Science X Newsletter Thursday, Jul 24
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Here is your customized Phys.org Newsletter for July 24, 2014:
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Spotlight Stories Headlines
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HOVERBIKE DRONE PROJECT FOR AIR TRANSPORT TAKES OFF
http://phys.org/news/2014-07-hoverbike-drone-air.html#nwlt
MARINE BIOLOGIST CLAIMS LIONFISH STUDY BY SIXTH GRADER WAS LIFTED FROM HIS RESEARCH
http://phys.org/news/2014-07-marine-biologist-lionfish-sixth-grader.html#nwlt
NO FUMBLING, JUST TAP, SAY MOTO X TATTOO ALL-STARS (W/ VIDEO)
http://phys.org/news/2014-07-fumbling-moto-tattoo-all-stars-video.html#nwlt
RESEARCHERS DEMONSTRATE RECONFIGURABLE CLUSTERS MADE OF COLLOIDAL PARTICLES AS A FORM OF DATA STORAGE
http://phys.org/news/2014-07-reconfigurable-clusters-colloidal-particles-storage.html#nwlt
SYNCHRONIZATION OF NORTH ATLANTIC, NORTH PACIFIC PRECEDED ABRUPT WARMING, END OF ICE AGE
http://phys.org/news/2014-07-synchronization-north-atlantic-pacific-abrupt.html#nwlt
NIKE KRYPTON LASER ACHIEVES SPOT IN GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS
http://phys.org/news/2014-07-nike-krypton-laser-guinness-world.html#nwlt
A PROTEIN COUPLE CONTROLS FLOW OF INFORMATION INTO THE BRAIN'S MEMORY CENTER
http://medicalxpress.com/news/2014-07-protein-couple-brain-memory-center.html#nwlt
FUKUSHIMA MONKEYS SHOW POSSIBLE 'EFFECTS OF RADIATION'
http://phys.org/news/2014-07-fukushima-monkeys-effects.html#nwlt
RESEARCHERS UNCOVER AN UNEXPECTED ROLE FOR ENDOSTATIN IN THE NERVOUS SYSTEM
http://medicalxpress.com/news/2014-07-uncover-unexpected-role-endostatin-nervous.html#nwlt
CHOICE BIAS: A QUIRKY BYPRODUCT OF LEARNING FROM REWARD
http://medicalxpress.com/news/2014-07-choice-bias-quirky-byproduct-reward.html#nwlt
MECHANISM FOUND FOR DEVELOPMENT OF PROTECTIVE HIV ANTIBODIES
http://medicalxpress.com/news/2014-07-mechanism-hiv-antibodies.html#nwlt
NEARLY 50 YEARS OF LEMUR DATA NOW AVAILABLE ONLINE (W/ VIDEO)
http://phys.org/news/2014-07-years-lemur-online.html#nwlt
8.2 PERCENT OF OUR DNA IS 'FUNCTIONAL'
http://phys.org/news/2014-07-percent-dna-functional.html#nwlt
INVERTEBRATE NUMBERS NEARLY HALVE AS HUMAN POPULATION DOUBLES
http://phys.org/news/2014-07-invertebrate-halve-human-population.html#nwlt
LEAF-MINING INSECTS DESTROYED WITH THE DINOSAURS, OTHERS QUICKLY APPEARED
http://phys.org/news/2014-07-leaf-mining-insects-dinosaurs-quickly.html#nwlt
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Latest News On TECHNOLOGY:
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NO FUMBLING, JUST TAP, SAY MOTO X TATTOO ALL-STARS (W/ VIDEO)
Go ahead with yourselves, U.S. Moto X fan base. Motorola announced Tuesday that owners in the U.S. can buy packs of disposable digital tattoos that will allow them to unlock their phone without any further typing ado. The tattoos have gone on sale in the U.S., and Moto X users are able to buy a pack of 10 of these digital tattoos for $9.99 on the VivaLnk.com site.
