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PolyU discovers a newly emerged superbug — hyper-resistant…

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) discovered a newly emerged superbug, hyper-resistant and hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae, which may cause untreatable and fatal infections in relatively healthy individuals and will pose enormous threat to human health.…

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Making data centers more energy efficient

Flash-memory system could reduce power consumption of data center “caches” by 90 percent. [caption id="attachment_13076" align="alignnone" width="639"] Researchers from CSAIL have devised a new system for data center caching that uses flash memory. In addition…

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Robotic system monitors specific neurons

Success rate is comparable to that of highly trained scientists performing the process manually. [caption id="attachment_13070" align="alignnone" width="639"] MIT engineers have devised a way to automate the process of monitoring neurons in a living brain…

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App helps farmers make the most of their…

[caption id="attachment_13066" align="alignnone" width="775"] A new app to help farmers harvesting corn was developed by Brian Luck, an assistant professor of biological systems engineering, and Rebecca Willett, an associate professor of electrical and computer engineering.…