Cam captures penguin hatching at Pittsburgh aviary
A webcam captured images of the first of two African penguins hatching at the National Aviary in Pittsburgh.
Plants & Animals
Dec 16, 2014
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Tag Heuer changes tune, now looking at smartwatches
Barely a few months after dismissing Apple's smartwatch, the new chief executive of luxury Swiss watchmaker Tag Heuer conceded Tuesday that such a hi-tech gadget might after all have a place in his firm's line-up.
Consumer & Gadgets
Dec 16, 2014
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Artist's 'Angry Birds' lawsuit goes forward
A federal judge refused to dismiss a lawsuit by a Seattle artist who says she was cheated out of millions of dollars when the company that sold her line of plush pet toys called "Angry Birds" reached a deal with the Finnish ...
Business
Dec 16, 2014
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After Google, Dutch privacy watchdog probes Facebook
A Dutch government-affiliated watchdog said Tuesday it is probing changes in Facebook's privacy policy, the latest skirmish in a wider fight over the commercial use of online personal data.
Business
Dec 16, 2014
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Startup Seamless Devices launches from professor Peter Kinget's lab
Innovative technology developed in Electrical Engineering Professor Peter Kinget's lab is at the core of Seamless Devices, a startup co-founded by Kinget and his former student Jayanth Kuppambatti PhD'14. Seamless Devices ...
Electronics & Semiconductors
Dec 16, 2014
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Physics professor publishes exact solution to model Big Bang and quark gluon plasma
Unlike in mathematics, it is rare to have exact solutions to physics problems.
General Physics
Dec 16, 2014
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The simplest element: Turning hydrogen into 'graphene'
New work from Carnegie's Ivan Naumov and Russell Hemley delves into the chemistry underlying some surprising recent observations about hydrogen, and reveals remarkable parallels between hydrogen and graphene under extreme ...
Nanomaterials
Dec 16, 2014
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Previously removed immigrants more likely to be rearrested later, study finds
Unauthorized immigrants who previously have been removed from the United States are more than 2.5 times more likely to be rearrested after leaving jail, and are likely to be rearrested much more frequently than those who ...
Social Sciences
Dec 16, 2014
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Political extremists may be less susceptible to common cognitive bias
People who occupy the extreme ends of the political spectrum, whether liberal or conservative, may be less influenced by outside information on a simple estimation task than political moderates, according to new research ...
Social Sciences
Dec 16, 2014
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New tracers can identify coal ash contamination in water
Duke University scientists have developed new forensic tracers to identify coal ash contamination in water and distinguish it from contamination coming from other sources.
Environment
Dec 16, 2014
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