Japanese corporations and municipalities are exploring plans to rebuild areas devastated by the March earthquake as environmentally friendly "smart cities."
Energy & Green Tech
Sep 16, 2011
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Many preteens have dived into the expanding worlds of social networks and smartphone apps, but federal rules designed to protect their privacy are still in the era of Web portals and flip phones.
Internet
Sep 16, 2011
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Private equity firm Silver Lake Partners has approached Yahoo! about making a bid for the struggling Internet company, according to newspaper reports.
Business
Sep 16, 2011
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The earth's most successful bacteria are found in the oceans and belong to the group SAR11. In a new study, researchers from Uppsala University provide an explanation for their success and at the same time call into question ...
Cell & Microbiology
Sep 16, 2011
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Archaeologists in southern Maryland say they have solved a mystery that has baffled historians since at least the 1930s. They say they have found Zekiah Fort.
Archaeology
Sep 16, 2011
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Star clusters are wonderful test beds for theories of stellar formation and evolution. One of the key roles they play is to help astronomers understand the distribution of stellar masses as stars form (in other words, how ...
Astronomy
Sep 16, 2011
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Osram Opto Semiconductors has developed an infrared light-emitting diode (IRED) for use in very thin optical touchscreens. Called the SFH 4053, the small new lamps are housed in a frame surrounding a display. The lamps create ...
Electronics & Semiconductors
Sep 16, 2011
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In a step towards realizing ultrahigh-density storage devices based on individual molecules behaving as magnets, researchers in Japan have developed a candidate building block -- a supramolecular ferromagnet, which is a caged ...
Materials Science
Sep 16, 2011
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(PhysOrg.com) -- In a nice display of can-do thinking leading to positive action, a guy by the name of Ed Rogers has devised a device that automatically shuts the window in his bedroom whenever a train passes by, reducing ...
Fujitsu Laboratories announced the development of a compact silicon photonics light source for use in optical transceivers required for optical interconnects capable of carrying large volumes of data at high speeds between ...
Optics & Photonics
Sep 16, 2011
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