because they might have a tendency to develop a particular type of ailment. Put another way, it's a large scale attempt at improving preventive medicine.
Full story at http://phys.org/news/2014-07-google-baseline-aims-healthy-human.html#nwlt
FIVE NEXT-GENERATION TECHNOLOGIES FOR POSITIONING, NAVIGATION AND TIMING
It is difficult to imagine the modern world without the Global Positioning System (GPS), which provides real-time positioning, navigation and timing (PNT) data for countless military and civilian uses. Thanks in part to early investments that DARPA made to miniaturize GPS technology, GPS today is ubiquitous. It's in cars, boats, planes, trains, smartphones and wristwatches, and has enabled advances as wide-ranging as driverless cars, precision munitions, and automated supply chain management.
Full story at http://phys.org/news/2014-07-next-generation-technologies-positioning.html#nwlt
NEW ALGORITHM IDENTIFIES DATA SUBSETS THAT WILL YIELD THE MOST RELIABLE PREDICTIONS
Much artificial-intelligence research addresses the problem of making predictions based on large data sets. An obvious example is the recommendation engines at retail sites like Amazon and Netflix.
Full story at http://phys.org/news/2014-07-algorithm-subsets-yield-reliable.html#nwlt
REINVENTING ENTERTAINMENT FOR A DIGITAL GENERATION
Children's entertainment is in a mess. This is in no small part due to recent revelations about just what was happening when the stars of earlier generations were producing content.
Full story at http://phys.org/news/2014-07-reinventing-digital.html#nwlt
SOFTWARE PROVIDES A CLEAR OVERVIEW IN LONG DOCUMENTS
In the future, a software will help users better analyze long texts such as the documents for calls for bids, which are often more than one thousand pages long. Experts at Siemens' global research unit Corporate Technology have developed a search function that enables users to simultaneously look for key words and sections of text in all of the documents of a call for bids, for example, without having to actually open any of the files. This makes the search very fast so that it only takes a few milliseconds before users can read the search results in the documents. The experts also developed a component that checks to see how requirements have changed compared to previous versions of a specific text. As reported in the current issue of "Pictures of the Future" magazine, the ultimate goal is to create a semantic software that recognizes interrelationships in order to find relevant information.
Full story at http://phys.org/news/2014-07-software-overview-documents.html#nwlt
AMAZON WORKER PILOTED DRONE AROUND SPACE NEEDLE
(AP)—Police say an out-of-town Amazon employee was the operator behind a drone that buzzed the Seattle Space Needle this week.
Full story at http://phys.org/news/2014-07-amazon-worker-drone-space-needle.html#nwlt
RIDE-SHARE SERVICE LYFT REACHES DEAL WITH NEW YORK
Ride-share operator Lyft has struck a deal allowing its launch in New York City two weeks after a snag over safety and licensing forced a postponement.
Full story at http://phys.org/news/2014-07-ride-share-lyft-york.html#nwlt
WIKIPEDIA BLOCKS 'DISRUPTIVE' EDITS FROM US CONGRESS
Wikipedia has blocked editing rights from some computers at the US House of Representatives in response to "disruptive" revisions of the online encyclopedia.
Full story at http://phys.org/news/2014-07-wikipedia-blocks-disruptive-congress.html#nwlt
SCALPING CAN RAISE TICKET PRICES
Scalping gets a bad rap. For years, artists and concert promoters have stigmatized ticket resale as a practice that unfairly hurts their own sales and forces fans to pay exorbitant prices for tickets to sold-out concerts. But is that always true?
Full story at http://phys.org/news/2014-07-scalping-ticket-prices.html#nwlt
US CONGRESS DECRIMINALIZES CELLPHONE UNLOCKING
US consumers will be allowed to unlock their cellphones and move them to a new carrier under a measure adopted Friday to fix a perceived glitch in copyright law.
Full story at http://phys.org/news/2014-07-congress-law-cellphone.html#nwlt
BOSE SUES BEATS OVER HEADPHONE PATENTS
Audio technology veteran Bose Corporation on Friday sued Beats Electronics over patented technology for canceling noise in earphones.
Full story at http://phys.org/news/2014-07-bose-sues-headphone-patents.html#nwlt
REPORT: CHINA TO DECLARE QUALCOMM A MONOPOLY
(AP)—Chinese regulators have concluded Qualcomm Inc., one of the biggest makers of chips used in mobile devices, has a monopoly, a government newspaper reported Friday.
Full story at http://phys.org/news/2014-07-china-declare-qualcomm-monopoly.html#nwlt
BAIDU PROFIT UP 34 PERCENT AS MOBILE SERVICE GROWS
(AP)—Baidu Inc., which operates China's most popular search engine, said Friday its quarterly profit rose 34 percent over a year earlier as its mobile business grew.
Full story at http://phys.org/news/2014-07-baidu-profit-percent-mobile.html#nwlt
ECONOMICAL AND AGILE OFFSHORE CONSTRUCTION SHIP
Siemens is currently installing the power supply and propulsion systems into a new multi-purpose offshore construction ship for Toisa Ltd. The ship, which is being built by the Korean company Hyundai Heavy Industries Ltd., will be used for a variety of offshore construction tasks at depths of up to 3,500 meters. Among other things, such assignments require the ship to be very maneuverable. This is why Siemens is supplying it with a diesel-electric propulsion system that enables the crew to selectively operate the individual propellers with great precision. Siemens is also providing the ship with a power supply and energy management system that helps to optimize the vessel's fuel consumption.
Full story at http://phys.org/news/2014-07-economical-agile-offshore-ship.html#nwlt
LAWYER: CLAIMS OF BOTCHED CIRCUMCISION ARE UNTRUE
(AP)—Two doctors are denying claims by an Alabama man who says his penis was amputated during what was supposed to be a routine circumcision.
Full story at http://phys.org/news/2014-07-lawyer-botched-circumcision-untrue.html#nwlt
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