#Suicide and gender roles: Reporting distorts reality Men angry and rejected women sociable and mentally ill--a current study by the Meduni Vienna demonstrates that these gender stereotypes prevail when Austrian daily newspapers report on suicide.
This has far-reaching consequences. When it comes to suicidal behaviour there is a clear gender paradox:
the ratio of men to women who actually commit suicide is three to one but with attempted suicides it is exactly the opposite--three women for every one man.
These gender-specific differences are made visible by the formulation the nature and frequency of reported suicide motives.
The study is one of the first investigations to look comprehensively at the subject of gender-specific patterns in the reporting of suicide.
Only skin deepthe researchers'detailed imaging with a transmission electron microscope and atomistic modeling revealed that
Li's interpretation of the experiments using atomistic modeling illustrates recent progress in comparing experiments
In a new study engineers from Duke increased the photon emission rate of fluorescent molecules to record levels by sandwiching them between metal nanocubes and a gold film.
The researchers found they could achieve a significant speed improvement by placing fluorescent molecules in a gap between the nanocubes and a thin film of gold.
and gold film to optimize the setup. That gap turned out to be just 20 atoms wide.
Scientific literature on Bre1 had been mixed. Some studies indicated that Bre1 had a role as a tumor suppressor Strahl said.
Of the 25 genes previously identified in the literature 19 (76 percent) were identified by DIGGIT,
Researcher David Ashbrook and colleagues from the UK and USA used two of the world's largest collections of scientific data to compare the genes in mice and humans.
and staff to engineer and test hundreds of nasal swab collection devices to make sure that they are simple
to watch what they call the"dance"of HIV proteins on the virus'surface, which may contribute to how it infects human immune cells.
Using Light to Watch HIV Dance In the Science study, Dr. Blanchard worked with Dr. Walther Mothes, a HIV specialist at the Yale university School of medicine,
But we saw that the proteins dance when no CD4 was present--they change shape all the time."
"The antibodies used in the crystallography study are ones that we observed to stop the dance of the HIV envelope proteins,
#Nanoribbon film keeps glass ice-free Rice university scientists who created a deicing film for radar domes have refined now the technology to work as a transparent coating for glass.
This scanning electron microscope image shows the network of conductive nanoribbons in Rice university's high-density graphene nanoribbon film.
A o. Raji/Rice university Last year the Rice group created films of overlapping nanoribbons and polyurethane paint to melt ice on sensitive military radar domes,
"That caused degradation of the film. Those spots got so hot that they burned up."
"The answer was to make the films more consistent. The new films are between 50 and 200 nanometers thick--a human hair is about 50,000 nanometers thick
--and retain their ability to heat when a voltage is applied. The researchers were also able to preserve their transparency.
The films are still useful for deicing applications but can be used to coat glass and plastic as well as radar domes and antennas.
This scanning electron microscope image shows a closeup of the nanoribbon network in Rice university's high-density graphene nanoribbon film.
"One can now think of using these films in automobile glass as an invisible deicer, and even in skyscrapers,"Tour said."
"He said nanoribbon films also open a path toward embedding electronic circuits in glass that are both optically and RF transparent.
Alpha-helix rods and folded beta-sheet constructions were clearly visible within the 20 subunits of the APC/C defining the overall architecture of the complex.
has an extremely low forming voltage, high on-off ratio, low power consumption, nine-bit capacity per cell, exceptional switching speeds and excellent cycling endurance."
excellent endurance cycling and multi-bit capacity--are extremely appealing to memory companies.""This is a major accomplishment,
#Painting robot lends surgeons a hand in the operating room Would you let an artist perform lifesaving surgery on you?
if the artist is a painting robot. Timothy Lee built a robotic painting arm that can replicate the lines
I never really thought you could do music with robots he said. That got me thinking'What else can you do with robots that most people wouldn't think about
'I thought I could do something with painting and that prompted the idea of robotic surgery.
Lee said painting and surgery have more in common than initially meets the eye. A painter has to be nimble and precise with his brushstrokes much like a surgeon must be nimble and precise with a scalpel.
