Avago Technologies buying LSI for $6.6B (Update)
The chipmaker Avago Technologies Ltd. is buying LSI Corp. for $6.6 billion to help strengthen its position in the enterprise storage market and broaden its offerings.
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High yield, water efficiency of drought tolerant wheat due to higher biomass
Drought tolerance in wheat has been increased through breeding over the years, but a group of Texas A&M AgriLife Research scientists in Amarillo wanted to determine what plant physiological characteristics were making the ...
Biotechnology
Dec 16, 2013
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Free-flowing traffic on the information highway
Our communication networks have to process constantly increasing volumes of data, pushing them to the limits of their capacity. An analyzer makes it possible to test new, efficient transmission formats quickly and with ...
Telecom
Dec 16, 2013
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Gaia on a mission to map billions of stars in the Milky Way
On the 19th of December, the Gaia satellite will be launched and it will make the most precise measurements of the billions of stars in the Milky Way to date. Gaia is an astronomical satellite that measures the positions, ...
Astronomy
Dec 16, 2013
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Productivity = increased profits, does not add up
Australia needs to focus on profitability rather than productivity if it is to pull its agricultural sector out of its current downward spiral, a QUT economist has said.
Economics & Business
Dec 16, 2013
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Bonobos stay young longer
Despite the fact that chimpanzees and bonobos share similar starting conditions at birth they develop different behavioural patterns later in life. These differences might be caused by different hormone levels. Researchers ...
Plants & Animals
Dec 16, 2013
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Half-century long study points the way for rehabilitation activities
A study spanning 52 years has explored the survival and fertility of desert plants in WA.
Ecology
Dec 16, 2013
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Could power generated from swimming laps create the next wave in sustainable energy?
With the help of an oscillating water column and a summer undergraduate research grant, sophomore Yinger 'Eagle' Jin discovered waves made by swimmers in the campus pool produce enough electricity to power 10 100-watt lightbulbs ...
Energy & Green Tech
Dec 16, 2013
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Dingo parasite causes concern for indigenous communities
Researchers have warned that indigenous communities could be at risk of infection after they discovered the first report of a particular parasite in dingoes in far north Queensland.
Plants & Animals
Dec 16, 2013
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No matter the continent, the world's frogs have a lot in common, biologist finds
(Phys.org) —A University of Arizona biologist researching frog evolution has discovered striking similarity in frog species on different continents and proposes two very different ways that this similarity comes about.
Plants & Animals
Dec 16, 2013
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