Florida university unveils new 'Wall of Wind' hurricane simulator
Nearly 20 years after Hurricane Andrew, a Category 5 wind once again shredded roofs in Miami-Dade County.
Earth Sciences
Aug 22, 2012
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China Telecom profit down 8.3 percent
(AP) — China Telecom Ltd., one of the country's three major state-owned phone carriers, said Wednesday its first-half profit fell 8.3 percent amid intense competition and high technology costs.
Business
Aug 22, 2012
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LG releases 'world's largest' ultra-definition TV
South Korea's LG Electronics on Wednesday began sales of what it claims is the world's largest ultra-definition television, with a view to expanding its share of the premium TV market.
Consumer & Gadgets
Aug 22, 2012
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Students demo autonomous robotic systems
(Phys.org) -- Pop into Cornell's Autonomous Systems Lab in Rhodes Hall any given day, and a mechanical arthropod might be negotiating a steep ramp, or a Roomba-like rover could be cleaning up a cluttered room.
Robotics
Aug 22, 2012
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Voice-stress software is put to the test
(Phys.org) -- Computer scientists working in a range of departments, from pervasive computing to mobile computing to sensors, will converge in Pittsburgh for the 14th International Conference on Ubiquitous Computing (Ubicomp ...
Leak brings safety of Hanford nuclear site into question
As part of the biggest, costliest environmental cleanup in the nation's history-disposing of 53 million gallons of radioactive waste at the Hanford nuclear reservation in Washington state-one thing was supposed to be sure: ...
Environment
Aug 22, 2012
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Molecule reorganises itself for new functions
(Phys.org) -- The discovery of a synthetic molecule, made up of 60 simple components that are able to reorganise themselves to produce new functions, will lead to better understanding of nature's processes.
Materials Science
Aug 22, 2012
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Are East Europeans victims of racism in the UK?
Since 2004, nearly 1.9 million East Europeans have come to the UK1. New research, led by academics at the University of Bristol, has examined how current East European migration to the UK has been racialised in immigration ...
Social Sciences
Aug 22, 2012
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Court strikes down EPA pollution rule
A federal appeals court Tuesday struck down a key Obama administration air pollution rule meant to protect residents of some states from polluters in neighboring states, saying that the Environmental Protection Agency must ...
Environment
Aug 22, 2012
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Pupils pay for regulation of teachers' salaries
Teacher productivity is a large concern for the current coalition government. A new study, published today [22 August] investigated the relationship between centralised pay setting of teachers’ salaries and school ...
Social Sciences
Aug 22, 2012
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