Full story at http://phys.org/news/2014-07-fumbling-moto-tattoo-all-stars-video.html#nwlt
HOVERBIKE DRONE PROJECT FOR AIR TRANSPORT TAKES OFF
What happens when you cross a helicopter with a motorbike? The crew at Malloy Aeronautics has been focused on a viable answer and has launched a crowdfunding campaign to support its Hoverbike project, "The Hoverbike is the result of years worth of research and development," said Chris Malloy of Malloy Aeronautics. "We combined the simplicity of a motorbike and the freedom of a helicopter to create the world's first flying motorcycle."
Full story at http://phys.org/news/2014-07-hoverbike-drone-air.html#nwlt
TWITTER ADMITS TO DIVERSITY PROBLEM IN WORKFORCE
(AP)—Twitter acknowledged Wednesday that it has been hiring too many white and Asian men to fill high-paying technology jobs, just like several other major companies in Silicon Valley.
Full story at http://phys.org/news/2014-07-twitter-diversity-problem-workforce.html#nwlt
EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK HIT BY DATA THEFT
(AP)—The European Central Bank said Thursday that email addresses and other contact information have been stolen from a database that serves its public website, though it stressed that no internal systems or market-sensitive data were compromised.
Full story at http://phys.org/news/2014-07-european-central-bank-theft.html#nwlt
SURVEILLANCE A PART OF EVERYDAY LIFE
Details of casual conversations and a comprehensive store of 'deleted' information were just some of what Victoria University of Wellington students found during a project to uncover what records companies keep.
Full story at http://phys.org/news/2014-07-surveillance-everyday-life.html#nwlt
STUDY SHOWS FORWARD OSMOSIS DESALINATION NOT ENERGY EFFICIENT
In a recent study published in the Journal of Membrane Science, MIT professor John Lienhard and postdoc Ronan McGovern, both of the Department of Mechanical Engineering, reported that, contrary to popular support, forward osmosis desalination of seawater is significantly less energy efficient, compared to reverse osmosis.
Full story at http://phys.org/news/2014-07-osmosis-desalination-energy-efficient.html#nwlt
WIRELESS HOME AUTOMATION SYSTEMS REVEAL MORE THAN YOU WOULD THINK ABOUT USER BEHAVIOUR
Home automation systems that control domestic lighting, heating, window blinds or door locks offer opportunities for third parties to intrude on the privacy of the inhabitants and gain considerable insight into their behavioural patterns. This is the conclusion reached by IT security expert Christoph Sorge and his research team at Saarland University. Even data transmitted from encrypted systems can provide information useful to potential burglars. Professor Sorge, who holds the juris Professorship in Legal Informatics at Saarland University, and his research group are currently studying ways to make home automation systems more secure. Frederik Möllers from Sorge's team will be presenting the results at the ACM Conference on Security and Privacy in Wireless and Mobile Networks in Oxford on 25 July.
Full story at http://phys.org/news/2014-07-wireless-home-automation-reveal-user.html#nwlt
EVALUATING SYSTEM SECURITY BY ANALYZING SPAM VOLUME
The Center for Research on Electronic Commerce (CREC) at The University of Texas at Austin is working to protect consumer data by using a company's spam volume to evaluate its security vulnerability through the SpamRankings.net project.
Full story at http://phys.org/news/2014-07-spam-volume.html#nwlt
FX SAYS OVERNIGHT RATINGS BECOMING MEANINGLESS
(AP)—It's a rite nearly as old as television: the morning after a new show premieres, network executives wait impatiently for the Nielsen company's estimate of how many people watched, and rush to report the first sign of a hit.
Full story at http://phys.org/news/2014-07-fx-overnight-meaningless.html#nwlt
APPLE, SAMSUNG LOSE GROUND IN COOLING TABLET MARKET
Apple and Samsung have lost ground in the tablet computer market as growth cools in the once-hot segment, the research firm IDC said Thursday.
