Cellphones spread into pre-teen demographic
Brandon Gonzales has been carrying his black Pantech cellphone with the slide-out keyboard for two years. Brandon is 12.
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Extremely fast MRAM data storage within reach
Magnetic Random Access Memories (MRAM) are the most important new modules on the market of computer storage devices. Like the well known USB-sticks, they store information into static memory, but MRAM offer short access times ...
General Physics
Mar 8, 2011
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Say it with light: Using LEDs to move data faster
It's like using fiber optics to communicate – only without the fiber.
Telecom
Jul 3, 2015
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Sound provides new insight into the lives of blue whales
The blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus) is the largest animal ever to inhabit Earth. Despite its gargantuan size, many aspects of its biology, behavior and ecology still elude us. This magnificent mammal spends most of its ...
Plants & Animals
Feb 18, 2022
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Japan officials mistakenly reveal internal memos
Japan's bureaucrats used the wrong privacy settings for Google Groups online discussions, allowing anyone to see internal memos including on negotiating positions for an international treaty, the government said.
Internet
Jul 10, 2013
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Researchers find way to boost WiFi performance 400-700 percent
As many WiFi users know, WiFi performance is often poor in areas where there are a lot of users, such as airports or coffee shops. But researchers at North Carolina State University have developed a new software program, ...
Telecom
Nov 14, 2012
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Researchers demonstrate room-temperature ferroelectric states in ultra-thin films of tin and tellurium
Just as magnetic materials have opposing North and South poles, ferroelectric materials have opposing positive charges and negative charges that exhibit measurable differences in electric potential. Researchers at MIT and ...
Condensed Matter
Jul 15, 2016
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Study overturns conventional wisdom about wild turkey nesting survival
A new study finds that precipitation levels during nesting season are not related to reproductive success for wild turkeys, which runs counter to the conventional wisdom regarding the role that rainfall plays in wild turkey ...
Plants & Animals
Dec 13, 2023
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India to launch $45 tablet computer
India is set Wednesday to launch its long-awaited low-cost computer, a $45 tablet device designed to bring the information technology revolution to tens of millions of students.
Consumer & Gadgets
Oct 4, 2011
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Research paper publishing sting reveals lax standards of many open-access journals
(Phys.org) —John Bohannon, contributing news correspondent for Science, the highly respected peer-reviewed journal has conducted what he calls a "sting operation" that reveals problems with open-access publishing journals. ...
