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Lots of wind along with very dry vegetation turned the Northern California wildfire into a high-speed menace that tore through Paradise and Butte County. from Science Latest https://www.wired.com/story/the-terrifying-science-behind-californias-massive-camp-fire

This week’s top Science news from Latest News from Science Magazine https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/11/top-stories-jellyfish-stingers-eye-swimming-microbots-and-metric-system-makeover

The Fallout 76 release date for PS4, Xbox One, and PC is November 14. Unless of course you live in Finland or New York where it appears that copies of Fallout 76 have released early. from RSS Feeds | MICROSOFT - RSS Feed - NDTV Gadgets360.com https://gadgets.ndtv.com/games/news/fallout-76-release-date-broken-internationally-1945105

Treatment for fatal Niemann-Pick type C no better than placebo from Latest News from Science Magazine https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/11/drug-rare-disease-disappoints-key-trial

Meteor: The crew removed and replaced the hard drive in the Meteor laptop and completed a software anti-virus update. The Meteor payload is a visible spectroscopy instrument used to observe meteors in Earth orbit. Meteor uses image analysis to provide information on the physical and chemical properties of the meteoroid dust, such as size, density, … from ISS On-Orbit Status Report https://blogs.nasa.gov/stationreport/2018/11/08/iss-daily-summary-report-11082018/

EPA, New Mexico Announce New Website Detailing Draft White Paper on Oil and Natural Gas Wastewater, Recycling and Reuse Region 06 DALLAS – (Nov. 9, 2018) The State of New Mexico and the U.S. Published November 09, 2018 at 10:30AM Read more

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We can use video analysis to test whether an escape pod carrying R2-D2 and C-3PO in the first Star Wars movie was modeled using a KFC bucket, as one theory claims. from Science Latest https://www.wired.com/story/was-a-star-wars-escape-pod-really-just-a-kfc-bucket

A major factor holding back development of wearable biosensors for health monitoring is the lack of a lightweight, long-lasting power supply. Now scientists report that they have developed a method for making a charge-storing system that is easily integrated into clothing for 'embroidering a charge-storing pattern onto any garment.' from All Top News -- ScienceDaily https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/11/181108164257.htm

Burnt toast and dinosaur bones have a common trait, according to a new study. They both contain chemicals that, under the right conditions, transform original proteins into something new. It's a process that may help researchers understand how soft-tissue cells inside dinosaur bones can survive for hundreds of millions of years. from All Top News -- ScienceDaily https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/11/181109073039.htm

Sprint has been slowing traffic to Microsoft's Internet-based video chat service Skype, a study has found. from RSS Feeds | MICROSOFT - RSS Feed - NDTV Gadgets360.com https://gadgets.ndtv.com/telecom/news/sprint-is-throttling-microsofts-skype-service-study-finds-1945008

Developers of more than 3,000 games available on Xbox One are already set to deploy their titles for devices supporting Project xCloud. from RSS Feeds | MICROSOFT - RSS Feed - NDTV Gadgets360.com https://gadgets.ndtv.com/games/news/microsoft-project-xcloud-samsung-galaxy-smartphones-sdc-2018-1944975

The extended festive offers are available on Flipkart until November 12. from RSS Feeds | ANDROID - RSS Feed - NDTV Gadgets360.com https://gadgets.ndtv.com/mobiles/news/honor-9-lite-7s-9i-10-extended-festive-offers-india-price-drops-1945004

An MIT professor argues that misinformation boils down to one simple thing: mental laziness, exacerbated by social media. from Science Latest https://www.wired.com/story/dont-want-to-fall-for-fake-news-dont-be-lazy

Developers of more than 3,000 games available on Xbox One are already set to deploy their titles for devices supporting Project xCloud. from RSS Feeds | ANDROID - RSS Feed - NDTV Gadgets360.com https://gadgets.ndtv.com/games/news/microsoft-project-xcloud-samsung-galaxy-smartphones-sdc-2018-1944975

Xiaomi’s two premium smartphones - Mi 8 and Mi Mix 2S - are borrowing the Mi Mix 3’s Night Scene photography feature in their latest MIUI 8.1.1.8 update. from RSS Feeds | ANDROID - RSS Feed - NDTV Gadgets360.com https://gadgets.ndtv.com/mobiles/news/xiaomi-mi-8-mi-mix-2s-night-scene-mi-mix-3-photography-china-closed-beta-rom-1944973

