The wrong sites for solar
Is it possible that solar energy - clean, renewable, virtually infinite - could have a downside? As it's being pursued on our public lands, yes.
Energy & Green Tech
May 19, 2011
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In-car device monitors blood sugar for diabetic drivers
People with diabetes and their caregivers know that careful and constant monitoring of their blood sugar levels is critical to managing the disease. But even while driving?
Hi Tech & Innovation
May 19, 2011
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Studying 'squid skin' to create new camouflage patterns
As an octopus, a squid, or a cuttlefish moves around a reef in the ocean, it instantly camouflages itself against the background. Known as cephalopods, these animals have the extraordinary ability to conceal themselves from ...
Plants & Animals
May 19, 2011
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Research ship Polarstern returns from Antartica
Bremerhaven, 19 May 2011. The research vessel Polarstern of the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research in the Helmholtz Association will arrive back at its homeport of Bremerhaven after a seven-month expedition ...
Earth Sciences
May 19, 2011
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Virtual reality players form real-world community
(AP) -- In a downtown New York restaurant, a high-ranking Mafia meeting was underway. Three men who robbed, murdered and extorted together were having a top-level sit-down.
Internet
May 19, 2011
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New Dish CEO: More acquisitions on horizon
(AP) -- Joe Clayton, the incoming chief executive of Dish Network Corp., said Thursday that more acquisitions are on the horizon as the satellite TV provider pieces together a "new video model" to compete other pay TV operators ...
Business
May 19, 2011
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US lawmakers query smartphone 'apps' in privacy
Apple, Facebook, and Google on Thursday fielded questions from US lawmakers concerned that smartphones and popular mobile "apps" were putting people's privacy at risk.
Internet
May 19, 2011
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Groupon enters a crowded market for deals in China
Groupon Inc. may be the undisputed king of Internet coupons in the United States.
Business
May 19, 2011
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Acer's Iconia laptop skips keys in favor of double touch screens
In this world of virtual this and virtual that, there comes a product that offers something really different than everybody else. The Iconia from Acer America is not a laptop nor is it a notebook. Acer is calling it a "touchbook" ...
Consumer & Gadgets
May 19, 2011
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Atomic-scale structures of ribosome could help improve antibiotics
(PhysOrg.com) -- It sounds like hype from a late-night infomercial: It can twist and bend without breaking! And wait, there's more: It could someday help you fend off disease!
Biochemistry
May 19, 2011
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