Hollywood movie houses sue Pirate Bay operators
(AP) -- A dozen Hollywood production companies have filed a new lawsuit against file-sharing Web site The Pirate Bay.
Internet
Jul 28, 2009
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British government tells civil servants to tweet
(AP) -- The British government has told civil servants: Go forth and tweet.
Internet
Jul 28, 2009
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Teeny-tiny X-ray vision
The tubes that power X-ray machines are shrinking, improving the clarity and detail of their Superman-like vision. A team of nanomaterial scientists, medical physicists, and cancer biologists at the University of North Carolina ...
Nanomaterials
Jul 28, 2009
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Male germ cells can be directly converted into other cell types
Researchers have found a way to directly convert spermatogonial stem cells, the precursors of sperm cells, into tissues of the prostate, skin and uterus. Their approach, described this month in the journal Stem Cells, may ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jul 28, 2009
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Taking the hard work out of software
Developing software is a complicated and laborious process. A new European platform automates much of the tricky building and testing phases of programming.
Software
Jul 28, 2009
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GOES-14 Satellite Takes First Full Disk Image
(PhysOrg.com) -- The latest Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite, GOES-14, provided its first visible full disk image of Earth on July 27, at 2:00 p.m. EDT. The prime instrument on GOES, called the Imager, is ...
Space Exploration
Jul 28, 2009
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Breaking barriers with nanoscale lasers
(PhysOrg.com) -- We could soon see the potential of laser technology expand dramatically.
Optics & Photonics
Jul 28, 2009
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China first out of global financial crisis, says leading expert
China is the first major economy to start emerging from the global economic crisis, according to Dr Nicholas Lardy, Senior Fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics at Washington DC. This recovery is a ...
Economics & Business
Jul 28, 2009
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Wildfires set to increase 50 percent by 2050
The area of forest burnt by wildfires in the United States is set to increase by over 50% by 2050, according to research by climate scientists.
Earth Sciences
Jul 28, 2009
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Pulsating White Dwarfs Explained by 'Accidental Astronomer'
(PhysOrg.com)—Exploring distant parts of the galaxy, astrophysicist Denis Sullivan has collaborated on the discovery of about six extrasolar planets—not bad for an accidental astronomer.
Space Exploration
Jul 28, 2009
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