Cricket's music plan showing promise
(AP) -- If you think people who pre-pay their cellphone bills aren't the type to shell out for music these days, think again.
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Shuttle's end hits Houston in ego more than wallet
(AP) -- The end of the space shuttle program is hitting its Florida launch home in the pocketbook with some areas practically becoming economic ghost towns. But Houston, home of Mission Control, is getting hit somewhere ...
Space Exploration
Jul 7, 2011
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Global investments in green energy up nearly a third to $211 billion
Wind farms in China and small-scale solar panels on rooftops in Europe were largely responsible for last year's 32% rise in green energy investments worldwide according to the latest annual report on renewable energy investment ...
Energy & Green Tech
Jul 7, 2011
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The turn of the corkscrew: Structural analysis uncovers mechanisms of gene expression
The diverse functions of living cells are all based on the information encoded in the structure of the hereditary material DNA. Gene expression must therefore be tightly controlled, and this task is accomplished by the binding ...
Biotechnology
Jul 7, 2011
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Flying car 'Transition' gets road approval from NHTSA
(PhysOrg.com) -- Terrafugia’s car/plane vehicle called the Transition, has received approval from the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) clearing the way for delivery to customers sometime next ...
College student invents cardboard vacuum cleaner
(PhysOrg.com) -- In another attempt to reduce the amount of plastic refuse that winds up in landfills, Jake Tyler, an industrial design student at Loughborough University has devised a means to construct a working vacuum ...
DNA reveals 7 new mice species
After living incognito for millions of years in a remote area of a forested mountain range in the Philippines, seven newfound species of mice owe their recent discovery to DNA evidence and the Florida State University biologist ...
Plants & Animals
Jul 7, 2011
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Smart grids: New study highlights key challenges and trends in the EU
Intelligent electricity networks – smart grids – are a key component in the EU energy strategy, but substantial investments are needed to make them a reality. A new study from the European Commission's in-house ...
Energy & Green Tech
Jul 7, 2011
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Future fire -- still a wide open climate question
How the frequency and intensity of wildfires and intentional biomass burning will change in a future climate requires closer scientific attention, according to CSIRO's Dr Melita Keywood.
Environment
Jul 7, 2011
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US joining the Wendelstein 7-X fusion project
The USA is investing over 7.5 million dollars in the construction of the Wendelstein 7-X fusion device at Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics in Greifswald. In the three-year project, starting in 2011, scientists from ...
Plasma Physics
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