(Phys.org) —Your tablet on your jacket sleeve, your smartphone in your watch—conventional batteries are not practicable for ever-lighter wearable electronic devices. A possible alternative is solar cells in the form of ...
Materials Science
May 9, 2014
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Netflix is raising its Internet video prices by $1 per month for new customers and giving its current U.S. subscribers a two-year break from the higher rates.
Business
May 9, 2014
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The recently released National Climate Assessment, reported by a team of 300 experts, including a panel from the National Academy of Sciences, asserts that climate change is already impacting the United States, and that the ...
Environment
May 9, 2014
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For the first time, the National Science Foundation's Green Bank Telescope (GBT) was successfully linked with a network of millimeter-wavelength telescopes, giving a powerful boost to an observatory known as the Global Millimeter ...
Astronomy
May 9, 2014
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On May 18, 2013, France legalized same-sex marriage, and simultaneously, adoption by homosexual couples. During the lead-up to President François Hollande signing the act into law, opposition protests erupted across France. ...
Social Sciences
May 9, 2014
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Every senior at MIT has come to know the campus in a personal way, having established favorite haunts for studying, eating, resting, and playing during their four years at the Institute. But the Course 1 Class of 2014 is ...
Engineering
May 9, 2014
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Across Australia, thousands of animals are divulging their deepest secrets about where they go and what they do while they think no-one is watching.
Plants & Animals
May 9, 2014
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British supermarket Waitrose is marketing "bubbleberries" in some of its stores, describing them as resembling a small strawberry that is "beautifully fragrant, with the unmistakable taste of bubblegum". They are admittedly ...
Biotechnology
May 9, 2014
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A healthy sustainable marine environment is crucial to the smooth functioning of the EU economy. Fishing and offshore oil and gas fields for example employ thousands and bring in billions of euro a year, while most raw materials ...
Environment
May 9, 2014
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The reliability of the electricity grid is a serious concern for the United States, and one that is being amplified by the system's recent increased reliance on natural gas-fired generation. Over the last decade, the share ...
Energy & Green Tech
May 9, 2014
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