Chubu Electric said Friday it will build an 18-metre (60 foot) anti-tsunami seawall to protect its ageing Hamaoka nuclear plant located near a faultline in a region seen as vulnerable to earthquakes.
Energy & Green Tech
Jul 22, 2011
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Switzerland's top criminal court on Friday sentenced three green activists to more than three years in jail each for a foiled bomb attack on an IBM research centre near Zurich.
Other
Jul 22, 2011
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Apple Inc. is in talks to potentially bid for video-streaming service Hulu, according to a person close to the situation.
Business
Jul 22, 2011
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A multi-agency task force charged with eliminating illegal drug trafficking is installing a new software technology developed by the Office of Naval Research (ONR), the command announced July 21.
Engineering
Jul 22, 2011
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Renaissance architects demonstrated their understanding of geometry and physics when they built whispering galleries into their cathedrals. These circular chambers were designed to amplify and direct sound waves so that, ...
Nanomaterials
Jul 22, 2011
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After collecting weathered crude oil from the Gulf of Mexico following the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, researchers at The Institute of Environmental and Human Health (TIEHH) at Texas Tech University have reported that only ...
Environment
Jul 22, 2011
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It's a tough time to announce new tablet computers, after Apple's phenomenal quarterly report, but Lenovo is unveiling three new models taking aim at the iPad.
Consumer & Gadgets
Jul 22, 2011
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Water really is everywhere. Two teams of astronomers, each led by scientists at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech), have discovered the largest and farthest reservoir of water ever detected in the universe. ...
Astronomy
Jul 22, 2011
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When new mom Leah Dillon needed advice for her son's first fever, she wondered where to turn. Recently arrived in Palo Alto, Calif., she couldn't ask neighbors for guidance and wasn't sure if she should page her son's pediatrician ...
Internet
Jul 22, 2011
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Net Element wants to be ready for the day when 3-D videos on the Web are as common as cute kittens on YouTube.
Internet
Jul 22, 2011
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