Mass Effect: Andromeda Xbox One X patch download size, updates to the game, and more. from RSS Feeds | MICROSOFT - RSS Feed - NDTV Gadgets360.com https://gadgets.ndtv.com/games/news/mass-effect-andromeda-xbox-one-x-patch-released-1944947

With Sony opening the floodgates for crossplay with Fortnite, Overwatch is one of the games that the community would like to see playable across PS4, Xbox One, and PC. Speaking to Gadgets 360 at BlizzCon 2018, Overwatch Production Director Chacko Sonny stated that Blizzard is of the same opinion as well. from RSS Feeds | MICROSOFT - RSS Feed - NDTV Gadgets360.com https://gadgets.ndtv.com/games/news/overwatch-ps4-xbox-one-pc-crossplay-blizzard-following-the-situation-very-closely-1944923

The group was protesting in response to allegations made last month that one of Apple's suppliers was exploiting student workers in southwest China. from RSS Feeds | APPLE - RSS Feed - NDTV Gadgets360.com https://gadgets.ndtv.com/mobiles/news/students-protesting-alleged-apple-worker-exploitation-detained-in-beijing-1944953

Rosenberger said that that it is uniquely positioned to meet all network related demands of the Indian market, and is keen to work with all the leading telecom companies in India for the deployment of 5G technology. from telecom-equipment - Telecom News | Latest Telecom Industry News, Information and Update: ET Telecom : ETTelecom.com https://telecom.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/germanys-rosenberger-eyes-indias-5g-market-plans-to-work-with-telcos/66556041?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=ETRSS

​More than 520 million shares traded, 0.6 times their 30-day moving avg of 818,974. from telecom-equipment - Telecom News | Latest Telecom Industry News, Information and Update: ET Telecom : ETTelecom.com https://telecom.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/iti-rises-after-govt-asks-state-run-telcos-to-buy-from-company/66555989?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=ETRSS

Vivo X21s is the Chinese phone maker’s latest smartphone in its X series with an in-display fingerprint sensor. from RSS Feeds | ANDROID - RSS Feed - NDTV Gadgets360.com https://gadgets.ndtv.com/mobiles/news/vivo-x21s-in-display-fingerprint-sensor-price-china-specifications-features-1944932

Samsung Networks is deploying small cells in large volume for indoor coverage for Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Jio, which is set to have 99% population coverage soon in the country, a top executive said. from telecom-equipment - Telecom News | Latest Telecom Industry News, Information and Update: ET Telecom : ETTelecom.com https://telecom.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/samsung-deploying-small-cells-in-large-volumes-for-jios-indoor-coverage-networks-head/66555444?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=ETRSS

Lenovo K9 comes to India carrying a price tag of Rs. 8,999 but is a decent alternative to the Xiaomi Redmi 6? Read our Lenovo K9 review to find out. from RSS Feeds : RSS REVIEWS Feed - NDTV Gadgets360.com https://gadgets.ndtv.com/mobiles/reviews/lenovo-k9-review-1943782

Lenovo K9 comes to India carrying a price tag of Rs. 8,999 but is a decent alternative to the Xiaomi Redmi 6? Read our Lenovo K9 review to find out. from RSS Feeds | ANDROID - RSS Feed - NDTV Gadgets360.com https://gadgets.ndtv.com/mobiles/reviews/lenovo-k9-review-1943782

EPA Awards $300K to California Small Businesses to Develop Innovative Technologies Region 09 LOS ANGELES – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced $300,000 in funding to three small businesses in California to develop new technologies that protect the environment while growing the American economy. Published November 08, 2018 at 10:30AM Read more

EPA Acting Administrator Wheeler Finishes Up Texas Swing Headquarters, Office of the Administrator (AO) PHOTOS Published November 08, 2018 at 10:30AM Read more

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Nokia 8.1 is one of the few models from HMD Global that will support Google's ARCore to deliver advanced augmented reality (AR) experiences. from RSS Feeds | ANDROID - RSS Feed - NDTV Gadgets360.com https://gadgets.ndtv.com/mobiles/news/nokia-8-1-x7-arcore-snapdragon-710-listing-1944852

User reports coming in now suggest that the Pixel 3 has a serious overheating issue during charging. from RSS Feeds | ANDROID - RSS Feed - NDTV Gadgets360.com https://gadgets.ndtv.com/mobiles/news/google-pixel-3-overheating-shutdown-without-warning-user-reports-1944844

By JACEY FORTIN from NYT Science https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/08/science/stephen-hawking-wheelchair-auction-.html?partner=IFTTT via IFTTT

