eBay, Sotheby's unveil tie-up on art auctions (Update)
Highbrow art house Sotheby's is opening a door to the masses in an alliance with Internet age online marketplace eBay.
Business
Jul 14, 2014
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How Google and friends aim to block patent trolls
Google, Canon and other information technology corporations last week announced they're banding together in an attempt to fix an allegedly broken patent system and squash the wave of patent trolls and privateers crippling ...
Business
Jul 14, 2014
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European Space Agency to reduce vibrations in future space rockets
Engineers at University College Dublin have been contracted by the European Space Agency to find new ways to reduce vibrations during lift-off in future launcher designs.
Space Exploration
Jul 14, 2014
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A-maize-ing double life of a genome
Early maize farmers selected for genes that improved the harvesting of sunlight, a new detailed study of how plants use 'doubles' of their genomes reveals. The findings could help current efforts to improve existing crop ...
Biotechnology
Jul 14, 2014
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Solar storm radiation can be harmful for frequent fliers
Space weather impacts many modern-day technologies. But one of the most concerning – and least reported – space weather effects is the increased radiation exposure to passengers on commercial long-distance flights during ...
Space Exploration
Jul 14, 2014
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Are digital currencies the future of money?
We all know how to make money: get a job, make things and sell them, maybe play the stock markets. But what about creating a whole new kind of money?
Internet
Jul 14, 2014
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UK surveillance programmes challenged at tribunal
Civil liberties campaigners began a legal challenge Monday against the alleged use of mass surveillance programmes by the British intelligence services, in what they said were historic public hearings sparked by the Snowden ...
Security
Jul 14, 2014
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Flower development in 3D: Timing is the key
In close collaboration with Jürg Schönenberger and Yannick Städler from the Department of Botany and Biodiversity Research of the Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Vienna, 14 developmental stages of the flower of ...
Biotechnology
Jul 14, 2014
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Serendipity at the Smithsonian: The 107-year journey of the beetle Rhipidocyrtus muiri
Serendipity leads University of Kansas scientists to the discovery and description of Rhipidocyrtus muiri - a 107 year old, lost in collections specimen, which turned out to represent a new genus and species. The long and ...
Plants & Animals
Jul 14, 2014
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The world's first photonic router
Weizmann Institute scientists have demonstrated for the first time a photonic router – a quantum device based on a single atom that enables routing of single photons by single photons. This achievement, as reported in Science ...
Quantum Physics
Jul 14, 2014
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