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LIVE: Facebook goes public

(AP) -- It's Facebook's big day. The site, which was born in a dorm room eight years ago and has grown into a worldwide network of almost a billion people, is making the most talked-about stock market debut ...

Technology / Business

created May 18, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Europe's courts under reform pressure: study

Protracted legal proceedings, increasingly complex legal cases and growing criticism of the administration of justice – the European Court of Justice in Luxembourg is overburdened. Research by the Hamburg-based ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created May 17, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

New robot butler "HERB" can microwave your dinner (w/ Video)

(Phys.org) -- One of the big disappointments of the computer age is the distinct lack of robots in our everyday lives. For years we’ve all been teased by the possibilities of robots in SciFi movies and television shows, ...

Electronics / Robotics

created May 03, 2012 | popularity 3.4 / 5 (7) | comments 15 | with audio podcast report

New method quickly IDs nanomaterials that can cause oxidative damage to cells

Engineered nanomaterials, prized for their unique semiconducting properties, are already prevalent in everyday consumer products — from sunscreens, cosmetics and paints to textiles and solar batteries — and economic ...

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created May 02, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Where international climate policy has failed, grassroots efforts can succeed: researchers

The world can significantly slow the pace of climate change with practical efforts to control so-called “short-lived climate pollutants” and by bringing successful Western technologies to the developing ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Apr 27, 2012 | popularity 3.4 / 5 (8) | comments 0

Study shows that, in restaurants, race matters

A new study from North Carolina State University shows that more than one-third of restaurant servers discriminate against African-American customers.

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Apr 23, 2012 | popularity 2.7 / 5 (16) | comments 43

Space environmentalist warns we need to better prepare for solar storms

(Phys.org) -- In the business of everyday life, it’s easy to overlook things that could cause a serious disruption to how life is lived; floods happen, hurricanes, volcanoes and tsunamis like the one ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Apr 19, 2012 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (9) | comments 6 | with audio podcast report

Flying car a 'step closer': Terrafugia (Update)

Drivers hoping to slip the surly -- and traffic congested -- bonds of Earth moved a step closer to realizing their dream, as a US firm said it had successfully tested a street-legal plane.

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Apr 02, 2012 | popularity 3.6 / 5 (11) | comments 24

'Ordinary' black hole discovered 12 million light years away

(PhysOrg.com) -- An international team of scientists have discovered an ‘ordinary’ black hole in the 12 million light year-distant galaxy Centaurus A. This is the first time that a normal-size black ...

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Mar 27, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (18) | comments 31 | with audio podcast

Preserving arson evidence with triclosan

A preservative in toothpastes, hand soaps, underarm deodorants and other everyday products is getting a second life, helping crime scene investigators preserve evidence of arson, scientists reported here today at the 243rd National M ...

Chemistry / Other

created Mar 26, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0


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