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Many similar accidents have occurred in the Philippines’ sparsely populated northern mountains because of the poor condition of vehicles and roads and the lack of signs, railings and other safety features. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/2N2HGWE

In an audio statement by spokesman Abu Hamza al Qurashi published on ISIS social media accounts, the group also confirmed the death of former spokesman Abu Hassan Al-Muhajir. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/2piiLWh

The Democratic-controlled House voted by 232 to 196 to establish how to hold public hearings in Congress, which could be damaging for Trump ahead of the 2020 presidential election. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/2Wtu2z0

The suspension period of six months is the longest ever imposed on any MP in British parliamentary history. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/2JFR3JR

Bacteria and other swimming microorganisms evolved to thrive in challenging environments, and researchers struggle to mimic their unique abilities for biomedical technologies, but fabrication challenges created a manufacturing bottleneck. Microscopic, 3D-printed, tori -- donuts ­­-- coated with nickel and platinum may bridge the gap between biological and synthetic swimmers, according to an international team of researchers. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/2pk6FMn

Ahead of the UK general election, Facebook says it is tackling interference and misinformation. But the firm’s efforts are unlikely to have much effect from New Scientist - Home https://ift.tt/34fmJxB

The luminiferous aether has become a byword for failed ideas. Now it is being revived to explain dark matter and dark energy, and potentially unify physics from New Scientist - Home https://ift.tt/2q81A9M

Ahead of the UK general election, Facebook says it is tackling interference and misinformation. But the firm’s efforts are unlikely to have much effect from New Scientist - News https://ift.tt/31ZHwDF

The luminiferous aether has become a byword for failed ideas. Now it is being revived to explain dark matter and dark energy, and potentially unify physics from New Scientist - Physics https://ift.tt/2N2U7C8

The luminiferous aether has become a byword for failed ideas. Now it is being revived to explain dark matter and dark energy, and potentially unify physics from New Scientist - Home https://ift.tt/2q81A9M

Highly targeted political adverts give politicians who use them an unfair advantage, says Twitter, so the social media firm is banning them on its platform from New Scientist - Home https://ift.tt/2JBGB6c

The constellation Taurus is packed with interesting stars. Here's how to find It, and learn about the zodiac and your star sign in the process from New Scientist - Space https://ift.tt/34f5Zqf

The constellation Taurus is packed with interesting stars. Here's how to find It, and learn about the zodiac and your star sign in the process from New Scientist - Home https://ift.tt/2MZLhot

By landing on the roofs of busses, delivery drones could travel four-and-a-half times as far, making them more useful for transporting packages from New Scientist - Home https://ift.tt/2psk3hm

Highly targeted political adverts give politicians who use them an unfair advantage, says Twitter, so the social media firm is banning them on its platform from New Scientist - News https://ift.tt/2BW3iOc

By landing on the roofs of busses, delivery drones could travel four-and-a-half times as far, making them more useful for transporting packages from New Scientist - News https://ift.tt/2N3c6bx

By landing on the roofs of busses, delivery drones could travel four-and-a-half times as far, making them more useful for transporting packages from New Scientist - Home https://ift.tt/2ozjaTR

By landing on the roofs of busses, delivery drones could travel four-and-a-half times as far, making them more useful for transporting packages from New Scientist - News https://ift.tt/34lRu45

A headset that allows you to treat the symptoms of depression by zapping your brain has gone on sale in the UK from New Scientist - Home https://ift.tt/2JByzKm

A headset that allows you to treat the symptoms of depression by zapping your brain has gone on sale in the UK from New Scientist - News https://ift.tt/2WtekDV

An official admitted that even though the killing of Al-Baghdadi by US elite special forces is a step forward in fight against terrorism, Islamic State continues to remain a grave threat with its large number of fighters. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/332Fwfq

Facebook said it wished it had “done more to investigate claims about Cambridge Analytica in 2015.” from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/2Wvmlbr

The dog is a four-year veteran of the SOCOM Canine Program and has been a member of approximately 50 combat missions. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/2q5f9qE

A forensic pathologist has contradicted the official verdict of suicide by hanging given by officials in August, saying Epstein’s injuries were “more indicative of homicidal strangulation.” from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/31VUWRe