The iFixit team has given a repairability score of 3 to the new MacBook Air. from RSS Feeds | APPLE - RSS Feed - NDTV Gadgets360.com https://gadgets.ndtv.com/laptops/news/apple-macbook-air-2018-ifixit-teardown-repairability-1944824

Geologists have discovered that a set of 28 footprints left behind by a reptile-like creature 310 million years ago are the oldest ever to be found in Grand Canyon National Park. from All Top News -- ScienceDaily https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/11/181108142448.htm

Humans think using their brain's navigation system: Researchers combine individual threads of evidence to form a theory of human thinking. from All Top News -- ScienceDaily https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/11/181108142443.htm

A team has used genome-wide ancient DNA data to revise Central and South American history. Their analysis of DNA from 49 individuals spanning about 10,000 years in Belize, Brazil, the Central Andes, and southern South America has concluded that the majority of Central and South American ancestry arrived from at least three different streams of people entering from North America, all arising from one ancestral lineage of migrants who crossed the Bering Strait. from All Top News -- ScienceDaily https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/11/181108142421.htm

Scientists have demonstrated for the first time that heat from the sun and coldness from outer space can be collected simultaneously with a single device. Their research suggests that devices for harvesting solar and space energy will not compete for land space and can actually help each other function more efficiently. from All Top News -- ScienceDaily https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/11/181108142418.htm

A multi-center study of the genetic remains of people who settled thousands of years ago in the Andes Mountains of South America reveals a complex picture of human adaptation from early settlement, to a split about 9,000 years ago between high and lowland populations, to the devastating exposure to European disease in the 16th-century colonial period. from All Top News -- ScienceDaily https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/11/181108142407.htm

Researchers have discovered that daily nest predation of shorebirds has increased threefold over the last 70 years. The data suggest the larger increase in the Arctic relative to the tropics indicates a link to climate change. from All Top News -- ScienceDaily https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/11/181108142405.htm

A wide ranging international study that genetically analysed the DNA of a series of famous and controversial ancient remains across North and South America has discovered that the Spirit Cave remains -- the world's oldest natural mummy - was a Native American. They were also able to dismiss a longstanding theory that a group called Paleoamericans existed in North America before Native Americans. from All Top News -- ScienceDaily https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/11/181108142340.htm

A new review explores the complexity of evolution's predictability in extraordinary detail. In it, researchers closely examine evidence from a number of empirical studies of evolutionary repeatability and contingency in an effort to fully interrogate ideas about contingency's role in evolution. from All Top News -- ScienceDaily https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/11/181108142323.htm

Using an innovative robotic platform to observe bees' behavior, researchers showed that, following exposure to neonicotinoid pesticides -- the most commonly-used class of pesticides in agriculture -- bees spent less time nursing larvae and were less social that other bees. Additional tests showed that exposure impaired bees ability to warm the nest, and to build insulating wax caps around the colony. from All Top News -- ScienceDaily https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/11/181108142221.htm

Research on a newly rediscovered 9,000-year-old child's tooth has reshaped our understanding of Alaska's ancient people, their genetic background and their diets. The tooth is only the second known remnant of a population of early migrants known as Ancient Beringians. Combined with previous research, the find indicates that Ancient Beringians remained in Alaska for thousands of years after first migrating across the Bering Land Bridge that connected eastern Asia and Alaska. from All Top News -- ScienceDaily https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/11/181108142216.htm

The way they move belies the true ages of the almost 3,000 stars populating one of the richest star clusters known. Astronomers recently discovered the stars all were born in the same generation, solving a long-standing puzzle about how stars evolve. from All Top News -- ScienceDaily https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/11/181108134128.htm

By CARL ZIMMER from NYT Science https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/08/science/prehistoric-migration-americas.html?partner=IFTTT via IFTTT

One of the world's premier diving destinations owes its reputation as a hot spot of marine biodiversity to being undisturbed over millions of years, according to ecologists. The researchers conclude that patterns of high diversity may take tens of millions of years to arise, but can be wiped out in a few years by human impacts. from All Top News -- ScienceDaily https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/11/181108130514.htm

A 37-year survey of monarch populations in North Central Florida shows that caterpillars and butterflies have been declining since 1985 and have dropped by 80 percent since 2005. from All Top News -- ScienceDaily https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/11/181108091259.htm

Stelligent Systems specialises in DevOps automation on Amazon Web Services (AWS), which means, as more enterprises move to the cloud, Stelligent helps them deploy applications on the cloud with greater speed, agility and security. from enterprise-it - Telecom News | Latest Telecom Industry News, Information and Update: ET Telecom : ETTelecom.com https://telecom.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/mphasis-acquires-cloud-automation-company-stelligent-systems-for-25-million/66551369?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=ETRSS

