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hypnosec writes:
A novel technique of detecting cocaine abuse through a simple fingerprint has been developed by researchers from multiple universities from UK and the Netherlands paving way for a secure, non-invasive and hygienic drug detection method. The research, led by University of Surrey and published in the journal Analyst, demonstrates for the first time that cocaine abuse can be tested by non-invasive techniques by detecting excreted metabolites – benzoylecgonine and methylecgonine – resulting from abuse of drugs. These chemicals are found in fingerprint residue, which the researchers detected using analytical chemistry technique known as ambient mass spectrometry.
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hypnosec writes:
Never-before-seen photos of the Roswell ‘alien’ were released a week ago taking alien enthusiasts and internet by storm; however, analysis of the contents on the otherwise ‘unreadable’ placard in the photo has revealed that the ‘alien’ could actually a mummified body of two year old boy that was in display in a San Francisco Museum. The photos also called ‘Roswell Slides’ are images that a group of UFO promoters including Anthony Bragalia, Jaime Maussan, Adam Dew, and Richard Dolan, released at an event held on May 5, 2015, in Mexico City. They pegged these photos as undeniable proofs that positively indicate an extraterrestrial crash at Roswell in 1947 and the recovery and cover-up by the US government of alien bodies. However, the Roswell Slides Research Group analysed the photo using the commercially available SmartDeblur and a hack by Nab Lator, and was able to significantly clear up the blurred text. The first line was the most clearly resolved: MUMMIFIED BODY OF TWO YEAR OLD BOY
72691601
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hypnosec writes:
Good news for humans! We haven’t yet been surpassed in intelligence by computer programs as a two-day poker showdown between four of the world’s best players of heads-up no-limit Texas Hold’em and Carnegie Mellon University artificial intelligence program called Claudico saw the professionals win by amassing more poker chips than their AI counterpart. Despite the win, the poker players’ $732,713 collective lead over Claudico wasn’t quite large enough to attain statistical significance, experts have said. This means that the results can’t be accepted as scientifically reliable thereby indicating that the “Brains Vs. Artificial Intelligence” competition effectively ended in a statistical tie.
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Researchers from the National Taiwan University have utilised gold and epidermal cells of onion to create an artificial muscle that can expand and contract to bend in different directions depending on the driving voltage applied. Published in the journal Applied Physics Letters, the research started off with the goal to develop an engineered microstructure in artificial muscles for increasing the actuation deformation. On examining onion's cell structure, researchers Wen-Pin Shih and colleagues realised that onion's cell structure and dimensions were similar to what they have been trying to make. The researchers treated the cells with acid to remove the hemicellulose, a protein that makes the cell walls rigid. Then, they coated both sides of the onion layer with gold. When current flowed through the gold electrodes, the onion cells bent and stretched much like a muscle.
72596893
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hypnosec writes:
Researchers at University of Southampton have put forward an analytical model based on which they claim that there is a possibility that debris from the recently exploded US Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP) F13 satellite could pose a threat to other spacecraft and missions. According to European Space Agency (ESA) and other satellite operators, the 100 odd pieces of debris resulting from the explosion of DMSP F13 satellite on February 3, 2015 pose little risk to their missions. The debris were detected by ground based radar and according to scientists from the Astronautics Research Group at the University of Southampton, because of smaller debris, which were not accounted for, the risk from debris is much higher than previously thought.
71253169
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hypnosec writes:
On March 21 CERN detected an intermittent short circuit to ground in one of the LHC's magnet circuits that could delay the restart by anywhere between a few days to several weeks. CERN revealed that the short circuit has affected one of LHC's powerful electromagnets thereby delaying preparations in sector 4-5 of the machine. The European research organisation confirmed that seven of the machine’s eight sectors have successfully been commissioned to 6.5 TeV per beam, but it won't be circulating beam in the LHC this week. Though the short circuit issue is a well understood one, engineers will take time to resolve it since it is in a cold section of the machine and repair may therefore require warming up and re-cooling after repair.
71169937
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hypnosec writes:
Mars One CEO Bas Lansdorp has lambasted recent criticism of the project in a new interview, which have raised questions on almost each aspect of the project, stating that the reports are anything but the truth and pegged an article by journalist Elmo Keep as a sensational one that is devoid of actual facts. Lansdorp said in the interview that at Mars One they value ‘good criticism’ as it helps them to improve their mission. He said that the recent bad press was due to an article by Keep which contains quite a few things including details about the total applicants, and astronaut selection process which are ‘not true’
70826539
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Oldest human brain in the UK is believed to have been preserved for over 2,500 years by mud, archaeologists have revealed. The brain was found inside a decapitated skull, with the jaw and two vertebrae still attached, at an Iron Age dig site near York, UK, in 2008. Based on radiocarbon dating of a sample of the jaw bone, researchers have determined that the person lived in the 6th century BC and is likely to be a man between 26 and 45 years old. A team of 34 experts have been working to study and conserve the brain since its discovery. An examination of the vertebrae in the neck shows that he was first hit hard on the neck, and then the neck was severed with a small sharp knife. York Archaeological Trust said the skull had been buried in wet, clay-rich ground providing an oxygen-free burial.
