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Voicegrams transform brain activity into words

Computational models decode and reconstruct neural responses to speech.During speech perception, the brain encodes and interprets complex acoustic signals composed of multiple frequencies that change over timescales as small as ten-thousandths of a second....

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At the crossroads of mediaphobia

The internet has been described as the network of networks. Through social networking, it helps isolated individuals constitute themselves as a group or a ‘public'....

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Facebook 'filing $100bn flotation'

Facebook is reportedly preparing to file next week for a flotation that could value the world's largest social network site at $75bn (£48bn) to $100bn....

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Cheating science

Since research misconduct is detrimental to the development of science, it is necessary to make laws that mandate universities to investigate cases thoroughly or allow third-party investigation....

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Study challenges existence of arsenic-based life

Open-science advocates fail to reproduce controversial findings.“Their most striking claim was that arsenic had been incorporated into the backbone of DNA, and what we can say is that there is no arsenic in the DNA at all,” says Redfield....

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If confirmed in humans, the procedure could reduce or eliminate the months or years that millions of patients spend on pain-managing prescription drugs. The results of the study are described today in Science1....

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Can a vaccine cure Haiti's cholera?

Two years after the earthquake and thousands of deaths later, the debate about whether to use the cholera vaccine in Haiti continues....

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In search of a lunar alien base

Hundreds of thousands of pictures of the moon will be examined for telltale signs that aliens once visited our cosmic neighbourhood if plans put forward by scientists go ahead....

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Thinking after acting

The results of the study were presented recently at a scientific conference in Malta by Ron Fouchier of the Erasmus Medical Center at Rotterdam, one of the research teams funded by the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH)....

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How bacteria break a magnet

Bacteria build their compasses from tiny organelles called magnetosomes, which contain crystals of magnetite (Fe3O4) and and/or greigete (Fe3S4) other magnetic minerals. No single magnetosome produces a magnetic field strong enough to align a bacterium to Earth's magnetic field......

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Skywatchers enjoy lunar eclipse

The spectacle, which occurs when the Earth casts its shadow over the Moon, has been watched from Australia, Asia and North America....

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Why has Britain done a U-turn on plutonium?

Is there any logic behind the decision to convert Britain’s stockpile of plutonium into fuel for future reactors?...

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Voyagers detect birth pains of stars

Ageing spacecraft confirm that Lyman-alpha radiation comes from stellar nurseries in the Milky Way....

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Outcry over EU budget plan

Costly Earth-monitoring and fusion-energy projects could be stripped from main budget.The commission suggests that the projects — along with future large-scale science programmes — be supported through new intergovernmental organizations....

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Scientists make the "perfect" foam

"Perfect" here means the lowest-energy configuration of packed bubbles of equal size. This is a compromise between the surface area of the bubbles and the stability of the many interlocking faces of the polyhedral bubbles in the foam....

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Curiosity, the most complex and powerful robotic spacecraft ever built for work on distant planets is being readied for launch to Mars on Saturday....

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Opera versus Einstein

So if this were true, it would shake the very foundations of physics done over the last century; there is nothing in known physics of a causal four-dimensional universe that can explain it. ...

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"Language gene" speeds learning

Mouse study suggests that mutation to FOXP2 gene may have helped humans learn the muscle movements for speech....

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NASA probe data show evidence of liquid water on Jupiter's icy moon

Europa, which is slightly smaller than Earth's moon, is believed to have a large ocean of salty water deep beneath its frozen crust. Galileo spacecraft, launched by the space shuttle Atlantis in 1989, studied Jupiter, which is the most massive planet in the solar system, and some of its many moons. ...

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Europe bans X-ray body scanners used at US airports

The European Commission, which enforces common policies of the EU's 27 member countries, adopted the rule “in order not to risk jeopardizing citizens’ health and safety.”A small number of cancer cases would result from scanning hundreds of millions of passengers a year....

