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Slimy fish mucus can help chemists develop new antibiotics — here’s how

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by on May 27, 2019 at 2:13 pm
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One day in the future, you may take a pill to treat an illness – and owe your recovery to the tiny microbes that flourish in the slippery layer of mucus that coats fishes. It is critically important to find the next generation of antibiotics. The incidence of bacterial infections resistant to current antibiotics continues to climb. The World Health Organization has warned that this issue will only become more serious, and a recent study anticipates that by 2050 drug-resistant infections will affect more people than cancer. But how do you find a new antibiotic? Perhaps surprisingly, over 70 percent…

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TikTok’s parent company ByteDance reportedly wants to launch its own phone

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by on May 27, 2019 at 12:15 pm
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ByteDance is likely on your phone through its colony of popular apps like TikTok or Helo. Now it wants to make a phone of its own. Yes, you read that right. According to a new report by The Financial Times, the Beijing-based social media company is developing a “phone preloaded with its own apps — which include newsfeeds, short video platforms and games — in a bid to further spread its reach.” The secretive project follows the company’s acquisition of a number of patents from Chinese smartphone maker Smartisan earlier this year. An unnamed source also told the Financial Times that…

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TikTok’s parent company ByteDance reportedly wants to launch its own phone

May27
by on May 27, 2019 at 12:15 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Plugged


ByteDance is likely on your phone through its colony of popular apps like TikTok or Helo. Now it wants to make a phone of its own. Yes, you read that right. According to a new report by The Financial Times, the Beijing-based social media company is developing a “phone preloaded with its own apps — which include newsfeeds, short video platforms and games — in a bid to further spread its reach.” The secretive project follows the company’s acquisition of a number of patents from Chinese smartphone maker Smartisan earlier this year. An unnamed source also told the Financial Times that…

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CHEAP: Fly high with $350 off this DJI Spark drone

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by on May 27, 2019 at 12:15 pm
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After watching Avengers: Endgame, I’d totally understand if you want to gain flying abilities.. Unfortunately, we can’t help you with a superpower injection, but we’ve got a super flying deal for you. You can get DJI Spark Sky Blue Quadcopter Drone for just $299, down from $649.  The drone has a 12-megapixel camera that can record video at 1080p. Which is pretty nice if you want to shoot some recreational videos. It can fly for 16 minutes on a single charge at the maximum speed of 50 km/hour. Let’s take a look at its specs: Specifications: 16 minute flight time 50…

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