France to sanction Google over privacy rules
France said Friday it will fine Google up to 300,000 euros ($402,180) for breaking rules on data privacy.
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Sep 27, 2013
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Weighing the Antarctic ice sheet
One of the last big unknowns in the global climate equation is Antarctica. How stable is the Antarctic ice sheet? More than a mile thick, on average, it locks up 70 percent of the Earth's fresh water.
Earth Sciences
Sep 27, 2013
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Q&A: FBI agent fights cyberattacks on corporate America
Corporate America has increasingly found itself under siege by hackers backed by organized criminals and foreign governments alike.
Internet
Sep 27, 2013
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New species of fascinating opportunistic shelter using leaf beetles
Many animals construct homes or shelters to escape from biological and physical hostilities. Birds, spiders, termites, ants, bees and wasps are the most famous animal architects. As shelter construction requires considerable ...
Plants & Animals
Sep 27, 2013
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Bright, laser-based lighting devices
As a modern culture, we crave artificial white lights—the brighter the better, and ideally using less energy than ever before. To meet the ever-escalating demand for more lighting in more places and to improve the bulbs ...
General Physics
Sep 27, 2013
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A new paradigm for nanoscale resolution MRI has been experimentally achieved
A team from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Northwestern University has devised a novel nuclear magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) technique that delivers a roughly 10-nanometer spatial resolution. This represents ...
General Physics
Sep 27, 2013
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3-D models of electrical streamers: New work may be key to avoiding large-scale power outages
Streamers may be great for decorating a child's party, but in dielectrics, they are the primary origin of electric breakdown. They can cause catastrophic damage to electrical equipment, harm the surrounding environment, and ...
General Physics
Sep 27, 2013
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'Accelerator on a chip' demonstrated
In an advance that could dramatically shrink particle accelerators for science and medicine, researchers used a laser to accelerate electrons at a rate 10 times higher than conventional technology in a nanostructured glass ...
Nanophysics
Sep 27, 2013
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Facebook's status among investors goes from dud to darling
Facebook Inc. has just one question for Wall Street: How do you like me now?
Business
Sep 27, 2013
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Review: Moto X a good phone that should have been great
I really like Motorola's new Moto X smartphone. In a way, though, that's disappointing: But for a couple of shortcomings, I could have loved it.
Consumer & Gadgets
Sep 27, 2013
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