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Sickle-cell mystery solved

The researchers saw that in healthy red cells, very short pieces of actin filament — threads of protein crucial to maintaining the pliable internal 'skeleton' that lets the red blood cell squeeze through tiny blood vessels — are clustered just under the cell's outer membrane. ...

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The Moon is even today slowly receding outward from planet Earth, and has been doing so for a long time. Earlier in its history it was much closer to the mother planet, and tidal effects on the lunar mantle ... ...

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Simulated Mars mission 'returns' to Earth

Six crewmen survived 520 days of isolation, but experiment was limited in its realism....

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Man dedicates body for mummification

"People have been leaving their bodies to science for years, and if people don't volunteer for anything nothing gets found out," Billis said. ...

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Blackberry problems spread to US

Blackberry's owner, RIM, blamed the latest outages on a backlog of emails to Europe from Asia and the Americas. "It is a backlog issue," RIM software vice president David Yach told a press conference in Ottawa, Canada....

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The man who redefined digital age

“He was the most passionate leader one could hope for, a motivating force without parallel,” wrote Steven Levy, author of the 1994 book Insanely Great, which chronicles the creation of the Mac. “Tom Sawyer could have picked up tricks from Steve Jobs.”...

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Chinese herbal garden leads the way

Prof. Tu and her colleagues began by scouring the literature on traditional Chinese medicine, scrutinising ancient texts and folk remedies. They investigated more than 2,000 Chinese herbal preparations, of which 640 appeared promising. ...

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Secrets of artificial leaf revealed

Sunlight falling on a catalyst-coated silicon wafer splits water into hydrogen and oxygen. As with photosynthesis, the wafer ultimately stores sunlight energy as chemical bonds in a fuel: hydrogen gas, which can be piped and stored, and its energy released when required. ...

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The experimental module will stay in orbit for two years as part of China's ambitious space station project."This is a significant test. We've never done such a thing before," Lu Jinrong, the launch centre's chief engineer, was quoted as saying by the official Xinhua news agency. ...

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NASA however hastened to add that the risk that “re-entering orbital debris” posed to public safety or property was “extremely small” because a significant amount of such debris does not survive the severe heating which occurs during re-entry. ...

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Satellite 'could land anywhere'

A 20-year-old Nasa satellite the size of a bus is heading for Earth and expected to hit on Friday. Six-ton satellite travelling at several miles per second due to crash back to Earth tomorrow. Nasa warns people it has sharp edges. ...

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Google+ hits public beta

To mark the public availability of Google+ the company announced a range of extra features, including a number of improvements to video calling tool +Hangouts.Mobile functionality has been added, so users running Android 2.3 or above will be able to use the feature when on the move. ...

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Facebook to offer Twitter posting to all users?

Facebook's inaugural F8 developers' conference is set to take place 22 September, where the company is set to reveal a number of new features for the site. It is here that we could see Zuckerberg announce its new deal with Twitter. ...

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Planet with double sunset found

The planet eclipses, or transits, both stars; and the stars regularly eclipse each other too The planet orbits its two suns every 229 days at a distance of 65m miles (104m km) - about the same distance out as Venus. ...

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Facebook takes on Twitter, Google+ and Blackberry

Facebook has taken on Twitter, Google+ and Blackberry with a series of updates and clever tweaks, ahead of its annual developers conference next week. “Being a platform allows your Facebook identity to become a service for the whole web…We are not going to be able to build everything – but if we can create an eco-system ...

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NASA launches twin satellites bound for moon

The Grail spacecraft launch at 9.08 am aboard a Delta II rocket from an Air Force base adjacent to NASA’s facilities at Cape Canaveral, Florida. The blastoff had been postponed twice due to bad weather on Thursday and Friday. ...

