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Yahoo seeks to shake up search, Web browsing
(AP) -- Joining the battle to redefine Internet search, Yahoo is taking aim with a new browser enhancement it calls "Axis."
May 24, 2012 |
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Billard game in an atom: Physicists trace the double ionization of argon atoms on attosecond time scales
(Phys.org) -- When an intense laser pulse interacts with an atom it generates agitation on the micro scale. A rather likely outcome of this interaction is single ionization, where one electron is ejected from ...
May 08, 2012 |
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Simulated skiers reveal mountain traffic jams
Millions of skiers and snowboarders escape to the mountains every winter, but some everyday stresses -- like traffic jams -- are unavoidable even on the slopes. In plenty of time to prepare for next season, ...
May 09, 2012 |
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Packing the ions: Discovery boosts supercapacitor energy storage
Flat is in the eye of the beholder. When you're talking about nanomaterials, however, that eye is pretty much useless unless it's looking through an electron microscope or at a computer visualization. Yet ...
Jun 17, 2011 |
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Study proves plausibility of new pathway to life's chemical building blocks
For decades, chemists considered a chemical pathway known as the formose reaction the only route for producing sugars essential for life to begin, but more recent research has called into question the plausibility of such ...
Jan 31, 2012 |
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Google search gets more personal, raises hackles (Update)
Google is sifting through the photos and commentary on its blossoming social network so its Internet search results can include more personal information.
Jan 10, 2012 |
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Ancient Greek ships traded more than just wine
(PhysOrg.com) -- While many historians have assumed that Greek sailors were using amphorae, or ancient storage containers, to transport and trade wine, new DNA testing is providing evidence that these containers ...
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Oct 17, 2011 |
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Facebook focus guides Google CEO's 1st year on job
Google co-founder Larry Page has a Facebook fixation. When he replaced his mentor Eric Schmidt as Google's CEO last April, Page insisted that the company had to be more aggressive about countering the threat ...
Apr 04, 2012 |
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Research promises smaller, cheaper therapy machines that could revolutionise cancer treatment
(PhysOrg.com) -- Landmark technology that could revolutionise cancer therapy and pave the way for cleaner, safer nuclear reactors in the future, has been published in Nature Physics today. The pioneering EMMA ( ...
Jan 09, 2012 |
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BlackBerry maker to focus on business customers (Update)
(AP) -- Struggling BlackBerry maker Research in Motion Ltd. said Thursday that it plans to return its focus to its corporate customers after failing to compete with flashier, consumer-oriented phones such ...
Mar 29, 2012 |
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Multiple new strains of bacteria discovered in the human belly button
(Medical Xpress) -- New research released this week may find you spending a few extra minutes in the shower scrubbing your belly button. Researchers from the Belly Button Biodiversity project, led by Jiri ...
Jul 06, 2011 |
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Rightwing candidates are better looking, study shows
Rightwing candidates are better looking than their leftwing counterparts, something they benefit from during elections, according to a study conducted by Swedish and Finnish economists.
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Feb 23, 2011 |
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Graphene gives up more of its secrets
Graphene, a sheet of carbon only a single atom thick, was an object of theoretical speculation long before it was actually made. Theory predicts extraordinary properties for graphene, but testing the predictions ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Jul 15, 2011 |
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Tests show wireless network could jam GPS systems
New government test results show that a proposed high-speed wireless broadband network being launched by a company called LightSquared could jam GPS systems used for aviation, public safety, military operations and other ...
Jun 11, 2011 |
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Survey reveals scientists have trouble accessing human embryonic stem cell lines
The promise of stem cell research for drug discovery and cell-based therapies depends on the ability of scientists to acquire stem cell lines for their research.
Dec 12, 2011 |
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