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Investigations into what it means to be human have often focused on attempts to uncover the earliest material traces of 'art', 'language', or technological 'complexity'. More recently, scholars have begun to argue that more attention should be paid to the ecological uniqueness of our species. A new study reviews the palaeoecological information associated with hominin dispersals into Southeast Asia and Oceania throughout the Pleistocene (1.25 Ma to 12 ka). from All Top News -- ScienceDaily https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/01/190128122236.htm

Researchers have introduced a new cutting-edge reusable adhesive that activates in seconds, works underwater, and is strong enough to deadlift 11 pounds: shape memory polymers (SMPs). from Top Technology News -- ScienceDaily https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/01/190128122244.htm

Imagine a world where smartphones, laptops, wearables, and other electronics are powered without batteries. Researchers have taken a step in that direction, with the first fully flexible device that can convert energy from Wi-Fi signals into electricity that could power electronics. from All Top News -- ScienceDaily https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/01/190128111718.htm

Around the country, women physician researchers make 7 to 8 percent less per year than men. Women faculty are likely to accumulate much less wealth over their lifetimes, researchers found. from Top Technology News -- ScienceDaily https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/01/190128111728.htm

Imagine a world where smartphones, laptops, wearables, and other electronics are powered without batteries. Researchers have taken a step in that direction, with the first fully flexible device that can convert energy from Wi-Fi signals into electricity that could power electronics. from Top Technology News -- ScienceDaily https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/01/190128111718.htm

Apple is working on a games service subscription for the App Store. This planned service would function like a 'Netflix for games', allowing users to pay a regular subscription fee for a host of titles. from RSS Feeds | APPLE - RSS Feed - NDTV Gadgets360.com https://gadgets.ndtv.com/apps/news/apple-working-on-games-service-subscription-for-the-app-store-report-1984577

A new study proposes a new way of ranking universities, using a more balanced cultural view and based on 24 international editions of Wikipedia. from Top Technology News -- ScienceDaily https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/01/190128101109.htm

Despite being the most advanced quantum technology, secure encryption of information units based on a method called quantum key distribution (QKD) is currently limited by the channel's capacity to send or share secret bits. Scientists now show how to better approach the secret key capacity by improving the channel's lower boundary. from Top Technology News -- ScienceDaily https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/01/190128101106.htm

Italian violin-making masters of the distant past developed varnishing techniques that lent their instruments both an excellent musical tone and impressive appearance. Scientists have now developed a non-invasive 3D-scanning approach to gain insights into the main morphological features of the overlapping finishing layers used on violins. This could help scientists rediscover the procedures employed by ancient violin masters. from Top Technology News -- ScienceDaily https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/01/190128101102.htm

The most basic type of quantum information processing is quantum entanglement. Researchers have now provided a much finer characterization of the distributions of entanglement in multi-qubit systems than previously available. These findings can be used in quantum cryptography to estimate the quantity of information an eavesdropper can capture regarding the secret encryption key. from Top Technology News -- ScienceDaily https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/01/190128101120.htm

Researchers have developed an asymmetric catalytic reaction, which provides access to synthetically challenging molecular structures and features an unusual reaction pathway. from Top Technology News -- ScienceDaily https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/01/190128093218.htm

A new optical microscope system called SIFOM (Stimulation and Imaging-based Functional Optical Microscopy) can stimulate multiple cells simultaneously by a holographic method and monitor cell activity after the stimulation using 3D (three-dimensional) measurements based on fluorescence holography. This system has potential applications as a tool for the reconstruction of lost nerve pathways, constructing artificial neural networks, and food resources development. from Top Technology News -- ScienceDaily https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/01/190128091447.htm

In a discovery that could provide new insights into the origin of mass in the universe following the Big Bang, scientists have used experiments with kaons and helium-3 to experimentally demonstrate, for the first time, the existence of an exotic nucleus containing two protons and a bound kaon. from Top Technology News -- ScienceDaily https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/01/190128091440.htm

Using satellite data from the UN, PlantVillage monitors biomass on a plot of land, giving farmers insight into how their crops are growing. from Science Latest https://www.wired.com/story/app-lets-farmers-monitor-crops-from-the-sky