Imzy, the kinder, gentler online community platform, will be shutting down on June 23rd. Company co-founder Dan McComas made the announcement in a blog post today, stating his apologies and
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Twitter for Apple TV adds live, 360 degree video and Periscope’s global map
Twitter launched a version of its service on Apple TV and other media player platforms last fall in order to deliver its live video content to the big screen. Today,
Pinterest opens up autoplay videos in home feed and search with new measurement tools
Pinterest is adding another ad to its array of products, now allowing advertisers to publish video advertising that will automatically play in the home feed and search, as it continues
Facebook’s personal fundraisers exit beta, now support raising money for sports teams & communities
Facebook announced today it’s expanding its online fundraising tools – basically, Facebook’s own take on a GoFundMe-type service – to include support for community fundraisers as well as those for
Facebook shrinks filter bubbles with alternate news sources in Trending
You’re vulnerable to bias and polarization if you only get your news from one source. So instead of highlighting a single news outlet when you click through to a Trending
Being overweight in childhood may heighten lifetime risk of depression
The study by Deborah Gibson-Smith from VU University Medical Center in the Netherlands and colleagues found that being overweight at age 8 or 13 was associated with more than triple
Flies the key to studying the causes of dementia
Their study is published in the journal Neurobiology of Disease. The understanding and knowledge gained from this study could lead to effective therapies for dementia and other neurodegenerative diseases. Tau
Plasmon-powered upconversion nanocrystals for enhanced bioimaging and polarized emission
Lanthanide-doped upconversion nanocrystals (UCNCs) have recently found great potential in the applications of near-infrared bioimaging and nonlinear optoelectronic devices due to their tunable spectral characteristics and excellent photostability. In particular,
Plasmon-powered upconversion nanocrystals for enhanced bioimaging and polarized emission
Lanthanide-doped upconversion nanocrystals (UCNCs) have recently found great potential in the applications of near-infrared bioimaging and nonlinear optoelectronic devices due to their tunable spectral characteristics and excellent photostability. In particular,
Iron deficiency restrains marine microbes
“In principal, nitrogen and phosphorus are present even in the tropical ocean. But often these elements are incorporated into parts of dead plants and animals that are sinking to the
Sea level as a metronome of Earth’s history
The area south of the Pyrenees is particularly suitable for studying sedimentary layers. Rocks are exposed over large distances, allowing researchers to undertake direct observation. Turbidites can be seen here:
Mosquitoes that spread Zika virus could simultaneously transmit other viruses
“A mosquito, in theory, could give you multiple viruses at once,” said Claudia Ruckert, post-doctoral researcher in CSU’s Arthropod-borne and Infectious Diseases Laboratory. Ruckert presented initial findings from the study
How RNA formed at the origins of life
Nucleotides are essential to all life on Earth as they form the building blocks of DNA or RNA, and understanding how they were first made is a long-standing challenge that
Erectile dysfunction medicines do not cause melanoma, analysis of large studies finds
This is the main finding of new research led by investigators at NYU Langone Medical Center and its Perlmutter Cancer Center and published online May 19 in the Journal of
In a neutron-rich tin nucleus, electromagnetism can win over the strong force
In a recent experiment performed at the Radioactive Isotope Beam Factory at RIKEN, an international collaboration with scientists from eleven countries, led by scientists of the Instituto de Estructura de
