People playing the wildly popular smartphone game Pokemon Go in Bosnia were urged Tuesday to avoid areas littered with unexploded mines left over from the 1990s conflict.
Software
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Many households in impoverished regions around the world are starting to shift away from inefficient and polluting fuel-based lighting—such as candles, firewood, and kerosene lanterns—to solar-LED systems. While this ...
Energy & Green Tech
Jul 19, 2016
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Materials scientists have created a new material that performs like a cell membrane found in nature. Such a material has long been sought for applications as varied as water purification and drug delivery.
Biochemistry
Jul 19, 2016
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The plan by Netflix to conquer the world with its streaming video service is moving slower than expected.
Business
Jul 19, 2016
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A judge on Tuesday suspended the WhatsApp smartphone messaging service across Brazil, where it is hugely popular, for failing to surrender user data in a police investigation.
Business
Jul 19, 2016
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Twitter and the National Basketball Association announced a deal Tuesday to stream live content, but not games, to users of the social media platform.
Internet
Jul 19, 2016
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Last month was the hottest June in modern history, marking the 14th consecutive month that global heat records have been broken, the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said Tuesday.
Environment
Jul 19, 2016
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This summer, with sea ice across the Arctic Ocean shrinking to below-average levels, a NASA airborne survey of polar ice just completed its first flights. Its target: aquamarine pools of melt water on the ice surface that ...
Earth Sciences
Jul 19, 2016
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As tedious as waiting in a government services line-up can be, that's what most people do, despite having the option of getting their business done online.
Social Sciences
Jul 19, 2016
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It's a problem veterinarians see all the time, but there are few treatments. Feline herpes virus 1 (FHV-1) is a frequent cause of eye infections in cats, but the drugs available to treat these infections must be applied multiple ...
Plants & Animals
Jul 19, 2016
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