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Researchers Launch Open-Source Website To Hunt Down Capitol Insurrectionists

SysEngineer shares a report from HuffPost: Some of the citizen sleuths behind the open-source effort to identify the hundreds of Donald Trump-loving rioters who stormed the U.S. Capitol have launched an impressive new website that organizes the stunn.....»»

Category: topSource:  slashdotMar 11th, 2021

A year later, Meta is yet to launch the promised WhatsApp for iPad

Meta last year confirmed its plans to finally release an iPad-specific version of WhatsApp right after launching a macOS app rebuilt from scratch. A beta version of the iPad app was released in late September, but a year later, WhatsApp for is still.....»»

Category: topSource:  informationweekRelated News5 hr. 59 min. ago

Biased metrics threaten climate investment where it"s needed most, researchers warn

In a new article published by Nature, experts from the Sustainable Finance Hub say that, although low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) face the most threat from climate change, their ability to respond and adapt to its effects is threatened by a.....»»

Category: topSource:  informationweekRelated News8 hr. 59 min. ago

Study of young African American men in US cities finds negative perspectives of community, few opportunities

Research has documented the many ways individuals' environments (e.g., community, neighborhood) affect their health. In a new study on gun ownership, researchers surveyed young African American men who lived in high-crime, high-violence cities to bet.....»»

Category: topSource:  informationweekRelated News8 hr. 59 min. ago

Geologist helps track lead pollution in a Tibetan glacier, revealing global impact of human activities

A collaborative research team involving Texas A&M University geologist Dr. Franco Marcantonio has examined the source of lead contamination in a Tibetan glacier, concluding that human activities have introduced the pollutant metal into some of the mo.....»»

Category: topSource:  informationweekRelated News8 hr. 59 min. ago

Deleting your Facebook may increase your well-being but reduce your political knowledge

Amid widely shared concerns that social media makes people unhappy, spreads misinformation, and polarizes societies, researchers paid randomly selected participants to deactivate their Facebook accounts during an election, then compared them to a ran.....»»

Category: topSource:  informationweekRelated News8 hr. 59 min. ago

Researchers develop technique that enables breeding of genetically identical hybrid plants

When different varieties of one plant species are crossed with each other, their hybrid offspring are often more robust and grow more quickly than their parents. However, in the next generation, this effect disappears again......»»

Category: topSource:  informationweekRelated News8 hr. 59 min. ago

A look into "mirror molecules" may lead to new medicines

A University of Texas at Dallas chemist and his colleagues have developed a new chemical reaction that will allow researchers to synthesize selectively the left-handed or right-handed versions of "mirror molecules" found in nature and assess them for.....»»

Category: topSource:  informationweekRelated News8 hr. 59 min. ago

Research team helps community document skeletal remains found on historic "poor farm"

On a bright autumn afternoon, a plain wooden box crafted by a local cabinet shop containing skeletal remains was returned to its final resting place during a simple reburial ceremony in Brentwood. Researchers and students from the University of New H.....»»

Category: topSource:  informationweekRelated News8 hr. 59 min. ago

Researchers find Norway"s waste policy falls short of goals

Norway's waste policy falls short of its goals because of inaccurate measurement methods, unreliable data and a lack of transparency about where Norwegian waste ends up, researchers say......»»

Category: topSource:  informationweekRelated News8 hr. 59 min. ago

Benchmarking study aims to assist scientists in analyzing spatial transcriptomics data

A team of Vanderbilt researchers has released a new benchmarking study that aims to assist scientists in selecting the most effective methods for analyzing spatial transcriptomics (ST) data......»»

Category: topSource:  informationweekRelated News8 hr. 59 min. ago

Here’s Apple’s lineup of new Immersive Video content coming soon to Vision Pro

Today Apple released its first scripted short film in Immersive Video: Submerged. In coordination with the launch, the company has also outlined its plans for future Vision Pro content releases. Here’s what to expect for new Immersive Video content.....»»

Category: topSource:  theglobeandmailRelated News9 hr. 52 min. ago

The Juicebox and Enel X shutdown: What comes next?

There are open source projects and companies looking to help. Earlier this month, the Italian energy company Enel X announced an abrupt withdrawal from the North American market......»»

Category: topSource:  arstechnicaRelated News9 hr. 59 min. ago

Uncrackable: Scorpions and sponges inspire sustainable design

Humans are by no means alone in the search for more sustainable materials. Nature, too, has been "working" on the problem of sustainability, and it's been at it for a great deal longer. Researchers at the Weizmann Institute of Science show how design.....»»

Category: topSource:  theglobeandmailRelated News11 hr. 57 min. ago

VW Group"s Cupra brand to enter North American racing series ahead of U.S. launch

VW Group's Cupra brand plans to enter the U.S. market by the end of the decade and to go racing here even sooner......»»

Category: topSource:  autonewsRelated News12 hr. 31 min. ago

Spectroscopy study determines how catalysts remove dangerous nitrogen oxides

Catalysts belonging to the zeolite family help to remove toxic nitrogen oxides from industrial emissions. Researchers at the Paul Scherrer Institute PSI have now discovered that their complex nano porous structure is crucial. Specifically, individual.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated News13 hr. 59 min. ago

Inspired by Spider-Man, researchers recreate web-slinging technology

Every kid who has read a comic book or watched a Spider-Man movie has tried to imagine what it would be like to shoot a web from their wrist, fly over streets, and pin down villains. Researchers at Tufts University took those imaginary scenes serious.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated News14 hr. 59 min. ago

Hurricane Milton shreds Florida stadium roof

Hurricane-force winds ripped open the roof of a baseball stadium in Florida, leaving shredded remnants of the dome in its wake Thursday morning......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated News14 hr. 59 min. ago

Rage clicks: Study shows how political outrage fuels social media engagement

A Tulane University study explains why politically-charged content gets more engagement from those who disagree. Researchers found a "confrontation effect," where people are more likely to interact with content that challenges their views than those.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated News14 hr. 59 min. ago

Rental crisis in regional cities prompts rethinking of moves

James Cook University researchers say Cairns is a prime example of a regional city where the rental housing crisis is making people who have moved to the city rethink their choice—and they say city planners must act if regional areas want such peop.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated News14 hr. 59 min. ago

Earning an associate degree has varying value for workers based on demographics, researchers find

New research from Virginia Commonwealth University confirms the economic value of completing an associate degree but also unmasks the disparate labor market outcomes for workers of diverse races/ethnicities, sexes and nationalities......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated News14 hr. 59 min. ago