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Stargazers to see brightest supernova in 25 years

A star exploding millions of light years away will be visible to amateur skywatchers across Britain this week for the first time since a supernova in the 1950s. Supernovae of this type, classified as a "Type 1a" event, occur when a superdense white dwarf star, about the size of Earth but containing somewhat more mass than our own sun, explodes like a gargantuan thermonuclear bomb. ...

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Venus scientists fear neglect

Researchers say that infrequent visits are hindering studies of the nearest planet. Of the seven Discovery proposals for Venus missions, reviewers gave six the lowest possible ranking, guaranteeing their rejection. ...

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Scientists promised 'one voice' in European policy

ScienceEurope hopes to shift balance of power away from Brussels and towards researchers.ScienceEurope unites two science advocacy groups: the European Science Foundation (ESF) based in Strasbourg, France, and the European Heads of Research Councils (EUROHORCs) based in Berne. ...

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Linked solar eruptions explained

Simulation solves Sun's mysterious chain reaction.Even if one parcel of highly magnetized gas from the Sun's corona isn't headed towards Earth, the explosion could trigger another, more threatening coronal mass ejection elsewhere....

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A revolution at 20

Tim Berners-Lee forcefully advocates the publication of vast amounts of data that can be both open and linked, to aid decision-making. These can, for instance, pertain to government, enterprise, science, meteorology, and events. ...

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Inside IBM's cognitive chip

The difference is the way the transistors and memory are wired together. In a conventional computer, the computational elements are mostly in the central processing unit, while the RAM sits off to one side. In the cognitive chips, the computational elements and RAM are wired together. ...

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Mystery behind cloud on Saturn's moon unravelled

The fascinating clouds, including arrow—shaped ones, that result from the atmospheric waves can cause intense precipitation — sometimes more than 20 times Titan’s average seasonal rainfall — and could be essential in shaping Titan’s surface by erosion. ...

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The World Wide Web turns 20

On August 6 1991, Tim Berners-Lee (now Sir), posted a short summary of the World Wide Web project on the alt.hypertext newsgroup.The message read: "The WWW project aims to allow all links to be made to any information anywhere." ...

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Why the Moon is lopsided: a new explanation

Later studies also showed that the Moon's crust was much thicker on the far-side. The nearside, on the other hand, has rocks rich in potassium, rare earth elements and phosphorous, which the other side lacked. ...

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Has our brain reached full capacity?

"High integration of brain networks seems to be associated with high IQ. You pay a price for intelligence. Becoming smarter means improving connections between different brain areas but this runs into tight limits on energy, along with space for the wiring," Ed Bullmore, team member, said....

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Qatar sets sights on stem cells

Small nation has big plans for science.The goal is to develop a centre of excellence in stem-cell research in Qatar over the next five years. Our main challenge will be to develop an intellectual critical mass. ...

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Hackers target Apple server

According to the Wall Street Journal, AntiSec includes hackers from Anonymous and the now-decommissioned LulzSec. ZDNet's Jason O'Grady noted that 9to5 Mac considers the document posted by AntiSec to be relatively benign. ...

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A close call for space station crew members

If the station had been hit, the crew could have quickly undocked and returned to Earth. The risk of space junk hitting a Soyuz capsule is much slimmer. ...

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Sony announces Vaio Z Series premium laptop

The Vaio E Series comes in 15-inch and 17-inch versions and is aimed at everyday use. New models come with second generation Intel Core processors. ...

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Microsoft to trial 'white space' Wi-Fi

Rural areas could benefit for mobile broadband boost....

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LulzSec hacker group says Internet rampage over

“It is time to say bon voyage,” the message concluded. “We must now sail into the distance.” ...

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Essex Teen Arrested In FBI Global Hacking Probe

A British teenager suspected of being a mastermind behind notorious international computer hacking group LulzSec has been arrested. ...

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Close up, Mercury is looking less boring

One of the mysteries is why the iron core of Mercury is unusually large, extending out three-quarters of the way to the surface. Earth's core, by contrast, extends a little more than halfway. ...

