Taiwan's Hon Hai 2012 sales up 16 percent
Taiwan tech giant Hon Hai Precision, which makes gadgets for Apple, said Thursday sales in 2012 rose 16 percent year-on-year.
Business
Jan 10, 2013
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Zambia bans lion, leopard hunting
Zambia's tourism minister on Thursday announced a ban on hunting lions and leopards, saying the feline numbers are decreasing too quickly.
Ecology
Jan 10, 2013
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Airborne pods seek to trace nuclear bomb's origins: Modular units crossing 'Valley of Death' for Air Force use
(Phys.org)—If a nuclear device were to unexpectedly detonate anywhere on Earth, the ensuing effort to find out who made the weapon probably would be led by aircraft rapidly collecting airborne radioactive particles for ...
Engineering
Jan 10, 2013
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Keeping to your New Year's resolutions with PiFace
After a festive period of excess, a January diet is one of the most common New Year resolutions for many people.
Computer Sciences
Jan 10, 2013
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Leading the battle to protect the Amazon
England's wettest year on record. Severe heat waves in Russia. Droughts in the US. The past year has been characterised by extreme weather across the world. Protecting the Amazon rainforest – one of the largest carbon reservoirs ...
Environment
Jan 10, 2013
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Naturalliance is calling upon crowdsourcing solutions to create maps for mapping out the riches of nature
Following the 2006 ban on sturgeon fishing, the Romanian town of Sfantu Gheorghe, located at the mouth of the Danube river, turned to other income source to replace its fishing based economy. Thus, local children undertook ...
Ecology
Jan 10, 2013
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Bacteria pitted against fungi to protect wheat and barley
(Phys.org)—Soil-dwelling bacteria that depend on wheat and barley roots for their "room and board" could soon prove themselves helpful to the plants in return. U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists in Pullman, ...
Ecology
Jan 10, 2013
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Home aquarium species a potential threat to California waters
(Phys.org)—Well-intentioned children and aquarium hobbyists seeking to "free" their pet fish down a toilet bowl or into a local waterway may inadvertently be contributing to the threat of invasive species downstream, according ...
Ecology
Jan 10, 2013
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Breakthrough iron-based superconductors set new performance records
(Phys.org)—The road to a sustainably powered future may be paved with superconductors. When chilled to frigid temperatures hundreds of degrees Celsius below zero, these remarkable materials are singularly capable of perfectly ...
Superconductivity
Jan 10, 2013
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'Sensorless sensing' technology enables accurate correction of temperature effects on LED performance
When comparing LEDs to incandescent light bulbs, there is a noticeable difference in light quality: LED lamps when dimmed are perceived to be "colder" than incandescents. At CES 2013 this week, NXP Semiconductors is demonstrating ...
Engineering
Jan 10, 2013
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