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Jun Wang (sitting), Christopher Eng (standing), Jiajun Wang (left, laptop screen), and Liguang Wang of Brookhaven National Laboratory used transmission x-ray microscopy combined with spectroscopy to produce the colored maps shown on the large screen. These maps reveal the structural expansion (and the resulting cracks/fractures) and chemical composition changes that occur as sodium ions (Fe, green) are added to and removed from iron sulfide (FeS, red) during […]

A healthy and active sex life could be behind a happy and productive worker. Sex And Work Findings of a new study which involved 159 married employees surveyed everyday over a two-week period revealed that those who had sex tend to engage themselves in their tasks at work and more likely to enjoy their job the next day. Based on the study’s findings, researcher Keith Leavitt, from […]

SHANGHAI A senior Chinese nuclear power executive has said the country needs to accelerate the construction of new nuclear power plants if it is to meet targets to boost its use of nuclear energy, lower pollution and cut reliance on traditional fuel sources. He Yu, chairman of state-owned China General Nuclear Power Corp (CGN) said the country needed to build between four and six nuclear reactors each […]

I recently attended the DNS Privacy Workshop colocated with this year’s NDSS 2017 in San Diego, California. DNS privacy has received considerable attention from researchers and engineers since the Snowden revelations of state-backed pervasive surveillance in 2013 and the workshop covered a lot of ground. For some Internet users, anonymity is critically important and a service like ToR exists to obfuscate the location and browsing habits of […]

By Ernest Scheyder | HOUSTON HOUSTON Exxon Mobil Corp (XOM.N), the world’s largest publicly traded oil producer, said on Monday it would invest $20 billion through 2022 to expand its chemical and oil refining plants on the U.S. Gulf Coast. The investments at 11 sites should create 35,000 temporary construction jobs and 12,000 permanent jobs, Chief Executive Darren Woods said in a speech at CERAWeek, the world’s […]

The LG Stylo Plus 2 which was launched in April 2016 has been spotted on a benchmarking site running the Android 7.0 Nougat update, suggesting that it could arrive soon. A week ago the news of the LG smartphone receiving the Android update was in the air after network carrier T-Mobile confirmed that the LG Stylo Plus 2 would be getting the Android 7.0 Nougat update. However, later the network […]

Bingqing Wei and colleagues are working to build a better lithium-sulfur battery. Credit: Kathy F. Atkinson/University of Delaware Rechargeable lithium-ion batteries are the power behind most modern portable electronics, including cell phones, tablets, laptops, fitness trackers, and smart watches. However, their energy density—that is, the amount of energy stored within a given amount of physical space, or mass—will need to be improved for these batteries to see […]

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Inquirer.net Mindanao to have more rain on Tuesday — PagasaInquirer.netA satellite photo released by the Pagasa Monday night shows clouds over Mindanao and the Visayas. PAGASA PHOTO. A low pressure area (LPA) near Davao City will continue to bring rain in parts of Mindanao, the state weather bureau said Tuesday.Moderate to heavy rain expected over Mindanao areas, Southern LeyteGMA News all 2 news articles » (via Google News)

Snap has fallen below Thursday’s opening price, losing 12 per cent on Monday as analysts issued ‘sell’ ratings on the owner of messaging app Snapchat. Shares in Snap, which went public three days ago, closed at $23.77, below its $24 opening price on the New York Stock Exchange. The broader market closed down 0.3 per cent. However, Snap is still 40 per cent above the $17 at […]

In the Space Station Processing Facility high bay at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the Orbital ATK CYGNUS pressurized cargo module is secured the KAMAG transporter and the crane has been removed. Source link

Dubai’s transport authority has unveiled the Smart Yard, a new high-tech initiative to revolutionise the way people take their driving tests. The Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) said in a statement that the Smart Yard for testing driver licence applicants is located at Dubai Driving Centre, Al Khail Branch, Al Quoz Industrial Area. The test will use new technology on board a vehicle fitted with a manual […]

A new computational method can improve the accuracy of gene expression analyses, which are increasingly used to diagnose and monitor cancers and are a major tool for basic biological research. Researchers report that their method is able to correct for the technical biases that are known to occur during RNA sequencing, the leading method for estimating gene expression. (via WSJ)

