Reading innovation may help young readers
School students may be the next group of readers to benefit from the latest innovation in reading –sound tracks incorporated into e-books.
Social Sciences
Nov 5, 2013
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Imec demonstrates world's first III-V FinFET devices monolithically integrated on 300mm silicon wafers
Imec, a leading nanoelectronics research center, announced today that it has successfully demonstrated the first III-V compound semiconductor FinFET devices integrated epitaxially on 300mm silicon wafers, through a unique ...
Electronics & Semiconductors
Nov 5, 2013
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Astronomers establish the strength of high-inclination asteroids
A team of astronomers from the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan and the University of Hyogo used the Subaru Prime Focus Camera (Suprime-Cam) mounted on the Subaru Telescope to observe faint asteroids with highly ...
Astronomy
Nov 5, 2013
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Immigrants less likely to commit major crimes, study says
(Phys.org) —The perception that immigrants are linked to crime in the United States is something that has existed for decades or longer. However, UT Dallas criminologist Alex Piquero says, that view is not supported by ...
Social Sciences
Nov 5, 2013
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Are racks-on-chip the future of data centers?
(Phys.org) —Increasing the scale and decreasing the cost and power of data centers requires greatly boosting the density of computing, storage and networking within those centers. That is the hard truth spelled out in the ...
Optics & Photonics
Nov 5, 2013
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Smoke signals: Tracking the rapid changes of wildfire aerosols
(Phys.org) —The massive wildfires that recently raged through the Northwest carved trails of tremendous destruction. The stories of these fires—from the devastation to homes and forests to the courageous work of men and ...
Earth Sciences
Nov 5, 2013
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Bringing out the best in X-ray crystallography data
(Phys.org) —"Function follows form" might have been written to describe proteins, as the M. C. Escher-esque folds and twists of nature's workhorse biomolecules enables each to carry out its specific responsibilities. Technology's ...
General Physics
Nov 5, 2013
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New ideas needed to meet California's 2050 greenhouse gas targets, study reports
California is on track to meet its state-mandated targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions for 2020, but it will not be able to meet its 2050 target without bold new technologies and policies. This is the conclusion ...
Environment
Nov 5, 2013
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Review: Small changes make a big difference with the iPad Air
Apple's new iPad Air represents a refinement of the company's tablet concept, not a revolution. But that doesn't make it any less compelling.
Consumer & Gadgets
Nov 5, 2013
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Diatom algae populations tell a story about climate change in Greenland (w/ Video)
Researchers try to determine how much this "canary in a coal mine" can say about the impact of a warming climate on the Arctic region.
Earth Sciences
Nov 5, 2013
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