Science X Newsletter Tuesday, Oct 28
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SPONTANEOUS WAVE FUNCTION COLLAPSE CAN SUPPRESS ACOUSTIC SCHRODINGER CAT STATES
http://phys.org/news/2014-10-spontaneous-function-collapse-suppress-acoustic.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=splt-item&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter
CHANDRA OBSERVATORY IDENTIFIES IMPACT OF COSMIC CHAOS ON STAR BIRTH
http://phys.org/news/2014-10-chandra-observatory-impact-cosmic-chaos.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=splt-item&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter
RESEARCHERS USE CELLPHONE DATA TO CONSTRUCT POPULATION DENSITY MAPS
http://phys.org/news/2014-10-cellphone-population-density.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=splt-item&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter
SCIENTISTS RESURRECT 700-YEAR-OLD VIRUSES
http://phys.org/news/2014-10-scientists-resurrect-year-old-viruses.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=splt-item&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter
CAN THE WAVE FUNCTION OF AN ELECTRON BE DIVIDED AND TRAPPED?
http://phys.org/news/2014-10-function-electron.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=splt-item&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter
BEATING BATTERY DRAIN: POWER-CONSERVING CHIP MAY INCREASE SMARTPHONE BATTERY LIFE
http://phys.org/news/2014-10-battery-power-conserving-chip-smartphone-life.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=splt-item&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter
RESEARCHERS IDENTIFY ALGAE-VIRUS DNA IN HUMANS
http://phys.org/news/2014-10-algae-virus-dna-humans.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=splt-item&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter
GOOGLE SEEKS WAY TO SEARCH BODIES FOR DISEASE
http://phys.org/news/2014-10-google-bodies-disease.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=splt-item&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter
LRO SPACECRAFT CAPTURES IMAGES OF LADEE'S IMPACT CRATER
http://phys.org/news/2014-10-lro-spacecraft-captures-images-ladee.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=splt-item&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter
STUDY OFFERS EVIDENCE OF UNCONSCIOUS THINKING IMPACTING CONSCIOUS DECISION MAKING
http://medicalxpress.com/news/2014-10-evidence-unconscious-impacting-conscious-decision.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=splt-item&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter
FUNDAMENTAL CHANGE IN THE NATURE OF CHEMICAL BONDING UPON ISOTOPIC SUBSTITUTION
http://phys.org/news/2014-10-fundamental-nature-chemical-bonding-isotopic.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=splt-item&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter
HERE'S LOOKING AT YOU: SPOOKY SHADOW PLAY GIVES JUPITER A GIANT EYE
http://phys.org/news/2014-10-spooky-shadow-jupiter-giant-eye.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=splt-item&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter
METFORMIN BEATS OTHER TYPE 2 DIABETES DRUGS FOR FIRST TREATMENT: STUDY
http://medicalxpress.com/news/2014-10-metformin-diabetes-drugs-treatment.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=splt-item&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter
NEW SATELLITE TECHNOLOGY SHOWS AMAZON ABSORBING LESS CARBON DUE TO LESS RAINFALL
http://phys.org/news/2014-10-satellite-technology-amazon-absorbing-carbon.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=splt-item&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter
'REVERSE ENGINEERING' MATERIALS FOR MORE EFFICIENT HEATING AND COOLING
http://phys.org/news/2014-10-reverse-materials-efficient-cooling.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=splt-item&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter
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BEATING BATTERY DRAIN: POWER-CONSERVING CHIP MAY INCREASE SMARTPHONE BATTERY LIFE
Stream video on your smartphone, or use its GPS for an hour or two, and you'll probably see the battery drain significantly. As data rates climb and smartphones adopt more power-hungry features, battery life has become a concern. Now a technology developed by MIT spinout Eta Devices could help a phone's battery last perhaps twice as long, and help to conserve energy in cell towers.
Full story at http://phys.org/news/2014-10-battery-power-conserving-chip-smartphone-life.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=ctgr-item&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter
BEBOP SENSORS TO OFFER SENSOR EXPERTISE TO WEARABLES
Keith McMillen has been an innovator in audio and music technology for nearly 30 years. His bio notes tell us that "He has been working his entire adult life on one single problem —how to play live interactive music in an ensemble using extended instruments moderated by computer intelligence." Keith McMillen Instruments, the California-based company, said on its company site that "We believe when a computer is played as a musical instrument it should feel and respond like one, with all the nuance and sensitivity that makes an instrument musical."
Full story at http://phys.org/news/2014-10-bebop-sensors-sensor-expertise-wearables.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=ctgr-item&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter
STUDY FINDS WIDER USE OF PREMIUM GAS COULD SAVE FUEL, MONEY
If the majority of light-duty vehicles in the United States ran on higher-octane gasoline, the automotive industry as a whole would reduce its carbon dioxide emissions by 35 million tons per year, saving up to $6 billion in fuel costs, according to a new analysis by MIT researchers.
