Source: Newscientist
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NASA wants to use bacteria to supply energy and food to astronauts
Transporting things to and from space is incredibly expensive, not to mention difficult, which is why researchers are looking for ways to make space stations as self-sufficient as possible. One...
Trains may soon use lasers to clear debris off of tracks
Each autumn, leaves fall to the ground by the billions. Slightly annoying if you have a backyard but really annoying if you run a railroad company. It turns out those...
This software can detect genetic disorders by scanning pictures
We already know that computers can recognize human faces, and apparently decipher secret codes left on bird eggs, but researchers at the University of Oxford have now developed software that...
Hackers are using Snowden leaks to reverse-engineer NSA techniques
Over the past year, we've learned of the many techniques the NSA has used to tap into global communications. However, Edward Snowden's document leaks didn't just uncover the gadgets the...