Airlines, ticket firms battle over booking system
(AP) — A guaranteed aisle seat, special meals, access to the VIP lounge — and tickets to a musical?
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Shape of countries appears to have had an impact on cultural diversity
(Phys.org) -- Back in 1997 Jared Diamond published a book called Guns, Germs and Steel. In it, he argued that Eurasian civilizations tended to dominate their neighbors throughout history because they were broader, east to ...
Helices of light: dark helices with a bright future
(Phys.org) -- Laser beams can be made to form dark as well as bright intensity helices, or corkscrews of light. In a paper shortly to appear in Optics Express, Dr Ole Steuernagel, at the University of Hertfordshire's Science ...
Optics & Photonics
Jun 12, 2012
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A new system architecture speeds up the use of mobile phone applications
When a phone is used to scan a smart tag on a concert ticket, the band’s latest music video and interviews appear on the screen. Although the slow speed of data transmission in a phone network and high power consumption ...
Telecom
Jun 12, 2012
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NASA's undersea mission submerges in the Atlantic
An international crew of aquanauts is settling into its home on the ocean floor, where the team will spend 12 days testing concepts for a potential asteroid mission. The expedition is the 16th excursion of the NASA Extreme ...
Space Exploration
Jun 12, 2012
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Imec, Kaneka achieve breakthrough in developing next-generation heterojunction solar cells
(Phys.org) -- Kaneka and imec report a large area (6 inch semi-square) heterojunction silicon solar cell with a certified power conversion efficiency of 22.68% with an electroplated copper contact grid on top of the transparent ...
Energy & Green Tech
Jun 12, 2012
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Squyres takes another plunge as a NASA aquanaut
(Phys.org) -- Mars scientist Steve Squyres is again learning to walk in space by diving into the sea as a NASA aquanaut.
Space Exploration
Jun 12, 2012
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The basic building blocks of life to be rethought after one discovered to be missing
(Phys.org) -- A gene thought previously to be present in all life on earth has been found to be missing in life near volcanoes.
Cell & Microbiology
Jun 12, 2012
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Nanoparticles found in moon glass bubbles explain weird lunar soil behaviour
(Phys.org) -- A stunning discovery by Queensland University of Technology soil scientist Marek Zbik of nanoparticles inside bubbles of glass in lunar soil could solve the mystery of why the moon's surface topsoil has many ...
Space Exploration
Jun 12, 2012
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Potential carbon capture role for new CO2 absorbing material
(Phys.org) -- A novel porous material that has unique carbon dioxide adsorption properties has been developed through research led by The University of Nottingham.
Materials Science
Jun 12, 2012
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