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Mystery Russian satellite’s behavior raises alarm in US

On: August 20, 2018

In: Science, Wars and Rumors of Wars, World News

The race to weaponize space continues. A mysterious Russian satellite displaying “very abnormal behaviour” has raised alarm in the US, according to a State Department official.”We don’t know for certain what it is and there is no way to verify it,” said assistant secretary Yleem Poblete at a conference inContinue Reading

Novel nanotechnology sensors could enable smarter textiles

By: Sharon

On: August 19, 2018

In: Science

Who knew that carbon nanotubes would eventually make it into your clothing? Me? I prefer my clothes to be not so smart. A team of engineers is developing next-generation smart textiles by creating flexible carbon nanotube composite coatings on a wide range of fibers, including cotton, nylon and wool. Source:Continue Reading

NIH Report: Uncorrected farsightedness linked to literacy deficits in preschoolers

By: Sharon

On: January 27, 2016

In: Science

A NEW study released by the National Institutes of Health this morning indicates a strong correlation between childhood hyperopia and poor reading skills. As someone who used to work in eye care and as someone who has dealt with mild hyperopia (far-sightedness) from childhood, I want to urge all parents toContinue Reading

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