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Study Suggests That Basic Password Guidance Can Improve Account Security
A study concerning account passwords suggests that better guidance and detailed support will help users create harder-to-crack passwords.
The Current State of Dark Matter Detection
Years of fruitless searching begs the question: What is the current state of dark matter detection, and why are scientists building so many detectors to find a hypothetical particle proving the existence of a hypothetical material?
Here's How Energy Storage Is Used in Two Big Markets
About two-thirds of utility-scale battery storage power capacity installed in the U.S. is in the California Independent System Operator market and the PJM Interconnection. How they use that capacity is very different.
High-Energy Laser Weapons Take to the Skies
Flight testing for solid-state high-energy laser systems designed to mount on aircraft, including fighter jets and combat helicopters, will ramp up into the early 2020s.
Needle Cylinders for Blow Molding Applications
A direct OEM needle cylinder solution used in continuous extrusion wheels features a non-rotating shaft design to keep the needle tip in the correct orientation, with standard NPT ports for extend, retract and blow operations.
Sunflower Unit Opts for Solar in Kansas
Construction is scheduled to begin in early 2019. When completed, the project will be one of the largest solar facilities in Kansas.
How to Improve Your Facility to Meet LEED Standards
LEED, or Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, is a green building rating system developed by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC). It provides a framework to create sustainable buildings that are designed to support both public health and the environment.
Search Results for AI Faster, More Accurate Than Human Lawyers
Artificial Intelligence (AI) may be more accurate than actual lawyers when it comes to reviewing legal documents, so says research from legal AI platform LawGeex.
Swimming in the Ocean Associated with Increased Ailments
Researchers determined that people who swim and/or participate in water sports are reportedly at greater risk of experiencing stomach bugs, ear aches and other ailments than people who don’t spend time in the sea.
Artificial Intelligence Used to Help Police Make Custody Decisions
Such a decision — which has potential implications for the suspect, the police and the public alike — is common in the law enforcement world, often occurring as much as hundreds of thousands of times a year.
Power Plants Bolster Gas Supply Reliability
As the share of natural gas used for power generation has increased, so has the interdependence between natural gas supply and infrastructure and electric power generator operations.
Understanding Nanomaterials' Risk
The Sustainable Nanotechnologies Project (SUN) has completed one of the first attempts to understand the risks involved throughout the lifecycle of nanomaterials.
A Clearer Picture for 'DNA Origami'
Researchers have generated 3D images from 129 individual molecules of flexible DNA origami particles, providing the first experimental verification of the DNA origami model.
Video: Food for Thought — Eat Your GMOs (Commentary)
Some benefits of GMOs: crops with improved herbicide tolerance (soybeans) or insect resistance (corn), increased growth rates in Coho salmon and possible hepatitis B vaccine derived from GMO tobacco.
Cold Snap Points to Need for Grid Reforms, PJM Says
An 11-fold increase in so-called uplift charges during the cold snap shows the need to reform pricing for energy and reserves across PJM.
Children Struggle with Mechanics of Holding a Pencil Thanks to Time Spent on Touchscreen Devices
As small children are spending more and more time on electronic devices such as touchscreen phones and tablets, experts believe that their excess use is getting in the way of children naturally developing their finger muscles enough to properly hold pencils upon starting school.
Tokyo Will Become the First City With a Fleet of Autonomous Taxis
Next week — on March 5 — Tokyo will become the first city in the world to have a taxi service with autonomous driving vehicles. Today, Nissan, together with the telecommunications company DeNA, announced the passenger transport service called Easy Ride, which offers the possibility of accessing rental vehicles that do not need drivers to transport their passengers.
Portable, Fast and Accurate Device for Soil Pathogen Testing
Detecting disease-causing pathogens in the soil that can significantly level crops requires expensive and cumbersome equipment and lab results that can take weeks to receive.
As Ride-Hailing Services Grow, so Does Urban Congestion
As services such as Uber and Lyft grow in popularity, recent studies suggest that urban traffic congestion may be growing worse and transit ridership may be suffering.
Ophthalmologists Develop Eyedrops That Could Replace Eyeglasses
Eyeglasses may soon be a thing of the past thanks to a team of ophthalmologists from Shaare Zedek Medical Center and Bar-Ilan University’s Institute of Nanotechnology and Advanced Materials that has developed eyedrops capable of repairing the cornea in addition to improving short and long sightedness.