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Voyager at the edge

Spacecraft finds unexpected calm at the boundary of Sun's bubble. ...

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Spectacular lunar eclipse

Stargazers across the globe have been treated to a spectacular lunar eclipse, the longest in more than a decade, which turned the moon a blood red colour. ...

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Hackers claim CIA website disruption

Via its Twitter account, which has quickly attracted thousands of followers, Lulzsec claimed credit for taking CIA.gov and parts of the Senate website offline for a few hours....

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Lockheed Martin wards off cyber attack

The company's information security team detected the attack almost immediately and took “aggressive actions” to protect all systems and data, said a company statement. ...

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Electrons are almost perfectly round, scientists discover

Electrons may be the most round natural objects in the universe, a study has discovered...

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Evidence of water beneath Moon's stony face

It is not raining on the Moon, but it does seem to be getting wetter and wetter. ...

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Twitter prepared to hand over user data

Twitter yesterday said it was prepared to hand over information identifying tens of thousands of people who have used the social-networking website to break privacy injunctions....

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Climate change 'could disrupt Wi-Fi'

Climate change will disrupt wi-fi connections, cause regular power failures and lead railway lines to buckle unless Britain spends billions of pounds, Caroline Spelman, the Environment Secretary has warned. ...

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The brain really can be half asleep, claims research

Moments of absent mindedness such as losing your keys could be the result of tiny parts of the brain taking "naps" to recharge, a study finds. ...

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Apple breaks location-storing silence

When not using GPS, a handset relies on the identity of the nearest cell or Wi-Fi hotspot. Neither transmitter will reveal its location but various companies hold databases linking cell ID with location....

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Hidden iPhone File Tracks Users' Every Move

The location data is taken from mobile phone masts and Wi-Fi networks and recorded on the device along with the time and date. ...

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Dating service to use DNA

A dating service set up by biology students in Munich, Germany is testing subjects' DNA to find the most compatible gene pools. ...

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From the Moon to the museum

The winning institutions will now have to negotiate with NASA over the cost, estimated at $28.8 million apiece, of preparing the shuttles for display and moving them to their destinations....

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Honey May Stop Antibiotic Resistance

Manuka honey, collected by the nectar of bees from manuka trees in New Zealand, has been acknowledged for antimicrobial properties in the past, but has not yet been fully investigated to translate to modern medicine. ...

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Iran Fingered For Fraudulent Comodo SSL Certificates

Gmail, Hotmail, and Skype are among the domains affected by fraudulently obtained digital certificates, said Comodo. ...

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Who controls nuclear control agencies?

Japan's earthquake caused a nuclear crisis which could be repeated in other countries if precautions aren't taken. ...

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Super Full Moon

The Moon looks extra-big when it is beaming through foreground objects--a.k.a. "the Moon illusion." Indeed, contrary to some reports circulating the Internet, perigee Moons do not trigger natural disasters....

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In search of a second earth

The main objective of the Kepler mission is to find Earth-sized planets orbiting Sun-like stars and capable of supporting life....

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European researchers chase billion-euro technology prize

Each project involves a large consortium of scientists from all over Europe, and each will now receive €1.5 million for a one-year feasibility study. ...

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Mourning Glory

NASA satellite crash will hamper solar monitoring and aerosol measurements vital to improving climate models. ...

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NASA delays satellite launch

Besides monitoring particles in the atmosphere, Glory will also track solar activity to determine the sun's effect on climate....

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Cosmic census finds a crowd of planets

At least 500 million of those planets are in the not-too-hot, not-too-cold zone where life could exist. The numbers were extrapolated from the early ......

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Mars mission arrives in 'orbit'

Space travellers prepare to visit simulated Mars. ...

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Businesses take flight, with help from NASA

Following in the pattern of tapping Greek mythology for the names of its spacecraft, Orbital calls its plane Prometheus. ...

