Nokia, the world's top mobile phone maker, surprised investors Thursday with a much better-than-expected 2009 performance after it resolved product problems, sending its share price soaring.
Business
Jan 28, 2010
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(PhysOrg.com) -- They haven't had sex in some 30 million years, but some very small invertebrates named bdelloid rotifers are still shocking biologists - they should have gone extinct long ago. Cornell researchers have discovered ...
Plants & Animals
Jan 28, 2010
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Phase transitions -- changes of matter from one state to another without altering its chemical makeup -- are an important part of life in our three-dimensional world. Water falls to the ground as snow, melts ...
Nanomaterials
Jan 28, 2010
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Scientists have long studied how atoms and molecules structure themselves into intricate clusters. Unlocking the design secrets of Nature offers lessons in engineering artificial systems that could self-assemble into any ...
Condensed Matter
Jan 28, 2010
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A George Washington University expedition to the Gobi Desert of China has enabled researchers to solve the puzzle of how one group of dinosaurs came to look like birds independent of birds. The discovery ...
Archaeology
Jan 28, 2010
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The nation is hoping for a bright future. Many believe the key to strengthening the U.S. economy and competing globally lies in fostering an innovative culture and educating America's youth in science, technology, engineering ...
Social Sciences
Jan 28, 2010
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Earthquakes triggered the deadliest disasters of the past decade and remain a major threat for millions of people worldwide who live in some of the world's megacities, the United Nations said Thursday.
Earth Sciences
Jan 28, 2010
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Migrating birds can and do keep their travel dates flexible, a new study published online on January 28th in Current Biology reveals. But in the case of pied flycatchers, at least, an earlier takeoff hasn't necessarily translated ...
Plants & Animals
Jan 28, 2010
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The nectar of the almond tree produces an extraordinary and dangerous poison. This is the only known plant to have this poison in its flowers' nectar. A study carried out at the University of Haifa has revealed that bees ...
Plants & Animals
Jan 28, 2010
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Humans and human activities have clearly altered the Earth's landscape and oceans in countless ways, often to the detriment of other plants and animals. But a new report published online on January 28th in Current Biology ...
Ecology
Jan 28, 2010
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