More than painting by numberslee ordered parts online and assembled his contraption. His invention took an artistic turn
You can think of a painting canvas as a body and the brush as a surgeon's knife.
This year the event will take place at the University of Pittsburgh where Lee will demonstrate his robot's painting abilities.
The gene called CCNE1 is involved normally in cell cycling but the variant CCNE1 does not appear to play that role
thicker electrodes, the system reduces the conventional battery architecture number of distinct layers, as well as the amount of nonfunctional material in the structure, by 80 percent.
and a little bit more comprehensive than some of the other designs that might be reported in the literature.
Pitch Perfect Data transmission The UC San diego researchersapproach is akin to a concert master who tunes multiple instruments in an orchestra to the same pitch at the beginning of a concert.
The quantum dot filters are printed into a thin film and placed on top of a photodetector such as the charge-coupled devices (CCDS) found in cellphone cameras.
It as if the previous searches were looking for silhouettes in the dark, whereas LHCB conducted the search with the lights on,
Nanjing, China implemented a social media program that engaged more than two-million people for the 2014 Youth Olympic games.
The effort has yielded a 69%increase in collection of delinquent property taxes and fees. Birmingham, Alabama is deploying mobile food markets to bring healthy,
The benefits of incorporating data analysis into a water network are better performance with the possibility of improved customer service,
and architecture by prioritizing the process over the built form.""To this extent we are integrating the service,
while producing a piece of architecture as another equally important outcome. It is neither strictly service design or architecture,
but an integrated hybrid with aspects of each.""Mapping the user journey Elsewhere, Melbourne's Huddle has launched recently Smart Blocks, a collaboration with the Australian government.
and his or her colleague has to pick up the ball on a customer service issue or a sales proposal,
There's the 3d printing vending machine model, the DIY 3d printer, and now there's a website to find nearby 3d printers for quick turnaround on printing jobs. makexyz. com is a simple website that allows anyone with a 3d printer to rent out their services to anyone with printing needs.
and digital storage for music and movies--all#decedents#of technologies that he pioneered and championed.
The current proposal places the recycling fee at the retail level and it is likely that retailers will simply charge the extra cost to consumers.
Alison Paul, vice chairman, Deloitte LLP and retail & distribution sector leader, commented on the trend:
And, conversely, it can help retails block offers that are not available in certain geographic areas.
and even the National Basketball Association are leveraging APIS to open up new markets and advance product innovation.
The machine can also produce original sports stories from data. And what's surprising is that the sports stories aren't actually that bad.
Local news stations could find this kind of news generation useful, but Hammond's personal goal is to create content for every little league player in the country so the team member's family can read about their performance.
Then how did you get into creating sports stories? It's a natural progression. We are looking at computer generated content.
We think we can generate into any sport where there is numerical data. We are generating college level softball stories.
We try to play good music for them. It s a matter of having the right temperature, right moisture levels and not too much light.
because speech and music are compressed in different ways. Voice compression typically relies on algorithms called code-excited linear prediction (CELP),
containing algorithms for both voice and music, and it switches between them as needed. The new voice algorithms are substantially more complex than those of the decade-old 7, 000-Hz codec.
making it possible for patients to administer insulin to themselves in a continuous fashion, rather than through frequent injections.
Hovorka says. f somebody goes skiing, you can see a drop-off in blood sugar, and the system has to be able to cope.
Nanofibril films may be used in photovoltaic cells and also in displays because they have better light-transmission properties than glass,
The condensers gain efficiency because the the graphene resists the formation of films on the condensers.
When a thin film is formed the heat transfer of the condensation is compromised. The MIT researchers exploited the graphene coating hydrophobic qualities to ensure that the water formed into droplets.
