Chase planning rollout of card-free ATMs
Soon, losing your ATM card won't be the financial life-stopping event it used to be. Just don't also lose your phone.
Business
Jan 26, 2016
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Space-earth system produces highest-resolution astronomical image
Using an orbiting radio-astronomy satellite combined with 15 ground-based radio telescopes, astronomers have made the highest-resolution, or most-detailed, astronomical image yet, revealing new insights about a gorging black ...
Astronomy
Jan 26, 2016
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Ceres: Keeping well-guarded secrets for 215 years
New Year's Day, 1801, the dawn of the 19th century, was a historic moment for astronomy, and for a space mission called Dawn more than 200 years later. That night, Giuseppe Piazzi pointed his telescope at the sky and observed ...
Space Exploration
Jan 26, 2016
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What do lentils have to do with geology?
When clayey materials are compressed and sheared, they commonly develop a "scaly fabric" wherein the clay is divided by braided shear surfaces into lentil-shaped chips. Although such scaly fabrics are found at the bed of ...
Earth Sciences
Jan 26, 2016
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CRISPR-Cas9 tool expedites production of biofuel precursors and specialty polymers in living systems
A team led by a researcher at the University of California, Riverside has adapted the CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing system for use in a yeast strain that can produce useful lipids and polymers.
Biotechnology
Jan 26, 2016
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New report finds near-term update to social cost of carbon unwarranted
There would not be sufficient benefit to updating estimates of the social cost of carbon (SCC) within a year based only on the revision of a specific climate parameter in the existing framework used by the government's interagency ...
Environment
Jan 26, 2016
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Ecotourism, natural resource conservation proposed as allies to protect natural landscapes
If environmentalists want to protect fragile ecosytems from landing in the hands of developers—in the U.S. and around the globe—they should team up with ecotourists, according to a University of Georgia study published ...
Ecology
Jan 26, 2016
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Equation shows that large-scale conspiracies would quickly reveal themselves
If you're thinking of creating a massive conspiracy, you may be better scaling back your plans, according to an Oxford University researcher.
Mathematics
Jan 26, 2016
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Marvin Minsky, pioneer of artificial intelligence, dies
Marvin Minsky, a pioneer in the field of artificial intelligence at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology who saw parallels in the functioning of the human brain and computers, died Sunday at age 88.
Other
Jan 26, 2016
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The smart(phone) solution for urban mobility
Whether you're waiting for a bus that seems like it will never show up, or experiencing a sudden power outage on the subway, you are not alone: public transit woes are common around the world.
Engineering
Jan 26, 2016
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