Screwdriver. Pliers. Power drill. Get real. Homeowners know that the one tool you can’t live without is a hammer — MC Hammer?
If your walk-in closet doesn’t have enough baggy pants hanging in it, Trulia is apparently...
Google has hired Sam Schillace to help run its cloud engineering operations, company spokesperson Michael Moeschler confirmed today. As the new vice president of engineering...
Circulating antibodies can access most tissues to mediate surveillance and elimination of invading pathogens. Immunoprivileged tissues such as the brain and the peripheral nervous system are shielded from plasma proteins by the blood–brain barrier and blood–nerve barrier, respectively. Yet, circulating antibodies must somehow gain access to these tissues to mediate their antimicrobial functions. Here we examine the mechanism by which antibodies gain access to...
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Some of the problems within science have been getting much more public attention recently. Psychology’s replication crisis has gained deserved notoriety, but the social sciences are far from alone, with pharmaceutical science being plagued by the same problems.
These issues are the product of a number of underlying problems. A study published recently in...
Membranes have been prepared with a cracked coating that prevents them from drying out in low-humidity conditions — a boon for devices, such as fuel cells, that need hydrated membranes to function. See Letter p.480
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After running a massive game server platform for four years, Matthew Salsamendi and his team realized how difficult it was for game streamers to interact with viewers.
The 18-year-old CEO decided...
The smartphone market is getting boring. Great cameras, killer screens and powerful processors abound, making it easy to find a phone that will fit your needs, but also overwhelming you with options that are hard to tell...
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On Friday, Apple formally responded to the government’s demand that the company help unlock a seized iPhone in New York, which pre-dates the debacle that played out earlier this year in San Bernardino.
As Ars reported last month, federal prosecutors have asked a more senior judge, known as a district judge, to countermand a...
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In 2008, Microsoft bid almost $ 45 billion in an attempt to buy Yahoo. That deal fell through, but with Yahoo putting itself on the chopping block and planning to divest its core Internet business, the software giant is once again expressing an interest. This time,...
Yahoo’s sale is moving slowly, but new money from Microsoft may help accelerate it.
A new report from Kara Swisher in Re/code today said that Microsoft executives are meeting with private equity firms as they consider a takeover of the struggling internet giant. According to the report, Microsoft is...
