Amazon to invest $2 bln to expand in India
(AP)—The world's largest online retailer is facing off in India against a new name in e-commerce that was founded by former Amazon employees.
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Jul 30, 2014
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Baby zebra is latest success in research partnership
The recent birth of a female Grevy's zebra foal at the Saint Louis Zoo marks another milestone in a long-running Washington University in St. Louis research partnership that is making significant contributions to the preservation ...
Plants & Animals
Jul 30, 2014
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NIST corrosion lab tests suggest need for underground gas tank retrofits
A hidden hazard lurks beneath many of the roughly 156,000 gas stations across the United States.
Engineering
Jul 30, 2014
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Body by smartphone
We love our smartphones. Since they marched out of the corporate world and into the hands of consumers about 10 years ago, we've relied more and more on our iPhone and Android devices to organize our schedules, our social ...
Software
Jul 30, 2014
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German chip-maker Infineon ups full-year forecast
German semiconductor maker Infineon revised slightly upward its annual forecast on Wednesday after reporting higher third-quarter earnings and sales.
Business
Jul 30, 2014
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How science can beat the flawed metric that rules it
In order to improve something, we need to be able to measure its quality. This is true in public policy, in commercial industries, and also in science. Like other fields, science has a growing need for quantitative evaluation ...
Other
Jul 30, 2014
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Famine in the Horn of Africa (1984) was caused by El Niño and currents in the Indian Ocean
Oceanic patterns are important drivers of climatic variability. There is a clear link between periods of drought in the North Ethiopian Highlands and oceanic phases of El Niño, the Indian Ocean Dipole and the Southwestern ...
Earth Sciences
Jul 30, 2014
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Time to reappraise how we interpret minerals
A study by the University of Liverpool has provided new insight into how minerals grow under the Earth's surface.
Earth Sciences
Jul 30, 2014
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Spin-based electronics: New material successfully tested
Spintronics is an emerging field of electronics, where devices work by manipulating the spin of electrons rather than the current generated by their motion. This field can offer significant advantages to computer technology. ...
General Physics
Jul 30, 2014
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New understanding of how bacteria build their protective cell wall
Using a series of chemical and genetic tricks to interrogate a dizzying cast of characters involved in the process of building a cell wall, researchers believe they have discovered the hidden identity of a key enzyme involved ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jul 30, 2014
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