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Flight simulation nears ‘landing' on Mars

The Mars500 experiment is being conducted by the Moscow-based Russian Institute for Biomedical Problems (IBMP), the European Space Agency and China's space training centre. ...

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New year, new science

Nature looks at key findings and events that could emerge from the research world in 2011. ...

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Google Launches New Book Database

This is the third in a series of articles about how digital tools are changing scholarship in history, literature and the arts. ...

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No evidence of time before Big Bang

Latest research deflates the idea that the Universe cycles for eternity. ...

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Enter, the Dragon

A perfect launch into orbit and back....

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Hackers Attack Companies That Hindered WikiLeaks

The hackers — a loosely affiliated group who call themselves Anonymous — were continuing to give instructions for the denial of service attacks via a Twitter account. ...

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BT May Launch 1GB Broadband

BT has used fibre-to-the –home technology for this purpose, in contrast to its earlier practice of using fibre-to- the-cabinet technology, which generally leads to slower speed internet....

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Five of the coolest laptops

Acer’s dual-screen Iconia won’t be out until January – here are five cool devices to keep you going until then. ...

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Free wifi across UK

Skype, the popular internet telephony service, is offering free public wifi access across the UK until 12 November, to mark the first Internet Week Europe. ...

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The U.S. is home to more than half of the world's top 500 supercomputers. China had 24 in the last list, but has pumped billions into developing its computational ability in recent years. ...

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Beware: Your Wi-Fi network is at risk

Hackers can access your home Wi-Fi network in seconds. Here’s how to protect your network... ...

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Brits win Nobel Prize for Physics

The discovery of a new wonder material derived from pencil lead and sticky tape has won two British based scientists the Nobel Prize in Physics. ...

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Robert Eduards, merr Çmimin Nobel në Mjekësi

Fëmija i parë që lindi me procedurën e re erdhi në jetë në vitin 1978, në Britani. Prej atëherë, katër milionë foshnje kanë lindur në saje të metodës së re....

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In a galaxy far, far away

Gliese 581g could be capable of supporting life....

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China's lunar probe

The country plans to launch its third unmanned probe to the moon, Chang'e III, in 2013....

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Shrinking Moon

Images of the Moon captured by high-resolution cameras on board the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO), launched in June 2009, have revealed 14 steeply sloping cliffs....

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Iran test fires surface-to-surface missile

The launch of Fateh 110 follows an announcement by Vahidi on Friday that Iran had successfully test fired its Qiam (Rising) short range missile, which was propelled by liquid fuel....

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De Banana

That is why I have thought that a treatise De Banana might not, perhaps, be wholly without its usefulness to the modern English reading world....

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Blackberry Torch 9800

However, the new Blackberry device has also disappointed some who have termed the launch as a catch-up attempt by the company rather than breaking any new ground. ...

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Microsoft's Windows patch

An emergency Windows software update will close a loophole in Microsoft’s operating system that makes it easy for hackers to take control of a computer using shortcuts. ...

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What is Wikileaks?

It has just released confidential documents that shed light on the war in Afghanistan, but how has Wikileaks become one of the most important whistle-blowing sites on the web? ...

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Google 'improves' search

Google has acquired Metaweb, an internet information database company, in a bid to “improve its search” offering. ...

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Google researches social networking

Of course, this by no means confirms that Google Me is a real project which is going ahead, but it’s certainly another pointer. ...

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Benefits of avocado

Research has shown that certain compounds in avocados are able to seek out pre-cancerous and cancerous cells and destroy them without harming healthy cells. ...

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Google faces more trouble

Last month, Google acknowledged it had mistakenly collected fragments of data over public and unsecured Wi-Fi networks in more than 30 countries as it was taking pictures of neighbourhoods....

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China develops fastest super computer

The super computer named "Xingyun", has been developed in Tianjin, and works at double the speed of "Tianhe-1", the previous fastest machine in China. ...

