What's next for leadership at long-struggling Yahoo?
A persistent question has dogged Yahoo Inc. for many years now: Can the beleaguered company turn itself around?
Business
Dec 8, 2015
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Microsoft's Allen, Transportation Department offer $50 million in 'Smart City' contest
Microsoft billionaire Paul Allen is teaming with the U.S. Department of Transportation to offer a $50 million prize to the winner of a "Smart City" competition aimed at promoting high-tech solutions to traffic snarls.
Energy & Green Tech
Dec 8, 2015
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Team develops novel intelligent transportation system for personalized reliable driving routes
PolyU has been assisting the HKSAR Government in the development and application of real-time intelligent transportation systems, including the "Real-time Traffic Information System", "Hong Kong eRouting" and "Hong Kong eTransport" ...
Engineering
Dec 8, 2015
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Cooperating bacteria isolate cheaters
Bacteria, which reciprocally exchange amino acids, stabilize their partnership on two-dimensional surfaces and limit the access of non-cooperating bacteria to the exchanged nutrients.
Cell & Microbiology
Dec 8, 2015
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Are computers creative?
High-tech automation is eliminating jobs like Pac-Man gobbling yellow dots. According to a 2013 study by the Oxford Martin School, 47 percent of U.S. jobs are susceptible to takeover by machines in the coming decades. Whether ...
Computer Sciences
Dec 8, 2015
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First light from Large Area X-ray Proportional Counter (LAXPC) instrument onboard ASTROSAT
ASTROSAT is India's first dedicated science space mission which was launched on 28 September 2015. The Large Area X-ray Propositional Counter (LAXPC), designed and developed at TIFR, Mumbai, is one of the major payloads on ...
Space Exploration
Dec 8, 2015
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Social networks can support academic success
Social networks have been found to influence academic performance: students tend to perform better with high-performers among their friends, as some people are capable of inspiring others to try harder, according to Maria ...
Social Sciences
Dec 8, 2015
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Physicists investigate unusual form of quantum mechanics
(Phys.org)—In a new study, physicists at Penn State University have for the first time proposed a way to test a little-understood form of quantum mechanics called nonassociative quantum mechanics. So far, all other tests ...
Snapchat ends awkward exclusion, finally opens Fusion to US users
Snapchat put startup cable network Fusion in an awkward position early this year.
Internet
Dec 8, 2015
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Ministers tackle flashpoints on climate deal
Ministers tasked with securing a historic climate-saving pact in Paris sought Tuesday to settle the most volatile flashpoints, such as mustering hundreds of billions of dollars to help the developing world.
Environment
Dec 8, 2015
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