More than 80 percent of the 120 million Africans using Facebook access the site through their mobile phones, the social media group said Thursday.
Internet
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Seeking to explore potential applications for soft, deformable robots, a largely unexplored area of robotics engineering, a Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) professor has secured nearly $600,000 in federal funding for ...
Robotics
Sep 10, 2015
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Apple shares rebounded in early trade Thursday, a day after a lukewarm market reaction to the US tech giant's launch of upgraded iPhones and other devices.
Business
Sep 10, 2015
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Atmospheric CO2 levels are increasing and face humanity with pressing questions about its future in a high carbon world.
Environment
Sep 10, 2015
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Japan has experienced large rainfall that caused flooding and large evacuations as a result of two weather systems. NASA's GPM Core satellite measured rainfall as NASA's RapidScat saw Etau and Typhoon Kilo on either side ...
Earth Sciences
Sep 10, 2015
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A study on a sorghum population at Kansas State University has helped researchers better understand why a crop hybrid often performs better than either of its parent lines, known as heterosis.
Biotechnology
Sep 10, 2015
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Fish also build nests. Among sticklebacks this is done by the male, requiring so many of his resources that he cannot function normally while at work: He loses his ability to produce urine normally. Now scientists from University ...
Plants & Animals
Sep 10, 2015
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There are substantial differences among Americans when it comes to knowledge and understanding of science topics, especially by educational levels as well as by gender, age, race and ethnicity, according to a new Pew Research ...
Social Sciences
Sep 10, 2015
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Rickets has been identified in a Neolithic skeleton from the Scottish island of Tiree, making it the earliest case of the disease in the UK, according to research announced at the British Science Festival in Bradford.
Archaeology
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The first 3D barcode which can be built into products during manufacture has been developed by UK engineers.
Engineering
Sep 10, 2015
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