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• Endangered Animals
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  Field Reports Indicate Slaughter of Elephants

  April 25, 2013 — Biologists have received alarming reports from field operations that elephants are being slaughtered in the violence-ridden Central African Republic ... > full story
• Information Technology
  Privacy Issues
  Hacking
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  Educational Policy
  Educational Psychology
   

  Teenage Password Security: Risk of Identity Theft

  April 25, 2013 — Many of us are sharing increasing amounts of personal information through online social media sites, including Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and others. However, according to researchers, many of us ... > full story
• Electricity
  Energy Technology
  Solar Energy
  Electronics
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  Nanotechnology
   
  

  Engineers Generate World-Record mmWave Output Power from Nanoscale CMOS

  April 25, 2013 — Electrical engineers have generated a record amount of power output —- by a power of five —- using silicon-based nanoscale CMOS (complementary metal oxide semiconductor) technology for ... > full story
• Microarrays
  Chemistry
  Inorganic Chemistry
  Materials Science
  Electronics
  Nature of Water
   

  Microelectronics: Taking the Heat Off Microfluidic Chips

  April 24, 2013 — Replacing a high-temperature processing technique with an infrared treatment allows the manufacture of tiny devices without damaging the polymer ... > full story
• Obesity
  Diet and Weight Loss
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  Information Technology
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  Hacking
   

  Facebook Interests Could Help Predict, Track and Map Obesity

  April 24, 2013 — The higher the percentage of people in a city, town or neighborhood with Facebook interests suggesting a healthy, active lifestyle, the lower that area's obesity rate. At the same time, areas with a ... > full story
• Dentistry
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  Cervical Cancer
  Alternative Medicine
  Workplace Health
   
  

  Material Loss Protects Teeth Against Fatigue Failure

  April 24, 2013 — Scientists have digitally analysed modern human teeth using an engineering approach, finite element method, to evaluate the biomechanical behavior of teeth under realistic loading. They report ... > full story
• Hacking
  Communications
  Funding Policy
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  Privacy Issues
   

  High-Volume Bitcoin Exchanges Less Likely to Fail, but More Likely Breached, Says Study

  April 24, 2013 — Online exchanges that trade hard currency for the cyber money Bitcoin have a 45 percent chance of failing -- often taking customer money with them. A new empirical study into the closure of Bitcoin ... > full story
• Eye Care
  Children's Health
  Artificial Intelligence
  Computer Graphics
  Computer Programming
  Optics
   

  Computer Game Could Improve Sight of Visually Impaired Children

  April 24, 2013 — Visually impaired children could benefit from a revolutionary new computer game being developed by a team of neuroscientists and game ... > full story
• Consumer Behavior
  Gender Difference
  Social Psychology
  Psychology
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  Relationships
   

  What Drives Activity on Pinterest?

  April 23, 2013 — Researchers have released a new study that uses statistical data to help understand the motivations behind Pinterest activity, the roles gender plays among users and the factors that distinguish ... > full story
• Agriculture and Food
  Soil Types
  Organic
  Sustainability
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  Information Technology
   

  Precision Agriculture Improves Farming Efficiency, Has Important Implications on Food Security

  April 23, 2013 — Precision agriculture promises to make farming more efficient and should have an important impact on the serious issue of food security, according to a new study. A scientist assesses how there is ... > full story

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