Several British MPs have voters with origins and links in Jammu and Kashmir and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, many of whom participated in recent protests in London against the structural changes made by the Indian government in August. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/2N1TnwU

Vaz, 62, faces a six-month suspension from the House of Commons if MPs accept recommendations of the Commons Committee on Standards in its report on his involvement in a drugs-for-male-sex-workers scandal revealed in a sting operation in 2016. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/2pvGhim

The issue suddenly arose in September when Twitter, along with Facebook and Google, refused to remove a misleading video ad from President Donald Trump’s campaign that targeted former Vice President Joe Biden from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/2WCM02l

New batteries will mean it could take just 10 minutes to charge electric cars enough to travel 300 kilometres – and the batteries still work after 2500 charge cycles from New Scientist - News https://ift.tt/34cu1lI

To alleviate this growing problem of email scams, computer scientists have developed a prototype of a machine-learning based detector that automatically detects and stops lateral phishing attacks. from Top Technology News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/36iubdi

Coral species richness at different depths is unrelated to energy availability, according to a new study analyzing diversity across an Australasian reef. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/2PtvMqq

Researchers show that a pathogenic fungus alters the metabolism of its host unicellular algae, for its own purposes: the small bioactive substances that are formed in the process benefit the fungi's own propagation while preventing the algae from proliferating. Eventually the algae shrink and die. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/34aosUI

A new study shows that to achieve the biggest improvements in public health and the greatest benefits from renewable energy, wind turbines should be installed in the Upper Midwest and solar power should be installed in the Great Lakes and Mid-Atlantic regions. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/2WoVSwe

A new study shows that to achieve the biggest improvements in public health and the greatest benefits from renewable energy, wind turbines should be installed in the Upper Midwest and solar power should be installed in the Great Lakes and Mid-Atlantic regions. from Top Technology News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/2WoVSwe

Firms are racing to create a real-time database of every object on Earth larger than a car. It would help investors and conservationists, but could it be abused? from New Scientist - Home https://ift.tt/2Nkpmr6

Quantum mechanics has come a long way during the past 100 years but still has a long way to go. Researchers now review the progress being made in using structured light in quantum protocols to create a larger encoding alphabet, stronger security and better resistance to noise. from Top Technology News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/2Ns45LZ

Artificial intelligence (AI) in the form of a machine-learned algorithm correctly triaged the vast majority of postoperative patients to the intensive care unit in its first proof-of-concept application in a university hospital setting. from Top Technology News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/2JzTFZN

For three hurricane seasons in a row, storms with record-breaking rainfall have caused catastrophic flooding in the southern United States. A new analysis explains why this trend is likely to continue with global warming: Both the higher moisture content of warmer air and storms' increasing wind speeds conspire to produce wetter storms. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/34dq0NR

Firms are racing to create a real-time database of every object on Earth larger than a car. It would help investors and conservationists, but could it be abused? from New Scientist - News https://ift.tt/2Jzs2QJ

Comet Borisov was recently detected entering the solar system from interstellar space, and now it seems it is carrying water from another planetary system from New Scientist - News https://ift.tt/36l4XL5

Comet Borisov was recently detected entering the solar system from interstellar space, and now it seems it is carrying water from another planetary system from New Scientist - Home https://ift.tt/2Ns06Pw

People seem to be answering survey questions randomly on Amazon's crowdsourcing website, which could mean many academic studies are wrong from New Scientist - Home https://ift.tt/31YeioL

Comet Borisov was recently detected entering the solar system from interstellar space, and now it seems it is carrying water from another planetary system from New Scientist - Space https://ift.tt/2ptkQOW

People seem to be answering survey questions randomly on Amazon's crowdsourcing website, which could mean many academic studies are wrong from New Scientist - News https://ift.tt/2PxV4DN

They cause deadly diseases and brainwash crickets to leap into ponds, so why are conservationists fighting to save parasites from extinction? from New Scientist - Home https://ift.tt/2C69seV

They cause deadly diseases and brainwash crickets to leap into ponds, so why are conservationists fighting to save parasites from extinction? from New Scientist - Life https://ift.tt/36a7hVc