After losing her six-week-old son, a grieving mother from Utah decided to donate her breast milk to families who are in need. The toddler had been diagnosed with a rare immune disorder, called DiGeorge Syndrome. Nicura Thompson, who gave birth full-term Oct. 21, 2016, to her fourth child, had known since her fifth month of pregnancy that her child was suffering from seven different heart conditions. The child […]

Satellite-powering technology that was abandoned decades ago has been reinvented to potentially work with traditional power stations to help them convert heat to electricity more efficiently, meaning we would need less fossil fuel to burn for power. A new study presents a prototype energy converter, which uses graphene instead of metal, making it almost seven times more efficient. (via WSJ)

· Initiative co-founded by Facebook, Intel, Nokia, SK Telecom, Deutsche Telekom and others · Collaboration across the industry in driving and innovating the development of high-quality, scalable and more affordable telecom infrastructure to bridge the digital divide 06 March 2017 Barcelona, Kuwait City – During last week’s Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Zain Group, the leading mobile telecom innovator in eight markets across the Middle East […]

Soy food products are usually considered as a healthy intake. However, previous studies suggested that the intake of soy products enables the escalation of breast cancer in women. It occurs due to the availability of oestrogen-like properties in the soy products. Contrary to the earlier reports, a new study which was conducted reveals that a component of soy-based product known as isoflavones is capable of slowing the […]

SHARJAH // Housewives are to be trained on how to save energy in the home in a bid to cut down on household bills and help the environment. The pilot scheme will involve 30 households – 10 high energy consumers, 10 low to middle class consumers and 10 volunteers – and aims to educate housewives and domestic workers on how energy can be saved through simple measures […]

Bloomberg is fighting to keep the bond house Pimco as a customer on its platform to buy and sell Treasuries, as the advance of automated trading reshapes the $14tn US government debt market. Pimco, one of the most influential debt investors with almost $1.5tn of assets under management, is working on a tie-up with rival trading venue Tradeweb, according to people with knowledge of the discussions, escalating […]

If my post-election reading and conversations I’ve had with politically active individuals is any indication, Facebook played a big role in the 2016 race. Starting last summer through Nov. 8, my Facebook feed was heavily populated with political commentary from those on both sides of the political coin. With 1.8 billion users, Facebook has become one of the world’s most influential communication mediums, and its […]

Credit: Massachusetts Institute of Technology Although data scientists can gain great insights from large data sets—and can ultimately use these insights to tackle major challenges—accomplishing this is much easier said than done. Many such efforts are stymied from the outset, as privacy concerns make it difficult for scientists to access the data they would like to work with. In a paper presented at the IEEE International Conference […]

· Initiative co-founded by Facebook, Intel, Nokia, SK Telecom, Deutsche Telekom and others · Collaboration across the industry in driving and innovating the development of high-quality, scalable and more affordable telecom infrastructure to bridge the digital divide 06 March 2017 Barcelona, Kuwait City – During last week’s Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Zain Group, the leading mobile telecom innovator in eight markets across the Middle East […]

For an organisation to succeed, there’s no room for petty fighting between marketing and tech. Image: Przemyslaw Koch, Getty Images/iStockphoto Long gone are the days when the CIO alone was responsible for buying technology in a business. Just as likely now is that the marketing chiefs will be expected to procure and use digital tools to build brands and boost customer experiences. So how can CIOs and […]

By Steve Holland | WASHINGTON WASHINGTON President Donald Trump will remove Iraq from a list of countries targeted in a U.S. travel ban when he is expected to sign a new executive order on Monday after his controversial first attempt was blocked in the courts, a White House source said. The senior White House official said the new executive order would keep a 90-day ban on travel […]

FRANKFURT Shares in Deutsche Bank (DBKGn.DE) fell almost 7 percent in early trading on Monday after the lender announced an 8 billion-euro ($8.48 billion) capital increase that Chief Executive John Cryan had previously declared a last resort. The capital hike is its fourth since 2010. Together with a partial listing of the asset-management unit and a sale of other assets, the move should take its core capital […]

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