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Big Brother spies on protesters’ social media
Across the United States, hundreds of local police departments have collectively spent about $4.75m on software…
If the weatherman says it’s raining…he’s probably right
The most advanced weather satellite ever built rocketed into space Saturday night, part of an $11bn effort to…
Converting mouse cells into other cells
New mouse blood and immune cells have been artificially generated from skin cells by researchers in Singapore. This…
Developing vaccine inhibits HIV from replicating
For the first time, researchers have shown that a combined approach – using a common cold virus to introduce a…
Neutralizing cancer through freeze-framed cells
Scientists from Rice University, Baylor College of Medicine and other institutions are using synthetic biology to…
Biometric passwords are all thumbs when it comes to security
Biometrics are a convenient form of security—though it's perhaps not as safe as you'd think.
In their rush…
Go to sleep with one, wake up with another
Author: Daisy Stapley-Bunten
According to the National Institutes of Health, more than 40 million Americans…
Glow-in-the-dark dye fueling our future
If someone came up with the idea of a glow-in-the-dark dye being the next advancement in energy storage technology,…
Harnessing carbon dioxide needs engineered efficiency
The vast diversity of organisms on the planet expresses enzymes for the conversion of carbon dioxide into organic…
Mysterious source of methane in the ocean explained
Marine chemists for decades have faced an elusive paradox. The surface waters of the world's oceans are…