Water-resistant electronic skin with self-healing abilities created

Inspired by jellyfish, researchers have created an electronic skin that is transparent, stretchable, touch-sensitive, and repairs itself in both wet and dry conditions. The novel material has wide-ranging uses, from water-resistant touch screens to soft robots aimed at mimicking biological tissues.

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Cboe to stop listing bitcoin futures as interest in crypto trading cools

Cboe Global Markets has decided to stop adding new bitcoin derivitives.

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Rukwa Rift Basin Project names new Cretaceous mammal from East African Rift System

Researchers announced a new species of mammal from the Age of Dinosaurs, representing the most complete mammal from the Cretaceous Period of continental Africa, and providing tantalizing insights into the past diversity of mammals on the planet.

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Water-resistant electronic skin with self-healing abilities created

Inspired by jellyfish, researchers have created an electronic skin that is transparent, stretchable, touch-sensitive, and repairs itself in both wet and dry conditions. The novel material has wide-ranging uses, from water-resistant touch screens to soft robots aimed at mimicking biological tissues.

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Chipmakers are on pace for their best first quarter ever fears about global economy ease

Chipmakers are enjoying their best ever start to a year, boosting investor confidence amid lingering concerns of slowing economic growth.

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Here's who stands to get rich from Lyft's IPO

Lyft's major shareholders will collectively hold billions in value when the company debuts.

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How heavy elements come about in the universe

Heavy elements are produced during stellar explosion or on the surfaces of neutron stars through the capture of hydrogen nuclei (protons). This occurs at extremely high temperatures, but at relatively low energies.

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Trembling aspen leaves could save future Mars rovers

Researchers have been inspired by the unique movement of trembling aspen leaves, to devise an energy harvesting mechanism that could power weather sensors in hostile environments and could even be a back-up energy supply that could save and extend the life of future Mars rovers.

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Long-distance quantum information exchange -- success at the nanoscale

Researchers have realized the swap of electron spins between distant quantum dots. The discovery is a step towards applications of quantum information, as the dots leave enough room for delicate control electrodes, enabling integration with traditional microelectronics and perhaps, a future quantum computer.

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The robots that dementia caregivers want: Robots for joy, robots for sorrow

A team of scientists spent six months co-designing robots with informal caregivers for people with dementia, such as family members. They found that caregivers wanted the robots to fulfill two major roles: support positive moments shared by caregivers and their loved ones; and lessen caregivers' emotional stress by taking on difficult tasks, such as answering repeated questions and restricting unhealthy food.

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Trembling aspen leaves could save future Mars rovers

Researchers have been inspired by the unique movement of trembling aspen leaves, to devise an energy harvesting mechanism that could power weather sensors in hostile environments and could even be a back-up energy supply that could save and extend the life of future Mars rovers.

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Desperate to get through to execs, some cybersecurity vendors are resorting to lies and blackmail

Aggressive sales tactics can make it harder for overworked cybersecurity execs to find and stop real threats.

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Facebook, YouTube and Twitter caught in a game of whack-a-mole to delete mosque shooting videos

Facebook said it removed 1.5 million videos of the mosque attack in New Zealand in the first 24 hours after the original was posted.

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Esports just made its way onto 'The Simpsons' — here's why that matters

"The Simpsons" co-executive producer Rob LaZebnik stresses that Sunday's episode was meant to embody a "cultural tipping point" for esports.

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Earliest known Mariner's Astrolabe research

Guinness World Records have independently certified an astrolabe excavated from the wreck site of a Portuguese Armada Ship that was part of Vasco da Gama's second voyage to India in 1502-1503 as the oldest in the world, and have separately certified a ship's bell (dated 1498) recovered from the same wreck site also as the oldest in the world.

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Taxi-hailing firm Gett will reportedly file for IPO this year

Rivals Uber and Lyft are also both expected to float their business in 2019.

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