Taiwan's leading personal computer maker Acer has announced a larger than expected fourth-quarter net loss after a write-down of the value of its brands, including Gateway and Packard Bell.
Business
Mar 20, 2013
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The moon. Our nearest neighbour. The main source of the ocean's tides, and a beacon that drives the lives of animals across the globe. And also, to date, the only object beyond Earth on which humans have set foot.
Space Exploration
Mar 20, 2013
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(Phys.org) —Scientists working at the Stanford Institute for Materials and Energy Sciences (SIMES) have improved an innovative solar-energy device to be about 100 times more efficient than its previous design in converting ...
Energy & Green Tech
Mar 20, 2013
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A new wonder material that can generate hydrogen, produce clean water and even create energy.
Materials Science
Mar 20, 2013
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(Phys.org) —Using laser light to read and write magnetic data by quickly flipping tiny magnetic domains could help keep pace with the demand for faster computing devices.
Optics & Photonics
Mar 20, 2013
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By using improved magnetic materials, based on the control of interface properties of ultra-thin magnetic films, researchers from the Suzhou Institute of Nano-tech and Nano-bionics, Chinese Academy of Sciences (SINANO), the ...
Nanophysics
Mar 20, 2013
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Researchers have for the first time demonstrated that mechanical forces can control the depolymerization of actin, a critical protein that provides the major force-bearing structure in the cytoskeletons of cells. The research ...
Cell & Microbiology
Mar 20, 2013
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(Phys.org) —A ground-breaking new study challenges popular assumptions about the feeding behaviour of the world's largest predatory fish, the white shark.
Plants & Animals
Mar 20, 2013
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(Phys.org) —Marine stratocumulus clouds stretched across the southern Indian Ocean in early March 2013. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA's Aqua satellite acquired this natural-color image ...
Earth Sciences
Mar 20, 2013
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At least 37 cows have died after an anthrax outbreak in Moree, northern NSW, it was reported today.
Other
Mar 20, 2013
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