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Why is iPhone still a bestseller

What is it about the iPhone? Its success shows how Apple has triumphed at two crucial qualities: status and simplicity. ...

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Venus probe launched

Japan's first Venus probe is a box-shaped golden satellite, fitted with two paddle-shaped solar panels, that is set to arrive at Venus in about six months....

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'Compelling' evidence of life on Mars: Nasa

The recent missions have gathered evidence of sulphates on Mars, a strong indication there is water on the planet and, therefore, life....

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YouTube turns five

The Internet giant has been carefully transforming YouTube into a money-making stage for enjoying works ranging from backyard videos to independent films....

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Microsoft releases free PC fix

A test version of the free program available online at fixitcenter.support.microsoft.com promised "tools that help solve the issues you have now and prevent new ones." ...

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Inside next-gen Apple iPhone

Another interesting addition is folder support. The new iPhone OS will come with folders to organise and access applications. ...

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Top 10 positions in a hacker organization

As US investigative agency FBI recently revealed that hacker organizations are increasingly getting more professional, operating with corporate-like efficiency and expertise. ...

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Universe expansion 'is speeding up'

Astronomers have claimed that the expansion of the universe is accelerating, after studying thousands of galaxies using the Hubble Space Telescope. ...

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5 Tips to power your Gmail

Perhaps the quickest way is to take advantage of Gmail's POP3 functionality to set up your Gmail accounts in a traditional e-mail client, such as Outlook, Thunderbird, or Eudora. ...

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Kerala student joins Geneva experiment

He had disputed the black hole theory of Stephen Hawking....

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Selective hearing? It's in the brain, not in ears

London: Selective hearing? It’s all in the brain, and not ear, say scientists. ...

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Honey bees' secret heat

Honey bees precisely control the temperature inside their hives to determine which job their young will perform in the colony when mature, new research has revealed. ...

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Papaya may harbour cancer cure

The papaya extract did not have any toxic effects on normal cells, avoiding a common and devastating consequence of many cancer therapy regimens. ...

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'Secret to ageing' discovered

The study could lead to a "much better chance of making a successful attack on age-related diseases," according to the researchers. ...

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Google Earth's unusual discoveries

The mapping tool has found and cataloged some of the most unusual places around the globe. From secret Swastika to a Red lake, there are many unbelievable places discovered by Google Earth....

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China 'in talks with Google'

China is in consultations with technology giant Google to resolve its dispute with the company, which has threatened to abandon the Chinese market over hacking and censorship concerns......

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What is threatening smartphones?

But security companies, mobile operators and makers of operating systems have found solutions to limit the attacks so far and delay an onslaught of spam and viruses, he said....

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Houben cannot talk after all

Houben was injured in a car crash in 1983 when he was 20, and was said to be in a vegetative state, in which a patient is unconscious and there is no evidence......

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Cambridge experts unravel Darwin era mystery

How two butterfly species have evolved exactly the same striking wing colour and pattern has intrigued biologists since Darwin's day. ...

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How to beat a spammer

But, now scientists claim to have developed an effectively "perfect" method for blocking the most common kind of spam......

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Magnesium is good for your memory

The research by Canadian, Chinese, American and Israeli universities shows that an increase in magnesium levels in brain can boost learning and memory. ...

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Post-Google, "red hackers" in limelight

The popularity of hacking in China, and hackers’ use of multiple addresses and servers, in Taiwan and elsewhere......

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Microsoft to unveil Pink phone

The company will probably show the phone at the Mobile World Congress conference in Barcelona next month......

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10 Most powerful smartphones

Forbes has compiled a list of Most powerful smartphones. Here's top 10 from the list....

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Iran to boost security for nuclear scientists

Prior to the attack on Ali-Mohammadi, “a series of arrangements and measures were in place to protect the nuclear ......

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Chinese activists speak of “cyber attacks”

This could be the reason behind Google’s decision to stop censoring in China....

