Leap Wireless' Cricket hops on to national stage
(AP) -- Leap Wireless International Inc. is taking its Cricket prepaid cellular service from a regional to a national player through a deal with Sprint Nextel Corp.
Telecom
Aug 04, 2010
0
0
New Study Sheds Light on U.S. Wind Power Market
(PhysOrg.com) -- The U.S. was one of the fastest-growing wind power markets in the world in 2009, second only to China, according to a report released today by the U.S. Department of Energy and prepared by Lawrence Berkeley ...
Energy & Green Tech
Aug 04, 2010
0
0
Samsung Announces Two-Terabyte EcoGreen Hard Drive
Samsung Electronics today announced the F4EG, the world's highest-density, environmentally friendly hard disk drive (HDD) for the desktop market. The EcoGreen F4 features a 2-terabyte (TB) capacity - 667GB for each of its ...
Hardware
Aug 04, 2010
0
0
Hundreds of New Views from Telescope Orbiting Mars
(PhysOrg.com) -- The most powerful telescopic camera ever to orbit Mars reveals a fresh crater, an ice mound, climate-recording layers and many other views in 314 newly released observations.
Space Exploration
Aug 04, 2010
0
0
Academy's mollusk collection plays key role in Gulf oil impact study
Unknown to most non-scientists, the nation's oldest mollusk collection resides four floors above one of Philadelphia's busiest tourist areas and is now being pressed into action to determine the impact of the nation's worst ...
Ecology
Aug 04, 2010
0
0
Dish to stream live TV on iPad, other devices
(AP) -- Dish subscribers will soon be able to watch live satellite TV on their mobile devices at no extra cost.
Consumer & Gadgets
Aug 04, 2010
4
0
Unprecedented look at oxide interfaces reveals unexpected structures on atomic scale
Thin layers of oxide materials and their interfaces have been observed in atomic resolution during growth for the first time by researchers at the Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences at the Department of Energy's Oak ...
Nanomaterials
Aug 04, 2010
3
0
First nearshore survey of Antarctic krill reveals high density, stable population in shallow waters
Using smaller vessels that allow access to shallow, nearshore waters, researchers from Stony Brook University and the Southwest Fisheries Science Center conducted the first multi-year survey of the population of Antarctic ...
Ecology
Aug 04, 2010
0
0
Foreclosure reduces a home's sale price by 27 percent on average
Foreclosure reduces the eventual sale price of a home by an average 27 percent, compared to the prices paid for similar properties nearby. Those nearby homes, in turn, could see their own prices depressed by 1 percent, if ...
Economics & Business
Aug 04, 2010
1
0
Biofuel study looks at cost to wildlife and environmental diversity
Whether we can grow bio-energy crops such as switchgrass and forage sorghum isn't the question, said a Texas AgriLife Research scientist.
Environment
Aug 04, 2010
0
0
