Holiday sales pattern skews online; malls lose some luster (Update)
More often shoppers are making the decision to sit on their couches rather than head to stores this holiday season.
More often shoppers are making the decision to sit on their couches rather than head to stores this holiday season.
Business
Dec 18, 2015
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One of the scourges of infections in hospitals—biofilms formed by bacteria that stick to each other on living tissue and medical instruments, making them harder to remove—can be tricked into dispersing with the targeted ...
Cell & Microbiology
Dec 18, 2015
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If every other passenger car in Norway is plugged into the electric network by 2020, Europe will have to produce more electricity – mainly from coal-fired power plants – to meet the demand. But it will be a plus for the ...
Environment
Dec 18, 2015
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Parasitic mites Varroa destructor together with the pesticide imidacloprid hamper bees in their search for pollen. The pesticide and the bee parasite reduce the honeybees' flight capacity, causing bee colonies to weaken and ...
Plants & Animals
Dec 18, 2015
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Prof. Hyung Joon Cha (Dept. of Chemical Engineering) and a team of researchers examined the behavior of sea anemone to create a mechanically durable hydrogel. Since the body length and width of sea anemone varies almost ten-fold ...
Materials Science
Dec 18, 2015
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Coal once fueled the British Empire, employed armies of men and shook the power of governments.
Environment
Dec 18, 2015
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BlackBerry reported quarterly results Friday that beat Wall Street expectations, even as revenue fell sharply.
Business
Dec 18, 2015
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A Dutch appeals court ruled Friday that four Nigerian farmers may take their case against oil giant Shell to a judge in the Netherlands, in a landmark ruling involving multinational corporate governance.
Environment
Dec 18, 2015
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Physical attacks on devices connected to the Internet can be detected by analysing WiFi signals, computer scientists have discovered.
Telecom
Dec 18, 2015
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Cryptography is the science of keeping secrets, with encryption algorithms and methods such as public key encryption the gold standard. Despite widespread usage and heavy scrutiny, these ciphers remain unbroken. But while ...
Internet
Dec 18, 2015
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