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(REUTERS) – Japanese electronic parts maker TDK is shelling out $1.33 billion to buy InvenSense, a U.S. chip maker that produces motion sensors for Apple and Samsung. The deal comes at $13 per share, which is almost a twenty percent premium to the U.S. company’s closing price on Tuesday. It will help TDK boost its sensor technology offerings. InvenSense designs parts which help smartphones calculate motion, enabling augmented reality games, such as Pokemon Go. This […]
Ondrej Prusa, a 26-year old former DJ, has an enviable problem: his firm making three-dimensional printers is growing so fast he had to install a car-sized diesel generator to his downtown Prague plant to ease burden on the power network. Prusa became interested in printing in his DJ era when he needed to create sound controllers. He made adjustments to freely-available designs, and eventually set up his business. Prusa’s office is packed with colourful print […]
Factfile on the impact of air pollution on human health
NAIROBI, Kenya (AFP) — One of the most under-studied large mammals in Africa, research has shown the giraffe has silently been going extinct, with numbers dropping 40 percent in the past three decades. Here are some unusual facts about one of the most distinctive-looking creatures on the continent. Neck The giraffe’s best-known feature can be longer than most people are tall. However, like humans it still only has seven vertebrae. Each is about 25 centimeters […]
(PIA) — A faculty and licensed psychometrician from the University of the Philippines Visayas (UPV) said that viewing “stress” as a helpful part of life can lead to better health, sound emotional well-being, and improved work productivity. In a stress management seminar organized by the Philippine Information Agency (PIA)-6 held recently, UPV psychology faculty Helen Grace Fernandez, who spoke to the PIA-6 staff, said that people can also view stress in a ‘positive light’ and […]
(REUTERS) – Formula One’s post-season shake-up took another spin on Tuesday (December 20) as Valtteri Bottas moved closer to Mercedes and Felipe Massa’s retirement looked to be coming to an end. Canadian Lance Stroll, still just 18, will be making his race debut but his team mate remains uncertain following the surprise retirement of Mercedes’ newly-crowned world champion Nico Rosberg. Bottas, who has been at Williams since 2013, is the favourite to replace Rosberg as […]
MIAMI, United States (AFP) — A monthly global climate report by US government scientists Monday offered more evidence that 2016 is likely to be the warmest year in modern times, as sea ice at both poles hit record lows. Climate scientists say the continued burning of fossil fuels is spewing greenhouse gasses that trap heat in the atmosphere, making the planet warm up. In addition, a strong El Nino trend in the first half of the […]
BALTIMORE, Maryland (Reuters) — A team at Johns Hopkins’ Department of Biology has discovered that a protein which helps neurons grow, known as ‘nerve growth factor’ (NGF), also triggers the release of insulin in the pancreas. Associate professor of biology Rejji Kuruvilla says the study may one day lead to early intervention in cases of Type 2 Diabetes. Kuruvilla began studying NGF as a post-doctoral fellow. When setting up her laboratory at Johns Hopkins in […]
Apple AirPods are displayed during a media event in San Francisco, California, U.S. on September 7, 2016. REUTERS/Beck Diefenbach/File Photo
QUEZON City, Philippines (December 21) – Jim Butcher is one of the well-known American fantasy writers. During an online writers’ workshop, Butcher was challenged that he cannot write a good book based on a lame idea. Butcher’s epic response was that he can write a good book based not just on one bad idea but two, and the bad ideas would be chosen by the challenger. The challenger chose Pokemon and the Lost Roman Legion. […]
KAGOSHIMA, Japan (Reuters) — Japan launched an Epsilon-2 rocket on Tuesday (December 20) carrying the Exploration of Energization and Radiation in Geospace (ERG) mission satellite. The satellite will study the creation and disappearance of highly charged electrons in the region of outer space near the Earth along with space storms and the effects of solar winds. The rocket was successfully launched from the Uchinoura Space Center in Kagoshima prefecture, south-western Japan, at 8 p.m. local […]
A special breeding program at Way Kambas National Park, in the Indonesian jungle, is trying to save the Sumatran rhino from disappearing forever. There are no more than 100 left on the entire planet. https://youtu.be/ynDm_etT6yY