Full story at http://phys.org/news/2014-07-apple-samsung-ground-cooling-tablet.html#nwlt
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IDENTIFIES THE MUSICAL PROGRESSION OF THE BEATLES
Music fans and critics know that the music of the Beatles underwent a dramatic transformation in just a few years, but until now there hasn't been a scientific way to measure the progression. That could change now that computer scientists at Lawrence Technological University have developed an artificial intelligence algorithm that can analyze and compare musical styles, enabling research into the musical progression of the Beatles.
Full story at http://phys.org/news/2014-07-artificial-intelligence-musical-beatles.html#nwlt
STUDY SHOWS HOW TO POWER CALIFORNIA WITH WIND, WATER AND SUN
Imagine a smog-free Los Angeles, where electric cars ply silent freeways, solar panels blanket rooftops and power plants run on heat from beneath the earth, from howling winds and from the blazing desert sun.
Full story at http://phys.org/news/2014-07-power-california-sun.html#nwlt
STUDY SHOWS ROLE OF MEDIA IN SHARING LIFE EVENTS
To share is human. And the means to share personal news—good and bad—have exploded over the last decade, particularly social media and texting. But until now, all research about what is known as "social sharing," or the act of telling others about the important events in our lives, has been restricted to face-to-face interactions.
Full story at http://phys.org/news/2014-07-role-media-life-events.html#nwlt
SWISS DRUG MAKER ROCHE POSTS 7 PERCENT PROFIT DROP
(AP)—Swiss drugmaker Roche Holding AG on Thursday posted a net profit drop of 7 percent compared with a year ago, weighed down by a strong Swiss franc and charges from one of its diagnostic units.
Full story at http://phys.org/news/2014-07-swiss-drug-maker-roche-percent.html#nwlt
FANS HOP ABOARD EXCLUSIVE TRAIN TO COMIC-CON
(AP)—For a lucky fellowship of fans, Comic-Con is beginning early on a private train car trekking to the pop-culture convention.
Full story at http://phys.org/news/2014-07-fans-aboard-exclusive-comic-con.html#nwlt
SK HYNIX POSTS NEAR 30% DROP IN Q2 NET PROFIT
South Korea's SK Hynix said Thursday its second-quarter net profit tumbled nearly 30 percent from a year ago on falling memory chip prices.
Full story at http://phys.org/news/2014-07-sk-hynix-q2-net-profit.html#nwlt
NOKIA PROFITS RISE AFTER SALE OF HANDSET DIVISION
(AP)—Telecommunications and wireless equipment maker Nokia Corp. saw its shares surge on Thursday after it reported higher profits and an improved earnings outlook in the wake of its sale to Microsoft of its troubled handset division.
Full story at http://phys.org/news/2014-07-nokia-profits-sale-handset-division.html#nwlt
UK: FORMER REPORTER SENTENCED FOR PHONE HACKING
(AP)—A former British tabloid reporter was given a 10-month suspended prison sentence Thursday for his role in the long-running phone hacking scandal that shook Rupert Murdoch's media empire.
Full story at http://phys.org/news/2014-07-uk-sentenced-hacking.html#nwlt
FUKUSHIMA ACCIDENT UNDERSCORES NEED FOR US TO SEEK OUT NEW INFORMATION ABOUT NUCLEAR PLANT HAZARDS
A new congressionally mandated report from the National Academy of Sciences concludes that the overarching lesson learned from the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear accident is that nuclear plant licensees and their regulators must actively seek out and act on new information about hazards with the potential to affect the safety of nuclear plants. The committee that wrote the report examined the causes of the Japan accident and identified findings and recommendations for improving nuclear plant safety and offsite emergency responses to nuclear plant accidents in the U.S.
Full story at http://phys.org/news/2014-07-fukushima-unthinkable-disasters.html#nwlt
AMAZON LOSS WIDENS DESPITE CLIMBING SALES
Internet retail titan Amazon on Thursday reported a money-losing quarter despite impressive growth in sales.
Full story at http://phys.org/news/2014-07-amazon-loss-widens-climbing-sales.html#nwlt
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