Even worse, the polymer coatings are sometimes so thick that they actually pose a bigger problem to the heat transfer than the films they are supposed to be combating.
the resulting material preserved the natural architecture found in the reeds. After 200 cycles of charging
The deal was struck at a#signing ceremony#at Baidu HQ in Beijing which Baidu chairman and CEO Robin Li and Uber CEO Travis Kalanick both attended.
angrily blasting the media for reporting the private details revealed through the recent hack of Sony Pictures Entertainment, in
or insider-y emails about films. That those things were stolen, however? Yes. Especially since former employees weren even being made aware of the situation.
the company threatened via letters sent to a number of online and print publishers. ony Pictures Entertainment will have no choice
#Girls Who Code Expands To Get More Young Women In Computer science Majors The computer science gender gap struggle in Silicon valley is real.
The nonprofit organization that aims to close the gender gap in technology will grow its Summer Immersion Program from 19 sessions reaching 375 girls to 60 sessions reaching 1
television hasn been as quick to have been disrupted by the Internet as other industries, like music or books.
music, shopping lists and more. It offers a basic music player as well that lets you see what playing,
what youe played recently and what in your queue, while also offering player controls that let you play,
Exit Music In the following years attention and capital turned to payments companies like Braintree (acquired by Paypal), Stripe or Square as the hope for fintech biggest home runs.
the company is also launching a cloud entertainment business unit, which will create services that make it easier to stream videos and games from Youku Tudou main sites.
In a prepared statement, Youku Tudou CTO and president of its cloud entertainment unit Leo Yao, said,
But that will most likely change as more people rely on the Internet to watch television shows and movies.
Amazon is rolling this out across about 150,000 items initially one-off products ranging from sports
and entertainment collectibles to art and it says that the plan will be to extend this to undreds of thousands of itemsby 2015.
#Fashion And Tech Companies Merge Online And Offline Sales Editor Note: Stephanie Chan is a freelancer who writes for Renegade
With online sales up 17%and physical retail down 11%,it no wonder retailers large and small are increasingly living online.
and the web. in November, fashion and tech entrepreneurs and experts gathered at the Decoded Fashion New york Summit to discuss integrating technology,
and the advantages of integrating technology with fashion in their new store. e began over a year ago to think about what we wanted our result to be,
and has defined both the controller architecture and use cases for SDNS through open APIS and standards-based protocols.
Opflex was designed to offer a highly scalable architecture that works across a broad range of hardware devices to enable multivendor innovation.
and is working on a series of partnerships with major retail brands to sell the devices to consumers That could possibly save the American consumer a lot of time and money.
As part of this, part of Bittorrent team from Bundles Bittorrent paid content service covering different kinds of media from books to music
and a robust arts culture and one day we hope to be able to bring their work to our global audience of over 57 million members.
While the startup still plans for its case to retail for $99, early backers can get it for $49.
and publishing the demands it receives in a timely fashion. That could go a long way to convincing people it only censors
or technology to the Crimea region of Ukraine Other areas covered in the order include investments and immigration.
With decades of moving images available from film and television, people began scouring that media for snippets that could illustrate the everyday struggles and triumphs they felt.
and the service has curated collections of GIFS that feature common themes. As with all new forms of human expression, it too early to tell the full impact Camoji will have on our society.
and tailed with conductive film so there no mechanical gullies to harvest the crumbs of your lunch.
and create a more complex system and modeling dependencies between things, he explained. SAP is working with the Port of Hamburg to help reduce traffic congestion around the port.
Turning iphones Into Medical Diagnostic Devices Medical research is plagued by small sample sizes and inconsistent data collection.
and valued at over $2 billion produces security entertainment and enterprise products too. It already has strong links to Xiaomi
or technology to the Crimea region of Ukraine Other areas covered in the order include investments and immigration.
Signal was created to make that sort of mass collection too difficult to pursue. ven if we wanted to,
The announcement is being made at the National Retail Federation conference on Monday, where Paypal also announced a newly added Business Consulting service.
I wouldn take the M4 Aqua swimming, but I wouldn have any issue reading a Kindle book on the phone
Slickr, a fashion social network. Swipentap. com a POS ipad app. Integreight which develops novel products for the electronic hobbyist and education market.
