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The Aqua satellite provided this satellite image showing a series of hotspots found in the Siberian region of Russia. http://phys.org/news287418860.html Space & Earth Fri, 10 May 2013 15:34:30 EST news287418860 A Pew Research Center report indicated that online social networks have become political hotspots in the United States. http://phys.org/news286082491.html Technology Thu, 25 Apr 2013 04:21:38 EST news286082491 The city of Santa Clara is flipping on a big Internet switch this week, becoming what it says is the first in the country to use wireless, digital "smart meters" on homes as channels for free citywide outdoor Wi-Fi. http://phys.org/news283594186.html Technology Wed, 27 Mar 2013 09:09:54 EST news283594186 Apple has bought WiFiSLAM, a startup that has been developing a way to use WiFi hotspots to help smartphones navigate large indoor spaces, like stores, airports and conference centers. http://phys.org/news283448457.html Technology Mon, 25 Mar 2013 16:41:07 EST news283448457 Effective 21st-century warfare requires the ability to conduct airborne intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) and strike mobile targets anywhere, around the clock. Current technologies, however, have their limitations. Helicopters are relatively limited in the distance and flight time. Fixed-wing manned and unmanned aircraft can fly farther and longer but require either aircraft carriers or large, fixed land bases with runways often longer than a mile. Moreover, establishing these bases or deploying carriers requires substantial financial, diplomatic and security commitments that are incompatible with rapid response. http://phys.org/news281608050.html Technology Mon, 04 Mar 2013 08:40:05 EST news281608050 (AP)—Little Rock may not be a likely terrorism target or a gang crime hotspot, but the Arkansas capital is following the example of high-security cities by expanding electronic surveillance of its streets. http://phys.org/news281465778.html Technology Sat, 02 Mar 2013 16:56:28 EST news281465778 Explosive cyclones, which have rapidly intensifying winds and heavy rain, can seriously threaten life and property. http://phys.org/news279804018.html Space & Earth Mon, 11 Feb 2013 11:22:27 EST news279804018 (AP)—Park Jung-in, an 11-year-old South Korean, sleeps with her Android smartphone instead of a teddy bear. When the screen beams with a morning alarm, she wakes up, picks up her glasses and scrolls through tens of unread messages from friends, shaking off drowsiness. http://phys.org/news273301005.html Technology Wed, 28 Nov 2012 05:30:01 EST news273301005 Google has bought an operator of Wi-Fi hotspots in high-traffic locations such as airports, hotels and fast-food restaurants. http://phys.org/news273153590.html Technology Mon, 26 Nov 2012 12:00:07 EST news273153590 (Phys.org)—Called BRIGHTs, the tiny probes described in the online issue of Advanced Materials on Nov. 15, bind to biomarkers of disease and, when swept by an infrared laser, light up to reveal their location. http://phys.org/news272646348.html Nanotechnology Tue, 20 Nov 2012 15:05:55 EST news272646348 (AP)—Shares of Ruckus Wireless Inc. fell Friday after raising $126 million in an initial public offering of stock. http://phys.org/news272284876.html Technology Fri, 16 Nov 2012 10:41:25 EST news272284876 A large palm oil plantation project in development in Cameroon since 2010 will put livelihoods and ecosystems in peril if allowed to continue, a US-based think-tank warned Wednesday. http://phys.org/news266081670.html Space & Earth Wed, 05 Sep 2012 16:34:39 EST news266081670 Two rare species of forget-me-nots have been added to Flora of New Zealand. These new species were discovered in the mountains of the South Island during an expedition led by Dr. Carlos A. Lehnebach. These new species have been described and illustrated in an article published in the open access journal PhytoKeys. http://phys.org/news264768030.html Biology Tue, 21 Aug 2012 11:50:02 EST news264768030 A pair of greenlings have shown the highest level of radioactive caesium detected in fish and shellfish caught in waters off Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant, its operator said Tuesday. http://phys.org/news264765106.html Space & Earth Tue, 21 Aug 2012 10:51:54 EST news264765106 Haze caused by forest fires in neighbouring Indonesia blanketed parts of Malaysia including the capital, causing air pollution to hit unhealthy levels. http://phys.org/news259045657.html Space & Earth Sat, 16 Jun 2012 06:07:43 EST news259045657 (Phys.org) -- The Wi-Fi Alliance, an industry group bent on making Wi-Fi access more available more easily, has announced that it will begin certifying devices and hot-spot providers (using the Hotspot 2 definition) starting next month as part of its Passpoint program, whose purpose is to allow Smartphones and other mobile