For nearly three decades, Indian IT services firms hired thousands of engineering graduates and brought them to their training facilities. This changed around five years ago. from enterprise-it - Telecom News | Latest Telecom Industry News, Information and Update: ET Telecom : ETTelecom.com https://telecom.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/heres-how-indian-it-firms-are-overhauling-employee-training-process/66551081?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=ETRSS

Facebook, Snapchat, and Instagram may not be great for personal well-being. The first experimental study examining use of multiple platforms shows a causal link between time spent on these social media and increased depression and loneliness. from Top Technology News -- ScienceDaily https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/11/181108164316.htm

Researchers have discovered a new, more precise method to create nanoscale-size electromechanical devices. from Top Technology News -- ScienceDaily https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/11/181108164311.htm

A major factor holding back development of wearable biosensors for health monitoring is the lack of a lightweight, long-lasting power supply. Now scientists report that they have developed a method for making a charge-storing system that is easily integrated into clothing for 'embroidering a charge-storing pattern onto any garment.' from Top Technology News -- ScienceDaily https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/11/181108164257.htm

Scientists have demonstrated for the first time that heat from the sun and coldness from outer space can be collected simultaneously with a single device. Their research suggests that devices for harvesting solar and space energy will not compete for land space and can actually help each other function more efficiently. from Top Technology News -- ScienceDaily https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/11/181108142418.htm

Researchers have developed a way to grow human heart tissue that can serve as a model for the upper chambers of the heart, known as the atria. The tissue, derived from human induced pluripotent stem cells (hiPCSs), beats, expresses genes, and responds to drugs in a manner similar to a real human atrium. The model may be useful for evaluating disease mechanisms and drugs for atrial fibrillation -- the most common type of arrhythmia. from Top Technology News -- ScienceDaily https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/11/181108142416.htm

Engineers have developed a heat-rejecting film that could be applied to a building's windows to reflect up to 70 percent of the sun's incoming heat. The film is able to remain highly transparent below 32 degrees Celsius, or 89 degrees Fahrenheit. They estimate that if every exterior-facing window in a building were covered in this film, the building's air conditioning and energy costs could drop by 10 percent. from Top Technology News -- ScienceDaily https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/11/181108142354.htm

Researchers have developed a new method for treating and preventing acute kidney injury. Their technique involves the use of tiny, self-assembling forms measuring just billionths of a meter in diameter. from Top Technology News -- ScienceDaily https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/11/181108142315.htm

Excited photo-emitters can cooperate and radiate simultaneously, a phenomenon called superfluorescence. Researchers have recently been able to create this effect with long-range ordered nanocrystal superlattices. This discovery could enable future developments in LED lighting, quantum sensing, quantum communication and future quantum computing. from Top Technology News -- ScienceDaily https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/11/181108142231.htm

For the first time, scientists have created, from scratch, self-assembling protein filaments built from identical protein subunits that snap together spontaneously to form long, helical, thread-like configurations. Protein filaments are essential components of several structural and moving parts in living cells, as well as many body tissues. Being able to design and build protein filaments could allow for engineering novel materials for nano-electronics or scaffolds for new diagnostic tests. from Top Technology News -- ScienceDaily https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/11/181108142219.htm

The way they move belies the true ages of the almost 3,000 stars populating one of the richest star clusters known. Astronomers recently discovered the stars all were born in the same generation, solving a long-standing puzzle about how stars evolve. from Top Technology News -- ScienceDaily https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/11/181108134128.htm

While all Windows 10 PC users in US, UK, and Germany can install the app on their devices, only compatible PCs can use the hands-free features of Alexa. from RSS Feeds | MICROSOFT - RSS Feed - NDTV Gadgets360.com https://gadgets.ndtv.com/apps/news/amazon-alexa-windows-10-microsoft-store-us-uk-germany-download-install-1944738

At BlizzCon 2018 Gadgets 360 spoke to Overwatch Production Director Chacko Sonny to find out what makes its heroes tick. from RSS Feeds | MICROSOFT - RSS Feed - NDTV Gadgets360.com https://gadgets.ndtv.com/games/features/overwatch-ashe-characters-reddit-heroes-blizzcon-2018-1943874

Google has finally confirmed that dark mode on Android phones uses less power and saves battery life. from RSS Feeds | ANDROID - RSS Feed - NDTV Gadgets360.com https://gadgets.ndtv.com/mobiles/news/google-says-dark-mode-can-help-improve-battery-life-on-android-devices-1944820