Experts say the ease of streaming services comes with a hefty environmental price tag as watching a half-hour show would lead to emissions of 1.6 kilograms of carbon dioxide equivalent. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/2MYPjO3

It will mark the first December-poll since 1923 once the House of Lords passes the legislation and it becomes law by the end of the week. Once that happens, there will be a five-week campaign up to the polling day. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/32YClp0

China invited the representatives of 14 countries, including most of its neighbours and other Asian nations to discuss boundary cooperation for its first such meeting. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/2PrRcEm

The young climate activist, who has rallied millions to her “Fridays for Future” movement, was honoured at a Stockholm ceremony held by the Nordic Council, a regional body for inter-parliamentary cooperation. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/2PurO0R

U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday announced that Baghdadi killed himself during an overnight raid by elite U.S. special operations forces in Syria. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/36hhO0Z

Video game developer Ninja Theory has previously worked with scientists to portray psychosis and now plans to create games to aid mental health from New Scientist - News https://ift.tt/2MV8Iz8

We’ve discovered brain cells help us judge the distance to an object, and they remain active even if we can no longer see the object suggesting a role in memory from New Scientist - News https://ift.tt/2q78bkH

We’ve discovered brain cells help us judge the distance to an object, and they remain active even if we can no longer see the object suggesting a role in memory from New Scientist - Home https://ift.tt/2BQRooN

Once thought too abstract, category theory has become remarkably pervasive in science, says mathematician and pianist Eugenia Cheng from New Scientist - Home https://ift.tt/2MX9T18

Unchecked climate change could drive Britain's crop growing north and west, leaving the east and south east unable to support crop growing, new research suggests. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/2C416EB

You'd think that losing 25 percent of your genes would be a big problem for survival. But not for red algae, including the seaweed used to wrap sushi. An ancestor of red algae lost about a quarter of its genes roughly one billion years ago, but the algae still became dominant in near-shore coastal areas around the world. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/36fEeQd

A long-term study of copperhead snakes in a forest near Meriden, Conn., revealed that five consecutive years of drought effectively ended the snakes' reproductive output. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/2BUyVaM

Migratory sandpipers breeding in Greenland who choose to spend the winter in West Africa instead of elsewhere along the East Atlantic coast have a lower chance of survival, are more likely to skip their first breeding season and arrive later at their breeding grounds. The new research challenges the widely held idea that the costs of longer migratory flights are inevitably offset by benefits in the winter habitats. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/2BOQCZo

Some bacteria release a toxin that forms pores on other cells. Scientists have studied the pore-forming toxin aerolysin and genetically engineered it to be used as a high-resolution sensor for biological molecules like DNA and proteins. from Top Technology News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/34cHvhj

A group of scientists is continuing the search for dark matter within the framework of the "Cosmic Axion Spin Precession Experiment" (or "CASPEr" for short). CASPEr is an international research program that uses nuclear magnetic resonance techniques to identify and analyze dark matter. Very little is known about the exact nature of dark matter. Currently, some of the most promising dark matter candidates are extremely light bosonic particles such as axions, axion-like particles or even dark photons. from Top Technology News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/2WkTV44

Once thought too abstract, category theory has become remarkably pervasive in science, says mathematician and pianist Eugenia Cheng from New Scientist - Physics https://ift.tt/36b1Zsx

A new vaccine is the first that prevents people with a dormant tuberculosis infection from developing active disease from New Scientist - Home https://ift.tt/34fjcPZ

A new vaccine is the first that prevents people with a dormant tuberculosis infection from developing active disease from New Scientist - News https://ift.tt/367Virc

A study published today examines the evolutionary and epidemiologic history of an epidemic strain of extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB) -- called LAM4/KZN. This strain was first reported in a 2005 outbreak where it was associated with 90 percent mortality among predominantly HIV infected individuals, and has since become widespread throughout the province. A new study identifies key host, pathogen and environmental factors that facilitated the success of this XDR-TB strain. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/31Y4T0l

Widespread adaptation of healthier diets would markedly reduce the environmental impact of agriculture and food production. For the first time, researchers have tied the health impacts of foods to their overall environmental impact. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/32WVlEj

