Tenet to build presence in short-stay surgery centers, UK
Hospital chain Tenet Healthcare will spend more than $600 million on separate deals to expand its presence in short-stay surgery and grow in the United Kingdom.
Business
Mar 23, 2015
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New membranes deliver clean water more efficiently
Researchers from the Melbourne School of Engineering at the University of Melbourne, in conjunction with CSIRO, have developed new membranes or micro-filters that will result in clean water in a much more energy efficient ...
Materials Science
Mar 23, 2015
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How safe is encryption today?
When checking your email over a secure connection, or making a purchase from an online retailer, have you ever wondered how your private information or credit card data is kept secure?
Security
Mar 23, 2015
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Ancient Roman city remains unscathed by "selfie" invasion
Dr Zena Kamash from the Department of Classics at Royal Holloway, University of London, has discovered the photos tourists take of Pompeii are almost identical to those taken by our ancestors.
Archaeology
Mar 23, 2015
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Frenchman fights to make Gabon a gorilla haven
Hearing the dreaded sound of human footsteps, three enormous gorillas jump down from the branches of central Gabon's lush rainforests and rush off into the distance.
Ecology
Mar 23, 2015
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Researchers use unmanned aircraft to inspect energy pipeline route in rural Virginia
The first Mid-Atlantic Aviation Partnership at Virginia Tech test flight using a fixed-wing unmanned aircraft to inspect an energy pipeline route—with a piloted chase plane following behind to ensure safety beyond the ground ...
Engineering
Mar 23, 2015
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When your body becomes your password, the end of the login is nigh
Passwords are a pain. I've just had to rummage around for the password required in order to post this article. I seem to have 100 or more different identities on different websites to manage. Whenever I book a flight or buy ...
Security
Mar 23, 2015
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Solar eclipses offer opportunity for science, as well as for awe and wonder
A solar eclipse is a rare event to witness first hand. A wag might add that once you've factored in the British weather they're rarer still, however observers in some areas of the UK managed to peer through the clouds and ...
Space Exploration
Mar 23, 2015
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Czechs deploy wild horses from Britain to save biodiversity
Twenty-five years ago it was a military zone where occupying Soviet troops held exercises. Today it's a sanctuary inhabited by wild animals that scientists hope will improve biodiversity among local plants as well as save ...
Ecology
Mar 23, 2015
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Operation IceBridge debuts its seventh Arctic campaign
NASA's Operation IceBridge, an airborne survey of polar ice, successfully completed its first Greenland research flight of 2015 on March 19, thus launching its seventh Arctic campaign. This year's science flights over Arctic ...
Earth Sciences
Mar 23, 2015
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