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Startups Dropbox and Box reach for the cloud

They are polar opposites, but two of Silicon Valley's hottest start-ups share similar names, market, adversaries and ambitions - perhaps with wishful eyes on going public next year.

Technology / Internet

created Mar 06, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Google+ opens up to businesses, brands

Google opened its social network Google+ to businesses and brands on Monday as it seeks to expand the audience for its rival to Facebook.

Technology / Internet

created Nov 07, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2

Image: The Giant Nebula, NGC 3603

(PhysOrg.com) -- Thousands of sparkling young stars nestled within the giant nebula NGC 3603.

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Nov 07, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 2

Research finds that a duck's boon might be a turtle's bane

Duck nest boxes used to aid cavity-nesting ducks can prove to be turtle death traps.

Biology / Ecology

created Nov 03, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 2

Amazon deal with Calif. may set precedent for online tax collection

California braced for a fight this year when its budget deal included a provision to force online retailers - Amazon.com Inc. by far the most prominent among them - to collect sales taxes on purchases made by the state's ...

Technology / Business

created Oct 05, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 3

Study 'changes our understanding' of youth voting behavior

Low-income youth are more apt to vote if they are engaged in political activism and influenced by friends and family, according to a study by Michigan State University education scholars that sheds new light on voting behavior.

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Sep 23, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

How bumblebees tackle the traveling salesman problem

It is a mathematical puzzle which has vexed academics and travelling salesmen alike, but new research from Queen Mary, University of London's School of Biological and Chemical Sciences, reveals how bumblebees ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Jun 29, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (6) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Google cranks up search speeds with images, voice (Update)

Google on Tuesday ramped up Internet search speeds by letting people use speech or images to express what they want faster.

Technology / Internet

created Jun 14, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Stress may lead to better bird parenting

Birds with high levels of stress hormones have the highest mating success and offer better parental care to their brood, according to new biology research at Queen's University.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Jun 14, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

The blackbox in your car

(PhysOrg.com) -- It is expected that within the next month officials at the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration will declare that all cars must have an event data recorder inside the vehicle.

Technology / Other

created May 24, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (5) | comments 124 | with audio podcast weblog

Bumblebee nest boxes don't work

Bumblebees, honeybees, butterflies and other pollinating insects are in decline worldwide. So what better way to help stem their decline than by installing a bumblebee nest box in your garden? The only trouble ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created May 06, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 6 | with audio podcast

Through unique eyes, box jellyfish look out to the world above the water

Box jellyfish may seem like rather simple creatures, but in fact their visual system is anything but. They've got no fewer than 24 eyes of four different kinds. Now, researchers reporting online on April 28 in Current Bi ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Apr 28, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Asus ships cardboard PC cases with motherboards (w/ Video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- When you order components to build a new computer you don't really give a lot of thought to the box that they come in. You throw it out and keep what is inside. Then, ironically, you go out ...

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Mar 03, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (8) | comments 15 | with audio podcast weblog

New national study finds boxing injuries on the rise; youth head injury rates also concerning

The risk and nature of injury in the sport of boxing has generated a great deal of controversy in the medical community, especially in relation to youth boxing. A new study, conducted by researchers in the Center for Injury ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Mar 02, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Drugs warning -- check the label

A new study highlights inconsistencies in black box warnings - medication-related safety warnings on a drug's label - and argues for a more transparent and systematic approach to ensure these warnings are consistent across ...

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Feb 02, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0