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Global crisis hits smartphone sales

Worldwide sales of hi-tech "smartphones" grew at their slowest pace yet in the fourth quarter of 2008 as the financial crisis hit demand, a research firm said Thursday.

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Depleted uranium: could this reduce our dependency on crude oil?

(Phys.org) -- A simple three-step chemical reaction which could herald the introduction of new sustainable feedstocks for the chemical industry has been developed by scientists at The University of Nottingham.

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Jun 01, 2012 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (16) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

On early Earth, iron may have performed magnesium's RNA folding job

On the periodic table of the elements, iron and magnesium are far apart. But new evidence suggests that 3 billion years ago, iron did the chemical work now done by magnesium in helping RNA fold and function ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created May 31, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

BlackBerry maker facing critical test this year

BlackBerry maker Research In Motion, losing ground rapidly in the smartphone wars, needs to take bold steps to revive its fortunes and compete with iPhones and Android devices overwhelming the market, analysts say.

Technology / Business

created May 30, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2

Not all growth mutual funds take a bite of Apple

(AP) -- A mutual fund manager usually can count on having a good year if the largest investment in the portfolio is surging. But that's not the case for Tony Trzcinka.

Technology / Business

created May 04, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

New 3D printing process could lead to DIY drugstores

(Phys.org) -- A new 3D printing process developed at the University of Glasgow could revolutionise the way scientists, doctors and even the general public create chemical products.

Chemistry / Other

created Apr 16, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (11) | comments 9 | with audio podcast

Plastic electronics: a neat solution

(Phys.org) -- A breakthrough in the development of a new generation of plastic electronic circuits by researchers at the Cavendish Laboratory brings flexible and transparent intelligent materials – such ...

Technology / Engineering

created Apr 09, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (12) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

Bend-it e-books get real with EPD in factory mode

(PhysOrg.com) -- LG Display has set the production clock ticking for a plastic EPD (electronic paper display) product which in turn is expected to set e-book marketability fast-forward. In an announcement ...

Electronics / Hardware

created Mar 30, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (17) | comments 14 | with audio podcast report

Researchers help assess economic impact of nanotech on green & sustainable growth

In the United States alone, government and private industry together invest more than $3 billion per year in nanotechnology research and development, and globally the total is much higher. What will be the ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Mar 28, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Court orders FDA action on antibiotic use on farms

(AP) -- A federal court judge has ordered the Food and Drug Administration to take action on its own 35-year-old rule that would stop farmers from mixing popular antibiotics into animal feed, a practice which is widely believed ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Mar 23, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 3

The oldest evidence of bioturbation on Earth

The Ediacaran Period, an interval in Earth's history after the Snowball Earth glaciations but before the Cambrian radiations, marks the introduction of complex macroscopic organisms synchronously in unrelated groups. It has ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Mar 20, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1


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