(AP) -- Nokia Corp. is moving quickly to restructure its lagging smart phone business under new CEO Stephen Elop, announcing Thursday it will lay off 1,800 people even as third-quarter earnings bounced back from a year-ago ...
Business
Oct 21, 2010
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An analysis of plant and petroleum-derived plastics by University of Pittsburgh researchers suggests that biopolymers are not necessarily better for the environment than their petroleum-based relatives, according to a report ...
Environment
Oct 21, 2010
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(PhysOrg.com) -- One of the challenges faced by millions of people around the world is access to clean drinking water. Additionally, during natural disasters, it can be difficult for stricken areas to have access to the power ...
Over the past decade, Christine Mahoney and a team of scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in Maryland have been working to stop the threat of terrorist-based attacks in the form of explosives ...
Analytical Chemistry
Oct 21, 2010
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A study led by Dr Stuart Painter of the National Oceanography Centre helps explain the formation of huge phytoplankton blooms off the southeast coast of South America during the austral summer (December-January). The region ...
Earth Sciences
Oct 21, 2010
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Researchers at the University of Southampton are pioneering the use of wireless sensors to study a little-known phenomenon that affects the movement of glaciers.
Earth Sciences
Oct 21, 2010
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A commentary published in the journal, Science Translational Medicine, examines the structures of translational research investment in the UK.
Other
Oct 21, 2010
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An eye-catching image of a fruit fly embryo, which was taken by a postgraduate student at the University of Sheffield, has beaten-off stiff competition from hundreds of entries to win an award at a special photographic competition ...
Other
Oct 21, 2010
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Step aside copper and make way for a better carrier of information -- light.
Optics & Photonics
Oct 21, 2010
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Computer scientists at Carnegie Mellon University have devised an innovative and elegantly concise algorithm that can efficiently solve systems of linear equations that are critical to such important computer applications ...
Computer Sciences
Oct 21, 2010
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