From a zebra carcass on the plains of Namibia in Southern Africa, an international team of researchers has discovered a new, unusually large virus (or bacteriophage) that infects the bacterium that causes anthrax. The novel ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jan 27, 2014
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Documents leaked by former NSA contactor Edward Snowden suggest that spy agencies have a powerful ally in Angry Birds and a host of other apps installed on smartphones across the globe.
Security
Jan 27, 2014
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Microsoft is renaming its cloud storage service "OneDrive" after British broadcaster BSkyB took issue with its former name, "SkyDrive."
Business
Jan 27, 2014
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Microsoft on Monday said that it bought the rights to "Gears of War" in a move that promises to keep the hit videogame franchise true to Xbox consoles.
Software
Jan 27, 2014
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Quentin Tarantino has sued a news and gossip site, saying it posted a leaked script of the director's latest project.
Other
Jan 27, 2014
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Lithuania said Monday it plans a mass cull of its wild boars due to an outbreak of African swine fever after neighbours banned pork import from the Baltic EU state.
Ecology
Jan 27, 2014
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The U.S. government is looking at ways to prevent anyone from spying on its own surveillance of Americans' phone records.
Security
Jan 27, 2014
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Nearly 30 years after the discovery of high-temperature superconductivity, many questions remain, but an Oak Ridge National Laboratory team is providing insight that could lead to better superconductors.
Superconductivity
Jan 27, 2014
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(Phys.org) —Using the National Science Foundation's Robert C. Byrd Green Bank Telescope (GBT), astronomer D.J. Pisano from West Virginia University has discovered what could be a never-before-seen river of hydrogen flowing ...
Astronomy
Jan 27, 2014
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Can video and computer games teach college students how to be better community citizens? Educators and researchers at Tufts University's Jonathan M. Tisch College of Citizenship and Public Service hope so. They're developing ...
Social Sciences
Jan 27, 2014
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