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Hacking computer hardware »
Posted by: okazakifragment3 1 year, 7 months ago in Science & Technology
AS IF computer viruses and worms aren't enough of a nuisance, malicious hardware, which will be much more difficult to detect, could soon become ...
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Better-educated women are a healthier weight »
Posted by: okazakifragment3 1 year, 7 months ago in Style
A new comparison of multi-national data, released this month, reveals that highly educated women have a healthier average weight than less educated women, but that ...
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Turning on cell-cell communication wipes out staph infections »
Posted by: okazakifragment3 1 year, 7 months ago in Style
University of Iowa researchers have succeeded in wiping out established biofilms of Staphylococcus aureus (staph) by hijacking one of the bacteria's own regulatory systems ...
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You are what you eat? Maybe not for ancient man »
Posted by: okazakifragment3 1 year, 7 months ago in Science & Technology
Careful analysis of microscopic abrasions on the teeth of early human "cousins" by resesarchers at Johns Hopkins, University of Arkansas, Cambridge University and Stony Brook ...
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Are you looking at me? »
Posted by: okazakifragment3 1 year, 7 months ago in Science & Technology
In humans, the eyes are said to be the 'window to the soul', conveying much about a person's emotions and intentions. New research demonstrates ...
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Butter-flavored popcorn ingredient suspected cause of lung disease »
Posted by: okazakifragment3 1 year, 7 months ago in Style
An unusually high incidence of lung disease has been diagnosed in workers at popcorn factories. Researchers are focusing on diacetyl, the ingredient which is largely ...
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Imaging study provides glimpse of alcohol's effect on brain »
Posted by: okazakifragment3 1 year, 7 months ago in Science & Technology
New brain imaging research published this week shows that, after consuming alcohol, social drinkers had decreased sensitivity in brain regions involved in detecting threats, and ...
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Too much technology may be killing beneficial bacteria »
Posted by: okazakifragment3 1 year, 7 months ago in Science & Technology
Too much of a good thing could be harmful to the environment. For years, scientists have known about silver's ability to kill harmful bacteria ...
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Before fossil fuels, Earth's minerals kept CO2 in check »
Posted by: okazakifragment3 1 year, 7 months ago in Science & Technology
Over millions of years carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere have been moderated by a finely-tuned natural feedback systemÃ;¢ââ;;¬" a system ...
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Ancient ecosystems organized much like our own »
Posted by: okazakifragment3 1 year, 7 months ago in Science & Technology
It was an Anomalocaris-eat-trilobite world, filled with species like nothing on today's Earth. But the ecology of Cambrian communities was remarkably modern, say researchers ...
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Cause and affect: Emotions can be unconsciously and subliminally evoked, study shows »
Posted by: okazakifragment3 1 year, 7 months ago in Science & Technology
Most people agree that emotions can be caused by a specific event and that the person experiencing it is aware of the cause, such as ...
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Will Corals Survive Stormy Future? »
Posted by: okazakifragment3 1 year, 7 months ago in Science & Technology
Earthwatch-supported study reveals that climate change-related storms limit the number of coral recruits that enter a coral community.
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Beating the codebreakers with quantum cryptography »
Posted by: okazakifragment3 1 year, 7 months ago in Science & Technology
Quantum cryptography may be essentially solved, but getting the funky physics to work on disciplined computer networks is a whole new headache.
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MIT tracks carbon footprints of different lifestyles »
Posted by: okazakifragment3 1 year, 7 months ago in Science & Technology
Whether you live in a cardboard box or a luxurious mansion, whether you subsist on homegrown vegetables or wolf down imported steaks, whether you're ...
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Warning buoys for right whales installed along Massachusetts Bay »
Posted by: okazakifragment3 1 year, 7 months ago in Science & Technology
Endangered North Atlantic right whales are safer along Massachusetts Bay's busy shipping lanes this spring, thanks to a new system of smart buoys. The ...
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