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Future for Internet retailers: Compete on niche products advises management insights study

In their competition with brick-and-mortar stores, online retailers will do best if they promote the ability to search out and obtain niche products online, according to the Management Insights feature in the current issue ...

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created Nov 18, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0




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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

Researchers find a way to delay aging of stem cells

Stem cells are essential building blocks for all organisms, from plants to humans. They can divide and renew themselves throughout life, differentiating into the specialized tissues needed during development, ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created May 24, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Deterring signals: Tobacco plants advertise their defensive readiness to attacking leafhoppers

Following herbivory, plants produce jasmonic acid, a hormone which activates several plant defense reactions. Scientists found that leafhoppers can evaluate whether tobacco plants are ready for defense when attacked. If jasmonate-signaling ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created May 23, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Spider guitar dazzles with style and sound (w/ Video)

(Phys.org) -- Massey University mechatronics professor Olaf Diegel made his dream come true when he created a series of colourful 3D-printed electric guitars with latticed bodies adorned with spiders and butterflies. ...

Technology / Engineering

created May 14, 2012 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (5) | comments 5 | with audio podcast

Green fuel is possible with artificial ecosystems

For algae to power our cars and planes, production needs to be low carbon and cost effective, which means working with natural processes, not against them, say scientists.

Biology / Biotechnology

created May 10, 2012 | popularity 2.5 / 5 (2) | comments 6 | with audio podcast

Bioalchemy: turning sludge into clear water

Biological treatment plus ozone can reduce the amount of sludge coming from wastewater treatment plants by a factor of ten

Space & Earth / Environment

created May 04, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Cornell releases two new raspberry varieties

With its two newest raspberry releases, Big Red is going gold and crimson. Double Gold and Crimson Night offer small-scale growers and home gardeners showy, flavorful raspberries on vigorous, disease resistant ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created May 01, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Research finds autumn advantage for invasive plants in Eastern United States

Much like the fabled tortoise and the hare, the competition between native and invasive plants growing in deciduous forests in the Eastern United States is all about how the plants cross the finish line in autumn.

Biology / Ecology

created Apr 25, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Online-only news outlets 'struggle to find funding'

The first report to assess systematically how online-only news websites across Western Europe are faring has found that new start-ups are struggling to find business models that can cover their operating costs.

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created Apr 23, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Experts suggest grazing cows, sheep, ducks in forests

(Phys.org) -- Putting cows, sheep and other livestock into forests to graze could prove to be a valuable tool for New York woodland management, say Cornell Cooperative Extension (CCE) agriculture educators ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Apr 10, 2012 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 3


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