Largest study yet to compare protected with 'matched' unprotected land finds 'significantly higher' increases in human pressure -- primarily through agriculture -- in protected areas across the tropics. Researchers argue that efforts to increase coverage may not help save wildlife unless protecting land 'on paper' is backed up by funding and local community engagement. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/2Njvrnz

An international team has discovered a cheap and efficient way to identify transmission hotspots for schistosomiasis. The research uses rigorous field sampling and aerial images to precisely map communities that are at greatest risk for infection. from Top Technology News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/36gcV8c

Chemists match models and experiments to see how salt modifies surface interactions in chromatography used to separate valuable drug proteins. The research could be a step toward simplifying drug manufacture. from Top Technology News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/2oukOGi

Inspired by jumping spiders, researchers have developed a compact and efficient depth sensor that could be used on board microrobots, in small wearable devices, or in lightweight virtual and augmented reality headsets. The device combines a multifunctional, flat metalens with an ultra-efficient algorithm to measure depth in a single shot. from Top Technology News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/3499OgE

The recent repositioning of the forces within Syria was intended to posture the US to continue the mission of defeating ISIS and give President Trump options while returning the balance back home to the United States, the defense secretary said.. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/347FcvY

The employee letter follows widespread criticism of Facebook’s ad policy, including from Sen. Elizabeth Warren , a leading Democratic presidential candidate. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/2BOm3Da

The development came after the European Union (EU) earlier agreed to offer the UK a three-month extension to the Brexit deadline, until January 31 next year, which Johnson then formally accepted by informing the British Parliament. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/2qSEXql

The US Geological Survey says the 6.8 magnitude earthquake struck Tuesday morning on Mindanao island in the south. Philippine seismologists said it was a lower magnitude of 6.4. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/36h2bXd

A new bioinformatics tool, MHcut reveals that a natural repair system for DNA damage, microhomology-mediated end joining, is probably far more common in humans than originally assumed. Using MHcut and commercial genome-editing technology, the researchers created mutations in iPS cells with extraordinary precision to model diseases without the need of patient samples. The tool is expected to make it easier to study diseases even when patients are rare or unavailable. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/2NoApzo

At the end of the Triassic around 201 million years ago, three out of four species on Earth disappeared. Up until now, scientists believed the cause of the catastrophe to be the onset of large-scale volcanism resulting in abrupt climate change. Now, an international research team has found a contributing cause: poisoning by mercury emitted by the volcanoes. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/31UkyOv

A previously unobserved mechanism is at work in the Sun's rotating plasma: a magnetic instability, which scientists had thought was physically impossible under these conditions. The effect might even play a crucial role in the formation of the Sun's magnetic field, say researchers. from Top Technology News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/2Wjl2MO

New research suggests that eating one avocado a day may help keep 'bad cholesterol' at bay. According to the researchers, bad cholesterol can refer to both oxidized low-density lipoprotein (LDL) and small, dense LDL particles. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/2BV4yAZ

Physicists have revealed a new quantum process in valleytronics that can speed up the development of this fairly new technology. from Top Technology News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/2qMFUQN

Researchers investigated the cooperative abilities of dolphins. Utilizing a simplified Hirata Task, the team found that dolphins coordinated their behavior to work together on a shared task. Specifically, the 'initiator' would wait on their partner and the 'follower' would coordinate their swimming speed to match the initiator's behavior. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/2pYy862

Researchers investigated the cooperative abilities of dolphins. Utilizing a simplified Hirata Task, the team found that dolphins coordinated their behavior to work together on a shared task. Specifically, the 'initiator' would wait on their partner and the 'follower' would coordinate their swimming speed to match the initiator's behavior. from All Top News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/2pYy862

Finding a handful of cancer cells hiding among billions of blood cells in a patient sample can be like finding a needle in a haystack. In a new approach enabled by 3D-printed cell traps, researchers are removing the hay to expose the cancer cells. from Top Technology News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/32TXyQY

New genetic research has identified fin whales in the northern Pacific Ocean as a separate subspecies, reflecting a revolution in marine mammal taxonomy as scientists unravel the genetics of enormous animals otherwise too large to fit into laboratories. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/342X9vA

