Afraid there may be peanuts or other allergens hiding in that cookie? Thanks to a cradle and app that turn your smartphone into a handheld biosensor, you may soon be able to run on-the-spot tests for food safety, environmental toxins, medical diagnostics and more. …read more
Source: FULL ARTICLE at Phys.org
RNA editing gives organisms a way to adapt the instructions that their DNA provides for making proteins. Few people would have described RNA editing as a simple process, but a new paper in Nature Communications demonstrates the process as more complex and difficult to predict than previously assumed. The study, done in living fruit flies, discovered two new mechanisms that govern editing in a key neurodevelopmental gene. …read more
Source: FULL ARTICLE at Phys.org
Leading physicists last year turned game theory on its head by giving selfish players a sure bet to beat cooperative players. Now two evolutionary biologists at Michigan State University offer new evidence that the selfish will die out in the long run. …read more
Source: FULL ARTICLE at Phys.org
Buzzing like an oversized electric razor, hairdresser Wang Qiang’s home-made airplane skids over grassland before soaring into a vast blue sky, in a rare flight allowed by Chinese authorities. …read more
Source: FULL ARTICLE at Phys.org
Japan’s electronics giants Sony and Sharp on Thursday indicated better times ahead after announcing improved quarterly results thanks to an overhaul of their businesses and a weaker yen. …read more
Source: FULL ARTICLE at Phys.org
A year ago, the world’s largest particle collider made one of the greatest discoveries in the history of science, identifying what is believed to be the Higgs Boson—the long-sought maker of mass. …read more
Source: FULL ARTICLE at Phys.org
France’s Schneider Electric is to buy industrial software firm Invensys for a 3.4 billion pound ($5.2 billion). …read more
Source: FULL ARTICLE at Phys.org
A major research aquarium able to simulate ocean warming and carry out key studies on the deadly crown-of-thorns starfish devastating the Great Barrier Reef opened in Australia on Thursday. …read more
Source: FULL ARTICLE at Phys.org
Uranus has 27 known moons discovered through telescopes as well as the Voyager 2 mission to the planet in 1986. …read more
Source: FULL ARTICLE at Space.com
Neither the threat of arrest nor punishment may significantly deter Mexicans from trying to enter the United States illegally, according to a new study in the August issue of the American Sociological Review. …read more
Source: FULL ARTICLE at Phys.org
By ScottCWaring
Date of discovery: July 2013
Location of discovery: Fernandez, Santiago del Estero, Argentina
Translated from Spanish
Source: http://www.visionovni.com.ar/modules/news/article.php?storyid=1112
This horse was found this way by its owner in the town of Fernández, Santiago del Estero.
The peculiarity of the case is that the animal aged, so it is presumed he died in those days, came late to the next morning with a sharp cut in the eye area and one in the anus area.
Given this information, we asked the farmer for photographs of wounds so we could share the pictures.
The photos we received, show a cut with the total eye organ missing. It also has a cut in the skin about the eye bowl (2 cm. Approximately), with flush cutting areas and areas with irregularities cuts, similar to the action of the knife.
Anal area, may be a flat, circular section of approximately 18 cm in diameter, with detachment of the bristles of the queue, a “kind” rising above the anus.
It is noteworthy that around the body, on the ground, we see the typical kicking the dying animal, with many marks of respect.
No residual blood is observed, or the eye socket, or around the anus. Also on the ground. Yes appreciated, fresh bleeding hinted in one of the nostrils.
REPORT From ANIMAL OWNER
Equine owner expressed surprise at the cut that appeared in the eye area, saying that he had never seen anything like it.
Moreover, during the night he did not hear any noise, nor any evidence of action of scavengers such as crows, common in the area.
He stated that they did not work on the body with knives, and if someone had, by the proximity of the animal to the house, they would have heard, because the farm has dogs that alert any them of any movement.
Anyone who?s ever set foot in a stand of old growth trees can attest to the serene sense of wonder that tracks with each turn of a forest footpath. …read more
By ScottCWaring
Before I get started, I want to give out a friendly hello and I am new here. I believe our moral obligations comes from the spirit of Jesus within us and it is there the reason why I am humbly here at your doorstep today.
For love…
Source: Worthy Christian Forums
Social games giant Zynga has sued the makers of a ‘casual sex app’ called Bang with Friends, claiming the title infringes on its popular “with friends” trademark.
According to Bloomberg, Zynga filed the complaint yesterday against the makers of the app, which seeks to connect anonymous Facebook users who are “down to bang.” The complaint seeks a court order which would bar the company from using the name in relation to any social media apps within the United States.
“Zynga filed a lawsuit to stop blatant infringement of its valuable ‘With Friends’ brand,” said Zynga’s deputy general counsel Renee Lawson in a statement. “Zynga is compelled to file suit to prevent further consumer confusion and protect its intellectual property rights against infringement.”
Source: FULL ARTICLE at IGN Tech
Sad you missed out on that important adolescent rite-of-passage, delivering papers around your neighbourhood for chump change? Well you’re in luck, because creative tech company Globalcore has created a virtual reality version of the classic arcade title Paperboy. Feel the rush!
‘Paperdude VR’ combines a Kinect sensor, the Oculus Rift, a KickR sensor (Globalcore’s own creation), an iPad and a physical bike to give you the ultimate Paper-hurling experience. The KickR sensor works in conjunction with an iPad to determine how fast the bike is travelling – reflected in the Oculus Rift’s virtual world – while the Kinect is used to track the player’s arm movements as they throw virtual papers.
Source: FULL ARTICLE at IGN Tech
Showtime have made a new leap when it comes to providing their subscribers with access to their shows as quickly as possible, with the Showtime Anytime service adding live east and east coast feeds this week. Showtime notes this “marks the first time a premium network has offered live TV viewing on an authentication service.”
Showtime’s Penny Dreadful Will Star Josh Hartnett and Eva Green
Authenticated Showtime Anytime subscribers can click on the Live TV button and be given the option between Showtime East and Showtime West immediately. This obviously is of great interest to west coast viewers, who can watch new episodes of series like Dexter, Ray Donovan, Homeland and Shameless as they air live on the east coast.
Source: FULL ARTICLE at IGN Tech
Facebook on Wednesday began letting people share social network posts at blogs or other spots on the Internet. …read more
Source: FULL ARTICLE at Phys.org
State-of-the-art computer systems have been instrumental in making UC Santa Cruz one of the world’s leading centers for computational astrophysics and planetary science. A new supercomputer recently installed on campus provides an order of magnitude improvement in the ability of researchers to address fundamental questions in cosmology and astrophysics. Its value is further enhanced by a high-capacity data storage system for archiving and sharing the results of astrophysical simulations. …read more
Source: FULL ARTICLE at Phys.org
In this month’s edition of Physics World, a group of physicists describe how unique structures in the natural world are inspiring scientists to develop new types of materials with unprecedented properties. …read more
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