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Will your next operating system be a game engine?

If you’re not a gaming enthusiast, you probably aren’t familiar with software engines like the Unreal Engine or Unity Engine. That’s because until recently, outside the world of computer games, these software packages didn’t possess a great deal of relevance. All that stands to change in the near future, and we …

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Finding the right content management system

Selecting the right content management system (CMS) is a critical part of creating your business website. From basic capabilities for adding and editing content to more robust role and workflow management to support your internal processes, understanding and selecting a CMS that works for your end user and your organization …

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Sleep Deprivation Suppresses Your Immune System, Study of Twins Shows

A University of Washington-led team of researchers studying monozygotic (identical) twins has found that chronic sleep deprivation suppresses immune system. The research is published in the journal Sleep. The study by N.F. Watson et al shows the transcriptomic effects of habitual short sleep on dysregulated immune response and provides a …

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Target will launch its own mobile payments system this year

Target’s CartWheel application has grown to some 27 million shoppers who have used it over the past three years following its debut to save over $600 million at checkout. Now, the retailer hints it may be adding mobile payments to the app, and potentially its main Target application, as well. The company didn’t …

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Researchers Discover Off-Switch for CRISPR-Cas9 System

A team of scientists at the University of California, San Francisco, has discovered a way to inactivate the CRISPR-Cas9 gene-editing system using newly identified bacteriophage proteins. The study was published on Dec. 29 in the online edition of the journal Cell. Four newly identified CRISPR-Cas9 inhibitor proteins encoded by Listeria …

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Mesentery: Researchers Reclassify Part of Digestive System as Organ

The mesentery, which connects the intestine to the abdomen, had for hundreds of years been considered a fragmented structure made up of multiple separate parts. However, new research by University Hospital Limerick scientists found the mesentery is one, continuous structure. Digital representation of the small and large intestines and associated …

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