Cannabis flowers with the most mushroom-shaped hairs pack the biggest cannabinoid and fragrance punch, according to new research. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/349imnA

From alienated life in post-Arctic Sweden to the failure to engage with tech’s new intimacies, Helen Marshall explores an excellent and diverse new sci-fi anthology from New Scientist - Space https://ift.tt/2NhLhix

For the third year in a row an enormous wildfire is destroying homes and properties in California, with smaller fires raging elsewhere in the state from New Scientist - Home https://ift.tt/2PqYPLw

From alienated life in post-Arctic Sweden to the failure to engage with tech’s new intimacies, Helen Marshall explores an excellent and diverse new sci-fi anthology from New Scientist - Home https://ift.tt/347ihRj

Google recently claimed to have achieved quantum supremacy, but many companies are still hoping their own quantum computers will soon overtake Google's from New Scientist - Physics https://ift.tt/2Wmf6Tu

For the third year in a row an enormous wildfire is destroying homes and properties in California, with smaller fires raging elsewhere in the state from New Scientist - News https://ift.tt/2qQUlDD

Google recently claimed to have achieved quantum supremacy, but many companies are still hoping their own quantum computers will soon overtake Google's from New Scientist - Home https://ift.tt/2qMhpDj

From alienated life in post-Arctic Sweden to the failure to engage with tech’s new intimacies, Helen Marshall explores an excellent and diverse new sci-fi anthology from New Scientist - Space https://ift.tt/2NhLhix

Google recently claimed to have achieved quantum supremacy, but many companies are still hoping their own quantum computers will soon overtake Google's from New Scientist - News https://ift.tt/2JsbNVu

California’s governor declared a state-wide emergency on Sunday as a huge wind-fueled blaze forced evacuations and massive power blackouts, threatening towns in the famed Sonoma wine region. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/2BOnkKp

Boeing Co Chief Executive Dennis Muilenburg will testify for two days before Congress starting on Tuesday, which is the anniversary of the Lion Air 737 MAX crash in Indonesia. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/32TyFop

Some 184 Catholic bishops had gathered at the Vatican with representatives of indigenous peoples, experts and nuns, to discuss a multitude of regional concerns, from the destruction of the rainforest and the global climate emergency, to land-grabbing and the exploitation of indigenous peoples. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/32OctvU

Joe Biden reiterated that even though he doesn’t like “going after” politicians’ children, but none of his children would hold White House posts. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/2qPWTSr

In the San Francisco Bay Area, two grass fires briefly halted traffic on an Interstate bridge. The flames came dangerously close to homes in Vallejo. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/2BOZPB2

A team of researchers has found an antibody that protects mice against a wide range of potentially lethal influenza viruses, advancing efforts to design of a universal vaccine that could either treat or protect people against all strains of the virus. from All Top News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/2pfCdCN

The US president said that Baghdadi blew himself up, trapped in one of these dead-end tunnels, with US K-9 dogs chasing after him. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/2Jqm2tb

A new way of removing carbon dioxide from a stream of air could provide a significant tool in the battle against climate change. The new system can work on the gas at virtually any concentration level, even down to the roughly 400 parts per million currently found in the atmosphere. from All Top News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/2ogINZg

Physicists have simulated in detail an intermediary phase of the early universe that may have bridged cosmic inflation with the Big Bang. This phase, known as 'reheating,' occurred at the end of cosmic inflation and involved processes that wrestled inflation's cold, uniform matter into the ultrahot, complex soup that was in place at the start of the Big Bang. from All Top News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/2qLua16

New measurements of the rate of expansion of the universe add to a growing mystery: Estimates of a fundamental constant made with different methods keep giving different results. from All Top News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/3422fbH

A new way of removing carbon dioxide from a stream of air could provide a significant tool in the battle against climate change. The new system can work on the gas at virtually any concentration level, even down to the roughly 400 parts per million currently found in the atmosphere. from Top Technology News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/2ogINZg

A new type of micromotor -- powered by ultrasound and steered by magnets -- can move around individual cells and microscopic particles in crowded environments without damaging them. In one demonstration, a micromotor pushed around silica particles to spell out letters. Researchers also controlled the micromotors to climb up microsized blocks and stairs, demonstrating their ability to move over three dimensional obstacles. from All Top News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/2WdeeAq

