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Yahoo! magazine hits iPad with mobile future in mind

Yahoo! on Wednesday launched a news magazine tailored for iPads as it put a happy, mobile gadget-focused face on a faded Internet star considered ripe to be bought.

Technology / Internet

created Nov 03, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Coffee Cup Secrets (w/ Video)

Exactly how coffee and cream blend in that jolt of java an extra eye opener for researchers.

Physics / General Physics

created Jul 07, 2010 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (7) | comments 0

Google image search gets a 'swirl'

Google Labs on Tuesday brought more focus to finding pictures online, adding a "Swirl" tool that automatically groups similar images into categories presented on results pages.

Technology / Internet

created Nov 17, 2009 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (3) | comments 1




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Irish mathematicians explain why Guinness bubbles sink (w/ video)

(Phys.org) -- Why do the bubbles in a glass of stout beer such as Guinness sink while the beer is settling, even though the bubbles are lighter than the surrounding liquid? That’s been a puzzling question ...

Physics / General Physics

created May 29, 2012 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (13) | comments 21 | with audio podcast report

Leap Motion creates finger-happy gesture control (w/ Video)

(Phys.org) -- Developers and end users both have been indicating they are ready to start saying long goodbyes to mouse and keyboard. In this touchscreen generation of mobile users, the big stir among gadget ...

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created May 23, 2012 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (9) | comments 10 | with audio podcast report

NASA lends ultraviolet space telescope to Caltech

(Phys.org) -- Caltech has taken over operation from NASA of the Galaxy Evolution Explorer (GALEX), a space telescope that for the last nine years has been surveying the cosmos in ultraviolet light. In this ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created May 17, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

GREGOR telescope: Zooming in on the sun

(Phys.org) -- Nighttime is the astronomer’s day. After all, anyone wishing to see the stars must wait until it is dark. There is one exception to this rule, however: the sun. Close up, it can be used ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created May 10, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Hubble observes a dwarf galaxy with a bright nebula

(Phys.org) -- The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has made detailed observations of the dwarf galaxy NGC 2366. While it lacks the elegant spiral arms of many larger galaxies, NGC 2366 is home to a bright, ...

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created May 10, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Yahoo director on hot seat to leave board (Update 2)

(AP) -- The flap over a bogus college degree on Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson's official biography has claimed its first casualty - the director who led the committee that hired him four months ago.

Technology / Business

created May 08, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Black hole caught red-handed in a stellar homicide

(Phys.org) -- Astronomers have gathered the most direct evidence yet of a supermassive black hole shredding a star that wandered too close.

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created May 07, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (5) | comments 2

The ultimate babysitter? iPads for infants stir debate

Twenty-two-month-old George sits on a tiny blue chair, at a baby-sized desk, playing with a grown-up toy -- an iPad, sign of a powerful trend that has set alarm bells ringing among child development experts.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Apr 26, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 6

Astrophysicists uncover secret origin of brown dwarfs

The origin of brown dwarfs is one of the great unsolved mysteries facing astrophysicists today. In a new study published in The Astrophysical Journal, Western’s Shantanu Basu and University of Vienna’s Eduard ...

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Apr 26, 2012 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Cassini sees objects blazing trails in Saturn ring

(Phys.org) -- Scientists working with images from NASA's Cassini spacecraft have discovered strange half-mile-sized (kilometer-sized) objects punching through parts of Saturn's F ring, leaving glittering trails ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Apr 24, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 1 | with audio podcast


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