Files by Google is available for download via Google Play. from RSS Feeds | ANDROID - RSS Feed - NDTV Gadgets360.com https://gadgets.ndtv.com/apps/news/files-by-google-rebrand-30-million-users-download-1944803

Zack from JerryRigEverything, much like his previous videos, performed an internal teardown of the OnePlus 6T to show viewers the internal components of the flagship smartphone. from RSS Feeds | ANDROID - RSS Feed - NDTV Gadgets360.com https://gadgets.ndtv.com/mobiles/news/oneplus-6t-teardown-camera-lens-optical-in-display-fingerprint-sensor-jerryrigeverything-1944770

Fossil Sport smartwatch is the first to launch with the new Snapdragon Wear 3100 chipset, and it claims to offer all day battery life. from RSS Feeds | ANDROID - RSS Feed - NDTV Gadgets360.com https://gadgets.ndtv.com/wearables/news/fossil-sport-smartwatch-snapdragon-wear-3100-soc-all-day-battery-life-launched-1944746

The Mi 8 Pro will go on sale in Britain on Friday, the group announced, marking the first time that the device has been available outside China. from RSS Feeds | ANDROID - RSS Feed - NDTV Gadgets360.com https://gadgets.ndtv.com/mobiles/news/xiaomi-uk-launch-mi-8-pro-redmi-6a-mi-band-3-price-1944731

As compared to 2017, Honor touched a 300 percent growth during the Diwali season sale, the company said in a statement. from RSS Feeds | ANDROID - RSS Feed - NDTV Gadgets360.com https://gadgets.ndtv.com/mobiles/news/honor-claims-it-sold-1-million-smartphones-in-india-this-diwali-1944724

Currently, iOS 12.1.1 is in developer beta, though it is expected to reach public release stage before the end of the year. from RSS Feeds | APPLE - RSS Feed - NDTV Gadgets360.com https://gadgets.ndtv.com/mobiles/news/apple-iphone-xr-ios-12-1-1-3d-touch-expand-notifications-gesture-1944759

Experiments with the system suggest neonicotinoids severely disrupt bumble bee social behavior from Latest News from Science Magazine https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/11/new-tracking-system-could-show-last-how-pesticides-are-harming-bee-colonies

On this week’s show: Record numbers of monkeys are being used in labs, and the metric system is set to be transformed from Latest News from Science Magazine https://www.sciencemag.org/podcast/big-increase-monkey-research-and-overhaul-metric-system

EPA Awards $1.7 Million to Small Businesses to Develop Innovative Technologies Headquarters, Research and Development (ORD) WASHINGTON — Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced $1.7 million in funding to 16 small businesses across the country to develop new technologies that protect the environment while growing the American economy.  Published November 08, 2018 at 10:30AM Read more

EPA requires closures of 10 illegal cesspools in Hawaii in 2018 Region 09 HONOLULU – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) enforcement actions this year in Hawaii led to closures of 10 large-capacity cesspools (LCC) and over $640,000 in fines. Published November 08, 2018 at 10:30AM Read more

EPA Settlement with Yonkers Dry Cleaner Means Company to Operate as “Green” Facility Region 02 (New York, N.Y.) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a recent settlement against Frey Cleaners, Inc. Published November 08, 2018 at 10:30AM Read more

A novel system monitors the dynamics of colonies exposed to imidacloprid, a neurotoxin that belongs to the infamous neonicotinoid group of pesticides. from Science Latest https://www.wired.com/story/bumblebee-tracking-robot

Box jellyfish stings are an underestimated public health problem, Angel Yanagihara says from Latest News from Science Magazine https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/11/jellyfish-almost-killed-scientist-now-she-wants-save-others-their-fatal-venom

Trove of ancient samples reveals 11,000 years of unknown genetic history from Latest News from Science Magazine https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/11/ancient-dna-confirms-native-americans-deep-roots-north-and-south-america

DNA analysis suggests genes for heart muscle development, starch digestion played a role from Latest News from Science Magazine https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/11/how-people-andes-evolved-live-high-altitudes

For the first time, researchers have succeeded in directly measuring the aerodynamics of flying animals as they maneuver in the air. Previously, the upstroke of the wings was considered relatively insignificant compared to the powerful downstroke but, in a new study, biologists have observed that it is on the upstroke of the wings that bats often turn. from All Top News -- ScienceDaily https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/11/181108134132.htm