This Baby Had a Peach-Sized Tumor Removed With
Lasers While in the Womb

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From Gizmodo: This is Leyna Gonzalez. When her mother was just 17 weeks pregnant, this ultrasound scan revealed that she had a tumour the size of a peach growing from her mouth. The only way to save her was to remove it while she was still in the womb-a procedure that had never been perf

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Gold nanoparticles capable of unzipping DNA

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New research from North Carolina State University finds that gold nanoparticles with a slight positive charge work collectively to unravel DNA?s double helix. This finding has ramifications for gene therapy research and the emerging field of DNA-based electronics.

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Megapixel, Schmegapixel: GIGApixel Cameras Coming
Soon

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From DVICE: While some camera geeks are salivating over the possibilities of the new Nokia 808 PureView smartphone and its comparatively beefy 41-megapixel camera, researchers have recently unveiled a technique for capturing 50-gigapixel images, which they predict may hit the public in a

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Nuclear Energy 'Needs Billions'

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From BBC News - Science & Environment: Britain will remain dependent on foreign fossil fuels unless billions of pounds are invested in nuclear energy, an ex-chief government scientist warns. Read the whole article

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Blade Runner: What Has Come True

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From BBC News - Technology: 30 years on from Blade Runner which predictions came true? Read the whole article

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Sea waves as renewable resource in new energy
converter design

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Sea waves are a renewable and inexhaustible resource found in abundance across the planet. But efficiently converting sea wave motion into electrical energy has been challenging, in part due to the difficulty of compensating for the relatively low speeds and irregular movements of ocean waves.

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What Darwin's theory of evolution reveals about
artificial intelligence

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Charles Darwin and Alan Turing, in their different ways, both homed in on the same idea: the existence of competence without comprehension.

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Video amplification makes the invisible visible

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New software amplifies changes in successive frames of video that are too subtle for the naked eye.

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Apple's new iPad estimated to cost $1.36 per year
to charge

It costs less to recharge a fully-drained Retina Display-toting iPad every other day for a year than it does to run a 60-watt compact fluorescent light bulb continuously over the same period, a new study finds.

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Celestial Spectacle: Planets in Tight Orbits

I?ve always had an interest in old travel books. A great part of the pleasure of these journals of exploration lies in their illustrations, sketches or photographs of landscapes well out of the reader?s experience, like Victoria Falls or Ayers Rock or[...]

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