As Twitter embarks upon an initial public offering that is projected to raise some $1.7 billion for the social media company, it walks past a veritable graveyard of dead IPO companies.
Business
Nov 7, 2013
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As the over-65 population grows to about one in five Americans, it is important to recognize that older persons are not a homogeneous bloc of "seniors." A new report from the US2010 Project emphasizes that seniors are becoming ...
Social Sciences
Nov 7, 2013
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A new NASA video gives viewers an up close view of the arrival of the James Webb Space Telescope's "Super-eye."
Space Exploration
Nov 7, 2013
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Cornell engineers are helping humans and robots work together to find the best way to do a job, an approach called "coactive learning."
Robotics
Nov 7, 2013
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Way beyond pure illumination—from bright sunshine to intense x-rays at the National Synchrotron Light Source (NSLS)—light can pack a powerful punch down at the atomic scale. When light strikes organic compounds bound ...
General Physics
Nov 7, 2013
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All animals have to make decisions every day. Where will they live and what will they eat? How will they protect themselves? They often have to make these decisions as a group, too, turning what may seem like a simple choice ...
Plants & Animals
Nov 7, 2013
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The disastrous flooding Hurricane Sandy brought to Maryland's coastal communities left a long road to recovery.
Social Sciences
Nov 7, 2013
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Andy Deans is searching high and low for a 130-year-old insect. He knows it's around here somewhere—but among the nearly 2 million insect specimens in the collection room of Penn State's Frost Entomological Museum—the ...
Plants & Animals
Nov 7, 2013
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Gallium nitride (GaN) is an important material for the semiconductor industry. It features a wide band gap and high thermal conductivity at room temperature, which make it a good material for optoelectronic devices and high-performance ...
Materials Science
Nov 7, 2013
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(Phys.org) —A team of four physicists at Brigham Young University (calling themselves "wizz-kids") has been studying the physics properties of urine splash-back in a urinal-like environment. Their mission was to uncover ...