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Google threatens to quit China

With 338 million Internet users, China has the world’s biggest Internet population. ...

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Your typing can tell if you're stressed

The rhythm of your typing can help identify whether or not you are working under stress, according to a new study. ...

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Kepler telescope finds mystery objects

For now, NASA researcher Jason Rowe, who found the objects, said he called them “hot companions.” ...

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Earliest galaxies detected: NASA

Using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers from University of California have broken the distance limit for galaxies......

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Apple to unveil tablet in Jan

Analysts expect the tablet to be priced at between $500 and $1,000....

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Bye bye Digital Decade!

“That’s a revolutionary set of circumstances.” ...

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Google phone coming next week

Apple's iPhones will have a big competition on their hands as Google is set to launch its much discussed smart phone next week. ...

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Lunar eclipse on New Year day

Partial lunar eclipse will take place on New Year's Day with only the Southern tip of the Moon covered by the earth's dark shadow. ...

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Scientists smarten wool to shake off wrinkles

Your woollen garments could soon be wrinkle-free, anti-shrinkage and dyeable. ...

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Pandemic vaccine is safe

According to the world body, the safety profiles were no different in inactivated and live attenuated vaccines....

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Google fined $14.300 a day

He said Google had scanned 100.000 French books into its database, 80 percent of which were under copyright. ...

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Iran test-fires missile amid N-tension

Iran said on Wednesday it has successfully tested what it called an upgraded version of its longest-range, solid-fuel missile. ...

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Now, night vision goggles for pilots

Scientists from Vanderbilt University Medical Centre have developed new night vision goggles which can help people in air ambulance service. ...

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How to make your password safe

A strong password is an important part of guarding personal information accessible from the Web....

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World-first cure for gum disease a step closer

A vaccine is being developed in Australia to treat severe gum disease, peridontitis....

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Nokia to launch music phone

The world's largest mobile phone maker Nokia is preparing to launch a new music-bundled phone, photos from the firm's website show....

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Aspirin cuts risk of sight loss

Taking aspirin can significantly reduce the risk of sight loss, says a new research. ...

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Top 10 most famous hackers

We present the ten most famous hackers. ...

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Phishing worm strikes i-Phones

A new worm has been identified which redirects i-Phone users from a legitimate banking website to a counterfeit website potentially run by cybercriminals. ...

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Twitter may charge for new services

Biz Stone, the co-founder of the Twitter, has said he may offer commercial services later this year....

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Dell greens computer packaging with bamboo

Dell believes that bamboo, which grows fast and helps promote healthy soil......

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Swiss privacy watchdog takes Google to court over Street View

Switzerland's privacy watchdog on Friday announced plans to haul Google Inc. into Federal Court to force it to make changes in its Street View application. ...

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Why language is unique to humans ?

"We demonstrated that the human and chimp versions of FOXP2 not only look different but function differently too...

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Unusual meteorite found in Western Australia

An unusual meteorite that could reveal crucial information about the evolution of the solar system has been found in the Nullarbor desert in Western Australia....

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Microsoft to introduce new MSN.com design

Microsoft will introduce a new look for its MSN.com home page. ...

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Internet use 'may improve brain function'

Using the internet for just a few days alters our brains – and may help improve cognitive function in the elderly, according to new research....

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NASA to launch moon-crash rocket

Scientists hope to find out whether there's enough water or other minerals on the moon to sustain a small party of explorers...

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Nobel Prize in Physics, 2009

3 Honored for Inventing Digital Photography's imaging sensor, advancing long-distance Fiber-Optic Transmission....

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Nobel Prize in Medicine, 2009

Discovery of cellular mechanism in DNA repair inspired new research in cancer and other illnesses....

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"Robot" computer to mark essays

Computers have been programmed to scan the papers, recognise the possible right responses and tot up the marks...

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U.S. urges changes to Google’s book deal

The Justice Department said the agreement raised significant issues regarding class-action, copyright and antitrust law....

