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AT&T, Centennial deal gets Justice Department okay

(AP) -- AT&T Inc. has reached an agreement with the Justice Department and the Louisiana Attorney General to sell off assets in eight markets in Louisiana and Mississippi in order to proceed with its proposed $944 million ...

Technology / Business

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Ancient tree-ring records from southwest U.S. suggest today's megafires are truly unusual

Today’s mega forest fires of the southwestern U.S. are truly unusual and exceptional in the long-term record, suggests a new study that examined hundreds of years of ancient tree ring and fire data from ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created May 16, 2012 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (8) | comments 2

South Pole website celebrates a century of science

A century ago, two groups of explorers crossed the Antarctic continent, competing for the distinction of being the first to stand at the geographic South Pole. Norwegian native Roald Amundsen and his men won ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

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AT&T's great wireless war

Think of AT&T Inc.'s $39 billion attempted takeover of German-owned T-Mobile USA as a long, multi-front war, the ultimate test of business, legal and political strategy.

Technology / Telecom

created Dec 07, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Navy's modern airship receives historical identification

Unveiled at a ceremonious ribbon-cutting event, Oct. 26 at the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division, Lakehurst, New Jersey, NAWCAD and the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, reveal the MZ-3A airship now ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Oct 27, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 1

McGill University, IBM develop Quebec's most powerful and energy-efficient supercomputer cluster

McGill University today announced an $8.3-million CDN contract with IBM in Canada to acquire a supercomputer cluster able to support the data-intensive research activities of the CLUMEQ High Performance Computing Consortium, ...

Electronics / Hardware

created Jun 15, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Sodium channels evolved before animals' nervous systems, research shows

An essential component of animal nervous systems—sodium channels—evolved prior to the evolution of those systems, researchers from The University of Texas at Austin have discovered.

Biology / Evolution

created May 17, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (5) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

New AT&T phone contracts dive in 1Q

(AP) -- AT&T Inc. used to draw in subscribers by the millions with the lure of the iPhone. Now, it's mostly selling iPhones to its own customers, who are trading up from other AT&T phones.

Technology / Business

created Apr 20, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

NIST debuts online museum of quantum voltage standards

On April 8, 2011, the scientific community will celebrate the centennial of the discovery of superconductivity—the ability of certain materials to conduct electricity without resistance when cooled below ...

Physics / General Physics

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Seattle team wins $900,000 in Space Elevator Games

(AP) -- A Seattle team has collected a $900,000 prize in a NASA-backed competition to develop the concept of an elevator to space - an idea spurred by science fiction novels.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Nov 07, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (17) | comments 6

AT&T to buy territories from Verizon for $2.35B

(AP) -- AT&T Inc. said Friday it will buy the assets of Verizon Wireless in 79 mainly rural areas for $2.35 billion, a deal that will affect more than 1 million subscribers.

Technology / Telecom

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