Sapio Sciences is pleased to announce the release of Exemplar NGS LIMS™. Sapio's NGS LIMS system will track multiple next-generation sequencing (NGS) platform workflows from request through processing and analysis. Sapio has gained ...
Professor Deborah Gordon recently sent hundreds of ants to the orbiting International Space Station. By studying how the ants adjust their behavior to cope with near-zero gravity conditions, scientists could improve the algorithms ...
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Animin, virtual pets that exist in the real world through augmented reality, will be debuting at Toy Fair next week. The product has been developed by a group of AR tech specialists, digital artists and games developers at Figure Games in ...
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Since its first entry into the home console market in 1983, with the release of the Nintendo Entertainment System, Nintendo has been at the forefront of console gaming. The company, with a combination of solid hardware, family-friendly ...
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WASHINGTON, Jan. 15 (UPI) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration recommends health professionals discontinue prescribing combination drug products containing acetaminophen. The FDA recommends healthcare professionals discontinue ...
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Consumers are increasingly turning to recommendation engines, friends, social networking or advertising to discover mobile applications rather than sorting through the thousands of mobile apps available, according to Gartner. It predicts ...
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Hewlett-Packard appears set to re-enter the smartphone market with the launch in India Wednesday of two tablets running the Android OS and offering voice-calling capability. Designed in Asia, the 6-inch diagonal HP Slate6 VoiceTab and the ...
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The shipment of smartphones and tablet computers with Google's Android operating system will break the 1 billion barrier in 2014, Gartner said. Andriod is installed on products made by Samsung, HTC, Sony and many other makers and it's ...
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BALTIMORE, Jan. 14 (UPI) -- The caffeine in a mug of coffee, a cup of tea or a can of soda has a positive effect on our long-term memory, U.S. researchers say. Michael Yassa, an assistant professor of psychological and brain sciences at ...
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Caffeine may help long-term memory Whether it's a mug full of coffee, a cup of hot tea, or a can of soft drink, consuming caffeine is the energy boost of choice for millions who want to wake up or stay up. But the popular stimulant could ...
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Vizio's AC/DC smart audio devices download and control Android apps, stream the apps' Cloud-based content via Wi-Fi 802.11n, and play audio and video stored in embedded memory or on a USB-connected storage device. It also has Bluetooth. ...
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Increased competition from online and brick and mortar stores, combined with higher customer expectations driven by the convenience of online shopping, is making it more challenging for retailers to maintain customer loyalty and stay on ...
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In a move that echoes Twitter, Facebook is adding a feature to its service that lets users know the topics of discussion that are trending among the site's 1.2 billion users, whether it's the death of a world leader or the Oscars. Users ...
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Hewlett-Packard announced Wednesday it was launching a line of "voice tablets," or outsized smartphones, for consumers in India. The devices will be the first smartphones from the US computer giant since it stopped production of Palm ...
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This is a rebound from a 2.5 percent annual decline in 2012 driven mainly by strong growth in DRAM and NAND flash memory markets, the market research firm said. These are expected to rise by 35.0 and 27.7 percent respectively in 2013. This ...
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