Between LOLs, emoticons and 140-character rants, it may seem like digital communication has only served to stunt young people's writing abilities.
Social Sciences
Aug 15, 2014
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A convergence of factors is propelling a market rollout of the hydrogen fuel cell vehicle, according to a new study from the Institute of Transportation Studies at the University of California, Davis. A key to hydrogen's ...
Energy & Green Tech
Aug 15, 2014
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In recent years, a number of U.S.-based corporations with significant international holdings have shifted their headquarters overseas in an attempt to lower their tax bills. At 35 percent, the U.S. nominal corporate tax rate ...
Economics & Business
Aug 15, 2014
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A group of Auburn researchers has published a study that could overturn some long-held paradigms regarding spider web evolution.
Plants & Animals
Aug 15, 2014
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In the age of big data, visualization tools are vital. With a single glance at a graphic display, a human being can recognize patterns that a computer might fail to find even after hours of analysis.
Computer Sciences
Aug 15, 2014
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It makes sense that the credit for science papers with multiple authors should go to the authors who perform the bulk of the research, yet that's not always the case.
Computer Sciences
Aug 15, 2014
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Wildlife experts lose one to two black rhinoceros each year from anesthesia complications when they capture and relocate the animals. That's 1 to 2 percent of the black rhinos that are moved annually, but with only 5,000 ...
Ecology
Aug 15, 2014
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(Phys.org) —"One thing led to another," people often say. Events, discoveries and relationships are triggered by something previous. The iPhone case was designed only because the iPhone was invented first. A song became ...
Mathematics
Aug 15, 2014
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(Phys.org) —Water may appear to be an abundant resource, but in some parts of the world clean water is hard to come by.
Engineering
Aug 15, 2014
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It's an eye-catching angle in the story of an experimental treatment for Ebola: The drug comes from tobacco plants that were turned into living pharmaceutical factories.
Biotechnology
Aug 15, 2014
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