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Weak passwords ?

Internet users are leaving themselves open to security risks by adopting weak passwords, a new study reveals....

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Amazon, Microsoft, Yahoo fight Google Books

Google's online book initiative, called Google Books, has cataloged 1 million public domain books with expired copyrights....

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DNA "could be faked"

New scientific research has shown that it is possible to fake DNA evidence, raising fears that people could “engineer crime scenes”....

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Twitter battles cyber attack

Most computer security analysts did not cite a specific source of the attack on Twitter....

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INQ to launch "Twitter phone"

Mobile phone maker INQ is set to release two mobiles that are bound to be a hit with fans of social media, quoted in media reports on Tuesday....

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Secrets of red wine

Red wine's health benefits lie in resveratrol which works as an effective therapy for life-threatening inflammation, a new study has found....

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Herbal remedy for A(H1N1) flu in China

The herbal treatment is a mixture of four locally-used medicinal herbs: Jin yin hua (lonicera japonica), Da qing ye (Isatis indigodica), Bo he (Mentha haplocalyx) and Sheng gan cao (Glycyrrhiza glabra)....

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Yahoo purchases Xoopit

With the purchase of the San Francisco-based company, Yahoo plans to add new photo features to Yahoo! Mail....

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Yahoo to unveil new homepage

The new homepage blends Yahoo's collection of online content and products with popular social networking services like Facebook....

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Still a giant leap for mankind

"That's one small step for man... and one giant leap for mankind," said Neil Armstrong as he walked on the moon, July 20, 1969....

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Twitter hack exposes cloud computing risk

Hacker Croll, who is believed to be based in France, told Manuel Dorne his motivation behind the hack was to warn of the dangers of cloud computing....

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Twitter "should win Nobel Prize"

Twitter should win the Nobel Peace Prize for its role during the civil unrest in Iran, according to a former US national security adviser....

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Microsoft releases Silverlight 3

The release comes on the eve of the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference, scheduled to start July 13 in New Orleans....

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Apple iPod may get camera

Technological sources suggest that the Apple iPod may be getting a camera....

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Google to sell e-Books

Google plans to launch a program of selling e-books later this year, a move to compete with e-commerce leader Amazon.com Inc.....

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Europe's most powerful computer unveiled in Germany

The fastest computer in Europe and the third worldwide with the capacity of 50,000 desktop computers was launched Tuesday in Germany....

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Nasa spies the "Hand of God"

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Chocolate improves maths ability

Eating chocolate could improve the brain's ability to do maths, a new study suggets. ...

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Love at first sight might be genetic

Does love at first sight truly exist? According to a study published in the April issue of the journal Genetics, the answer might be yes -- at least for fruit flies. ...

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China's "GhostNet" hits 103 states

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Light burst "opens up new field of possibilities"

"When I saw the green light on the camera, I was extremely puzzled. We were using infrared light, not green"....

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Comet Lulin

The comet has a green hue because of the chemicals in its head, or coma, however, viewing it could be challenging for novice astronomers....

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Google Gmail service hit by "phishing" scam

Google’s web-based email service, Gmail, has been hit by a phishing attack, just hours after a system outage left millions of users unable to send and receive emails....

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"Green Comet" swings closest to Earth

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Thousands of unconscious eye movements stop us from going blind

Humans make thousands of unconscious flickering eye movements to stop them from going blind, a study has shown. ...

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'Memory pill' can help with exams

Memory-enhancing pills, created to treat Alzheimer's disease, could be redeveloped as a 'lifestyle pill' to combat memory loss and help exam revision ...

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The chemical processes critical to ageing have been identified by scientists, bringing the possibility of a longer life and smoother skin a step closer. ...

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Scientists discover why some people are better with faces than names

The reason why some people are better with faces than names has been identified by scientists and it appears to be due to their higher levels of a special "socialising" hormone called Oxytocin....

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