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It seems the impossible has occurred: The nation's most congested city has become a model for traffic control. http://phys.org/news288712473.html Technology Sat, 25 May 2013 15:10:01 EST news288712473 Spain and France have reached an agreement on swapping fishing quotas which will allow for Spain to fish more hake and monkfish, authorities said Saturday. http://phys.org/news288712379.html Biology Sat, 25 May 2013 14:53:03 EST news288712379 Cyber hackers attacked several official Saudi websites on Saturday, posting an Algerian flag on their homepages that later vanished, local media reported. http://phys.org/news288712318.html Technology Sat, 25 May 2013 14:52:03 EST news288712318 An auctioneer says one of Apple's first computers—a functioning 1976 model—has been sold for a record 516,000 euros ($668,000). http://phys.org/news288706056.html Electronics Sat, 25 May 2013 13:07:42 EST news288706056 (Phys.org) —One key selling point in laptops is battery life and Intel earlier this week had good news on that very front. Its upcoming Haswell processors will give users 50 percent more battery life than Ivy Bridge. http://phys.org/news288705840.html Electronics Sat, 25 May 2013 13:04:20 EST news288705840 A baby gorilla has been born to first-time parents at an Ohio zoo. http://phys.org/news288683890.html Biology Sat, 25 May 2013 07:30:01 EST news288683890 A new military communications satellite has been launched into space. http://phys.org/news288683838.html Space & Earth Sat, 25 May 2013 07:20:01 EST news288683838 Online video site Hulu is again up for sale, with Yahoo and pay TV operators DirecTV and Time Warner Cable among the seven bidders, according to a person with direct knowledge of the matter. http://phys.org/news288683802.html Technology Sat, 25 May 2013 07:10:01 EST news288683802 An atomic research lab in northern Japan has reported a radiation leak that may have affected about 50 people, though none were hospitalized and no impact was expected outside the facility, the lab's operator said Saturday. http://phys.org/news288683864.html Technology Sat, 25 May 2013 06:57:51 EST news288683864 (Phys.org) —Computer simulations of galaxies growing over billions of years have revealed a likely scenario for how they feed: a cosmic version of swirly straws. http://phys.org/news288633109.html Space & Earth Fri, 24 May 2013 16:51:58 EST news288633109 For the first time, scientists working at the National Institute of Standards and Technology have demonstrated a new type of lens that bends and focuses ultraviolet (UV) light in such an unusual way that it can create ghostly, 3D images of objects that float in free space. The easy-to-build lens could lead to improved photolithography, nanoscale manipulation and manufacturing, and even high-resolution three-dimensional imaging, as well as a number of as-yet-unimagined applications in a diverse range of fields. http://phys.org/news288632618.html Physics Fri, 24 May 2013 16:46:14 EST news288632618 Google has become deeply involved in a series of projects to build and operate wireless networks in emerging markets including sub-Saharan Africa and Southeast Asia, a report said Friday. http://phys.org/news288632212.html Technology Fri, 24 May 2013 16:36:59 EST news288632212 Research conducted at Curtin University in Perth has enabled significant increases in image quality in a widely used 3D printing technique that is more than 100 years old. http://phys.org/news288632153.html Physics Fri, 24 May 2013 16:36:20 EST news288632153 (AP)—Netflix is hoping this weekend's release of the resurrected TV series "Arrested Development" will draw more subscribers to its Internet video service. http://phys.org/news288625408.html Technology Fri, 24 May 2013 14:43:36 EST news288625408 (Phys.org) —The Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory has begun delivery of germanium-76 detectors to an underground laboratory in South Dakota in a team research effort that might explain the puzzling imbalance between matter and antimatter generated by the Big Bang. http://phys.org/news288625320.html Physics Fri, 24 May 2013 14:42:06 EST news288625320 (Phys.org) —In a study that evaluated some of the latest in automatic facial recognition technology, researchers at Michigan State University were able to quickly identify one of the Boston Marathon bombing suspects from law enforcement video, an experiment that demonstrated the value of such technology. http://phys.org/news288625129.html Technology Fri, 24 May 2013 14:39:03 EST news288625129 PayPal is doubling down on efforts to bring the mobile payment platform to brick-and-mortar stores and restaurants, offering new pay-from-your-smartphone services that threaten to make the