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How to Identify Almost Anyone in a Consumer Gene Database
New techniques that dig more deeply into genetic databases may soon make the anonymity of their customers’ DNA impossible to safeguard-- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Fake or real? New UC Davis study finds consumers wary of manipulated photos
(University of California - Davis) In the age of fake news and doctored photos, wary consumers are not nearly as gullible as one might presume. But the source of the images does not matter much as people evaluate what is fake and what is real, a Univ...
NASA finds Tropical Cyclone Luban crawling
(NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center) NASA-NOAA's Suomi NPP satellite provided a visible image of Tropical Cyclone Luban as it continued to spin over the Arabian Sea and slowly head toward Oman.
The future of electronic devices: Strong and self-healing ion gels
(Yokohama National University) Scientists at Yokohama National University and the University of Tokyo in Japan have designed an ion gel with excellent toughness and an ability to self-heal at ambient temperature without any external trigger or detect...
Giant Leap for Gene-Based Testing Estimates Risk of Heart Disease, Breast Cancer and Others
This new approach to predictive medicine takes genomics research by storm, but still generates controversy-- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Russian rocket malfunctions during launch to space station; crew makes safe landing
An American and a Russian spaceflier are in good shape after they were forced to abort their trip to the International Space Station due to a rocket anomaly, but today’s scary launch has cast a pall over orbital operations going forward.
NASA astrona...
Dartmouth Institute receives $3.5 million for research to prevent acute kidney injury
(The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy & Clinical Practice) Acute kidney injury (AKI) occurs in up to 14 percent of all patients following a cardiac catheterization and up to 50 percent in patients with pre-existing kidney disease. A research tea...
New study helps explain recent scarcity of Bay nettles
(Virginia Institute of Marine Science) A new, long-term study of how environmental conditions affect the abundance and distribution of jellyfish in the nation's largest estuary helps explain the widely reported scarcity of sea nettles within Che...
NASA watchdogs blame SLS rocket snags on Boeing missteps and poor oversight
A structural test version of the intertank for NASA’s new deep-space rocket, the Space Launch System, arrives at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in March for testing aboard the barge Pegasus. The intertank is the second piece of structural hardwa...
Tech to prepare manufacturers, workers for the 'factory of the future'
(Purdue University) Purdue University researchers in collaboration with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Indiana University will be developing new technologies alongside a platform that will allow manufacturers to realistically simulate...