Sex.com creditors say domain's too hot for NY sale
(AP) -- The suitors for Sex.com have been put off for now.
Internet
Mar 18, 2010
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Engineers: Weak laser can ignite nanoparticles, with exciting possibilities
University of Florida engineering researchers have found they can ignite certain nanoparticles using a low-power laser, a development they say opens the door to a wave of new technologies in health care, computing and automotive ...
Nanophysics
Mar 18, 2010
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HTC to 'fully defend' itself against Apple patent suit
Taiwan cellphone maker HTC, accused by Apple of infringing on iPhone patents, said Thursday it will "fully defend" itself against the charges.
Business
Mar 18, 2010
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Microsoft rival: browser downloads double
(AP) -- Norway's Opera said Thursday that downloads of its browser more than doubled after Microsoft Corp. was forced to give European users a choice of Web software to settle European Union antitrust charges.
Software
Mar 18, 2010
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First study to link earlier butterfly emergence with climate change
Butterflies are emerging in spring over 10 days earlier than they did 65 years ago, a shift that has been linked to regional human-induced climate change in a University of Melbourne- led study. The work reveals for the first ...
Ecology
Mar 18, 2010
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Multifunctional polymer neutralizes both biological and chemical weapons
In an ongoing effort to mirror the ability of biological tissues to respond rapidly and appropriately to changing environments, scientists from the McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine have synthesized a single, multifunctional ...
Polymers
Mar 18, 2010
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Power Walk This Way: Scientists Develop Device That Harnesses Energy from Everyday Movements
(PhysOrg.com) -- These boots are made for walking... and for powering up your cell phone? It could happen, say a team of Princeton and Caltech scientists. In a recent paper in the journal Nano Letters, they report that they ...
Nanophysics
Mar 18, 2010
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Nano-based RFID tags could replace bar codes
Long lines at store checkouts could be history if a new technology created in part at Rice University comes to pass.
Nanophysics
Mar 18, 2010
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Homework copying can turn As into Cs, Bs into Ds
Copying a few answers from another student’s math or science homework assignment occurs much more frequently than copying during examinations or plagiarism on term papers. It is rarely prosecuted by discipline committees ...
Social Sciences
Mar 18, 2010
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China Mobile hopes to agree iPhone deal
China Mobile said on Thursday it hopes to soon reach a deal with Apple to sell the iPhone, several months after rival China Unicom launched the iconic smartphone in the country.
Business
Mar 18, 2010
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