UK police force publishes all incidents to Twitter
(AP) -- From stolen cars to suspicious smells, one of Britain's biggest police forces is posting every incident it deals with over 24 hours to micro-blogging site Twitter.
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Is anxiety contagious? Surprising research finds common stress levels in social groups
(PhysOrg.com) -- Anxiety, or the reaction to a perceived danger, is a response that differs from one animal or human to another -- or so scientists thought. Now researchers at Tel Aviv University are challenging what we know ...
Plants & Animals
Oct 14, 2010
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Questions fuel 'Ask A Biologist' website success
The Arizona State University online children's science portal, "Ask A Biologist," provides the backdrop for an editor's pick in the Oct. 12 online edition of Public Library of Science (PLoS).
Other
Oct 14, 2010
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Orchid tricks hoverflies: Eastern marsh helleborine mimics aphid alarm pheromones to attract pollinators
Even Darwin was a self-admitted orchid lover. Dictionaries describe orchids as exotic ornamentals. Indeed, these plants – more than 30000 different species are thought to exist – are exotic due their extraordinary ...
Plants & Animals
Oct 14, 2010
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Unsung hero: Researchers produce high-res model of Ndc80 in action
(PhysOrg.com) -- Unless you are in a field of study related to cell biology, you most likely have never heard of Ndc80. Yet this protein complex is essential to mitosis, the process by which a living cell separates its chromosomes ...
Cell & Microbiology
Oct 14, 2010
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Verizon to join AT&T in selling Apple's iPad
(AP) -- In a sign of warming relations between the two companies, Verizon Wireless is going to start selling Apple Inc.'s iPad at the end of this month, the companies said Thursday.
Consumer & Gadgets
Oct 14, 2010
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Success in mergers and acquisitions
Could casual Fridays and meeting times determine the success of billion dollar mergers and acquisitions in the business world?
Economics & Business
Oct 14, 2010
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Indian executive describes design innovations of Tata Nano
An executive of an Indian conglomerate credited a corporate culture that encourages innovation with the creation of the world’s cheapest everyday car, a fuel-efficient, $2,500 four-seater that the company plans to export ...
Other
Oct 14, 2010
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Birth of nanoparticles seen by Argonne scientists for the first time
A team of scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory and the Carnegie Institution of Washington has succeeded in "watching" nanoparticles grow in real time.
Nanomaterials
Oct 14, 2010
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World's most challenging terrain virtually tested by Buick
It's a technology that would captivate anyone who grew up on video games. What if you could create an exact digital replica of one of the world's most challenging roads and then drive virtual cars on it to see what happens?
Engineering
Oct 14, 2010
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