Full story at http://phys.org/news/2014-10-wider-premium-gas-fuel-money.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=ctgr-item&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter
WITH PHASED-ARRAY RADAR TECHNOLOGIES, ELECTRICAL ENGINEERS AIM TO MAKE CAR TRAVEL SAFER
Making the world safer for car drivers, passengers and pedestrians is the ultimate goal of automotive safety systems and self-driving cars. To get there, electrical engineers from the University of California, San Diego developed hardware for a new generation of automotive radar systems designed to keep drivers, and the pedestrians around them they may not see, safe.
Full story at http://phys.org/news/2014-10-phased-array-radar-technologies-electrical-aim.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=ctgr-item&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter
NOW IN AISLE 3 AT LOWE'S: ROBOTS
The robots are coming. Lowe's is testing whether new bots on wheels can improve its customer service, like helping a shopper find a match for something as simple as a nail.
Full story at http://phys.org/news/2014-10-lowe-debuts-customer-robots.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=ctgr-item&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter
'AMBULANCE DRONE' PROTOTYPE UNVEILED IN HOLLAND
A Dutch-based student on Tuesday unveiled a prototype of an "ambulance drone", a flying defibrillator able to reach heart attack victims within precious life-saving minutes.
Full story at http://phys.org/news/2014-10-ambulance-drone-prototype-unveiled-holland.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=ctgr-item&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter
SWISS FIRM SAYS IT CAN MAKE NEAR INVISIBLE SOLAR MODULES
A Swiss research and development company said Tuesday it had discovered a way to make white solar modules, which can blend with a building's "skin" to become virtually invisible.
Full story at http://phys.org/news/2014-10-swiss-firm-invisible-solar-modules.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=ctgr-item&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter
GOOGLE SEEKS WAY TO SEARCH BODIES FOR DISEASE
Google is exploring a way to search inside people's bodies for early signs of deadly illnesses such as cancer or heart disease.
Full story at http://phys.org/news/2014-10-google-bodies-disease.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=ctgr-item&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter
NIST: SAMSUNG FIND MY MOBILE FEATURE VULNERABLE
Samsung Find My Mobile service is said to be vulnerable to attack. Samsung describes its Find My Mobile as a way to manage your device in a secure way, where you can track and control your device remotely. With the "Locate my device" function, you can locate your lost device with ease; you can remotely lock your device so that no one else can use the device; and the bell rings for one minute at the highest volume regardless of the device's sound and vibration settings. A recent discovery, though, finds the service is vulnerable to exploit. If broken into, the thief gets to remotely control access the smartphone.
Full story at http://phys.org/news/2014-10-nist-samsung-mobile-feature-vulnerable.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=ctgr-item&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter
APPLE CEO TIM COOK SAYS APPLE PAY A SUCCESS
Apple CEO Tim Cook said Apple's new mobile payment system had over 1 million activations in the first three days after it became available, and is now more widely used than any competing payment system.
Full story at http://phys.org/news/2014-10-apple-ceo-tim-cook-success.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=ctgr-item&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter
SOFTBANK READY TO SPLASH $10B ON INDIA INVESTMENTS (UPDATE)
Japanese telecommunications company Softbank Corp. said Tuesday it bought stakes in two Indian technology companies and could splash $10 billion on investments in the country over the next decade.
Full story at http://phys.org/news/2014-10-softbank-invests-840m-india-tech.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=ctgr-item&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter
ALIBABA CHAIRMAN WANTS TO BRING US MOVIES TO CHINA
The head of China's leading Internet conglomerate wants to bring American movies to China, along with other U.S. products.
Full story at http://phys.org/news/2014-10-alibaba-chairman-movies-china.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=ctgr-item&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter
TARGETED 'MALVERTISING' REVEALS MOVE TOWARDS MORE SOPHISTICATED HACKS
At the recent Information Security Solutions Europe conference, former White House cybersecurity adviser Howard Schmidt claimed that most security threats may be persistent, but are not as "advanced" as their common acronym APT (Advanced Persistent Threat) suggests.
Full story at http://phys.org/news/2014-10-malvertising-reveals-sophisticated-hacks.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=ctgr-item&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter
3D PRINTED GUITARS HIT ROAD WITH KLAXONS
The UK indie rock band made a tongue-in-cheek announcement last June that their next tour would be played entirely on 3D printed instruments, but their fantasy has been turned at least partially into reality with the help of 3D-printed guitar company Customuse and 3D printing experts from the University of Sheffield.