Based on research at White Pond near Elgin, South Carolina, archaeologists present new evidence of a controversial theory that suggests an extraterrestrial body crashing to Earth almost 13,000 years ago caused the extinction of many large animals and a probable population decline in early humans. from All Top News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/2Ncxj1l

The fight against harmful ozone is under legal threat. Air quality and carbon emissions regulations are currently in limbo in courts and congress, from core legislation from the 1970s to rules from the last US administration. This study models the future losses in the fight to drive down respiratory-damaging ozone if the regulations go away. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/2MSoc6Y

Shouting: “Occupation forces, out!” and “The Spanish flag, out!” they hurled hundreds of multicolour plastic balls and marbles at the riot police guarding the building, who did not respond despite the rising tension. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/2Jqp5BQ

The accused, Maurice Robinson, from Northern Ireland has been apprehended and charged by the police. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/31QVojM

Over the last few years, Dubai Municipality inspectors have been cracking down on the illegal sale of fireworks during the festival. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/2MNP9sI

Sarup, who graduated from DAV College, Lahore, in 1913 and obtained MA in Sanskrit from Oriental College, Lahore, was the first of two students enrolled on Oxford’s DPhil, the other was James Bronte Gatenby from New Zealand. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/2BK1IyG

A new study shows how micro-scale 'rockets,' powered by acoustic waves and an on-board bubble motor, can be maneuvered through 3D landscapes of cells and particles using magnets. from Top Technology News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/2pW0mya

A new type of micromotor -- powered by ultrasound and steered by magnets -- can move around individual cells and microscopic particles in crowded environments without damaging them. In one demonstration, a micromotor pushed around silica particles to spell out letters. Researchers also controlled the micromotors to climb up microsized blocks and stairs, demonstrating their ability to move over three dimensional obstacles. from Top Technology News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/2WdeeAq

A new way of removing carbon dioxide from a stream of air could provide a significant tool in the battle against climate change. The new system can work on the gas at virtually any concentration level, even down to the roughly 400 parts per million currently found in the atmosphere. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/2ogINZg

A first deep dive into the diversity of marine fungi and their cell division cycles has revealed unusual cell cycles, cell division patterns, and polarity. The study broadens our knowledge of ocean diversity into the nearly unstudied Kingdom Fungi. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/2PsFppg

A genetic mutation that leads to a rare, but devastating blindness-causing condition called Bardet-Biedl Syndrome has been discovered in monkeys for the first time. The finding offers a promising way to develop gene and cell therapies that could treat people with the condition, which leads to vision loss, kidney disfunction, extra fingers or toes, and other symptoms. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/2WqCuzf

A new type of micromotor -- powered by ultrasound and steered by magnets -- can move around individual cells and microscopic particles in crowded environments without damaging them. In one demonstration, a micromotor pushed around silica particles to spell out letters. Researchers also controlled the micromotors to climb up microsized blocks and stairs, demonstrating their ability to move over three dimensional obstacles. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/2WdeeAq

In the race to manufacture autonomous vehicles (AVs), safety is crucial yet sometimes overlooked as exemplified by recent headline-making accidents. Researchers are using artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning to improve the safety of autonomous technology through both software and hardware advances. from Top Technology News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/331GmJ6

Physicists have identified a microscopic process of electron spin dynamics in nanoparticles that could impact the design of applications in medicine, quantum computation, and spintronics. from Top Technology News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/2NhyRaq

Scientist are developing new applications for a fabrication process called coaxial electrospinning, which combines two or more materials into a fine fiber for use in industry, textiles or even medicine. Electrospinning combines the amazing properties of one material with the powerful benefits of another. from Top Technology News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/2Wh0C77

On Antarctica, meltwater ponds riddle a kilometer-thick, 10,000-year-old ice shelf, which shatters just weeks later. The collapse shocks scientists and unleashes the glacier behind the ice shelf, driving up sea level. A new study puts damage by meltwater ponds to ice shelves and the ensuing threat to sea level into cool, mathematical perspective. from Top Technology News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/2BJN9v0