During Webank launch ceremony in Shenzhen today China premier Li Keqiang said e will lower costs for
As billions of people rise up out of poverty to become consumers the question presents itselfow will the new economies of the future operate?
and afforded powers to do any data collection. They then admitted, during the process of our parliamentary committee enquiry,
which has been applied to allow the controversial bulk collection of Americansphone records. It was one of the first programs reported by The Guardian after former government contractor Edward Snowden leaked secret documents about American surveillance processes.
It only addresses the bulk collection of American phone records and does nothing to rein in many of the gross oversteps we have seen from the Snowden revelations.
but it doing so in grand fashion, with a practical lineup to get your home connected to your ios ecosystem in an essential way.
and yo can use groups to control different collections of devices. If you also have an Apple TV (generation 3
During a recent visit to Thync beautiful offices (theye renovated an old opera hall), I got to strap the startup mood-altering wave generator to the olnoggin.
I note that I into music and fashion related categories. You then browse reams of products that each show their typical retail price.
But that not what you pay. Instead, you ake An Offerusing a slider to select how much you be willing to pay,
Aclima-equipped Street view cars will crisscross the Bay Area and other cities this year as part of the next big data collection.
The new software is the latest product of Google research into using large collections of simulated neurons to process data (see 0 Breakthrough Technologies 2013:
In a recent modeling study that accounted for these new policies and assumed that China would accomplish ambitious near-term goals for expanding nuclear power and renewables,
Next is designing the high-level system architecture to minimize patient risk and ensure that it is usable.
Next is designing the high-level system architecture to minimize patient risk and ensure that it is usable.
Our architecture draws on and potentiates this work say Alex Graves Greg Wayne and Ivo Danihelka at Deepmind which is based in London.
#Technology and Inequality The signs of the gapeally, a chasmetween the poor and the super-rich are hard to miss in Silicon valley.
The homeless are the most visible signs of poverty in the region. But the numbers back up first impressions.
The poverty rate in Santa clara County, the heart of Silicon valley, is around 19 percent, according to calculations that factor in the high cost of living.
It hard not to wonder whether Silicon valley, rather than just exemplifying this growing inequality, is actually contributing to it,
The desire to understand why inequality seems to be reaching such troubling levels no doubt accounts for the remarkable success this year of The french academic economist Thomas Piketty Capital in the Twenty-first Century,
And the inequality has gotten only worse since the last recession ended: the top 1 percent captured 95 percent of income growth from 2009 to 2012,
Wage inequality in the United states is robably higher than in any other society at any time in the past,
by his calculations. he standard explanation for rising inequality is the race between the demand and the supply for high skills,
But this is not All in order to explain why rising inequality has been so strong at the very top in the U s.,one needs more than a skill-based explanation.
In Britain and France the overall rise of inequality is less dramatic, but in those countries something else is happening that could be even more worrisome:
a Harvard economist and Nobel laureatehat inequality diminishes as countries become more technologically developed and more people are able to take advantage of the resulting opportunities.
so at a time of increasing soul-searching about the role technology plays in exacerbating inequality. t just seems so obvious to
the explanation for the rise in inequality is not a simple one. Specifically, the role technology is playing is contested complexnd.
Racing Ahead y reading of the data is that technology is the main driver of the recent increases in inequality.
But beyond an agreement that growing inequality is a problem, their thinking could hardly be more different.
Brynjolfsson lists several ways that technological changes can contribute to inequality: robots and automation, for example, are eliminating some routine jobs
and TV had broadened greatly the audiencesnd hence the rewardsor those in show business and sports. Thirty years later
Stay in School The exploding wealth of the very rich is only one part of the story of inequality.
And that drives income inequality: demand for highly skilled workers rises, while workers with less education and expertise fall behind.
Hence wages for these jobs dropped throughout much of the 2000s, further worsening income inequality.
The implications for inequality are significant: it could mean that the market for middle-skill jobs may be stabilizing
It an unusual spot of optimism in the inequality discussion. But the underlying problem for much of the population remains. e have a very skill-driven economy without a very skilled workforce,
when asked about inequality in the region. have more questions than answers. I can explain it.
