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Nano-decoy ensures human influenza A virus self-destructs

Editorial Team Oct 26, 2016

To infect its victims, influenza A heads for the lungs, where it latches onto sialic acid on the surface of cells. So researchers created the perfect decoy: A carefully constructed spherical nanoparticle coated in sialic acid lures the…

Space

Space station crew’s return to air on NASA television

Editorial Team Oct 26, 2016

Three crew members on the International Space Station are scheduled to depart the orbital outpost Saturday, October 29th, with coverage of activities beginning the day before on NASA Television and the agency’s website. Expedition 49…

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iPhone 7 Plus software update is all a blur

Editorial Team Oct 26, 2016

Apple's iPhone 7 Plus is getting a new camera capability—the blurring of backgrounds to focus attention on people or other objects in the foreground. Apple first announced the "portrait mode" feature in September but it wasn't available…

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Algorithms find patterns in corrupted data

Editorial Team Oct 26, 2016

Data analysis — and particularly big-data analysis — is often a matter of fitting data to some sort of mathematical model. The most familiar example of this might be linear regression, which finds a line that approximates a distribution of…

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Red dwarfs likely host earth-sized planets with water

Editorial Team Oct 26, 2016

Computer simulations of the formation of planets orbiting in the habitable zones of low mass stars such as Proxima Centauri by astrophysicists at the University of Bern show that these planets are most likely to be roughly the size of the…

Smartphones

Transform your phone into your own personal 3D camera

Daisy Stapley-Bunten Oct 25, 2016

At a glance Eye-Plug is the affordable alternative to bulky and expensive 3D cameras. Eye-Plug is the world’s first plug in 3D video-camera module that transforms your Android device into your personal VR. Simply plug in Eye-Plug…

Communications

Customers provided with additional fiber diversity

Editorial Team Oct 25, 2016

Axiom Fiber Networks, the telecommunications infrastructure services provider, operating in the greater New York City metropolitan region, has recently established a Point of Presence (PoP) at Telehouse, a global leader for data centers,…

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Marijuana helps researchers understand receptor reactions

Editorial Team Oct 24, 2016

A more detailed view into the structure of the human cannabinoid (CB1) receptor has been provided by new research. These findings provide key insights into how natural and synthetic cannabinoids including tetrahydrocannabinol (THC)-a…

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NASA virtual institute advances field of small spacecraft systems

Editorial Team Oct 24, 2016

NASA announces the addition of its newest virtual institute to advance the field of small spacecraft systems. The Small Spacecraft Systems Virtual Institute (S3VI), hosted at NASA’s Ames Research Center in Moffett Field, California, will…

Energy

Iceland ‘geopark’ yields magma power potential

Editorial Team Oct 24, 2016

For visitors to Iceland, Reykjanes Peninsula is a place known for its diverse landscape. For scientists working on green energy alternatives, it has special significance as a 'geopark' known not only for its diversity but for its geothermal…