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Submission + - US would be 25th in 'Hacking Olympics' if held today. China would take the Gold. (infoworld.com) 1

DirkDaring writes: While the United States and India may have lots of programmers, China and Russia have the most talented developers according to a study by HackerRank, which administers coding tests to developers worldwide. "If we held a hacking Olympics today, our data suggests that China would win the gold, Russia would take home a silver, and Poland would nab the bronze," Trikha said. "Though they certainly deserve credit for making a showing, the United States and India have some work ahead of them before they make it into the top 25."
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Submission + - RNA-Loaded Nanoparticles Fight Cancer (technologyreview.com)

DirkDaring writes: It's been promised for years, that nanoparticles offer a treatment to many forms of cancer. Today, an important first step has been announced that in a first human trial particles successfully reach cancer cells and silence the target gene.

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