Setting women on the fruitful path to leadership
Women with dependents who want to lead American corporations need mentors more than ever to get there, according to research from the University of Michigan.
Social Sciences
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Emission peculiarities of high-quantum yield silicon nanoparticles
In 1990, scientists reported that nanostructured silicon can emit visible light. This report opened a new frontier for photoelectronics in information technology, called "silicon photonics". Furthermore, the continuous tuning ...
Nanophysics
Mar 13, 2014
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Researcher develops more accurate method to measure surface meltwater volume of Greenland ice sheet
(Phys.org) —A University of Wyoming researcher discovered that using satellite imagery to map the depth of melt ponds and melt-water stream channels on the surface of the Greenland ice sheet could become a new and more ...
Earth Sciences
Mar 13, 2014
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Integrating the physical and digital worlds
University of Adelaide computer scientists are investigating the relationships between people and the things around them to advance the development of the 'Internet of Things'.
Computer Sciences
Mar 13, 2014
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Boosters for Orion spacecraft's first flight test arrive at Port Canaveral, Florida
A barge arrives at the U.S. Army Outpost wharf at Port Canaveral in Florida, carrying two of the three United Launch Alliance Delta IV heavy boosters for NASA's upcoming Exploration Flight Test-1 (EFT-1) with the Orion spacecraft. ...
Space Exploration
Mar 13, 2014
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Soft robotic fish moves like the real thing (w/ video)
Soft robots—which don't just have soft exteriors but are also powered by fluid flowing through flexible channels—have become a sufficiently popular research topic that they now have their own journal, Soft Robotics. In ...
Robotics
Mar 13, 2014
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Research demonstrates long reach of phone record surveillance
(Phys.org) —Two computer science graduate students have found that the NSA's mass collection of phone records can yield much more information about people's private lives than the U.S. government claims. New research shows ...
Computer Sciences
Mar 13, 2014
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Can satellites help find missing flight MH370?
China has released several satellite images its officials say could be wreckage from the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 with 239 people onboard.
Other
Mar 13, 2014
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Bouygues lifts bid for French mobile operator SFR
French conglomerate Bouygues is raising the stakes in a bidding war to take control of France's number-two mobile phone operator SFR.
Business
Mar 13, 2014
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Magnitude-4.4 quake hits rural central California
A magnitude-4.4 earthquake has struck a rural area in central California.
Earth Sciences
Mar 13, 2014
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