US scientists testing earthquake early warning
Elizabeth Cochran was sitting in her office when her computer suddenly sounded an alarm.
Earth Sciences
Sep 20, 2011
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Graphene can be strengthened by folding
(PhysOrg.com) -- With a strength 200 times greater than that of steel, graphene is the strongest known material to exist. But now scientists have found that folding graphene nanoribbons into structures they call “grafold” ...
Japanese scientists explore electric roads for EVs
(PhysOrg.com) -- Masahiro Hanazawa of Toyota Central R&D Labs and Takashi Ohira from Toyohashi University are working on a solution for avoiding battery recharge headaches in powering electric cars. They are working on a ...
PETA goes wild in porn-for-animal-rights bid
Animal rights campaigners PETA will go wild later this year -- with a pornography website.
Other
Sep 20, 2011
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Bird flu batters South African ostrich farms
Once filled with hundreds of ostriches, the fields of the Klein Karoo are strangely empty.
Plants & Animals
Sep 20, 2011
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Samsung seeks sales ban on iPhone 5
South Korea's Samsung Electronics will file lawsuits to try to block the sale of Apple's iPhone 5 as part of its global legal tussle with the US technology giant, a report said Tuesday.
Business
Sep 20, 2011
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Google under scrutiny over search dominance
Google's executive chairman Eric Schmidt will take center stage at a Senate hearing Wednesday into whether the Internet giant is abusing its dominant position in online search.
Internet
Sep 20, 2011
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'No leak of key info' in Mitsubishi cyber attack
Japan's defence minister on Tuesday said cyber attackers who breached security at defence contractor Mitsubishi Heavy Industries had not got their hands on any sensitive data.
Internet
Sep 20, 2011
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Netflix says it's sorry, then creates new uproar
(AP) -- The CEO of Netflix said he was sorry for mishandling a recent price increase that caused customers to cancel the service in droves. But the apology was drowned out by a decision that angered subscribers all over ...
Business
Sep 20, 2011
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Fukushima: Reflections six months on
When the Tohoku earthquake and subsequent tsunami hit the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station on March 11, 2011, the world witnessed the largest nuclear incident since the 1986 Chernobyl disaster. In a special Fukushima ...
Energy & Green Tech
Sep 20, 2011
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