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Hubble Looks Into a Cosmic Kaleidoscope

[caption id="attachment_8185" align="alignnone" width="1041"] Image credit: NASA, ESA, CXC, NRAO/AUI/NSF, STScI, and G. Ogrean (Stanford University), Acknowledgment: NASA, ESA, and J. Lotz (STScI), and the HFF team[/caption] At first glance, this cosmic kaleidoscope of purple,…

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How Safe is Your Mobile Phone?

NordVPN launches user-friendly mobile apps could protect users from data snooping, hacking and theft People rely on their mobile phones for not only for social interactions these days, but also for banking, data sharing, storing…

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Phone-based laser rangefinder works outdoors

Depth sensor built from off-the-shelf parts filters out ambient infrared light. [caption id="attachment_8175" align="alignnone" width="639"] CSAIL researchers are presenting a new infrared depth-sensing system built from off-the-shelf components, that works outdoors as well as in.Illustration:…

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Anthony Shadid journalist ethics award goes to associated…

[caption id="attachment_8152" align="alignright" width="300"] Anthony Shadid (center) speaks to a group of journalism students in a Vilas Hall classroom at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. (Photo by Bryce Richter / UW-Madison)[/caption] MADISON - The Associated Press…