70804413
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A prototype of an inexpensive power generator that converts human urine into electricity is being tested in the UK with the hope that it can be used to light cubicles in refugee camps, which are often dark and dangerous places particularly for women. The prototype urinal is situated near the Student Union Bar at the University of the West of England and is the result of a partnership between researchers at UWE and Oxfam. Students and staff are being asked to use the urinal to donate pee to fuel microbial fuel cell (MFC) stacks that generate electricity to power indoor lighting.
70761963
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Scientists have created a paint not only provides ultimate self-cleaning surfaces, but also continues to retain those abilities even in cases of damaging effects. The paint, composed of titanium dioxide (TiO2) nanoparticles, is delivered as a suspension in ethanol containing the chemical perfluorooctyltriethoxysilane. Once the coating is applied on any surface, the ethanol needs to be allowed to evaporate for 180 seconds before it is ready for use. Depending on the surface on which it is applied, the coating can be sprayed, dipped, or painted onto a surface. YouTube Link [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DtLs5ky3m-s]
70714549
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hypnosec writes:
Scientists over at NASA's Ames Research Center in Moffett Field, California have reproduced non-biologically the three basic components of life found in both DNA and RAN — uracil, cytosine, and thymine — in lab. For their experiment scientists deposited an ice sample containing pyrimidine — a ring-shaped molecule made up of carbon and nitrogen — on a cold substrate in a chamber with space-like conditions such as very high vacuum, extremely low temperatures, and harsh radiation and irradiated the sample with high-energy ultraviolet (UV) photons from a hydrogen lamp. Researchers discovered that such an arrangement produces these essential ingredients of life including uracil, cytosine, and thymine.
70706169
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hypnosec writes:
NASA has revealed that its Mars Curiosity rover has experienced a transient short circuit and has a result the rover has halted all work temporarily while its engineers analyse the situation. NASA reveled that from the telemetry data it received from Curiosity indicated a transient short circuit following which vehicle followed its programmed response, stopping the arm activity underway at the time of the irregularity in the electric current. NASA has parked Curiosity as its engineers analyse the issues and figure out if any damage has been done. NASA did say that transient short circuit would have little effect on rover's operations in some systems, but it could force the team to restrict use of rover's mechanism.
70681003
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hypnosec writes:
First ever 'selfie' taken in space by NASA astronaut Buzz Aldrin back in November 1966 has fetched almost £6,000 blowing away its estimated minimum selling price by ten times at an auction held in London. The space selfie was part of a collection of 700 vintage NASA photographs that sold for a total of £489,440 at London's Bloomsbury Auction. The selfie was snapped by Aldrin during the Gemini 12 mission in November 1966.
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hypnosec writes:
Europeans on March 20 will witness a full solar eclipse and as that happens, a whopping 35,000 MW of solar energy will gradually fade from Europe’s electrical system before being re-injected into the system. According to European Network of Transmission System Operators of Electricity (ENTSO-E) European transmission system operators (TSOs) have been preparing for the March 20 solar eclipse for several months now. ENTSO-E has been busy evaluating the risk involved and mulling steps to mitigate them with the aim of bringing the risk of an incident back to the security level equal to that of a standard operating day.
70554189
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hypnosec writes:
Jeremy England, a young researcher at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, has put forward a new physics theory that could hold the key to answering the question of how life began on our planet. The theory holds the potential of putting God ‘on the ropes’ as it claims that life began out of a necessity and wasn’t accidental. Jeremy has essentially derived a mathematical formula that he believes holds the key to answering the essential difference between living and non-living objects. Jeremy derived the formula from already established physics – the second law of thermodynamics. The new formula indicates that when a group of atoms is driven by an external source of energy (like the sun or chemical fuel) and surrounded by a heat bath (like the ocean or atmosphere), it will often gradually restructure itself in order to dissipate increasingly more energy. This, he claims, could mean that under certain conditions matter inexorably acquires the key physical attribute associated with life. “You start with a random clump of atoms, and if you shine light on it for long enough, it should not be so surprising that you get a plant,” England said.
