Phones, watches and more unveiled at tech show
Samsung and other electronics companies used the IFA trade show in Berlin to showcase their holiday lineups.
Consumer & Gadgets
Sep 3, 2014
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Yahoo adds 'Style' to digital magazine line-up
Yahoo on Wednesday hit the Internet catwalk with a digital fashion magazine dubbed 'Style.'
Business
Sep 3, 2014
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Study demonstrates wearable sensors to detect firearm use
A new study from the University of Pennsylvania demonstrates that wearable sensors could one day transform the correctional system by tracking gun use by community-based offenders, who account for a disproportionate share ...
Engineering
Sep 3, 2014
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How much gravity is enough? Team studies how astronauts determine 'up' in space
Keeping upright in a low-gravity environment is not easy, and NASA documents abound with examples of astronauts falling on the lunar surface. Now, a new study by an international team of researchers led by York University ...
Space Exploration
Sep 3, 2014
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Tropical Storm Dolly weakens over Mexico
Dolly weakened into a tropical depression over northeastern Mexico on Wednesday after moving ashore but another storm threatened to grow into a hurricane off the Pacific coast, forecasters said.
Earth Sciences
Sep 3, 2014
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Smart farming the key to China's food problems, study says
Clever farming techniques would provide China with more than enough grain to feed its escalating population in the coming decades while easing stress on its environment, scientists reported on Wednesday.
Environment
Sep 3, 2014
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Biodiversity in the balance
A new study calls into question the evolutionary stability of an ecological explanation of biodiversity.
Ecology
Sep 3, 2014
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New deep sea mushroom-shaped organisms discovered
Scientists discovered two new species of sea-dwelling, mushroom-shaped organisms, according to a study published September 3, 2014 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Jean Just from University of Copenhagen, Denmark, and ...
Plants & Animals
Sep 3, 2014
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Verizon to pay $7.4 mn for US privacy violations
US telecom giant Verizon has agreed to pay a $7.4 million fine to settle a probe into its privacy practices, including accessing customer data for marketing purposes, officials said Wednesday.
Telecom
Sep 3, 2014
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Changing temperature powers sensors in hard-to-reach places
A centuries-old clock built for a king is the inspiration for a group of computer scientists and electrical engineers who hope to harvest power from the air.
Engineering
Sep 3, 2014
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