Apple's iPad went on sale in Brazil from Friday, with customers lining up at stores to get their hands on the tablet computer whose entry into Latin America's biggest market faced pricing and other challenges.
Consumer & Gadgets
Dec 3, 2010
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About every minute two children die from malaria caused by a parasite in the genus Plasmodium. Researchers have recently identified pivotal regulators controlling the malaria parasite’s transmission and found that more ...
Biotechnology
Dec 3, 2010
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On December 2, 1995, the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory or SOHO was launched into space from Cape Canaveral aboard an Atlas IIAS rocket. The joint ESA/NASA project began its work observing the sun at a time when the term ...
Space Exploration
Dec 3, 2010
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A recent review co-edited by UCL'S Professor Richard Blundell has found that the UK tax system imposes unnecessary costs on the economy.
Economics & Business
Dec 3, 2010
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The U.S. patent office has granted Apple a patent for a 3-D projection system that doesn't require the use of bulky 3-D glasses. This gives the viewer more freedom of movement and viewing angles.
From the Roman aqueducts to the Empire State Building, concrete is the most common manmade building material on the planet. It’s also one of the largest sources of industrial emissions: the red-hot kilns used to make ...
Materials Science
Dec 3, 2010
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Women may have become a force in other professions, but they remain a conspicuous minority in the board rooms and executive suites of California’s 400 largest public companies, a UC Davis study has found.
Social Sciences
Dec 3, 2010
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When assessing education, much attention goes to the administrative control of the school district, teaching and testing. But little goes to the growing evidence that where learning occurs matters. American school buildings ...
Social Sciences
Dec 3, 2010
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Hurricane Katrina. 9/11. The BP oil spill. Natural and manmade disasters destroy lives and cost billions in damages. Communities do their best to cope, clean up and rebuild, but psychological and societal scars can linger, ...
Social Sciences
Dec 3, 2010
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The May 6, 2010, stock market crash briefly erased almost $1 trillion in value and plunged the Dow Jones Industrial Average into its biggest intraday fall ever. The market recovered most of its losses within the hour, but ...
Economics & Business
Dec 3, 2010
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