MIT team invents efficient shockwave-based process for desalination of water. Source: Shocking new way to get the salt out

The second annual Breakthrough Prize in Mathematics goes to topologist Ian Agol of the University of California, Berkeley Source: By Solving the Mysteries of Shape-Shifting >>>

Source: Next Big Future: DARPA to Start Testing an Robot Submarine-Hunting Drone that will be 50 times cheaper than a Destroyer

Scientists at Queen’s University Belfast have made a major breakthrough by making a porous liquid – with the potential for a massive range of new >>>

The report was about a conference discussing Russia’s ability to strike if a proposed Nato missile defence shield – which could shoot incoming nukes out >>>

Innovation could hold the key to ultra-compact machines useful for materials science and medical imaging. Source: UMD Discovery Could Enable Portable Particle Accelerators | College >>>

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“Linux.Encoder.1” targets personal and website files, demands about $500. Source: New encryption ransomware targets Linux systems | Ars Technica

Facebook Inc. lost a fight with Belgium’s privacy watchdog after a court ordered it to stop storing personal data from people who don’t have an >>>

Source: Lawsuit claims AMD lied about the number of cores in its chips