Rice University scientists have pioneered a tabletop magnetic pulse generator that does the work of a room-sized machine – and more.
General Physics
Jan 6, 2014
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Gambling technology and sports betting company Cantor Gaming is getting a new name.
Business
Jan 6, 2014
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Chinese telecoms giant Huawei said Monday it aims to sell 80 million smartphones in 2014, as it boosts its brand name worldwide and makes a new push for US consumers.
Business
Jan 6, 2014
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Researchers had known for several decades that a certain chemical modification exists on messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA), which is essential to the flow of genetic information. But only recently did experiments at the University ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jan 6, 2014
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They went boating alone without life vests and gave no thought to shimmying up very tall coconut trees. And although they were only figments of a writer's imagination, the fictional adventurers helped provide new insight ...
Evolution
Jan 6, 2014
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According to a new study by researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, population-dense cities contribute less greenhouse gas emissions per person than other areas of the country, but these cities' extensive suburbs ...
Environment
Jan 6, 2014
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A queen in a paperwasp colony largely stays in the dark. The worker wasps, who fly outside to seek food and building materials, see much more of the world around them. A new study indicates that the brain regions involved ...
Plants & Animals
Jan 6, 2014
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One of the most hotly debated issues in current human origins research focuses on how the 4.4 million-year-old African species Ardipithecus ramidus is related to the human lineage. "Ardi" was an unusual primate. Though it ...
Archaeology
Jan 6, 2014
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Despite the way that mobile technologies and social networking sites have made it easier to stay in touch with large numbers of acquaintances, a new study has shown that people still put most of their efforts into communicating ...
Social Sciences
Jan 6, 2014
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An international team of astronomers has discovered the first Earth-mass planet that transits, or crosses in front of, its host star. KOI-314c is the lightest planet to have both its mass and physical size measured. Surprisingly, ...
Astronomy
Jan 6, 2014
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