physical wallet obsolete. http://phys.org/news288618638.html Technology Fri, 24 May 2013 13:40:02 EST news288618638 A French anti-racism association is launching a mobile application it hopes will help eradicate racist graffiti by enabling users to take photos of offensive tags, geo-locate them and get them removed. http://phys.org/news288621401.html Technology Fri, 24 May 2013 13:36:47 EST news288621401 My experience with Windows 8 has been limited to a few devices, including the Microsoft Surface, so I was happy to get the opportunity to review the Hewlett-Packard Pavilion Sleekbook 15, a fairly inexpensive laptop. http://phys.org/news288618524.html Electronics Fri, 24 May 2013 13:30:01 EST news288618524 For many people, backing up their computers is like getting exercise or eating more vegetables: They know it's the right thing to do, but they just can't seem to get around to it. I know, because I'm like that. http://phys.org/news288618401.html Technology Fri, 24 May 2013 13:20:01 EST news288618401 Apple Inc. Chief Executive Tim Cook disclosed during a Senate hearing this week that the tech giant will invest more than $100 million to build a factory in the Lone Star State, where it will assemble a line of Mac computers. http://phys.org/news288618241.html Technology Fri, 24 May 2013 13:10:02 EST news288618241 On any given day inside Mercy San Juan Medical Center's neuro-intensive care unit, a 5-foot-6-inch-tall robot with a computer screen can be seen roaming the halls. http://phys.org/news288618123.html Electronics Fri, 24 May 2013 13:00:01 EST news288618123 (Phys.org) —In order to better understand how the laws governing the quantum and classical regimes are related to one another, physicists have performed an experiment allowing them to observe a quantum-to-classical transition in a simple closed quantum system. The results suggest that classical behavior may be an innate property of certain isolated quantum systems such as the one studied here, and can emerge from quantum physics under certain conditions. http://phys.org/news288618805.html Physics Fri, 24 May 2013 12:53:43 EST news288618805 It's 1.7 miles long. Its surface is covered in a sticky black substance similar to the gunk at the bottom of a barbecue. If it impacted Earth it would probably result in global extinction. Good thing it is just making a flyby. http://phys.org/news288618087.html Space & Earth Fri, 24 May 2013 12:41:34 EST news288618087 In the ocean off Coronado, a Navy team has discovered a relic worthy of display in a military museum: a torpedo of the kind deployed in the late 19th century, considered a technological marvel in its day. http://phys.org/news288618049.html Biology Fri, 24 May 2013 12:40:58 EST news288618049 (AP)—News Corp. says its board of directors has approved plans to split its entertainment and publishing businesses into two separate companies. http://phys.org/news288614441.html Technology Fri, 24 May 2013 11:40:46 EST news288614441 (Phys.org) —A large team of researchers, most of which are based in Korea, has succeeded in extending the process of galvanic replacement reactions to ionic compounds. In their paper published in the journal Science, the team describes how they used preformed nanocrystals to serve as a template to produce hollow box-shaped nanocrystals. http://phys.org/news288606638.html Nanotechnology Fri, 24 May 2013 10:00:01 EST news288606638 The majority of people on Earth people will face severe water shortages within a generation or two if pollution and waste continues unabated, scientists warned at a conference in Bonn Friday. http://phys.org/news288607054.html Space & Earth Fri, 24 May 2013 09:37:40 EST news288607054 (Phys.org) —A team of Harvard University physicists has proposed the possible existence of a type of dark matter not described by current physics models. In their paper published in the journal Physical Review Letters, the team suggests it's possible that not all dark matter is cold and collision-less. http://phys.org/news288605978.html Physics Fri, 24 May 2013 09:30:01 EST news288605978 (Phys.org) —How much light has been emitted by all galaxies since the cosmos began? After all, every photon (particle of light) from ultraviolet to far infrared wavelengths ever radiated by all galaxies that ever existed throughout cosmic history is still speeding through the Universe today. If we could carefully measure the number and energy (wavelength) of all those photons—not only at the present time, but also back in time—we might learn important secrets about the nature and evolution of the Universe, including how similar or different ancient galaxies were compared to the galaxies we see today. http://phys.org/news288606568.html Space & Earth Fri, 24 May 2013 09:29:39 EST news288606568