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“Twisted light” technique could allow for 100x faster Internet connectivity, fiber network structures

If this came true, it could not only radically speed up Internet speeds to approximately 100 times their current speeds, but it would also qualify as dead sexy. A group of researchers have discovered a fiber optic breakthrough in which existing network speeds and efficiencies could be boosted via twisted light. The researchers explain it […]

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Unicode 11.0 will include 157+ new emoji, be released later this year

There shall be additional emoji available to you. To be specific, 157 additional emoji. The Unicode Consortium today announced it has finalized a new set of 157 emoji that companies like Apple will be able to implement later this year. There are actually 77 new emoji in total, as some have multiple skin tones.

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Apple’s iOS devices, ResearchKit being incorporated into DNA studies

The iOS is being used for some pretty neat DNA studies. A series of five new apps based on Apple’s ResearchKit, including one called ‘mPower”, has allowed researchers to track symptoms of Parkinson’s disease as well as help recruit thousands of study participants in a few days. “Apple launched ResearchKit and got a fantastic response. […]

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Researchers report storing 90 gigabytes of data in bacteria DNA

This is weird. But it is nifty. Per BlueSci, researchers from the University of Hong Kong managed to place 90GB of data into the DNA of a colony of 18 E.coli. The data can also be encrypted by site-specific genetic recombination; a purely natural process that means data can be jumbled up. Given that there […]