devices to automatically connect to Wi-Fi hotspots without having to go through a login process. http://phys.org/news255775045.html Technology Wed, 09 May 2012 10:10:01 EST news255775045 It's like the '90s never left: Billy Crystal hosted the Oscars. Internet IPOs are back. And NetZero is returning with free Internet service -only this time it's wireless. http://phys.org/news251366917.html Technology Mon, 19 Mar 2012 09:08:56 EST news251366917 Satellite tracking of threatened loggerhead sea turtles has revealed two previously unknown feeding 'hotspots' in the Gulf of Mexico that are providing important habitat for at least three separate populations of the turtles, according to a study published recently in the journal Biological Conservation. http://phys.org/news247756275.html Biology Mon, 06 Feb 2012 13:40:01 EST news247756275 Oceanographers have identified a series of ocean hotspots around the world generated by strengthening wind systems that have driven oceanic currents, including the East Australian Current, polewards beyond their known boundaries. http://phys.org/news247140790.html Space & Earth Mon, 30 Jan 2012 10:13:28 EST news247140790 Many different types of animals come together to form vast groups – insect swarms, mammal herds, or bird flocks, for example. Researchers in France added another example to the list, reported today in the online journal PLoS ONE: the huge Wels catfish, the world's third largest and Europe's largest fresh-water fish. Researchers observed these fish in the Rhone River from May 2009 to Feb. 2011 and found that they formed dense groups of 15 to 44 individuals, corresponding to an estimated total biomass of up to 1132 kilograms with a biomass density of 14 to 40 kilograms per square meter. http://phys.org/news237056078.html Biology Wed, 05 Oct 2011 17:54:49 EST news237056078 Biologist E.O. Wilson once pondered whether many of our fellow living things were doomed once evolution gave rise to an intelligent, technological creature that also happened to be a rapacious carnivore, fiercely territorial and prone to short-term thinking. http://phys.org/news231310365.html Biology Sun, 31 Jul 2011 05:53:05 EST news231310365 (AP) -- Scientists are monitoring unusual underground activity that could signal an eruption at the Hekla volcano in southern Iceland. http://phys.org/news229174540.html Space & Earth Wed, 06 Jul 2011 12:35:52 EST news229174540 (PhysOrg.com) -- Small scale convection at the base of the Pacific plate has been simulated in a model of mantle plume dynamics, enabling reasearchers to explain the complex set of observations at the Hawaiian hotspot, according to a new study posted online in the June 26th edition of Nature Geoscience. http://phys.org/news228570402.html Space & Earth Wed, 29 Jun 2011 12:47:06 EST news228570402 South Korea's Samsung Electronics said Monday it has been chosen to provide next-generation communications equipment to KDDI, Japan's number two mobile phone operator. http://phys.org/news227791894.html Technology Mon, 20 Jun 2011 12:31:45 EST news227791894 Sony Corp. on Monday took the wraps off its next generation portable gaming machine, PlayStation Vita, a touch-interface and motion-sensitive handheld that outdoes its workhorse PlayStation Portable and will go on sale before the winter holidays. Company executives have called the device Sony's biggest product launch since the PlayStation 3 five years ago. http://phys.org/news226640041.html Electronics Tue, 07 Jun 2011 04:34:23 EST news226640041 (PhysOrg.com) -- If you have an Android 2.2 OS smartphone, such as the HTC Nexus One, then you have tethering as part of the base experience. Other users could make tethering an option for themselves by downloading an app, or at least they could for a while, but sadly, that era is coming to an end. http://phys.org/news223565447.html Technology Mon, 02 May 2011 14:31:06 EST news223565447 Apple should have responded much sooner to concerns about location data stored on its iPhones, even if the company didn't have all the answers ready, marketing and crisis-management experts say. http://phys.org/news223182765.html Technology Thu, 28 Apr 2011 04:13:08 EST news223182765 Scientists are calling for radical new approaches to conservation following the first biodiversity audit of its kind. http://phys.org/news210339997.html Biology Tue, 30 Nov 2010 12:10:04 EST news210339997 (AP) -- Jeff Bezos isn't just confident you'll want a Kindle e-book reader. The CEO of Amazon.com is bracing for a future in which you'll also want ones for your kid heading to college, your spouse in a book club and perhaps even Grandpa. http://phys.org/news199596033.html Electronics Thu, 29 Jul 2010 04:20:50 EST news199596033 I'm envisioning a future where you get Internet access everywhere through the air, like your cellphone. http://phys.org/news186133589.html Technology Tue, 23 Feb 2010 08:50:02 EST news186133589