Full story at http://phys.org/news/2014-10-3d-guitars-road-klaxons.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=ctgr-item&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter
THE QUICK BROWN FOX CAN HELP SECURE YOUR PASSWORDS ONLINE
In 2004 Bill Gates pronounced usernames and passwords dead. Gates, a man consistently thinking ahead of the crowd, was right. Most of us – including our employers and the online services we rely on – just haven't caught up yet.
Full story at http://phys.org/news/2014-10-quick-brown-fox-passwords-online.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=ctgr-item&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter
U.N. TASK FORCE SAYS NEW OCEAN TELECOM CABLES SHOULD BE 'GREEN'
The global system of submarine telecommunications cables that supports our connected world is deaf, dumb and blind to the external ocean environment – and represents a major missed opportunity for tsunami warning and global climate monitoring, according to UH scientists and a United Nations task force.
Full story at http://phys.org/news/2014-10-task-ocean-telecom-cables-green.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=ctgr-item&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter
GREENER SHIP PROPELLERS
A Norwegian invention is reducing by a third the energy that foundries need to manufacture ship propeller blades.
Full story at http://phys.org/news/2014-10-greener-ship-propellers.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=ctgr-item&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter
RESEARCH SHOWS URGENT NEED TO ADDRESS INSTABILITY OF WORLD'S POWER SUPPLIES
A new study reveals the urgent need to address instabilities in the supply of electrical power to counteract an increase in the frequency and severity of urban blackouts.
Full story at http://phys.org/news/2014-10-urgent-instability-world-power.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=ctgr-item&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter
YELP ACQUIRES FRENCH RIVAL CITYVOX
The online review website Yelp announced Tuesday it had acquired French-based rival Cityvox in its latest overseas expansion.
Full story at http://phys.org/news/2014-10-yelp-french-rival-cityvox.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=ctgr-item&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter
CHINA, RUSSIA LINKED TO CYBERSPYING, RESEARCHERS SAY
The Russian and Chinese governments are likely behind widespread cyberespionage that has hit targets in the US and elsewhere, two separate security reports said Tuesday.
Full story at http://phys.org/news/2014-10-china-russia-linked-cyberspying.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=ctgr-item&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter
IDENTIFYING 'STANCE TAKING' CUES TO ENABLE SOPHISTICATED VOICE RECOGNITION
In the future, computers may be capable of talking to us during meetings just like a remote teleconference participant. But to help move this science-fiction-sounding goal a step closer to reality, it's first necessary to teach computers to recognize not only the words we use but also the myriad meanings, subtleties and attitudes they can convey.
Full story at http://phys.org/news/2014-10-stance-cues-enable-sophisticated-voice.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=ctgr-item&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter
ELECTRIC-CAR DRIVERS TRADING GAS FOR SOLAR POWER (UPDATE)
Owners of electric vehicles have already gone gas-free. Now, a growing number are powering their cars with sunlight.
Full story at http://phys.org/news/2014-10-electric-car-drivers-gas-solar-power.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=ctgr-item&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter
TWITTER SHARES SINK ON WORRIES ABOUT USAGE
Shares in Twitter sank more than 12 percent Tuesday as disappointing user numbers overshadowed a doubling of income in its third quarter and sparked several analyst downgrades.
Full story at http://phys.org/news/2014-10-twitter-usage.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=ctgr-item&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter
NEARLY HALF OF CALIF. AFFECTED BY HACKS IN 2013
The number of Californians whose personal data was hacked last year jumped sixfold to 18.5 million accounts and as many as one-third of those people will become victims of fraud, says California Attorney General Kamala Harris, in a new report on data breaches in the nation's biggest state.
Full story at http://phys.org/news/2014-10-calif-affected-hacks.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=ctgr-item&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter
FTC SAYS AT&T MISLED CUSTOMERS WITH UNLIMITED DATA
AT&T is being sued by the government over allegations it misled millions of smartphone customers about its unlimited data plans.
Full story at http://phys.org/news/2014-10-ftc-att-misled-customers-unlimited.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=ctgr-item&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter
YOUTUBE CONSIDERS OFFERING AD-FREE SUBSCRIPTION
YouTube viewers might get the option of paid subscriptions for ad-free access to the popular online video-sharing service.
Full story at http://phys.org/news/2014-10-youtube-ad-free-subscription.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=ctgr-item&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter
US EYES CYBER 'DETERRENCE' TO STOP HACKERS (UPDATE)
The US military is looking to flex its muscles in cyberspace as a "deterrence" to hackers eying American targets, the nation's top cyber-warrior said Tuesday.
Full story at http://phys.org/news/2014-10-eyes-cyber-deterrence-hackers.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=ctgr-item&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter
FACEBOOK'S ADVERTISING REVENUE SOARS IN 3Q
Facebook grew its advertising revenue by 64 percent in the third quarter, helped by a boost in mobile ads that are becoming an increasingly large chunk of the social networking giant's overall advertising business.
