Netflix price hike angers users, some drop plan
(AP) -- Some Netflix customers called it a slap in the face. Others a betrayal. Many threatened to drop the movie service.
Business
Jul 14, 2011
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How to grow nanowires and tiny plates
Researchers at MIT have found a way to control precisely the shapes of submicroscopic wires deposited from a solution — using a method that makes it possible to produce entire electronic devices through a liquid-based ...
Nanophysics
Jul 14, 2011
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New material could offer hope to those with no voice
In 1997, the actress and singer Julie Andrews lost her singing voice following surgery to remove noncancerous lesions from her vocal cords. She came to Steven Zeitels, a professor of laryngeal surgery at Harvard Medical School, ...
Materials Science
Jul 14, 2011
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Male African cichlid fish go from 'zero to 60' when mating calls, researchers find (w/ video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- In African cichlid fish society, only the dominant male reproduces. But Stanford researchers have found that if the dominant male disappears, a subordinate cichlid can rise to the procreative occasion with ...
Plants & Animals
Jul 14, 2011
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Major breakthrough on how viruses infect plants
(PhysOrg.com) -- CSIRO plant scientists have shed light on a problem that has puzzled researchers since the first virus was discovered in 1892 – how exactly do they cause disease?
Biotechnology
Jul 14, 2011
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Galaxy sized twist in time pulls violating particles back into line
(PhysOrg.com) -- University of Warwick physicist has produced a galaxy sized solution which explains one of the outstanding puzzles of particle physics, while leaving the door open to the related conundrum of why different ...
General Physics
Jul 14, 2011
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Vietnam releases sacred turtle in good health
(AP) -- State media say a rare giant turtle considered sacred in Vietnam has been released back into a Hanoi lake.
Ecology
Jul 14, 2011
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Spotify to launch in US on Thursday
Swedish music streaming service Spotify is to launch in the United States on Thursday.
Internet
Jul 14, 2011
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Long, cramped road trips ahead for US astronauts
If you think of the shuttle as a kind of big space bus, the future for US astronauts will be a lot like squeezing into a three-seat compact car, made by Russia, for a very long road trip.
Space Exploration
Jul 14, 2011
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Apple makes first S. Korea payout over tracking
US technology giant Apple said Thursday it had made its first compensation payment in South Korea over a feature on its iPhone that can track the location of users.
Business
Jul 14, 2011
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