Smartwatches are normally touted for their ability to track our activity, count steps, and log our…
Month: January 2017
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Netflix adds a third more subscribers than expected; shares jump eight percent
Streaming video pioneer Netflix Inc added over a third more subscribers than expected in the…
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Primates facing ‘extinction crisis’
Primates are facing an extinction crisis, according to researchers who have found that 60% of…
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The iPhone 7s might also get the iPhone 8’s biggest new feature
Apple is widely expected to adopt OLED displays for the iPhone, a first for its…
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Google is doing a terrible job at shipping its Pixel smartphones
The Google Pixel and Pixel XL launched three months ago in October to a very…
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Prehistoric mega-lake sediment offers key insight into how inland regions responded to ‘super-greenhouse’ event
Sediment found at the site of one of the largest lakes in Earth’s history could…
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Novel mechanism identified that protects pancreas from digestive enzymes
Researchers have uncovered the mechanism by which the stress hormone FGF21 keeps digestive enzymes from…
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Magnetic recording with light and no heat
A strong short light pulse can record data on a magnetic layer of yttrium iron…
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A toolkit for transformable materials
Researchers have developed a general framework to design reconfigurable metamaterials. The design strategy is scale…
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‘Collateral’ lethality may offer new therapeutic approach for cancers of the pancreas, stomach and colon
Cancer cells often delete genes that normally suppress tumor formation. These deletions also may extend…