Full story at http://phys.org/news/2014-10-facebook-ad-revenue-growth-3q.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=ctgr-item&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter
NEW CALL OF DUTY OUT NEXT WEEK, AT WAL-MART FIRST
The latest installment in the blockbuster "Call of Duty" video game franchise goes on sale next week and those that need to be first in line will have to head to Wal-Mart.
Full story at http://phys.org/news/2014-10-duty-week-wal-mart.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=ctgr-item&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter
NEW INTELLIGENCE ANALYTICS UNCOVER HIDDEN CRIMINAL ACTIVITY IN JUST SECONDS
IBM today announced new high-speed analysis and criminal investigation software that is designed to uncover hidden criminal threats buried deep inside massive volumes of disparate corporate data. IBM i2 Enterprise Insight Analysis (EIA) can find non-obvious relationships masked within hundreds of terabytes of data and trillions of objects in just seconds. By fusing together these multiple data sources, organizations can gain complete visibility into threats across the enterprise, giving companies the ability to transform how they protect themselves from increasingly sophisticated attacks.
Full story at http://phys.org/news/2014-10-intelligence-analytics-uncover-hidden-criminal.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=ctgr-item&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter
FULLY INTEGRATING SOLAR POWER INTO BUILDING DESIGN
The SMARTFLEX project will help architects to fully integrate solar panelling into their building designs in a cost-effective and highly innovative manner.
Full story at http://phys.org/news/2014-10-fully-solar-power.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=ctgr-item&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter
DRIVERLESS SUBWAY LINE TO BE EXTENDED IN PARIS
The Paris public transportation company Régie Autonome des Transports Parisiens (RATP) is extending its network of driverless subways by six kilometers. Siemens will equip the new section of Line 14 with signaling and operation control technology. The route's four new stations are scheduled to go into operation in 2019. The contract is worth around €45 million.
Full story at http://phys.org/news/2014-10-driverless-subway-line-paris.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=ctgr-item&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter
PROCESSING MILK—HOW CONCENTRATES HELP TO SAVE ENERGY
Powdered milk is a vital ingredient in infant formula and also used in a wide a range of baked goods and confectionary products. It is manufactured using an energy-intensive process chain that involves concentrating and drying milk. Researchers at Technische Universität München (TUM) are researching more energy-efficient ways of making concentrates. And they are already seeing promising results: By combining different membrane separation processes, they have succeeded in reducing the amount of energy required to concentrate milk by around 20 percent.
Full story at http://phys.org/news/2014-10-milkhow-energy.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=ctgr-item&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter
NTU TO BUILD REGION'S FIRST RENEWABLE ENERGY INTEGRATION DEMONSTRATION MICRO-GRID
Nanyang Technological University Singapore (NTU Singapore) will be building a hybrid micro-grid which will integrate multiple large-scale renewable energy sources.
Full story at http://phys.org/news/2014-10-ntu-region-renewable-energy-micro-grid.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=ctgr-item&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter
SPECIAL DELIVERY: MARINES DIAL UP FASTER LOGISTICS AT TECH DEMO
Marines in Hawaii recently demonstrated that handheld devices and automation software could speed delivery of critical supplies to the front lines and even help planners determine when and where items will be needed ahead of time.
Full story at http://phys.org/news/2014-10-special-delivery-marines-dial-faster.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=ctgr-item&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter
AMGEN OUTLINES GROWTH PLAN, RULES OUT BREAK-UP
Biotechnology company Amgen, facing pressure from activist investor Daniel Loeb, Tuesday unveiled plans to implement deeper job cuts, lift shareholder payouts and increase revenues to more than $20 billion in 2015.
Full story at http://phys.org/news/2014-10-amgen-outlines-growth-break-up.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=ctgr-item&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter
NY VOTERS TO DECIDE ON DIGITAL LEGISLATION
If New York voters approve proposition No. 2 on the ballot next week, their 213 legislators will join the digital age. Their desks in the ornate chambers of the Capitol will have computers instead of thick stacks of bills they're supposed to read.
Full story at http://phys.org/news/2014-10-ny-voters-digital-legislation.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=ctgr-item&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter
THOUSANDS IN HUNGARY MARCH AGAINST INTERNET TAX (UPDATE)
Tens of thousands of protesters marched Tuesday against a plan by the Hungarian government to tax Internet use from 2015.
Full story at http://phys.org/news/2014-10-thousands-hungary-internet-tax.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=ctgr-item&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter
JUDGE SHOOTS DOWN NORIEGA 'CALL OF DUTY' LAWSUIT
A California judge on Tuesday shot down a lawsuit filed by former Panama dictator Manuel Noriega after his likeness appeared in a "Call of Duty" video game.
Full story at http://phys.org/news/2014-10-noriega-duty-lawsuit.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=ctgr-item&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter
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