Infineon swings into profit, pays first dividend since 2001
German chip maker Infineon Tuesday posted a healthy profit for its fiscal year 2010 and rewarded its shareholders by paying out its first dividend for nine years.
Business
Nov 16, 2010
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Japan confirms space probe brought home asteroid dust (Update)
A Japanese deep-space probe became the first ever to collect asteroid dust, during a seven-year odyssey that ended with its return to Earth over the Australian desert this year, Japan said Tuesday.
Space Exploration
Nov 16, 2010
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Paraguay nixes expedition to remote tribal region
Paraguay suspended a British scientific expedition into the remote Chaco woodlands after indigenous rights groups raised concerns over the welfare of protected tribes in the region.
Environment
Nov 16, 2010
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Google working on phone with built-in payment tool
Google Inc. is taking another stab at designing a game-changing mobile phone, this time by including a built-in payment system that could eventually enable the devices to replace credit cards.
Consumer & Gadgets
Nov 16, 2010
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Benefits of preschool vary by family income
State-funded preschool programs have historically enrolled low-income children, aiming to help them start school on a footing closer to nonpoor youngsters. Today, more and more states are expanding access to preschool programs, ...
Social Sciences
Nov 16, 2010
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US scientists significantly more likely to publish fake research
US scientists are significantly more likely to publish fake research than scientists from elsewhere, finds a trawl of officially withdrawn (retracted) studies, published online in the Journal of Medical Ethics.
Other
Nov 16, 2010
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'Space-time cloak' to conceal events revealed in new study
(PhysOrg.com) -- The study, by researchers from Imperial College London, involves a new class of materials called metamaterials, which can be artificially engineered to distort light or sound waves. With conventional materials, ...
Optics & Photonics
Nov 16, 2010
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