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NIMH Will Drop Widely Used Psychiatry Manual
NIMH director says the DSM lacks biological validity in its diagnoses: “Patients with mental disorders deserve better.”
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Why Mobile Apps Will Soon be Dead
The seeds of destruction for both iOS and Android app stores have already been sown – by none other than Google.
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Nest Thermostat Slays Peak Power
Nest adds “energy services” with utilities to shift heavy air conditioning loads and tune home efficiency.
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How to Avoid Another Flash Crash
A clever new approach could help monitor an incredibly complicated, increasingly automated system that thrives on secrecy.
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Will Utilities Embrace Distributed Energy?
Disruptive technological changes are at work but utilities are hamstrung by outdates business models and regulations.
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IBM Solar Dish Does Double Duty
IBM Researchers build solar concentrator that generates electricity and enough heat for desalination or cooling.
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DIY Kit Overclocks Your Brain With Direct Current
Transcranial direct current stimulation works, and you can try it at home.
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The Amount of Oil We Can Recover Keeps Growing
The U.S. Geological Survey doubles its estimate for the size of a huge U.S. oil and gas resource.
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First Graphene Audio Speaker Easily Outperforms Traditional Designs
The world’s first electrostatically-driven graphene speaker matches or outperforms commercially available earphones, say physicists
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