Yahoo redesign aims to make site more inviting (Update 2)
Yahoo is renovating the main entry into its website in an effort to get people to visit more frequently and stay longer.
Internet
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A self-healing protective coating for concrete
Scientists are reporting development of what they describe as the first self-healing protective coating for cracks in concrete, the world's most widely used building material. Their study on the material—which is inexpensive ...
Materials Science
Feb 20, 2013
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New analysis of Genesis reveals 'death sandwich' literary theme
An online tool has, for the first time, revealed a common literary technique in the Book of Genesis that has remained hidden in the text for millennia.
Computer Sciences
Feb 20, 2013
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Targeted video surveillance in the soccer stadium
At the end of 2012 the German Soccer League's paper on safety was adopted. It envisages, among other things, improving video surveillance in stadiums. The second-generation Vigilant Eye System can help achieve this aim. This ...
Engineering
Feb 20, 2013
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Probing ultrafast solvation dynamics with high repetition-rate laser / X-ray methodologies
The chemical reactivity of molecules in solution critically depends on a complex interplay among intramolecular processes and interactions with the caging solvation shell, which surrounds a solute molecule. Accordingly, the ...
General Physics
Feb 20, 2013
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Ancient "Egyptian blue" pigment points to new telecommunications, security ink technology
A bright blue pigment used 5,000 years ago is giving modern scientists clues toward the development of new nanomaterials with potential uses in state-of-the-art medical imaging devices, remote controls for televisions, security ...
Materials Science
Feb 20, 2013
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Using millions of gigs of data to improve human health
With biomedical scientists struggling to collect and analyze millions of gigabytes of data in their efforts to improve human health, the National Institutes of Health has launched a $700 million project to develop a common ...
Other
Feb 20, 2013
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Researchers successfully replicate ice crystal icing formation in aircraft engine
For the first time ever, researchers are demonstrating ice crystal icing formation in a full scale engine test facility this month at NASA's Glenn Research Center.
Space Exploration
Feb 20, 2013
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Imec demonstrates low power beamforming transceiver chipset for 60GHz multi-Gbit wireless communication
Imec, in collaboration with Panasonic Corporation, has presented at the IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC2013) a 60GHz radio transceiver chipset with low power consumption, that delivers high data ...
Electronics & Semiconductors
Feb 20, 2013
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Scientists targeting disease-causing bacteria present on cows' skin in attempt to prevent contamination
If you can't kill them, trap them. Such is the fate that scientists are reserving to pathogenic bacteria, such as the infamous E. coli. These bacteria may contaminate meat in abattoirs, when small traces of excrement on the ...
Cell & Microbiology
Feb 20, 2013
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