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UCLA helps virtual reality lead the charge in battle for U.S. Army recruitment

The video, titled “Leaders Made Here,” features students from the UCLA ROTC unit

The UCLA Army ROTC is working to inspire people to choose the U.S. military as a potential career path. Students from the current Bruin battalion appear in the Army’s first virtual reality recruitment video, which can be viewed through nearly any virtual reality viewer, including Google Cardboard, Samsung Gear VR, HTC Vive or Oculus Rift. (more…)

Could “cocktail geoengineering” save the climate?

Washington, DC— Geoengineering is a catch-all term that refers to various theoretical ideas for altering Earth’s energy balance to combat climate change. New research from an international team of atmospheric scientists published by Geophysical Research Letters investigates for the first time the possibility of using a “cocktail” of geoengineering tools to reduce changes in both temperature and precipitation caused by atmospheric greenhouse gases. (more…)

Bank of Montreal, CaixaBank, Commerzbank, Erste Group, IBM and UBS Collaborate to Advance an Open, Blockchain-based Trade Finance Platform

New platform designed to support trade finance transactions

4 October, 2017 – 04 Oct 2017: Bank of Montreal (BMO), CaixaBank, Commerzbank and Erste Group have joined an initiative launched by UBS and IBM (NYSE: IBM) in 2016 to build a new global trade platform based on blockchain technology. This new platform, called Batavia, is built to be openly accessed by organisations of all sizes anywhere in the world, and can support trade finance for transactions across all modes of trade, whether goods are being transported by air, land or sea. (more…)

Forensic Technique Uses Forehead X-Rays to Assess Age of Juvenile Remains

Forensic anthropology researchers at North Carolina State University have developed a technique that can provide an approximate age for juveniles and young people based on an X-ray of the frontal sinus region of the skull. The technique can be used to help identify human remains in forensic cases, as well as to determine age ranges in archaeological research or for living people for whom no records are available. (more…)

Poor CIA

CIA is looking for Americans who speak Russian or having a college degree with Russian language.

Now the Russian Foreign Ministry wants to help. (more…)

Überschallgasströmungen als Überbleibsel aus dem Urknall steuern die Bildung massereicher Schwarzer Löcher

Forscherteam unter Beteiligung der Universität Tübingen entwirft ein Szenario im frühen Universum, das die Existenz der rätselhaften supermassereichen Objekte erklären könnte

Jüngeren Entdeckungen zufolge sind in einer Entfernung von 13 Milliarden Lichtjahren supermassereiche Schwarze Löcher zu finden – sie entstanden bereits im frühen Universum. Schwarze Löcher bestehen aus einer derart kompakten Masse, das die von ihr erzeugte Schwerkraft in der Umgebung alle Materie und Energie in die Löcher hineinzieht. (more…)

Cyber Security: Follow these Simple Steps for online Safety

The followings are FBI’s warnings to keep in mind while you are surfing online:

Beware of social media scams. One of those scams involves posts on social media sites appearing to offer vouchers or gift cards that require you to fill out a survey, but that survey is designed to steal your personal information. Also, don’t post pictures of theater, concert, or sporting event tickets on social media—fraudsters can create a fake ticket using the barcode obtained from the photo. (more…)

Four Questions: Could Apes Talk as They Do in the Movies?

In the “Planet of the Apes” movies, a boost in brainpower is all apes need to be able to speak like humans. UA primatologists Dieter and Netzin Steklis discuss the likelihood of this scenario. (more…)