(Phys.org) -- From driftwood traveling down a river to a blood cell flowing through your artery, objects moving in a stream of fluid are mostly thought to passively go with the flow but not disturb it in controllable ways.
Soft Matter
Jul 18, 2012
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(Phys.org) -- NASA Space Technology Program researchers will launch and deploy a large inflatable heat shield aboard a rocket travelling at hypersonic speeds this weekend during a technology demonstration test from the agency's ...
Space Exploration
Jul 18, 2012
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(Phys.org) -- Companies run by CEOs who vote Republican tend to pay more in taxes than companies run by CEOs who vote Democratic, according to new research co-authored by a professor in the University of Georgia Terry College ...
Economics & Business
Jul 18, 2012
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Our days of crying over spoiled milk could be over, thanks to Cornell food scientists.
Cell & Microbiology
Jul 18, 2012
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(AP) — Swedish wireless equipment maker LM Ericsson saw its second-quarter profits slashed to almost a third as sales of network infrastructure slowed in China and Russia and the company focused on the more stable — ...
Business
Jul 18, 2012
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(AP) — ASML Holding NV, the largest supplier of manufacturing equipment to computer chip makers, says its net profit fell to €292 million ($359 million) in the second quarter from €432 million in the same period ...
Business
Jul 18, 2012
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More than 54,000 wild birds, including critically endangered species, were laundered through the Solomon islands into the global wildlife trade between 2000 and 2010, a wildlife group said Tuesday.
Ecology
Jul 18, 2012
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Yahoo turned in another lackluster performance in the second quarter, while Intel says the weak global economy is slowing its growth. Earlier, Microsoft warned of a non-cash charge because of disappointing performance in ...
Business
Jul 18, 2012
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Online financial transactions titan PayPal announced that it has bought a San Francisco startup focused on using smartphone cameras to take credit card payments.
Business
Jul 18, 2012
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Google unveiled an online information exchange platform to try to give some extra lasting power to more than 3,000 endangered languages.
Internet
Jul 18, 2012
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