Imperial Valley News Center
Navy Unveils National Museum of the American Sailor
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- Written by Naval History and Heritage Command
Great Lakes, Illinois - The Great Lakes Naval Museum was officially renamed the National Museum of the American Sailor during a ceremony and sign unveiling at the museum July 4.
Programmable RNA vaccines
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- Written by Anne Trafton
Cambridge, Massachusetts - MIT engineers have developed a new type of easily customizable vaccine that can be manufactured in one week, allowing it to be rapidly deployed in response to disease outbreaks. So far, they have designed vaccines against Ebola, H1N1 influenza, and Toxoplasma gondii (a relative of the parasite that causes malaria), which were 100 percent effective in tests in mice.
Scientists observe first signs of healing in the Antarctic ozone layer
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- Written by Jennifer Chu
Cambridge, Massachusetts - Scientists at MIT and elsewhere have identified the “first fingerprints of healing” of the Antarctic ozone layer, published today in the journal Science.
Wireless, wearable toxic-gas detector
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- Written by Rob Matheson
Cambridge, Massachusetts - MIT researchers have developed low-cost chemical sensors, made from chemically altered carbon nanotubes, that enable smartphones or other wireless devices to detect trace amounts of toxic gases.
New mid-infrared laser system could detect atmospheric chemicals
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- Written by David L. Chandler
Cambridge, Massachusetts - Researchers at MIT and elsewhere have found a new way of using mid-infrared lasers to turn regions of molecules in the open air into glowing filaments of electrically charged gas, or plasma. The new method could make it possible to carry out remote environmental monitoring to detect a wide range of chemicals with high sensitivity.
Video Privacy Tool Lets You Select What Others See
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- Written by Robin A. Smith
Durham, North Carolina - Camera-equipped smartphones, laptops and other devices make it possible to share ideas and images with anyone, anywhere, often in real-time. But in our cameras-everywhere culture, the risk of accidentally leaking sensitive information is growing.
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