(Phys.org)—A jury in San Jose, Calif., recently found that Samsung Electronics infringed on Apple's patents, awarding the iPod manufacturer more than $1 billion in damages. We asked Susan Barbieri Montgomery, ...
Business
Sep 7, 2012
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(Phys.org)—A pair of mathematicians—one from Indiana University and the other from Sichuan University in China—have proposed a unified theory of dark matter and dark energy that alters Einstein's equations describing ...
General Physics
Sep 7, 2012
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(Phys.org)—As tailgaters everywhere ramp up for another weekend of college football, University of Notre Dame marketing professor and cultural anthropologist John Sherry has just concluded first-of-its-kind research that ...
Social Sciences
Sep 7, 2012
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(Phys.org)—They say hindsight is 20/20, but apparently that's not always the case.
Social Sciences
Sep 7, 2012
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(Phys.org)—Fuel economy of all new vehicles sold in the United States is up for the first time in five months, say researchers at the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute.
Energy & Green Tech
Sep 7, 2012
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(Phys.org)—Rust—iron oxide—is a poor conductor of electricity, which is why an electronic device with a rusted battery usually won't work. Despite this poor conductivity, an electron transferred to a particle of rust ...
Materials Science
Sep 7, 2012
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(Phys.org)—Our understanding of the population dynamics, longevity and reproductive habits of the seahorse species Hippocampus whitei (White's Seahorse) has been significantly expanded thanks to newly published research ...
Plants & Animals
Sep 7, 2012
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Norwegian titanium companies have been granted funding to develop a brand-new production technology, which may mark the beginning of a revolution in industry worth billions.
Engineering
Sep 7, 2012
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(Phys.org)—Man-made structures such as harbours, tourist facilities, oil rigs and aquaculture farms provide ideal sanctuaries for jellyfish polyps to flourish and may explain an apparent increase in jellyfish blooms in ...
Ecology
Sep 7, 2012
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(Phys.org)—Twice a year, for three weeks near the equinox, NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) moves into its eclipse season—a time when Earth blocks its view of the sun for a period of time each day.
Space Exploration
Sep 7, 2012
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