Though California economyhe world eighth-largests strong in many sectors, the state has the highest poverty rate in the country,
It a simple formula for income inequality and poverty. But the nature of technology itself seems to have made it worse.
If economists are right that income inequality is fueled by disparities in skills and education, then the last chance for many people to find a route into the middle class may be in places like Foothill College.
A ribbon-cutting ceremony at East Palo alto Academy is a poignant indication of how much needs to be done to close the zip-code divide.
actually have nets. ne of the largest and most prominent debates in social sciences is the role of technology in inequality,
director of Stanford Center on Poverty and Inequality. But ne fact that everyone agrees on, he says,
is that the income gaps between those with different levels of education ccount for a good share of the inequality.
Dirty Words Understanding what causes income inequality is important because different answers suggest very different policy solutions.
and Ronald Reagan in the late 1970s and early 1980s jump-started the growth of income inequality seen today in Britain and the United states. Indeed,
t not about to happen. ny decent person should find extreme poverty coexisting in the same society with extreme wealth immoral.
However, Solow told me that the struggles of Americans with middle and lower incomes represent a very different phenomenon from the growth of the super-richnd a far more worrisome one. ny decent person should find having extreme poverty coexisting in the same society
Inequality in education is not only hurting the chances of poor children to get ahead, says David Grusky.
But if differences in educational achievement based on family incomes are really what driving inequality, Grusky worries,
That why asking whether technology causes inequality is the wrong question. Instead, we should be asking how advancing technologies have changed the relative demand for high-skill and low-skill workers,
many will surely be left wondering whether the future looks more like Silicon valley high-tech dynamo driving economic prosperity and wealth inequality at oncer,
An associate professor of media arts and sciences and leader of the Biomechatronics Group in MIT's Media Lab Herr is sophisticated building devices that aid human movement by mimicking nature.
Climbing is a sport in which the typical human body can feel awkward as anyone who has tried to balance on a small foothold
While the collection of prosthetic devices his lab has produced already is impressive Herr isn t content merely to restore lost capability.
Irina Overeem research scientist for the Community Surface Dynamics Modeling System at the University of Colorado says the proportion of world deltas vulnerable to flooding is expected to increase by 50 percent this century.
What itunes Did for Music? The point-of-sale terminal at the CVS drugstore in Palo alto, California, can accept payments through a quick tap from a smartphone.
To find out these guys have developed a new type of data collection mechanism that they call a wiki survey.
The Mayor s Office began with a list of 25 seed items that it asked people to compare in pairwise fashion
That could be done by comparing the results to those gathered by other forms of data collection.
That is an interesting new approach that allows the collection of data that would be difficult to get by other methods.
While some features have already been built a long list of them are still to come such as the ability to block other users from seeing your profile to post music
Alnylam looked everywhere for solutions scouring the scientific literature collaborating with other companies considering novel approaches of its own.
For example Bapat says a smart vending machine could recognize you and provide beverage choices based on its knowledge of your preferences:
a diet cola with lime a classic root beer unsweetened iced tea spring water or a favorite sports drink.
In the Networked Economy personalization of the customer experience in almost every field from retail to medicine will be become the norm. 2. ENABLING OPEN INNOVATION.
says mcube CEO Ben Lee. ou could put them in your golf shirt and pants,
modeling human hands and faces, not all kinds of objects and environments. After building up a set of training data,
The Synapse chip breaks with a design known as the Von neumann architecture that has underpinned computer chips for decades.
and scalability of this architecture are really unique. One downside is that IBM chip requires an entirely new approach to programming.
masculinity versus femininity and so on. In the 1960s and 1970s, Hofstede surveyed more than 100,000 IBM employees to measure how these dimensions varied in different countries around the world.
Brooks Kincaid, the company cofounder and president, says the batteries combine the best features of thin-film lithium batteries and printed batteries.
Google aims to change that by creating search results that take you somewhere specific within an app or trigger a function like playing music by a specific artist.
when they might otherwise get lost in vast collections of apps. It s getting harder for your applications he said.
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