China Unicom 1H profit jumps on 3G, 4G revenue
State-owned phone company China Unicom said Thursday its first-half profit jumped on higher mobile data revenue and lower fees to connect to a rival's network.
Business
Aug 7, 2014
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Single-cell analysis holds promise for stem cell and cancer research
(Phys.org) —UC San Francisco researchers have identified cells' unique features within the developing human brain, using the latest technologies for analyzing gene activity in individual cells, and have demonstrated that ...
Biotechnology
Aug 7, 2014
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Trinity College Dublin researchers publish report on second-generation migrant children and their families
Dr Antje Röder and colleagues from the Department of Sociology, Trinity College Dublin, published the report 'New Irish Families: A profile of Second Generation Children and their Families', which presents the first results ...
Social Sciences
Aug 7, 2014
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Telegraph the 'zonkey' born at Crimean zoo
A zoo in the Black Sea peninsula of Crimea has welcomed its latest arrival—a "zebroid", or "zonkey", which was born after a lonesome zebra got intimate with a donkey.
Plants & Animals
Aug 7, 2014
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Monitoring Solar Activity with SDO
At times, the sun erupts, hurling a magnetic superheated cloud of gas toward Earth. Racing at thousands of miles per second, and hundreds of times bigger than the sun, this cloud of solar particles can cause a magnetic storm ...
Space Exploration
Aug 7, 2014
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Japanese researcher's death highlights problems in dealing with scientific misconduct
In 1987, my father, a scientist at the US National Institute of Health, killed himself after a member of his lab committed scientific fraud and he got caught up in the investigation. So I found the news that Yoshiki Sasai, ...
Other
Aug 7, 2014
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Racial makeup of private prisons shows disparities, new study finds
A disproportionate number of Hispanics are housed in private prisons across the United States, a pattern that could leave such prisons vulnerable to legal challenges, new research from Oregon State University shows.
Social Sciences
Aug 7, 2014
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New study shows putting cell phones out of sight can enhance in-person conversations
Can the mere presence of a mobile device during a face-to-face conversation affect the quality of social interaction? Absolutely, according to a study led by Shalini Misra, assistant professor, Urban Affairs and Planning ...
Social Sciences
Aug 7, 2014
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We mustn't waste water while taking action on climate change
Should we pick and choose our climate strategies based on how water-wise they are?
Environment
Aug 7, 2014
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Why OKCupid sending users on bad dates was a good idea
Online daters continue to express outrage about the revelation that OkCupid has been experimenting on users by telling them they matched well with people they had nothing in common with to see if they still got on anyway. ...
Internet
Aug 7, 2014
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