Borders begins taking orders for e-book reader
(AP) -- Borders Group Inc. has begun taking orders for the Kobo electronic book reader and pushing it at a lower price than competing devices.
Consumer & Gadgets
May 7, 2010
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Cobalt catalysts for simple water splitting
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers from UC Davis and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology are studying how a simple cobalt catalyst can split water molecules. Such inexpensive catalysts could one day be used to convert sunlight ...
Materials Science
May 7, 2010
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New Behavioral Data System Could Do Double Duty
(PhysOrg.com) -- A new behavioral data analysis system under development at UT Dallas focuses on identifying potential Internet threats, but it comes with a nice bonus.
Computer Sciences
May 7, 2010
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Words to the wise: Experts define wisdom
Compassion. Self-understanding. Morality. Emotional stability.
Social Sciences
May 7, 2010
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Small investors could be big losers under federal climate change legislation
(PhysOrg.com) -- Small investors could be big losers if a greenhouse gas reduction plan known as cap and trade becomes law and accounting standards for carbon credits have not been established, according to a new study released ...
Economics & Business
May 7, 2010
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Prop. 16 protects energy utilities' monopoly status, says report
(PhysOrg.com) -- An independent analysis of Proposition 16 finds that it would protect the monopoly status of investor-owned energy utilities and block the development of publicly-owned electric power companies. The June ...
Economics & Business
May 7, 2010
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Seeing the forest for the trees: Object recognition system breaks images into ever smaller parts
Object recognition is one of the core topics in computer vision research: After all, a computer that can see isn't much use if it has no idea what it's looking at. Researchers at MIT, working with colleagues at the University ...
Computer Sciences
May 7, 2010
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Team Harnessing Power of Photosynthesis To Make 'Green' Fuel
(PhysOrg.com) -- When people at cocktail parties used to ask Charles Schmuttenmaer what he did, he would say he was a chemistry professor who worked on transient-photo conductivity in gallium arsenide. "At that point they ...
Materials Science
May 7, 2010
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A new gold standard: Using gold to eliminate cancerous tumors
(PhysOrg.com) -- Gold isn't exactly what comes to mind when you think of treatments for cancer. But researchers at Ohio University are exploring whether the metallic element can actually save lives.
Bio & Medicine
May 7, 2010
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Fujitsu Dramatically Enhances Color Electronic Paper Functionality
Fujitsu Laboratories today announced the development of a newly-enhanced color electronic paper that features the world's highest-level color image quality. By extensively redesigning the panel structure and image re-write ...
Engineering
May 7, 2010
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