(Phys.org) —Competition to create the smallest, lightest and cheapest laptop on the market is motivating the ongoing search for a better computer-memory device then the current, conventional 2D hard-disk technology. Mathematicians ...
Mathematics
Aug 1, 2014
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Detailed knowledge of the physical properties of the building blocks of matter is fundamental to our understanding of the Universe. These building blocks include the protons, neutrons and electrons that make up an atom, and ...
General Physics
Aug 1, 2014
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Sieve elements are a key component of phloem, the conductive tissue through which plants transport carbohydrates and a wide range of signalling molecules. Elongated cylindrical cells are capped at one end by a sieve plate ...
Biotechnology
Aug 1, 2014
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Internet and messaging services were suspended across Uzbekistan on Friday during university entrance exams in an apparent bid to prevent cheating which is reported to be widespread.
Telecom
Aug 1, 2014
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Scientific Games plans to pay about $3.3 billion to buy Bally Technologies in a deal that would combine makers of gambling equipment ranging from slot machines to instant-win lottery games.
Business
Aug 1, 2014
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Even as he conquered rival kingdoms to create the first united Chinese empire in 221 B.C., China's First Emperor Qin Shihuang ordered the building of a glorious underground palace complex, mirroring his imperial capital near ...
Analytical Chemistry
Aug 1, 2014
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Sun, wind and other renewable energy sources could make up a larger portion of the electricity America consumes if better batteries could be built to store the intermittent energy for cloudy, windless days. Now a new material ...
Energy & Green Tech
Aug 1, 2014
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The world's most widely used and trusted resource for identifying mass spectra, the "fingerprints" of molecules, has undergone a major expansion, according to its managers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology ...
Analytical Chemistry
Aug 1, 2014
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One of the most diverse families in the ocean today—marine bivalve mollusks known as Lucinidae (or lucinids)—originated more than 400 million years ago in the Silurian period, with adaptations and life habits like those ...
Earth Sciences
Aug 1, 2014
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The development of new methods for preparing organic compounds is a fundamental aspect of research on new drugs and advanced materials. In many cases, the three-dimensional spatial arrangement of atoms in the synthesized ...
Materials Science
Aug 1, 2014
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