The most useful features of Apple iOS 6
The Maps app in Apples' iOS 6 is clearly flawed, but some other features are pretty cool and useful.
Consumer & Gadgets
Oct 19, 2012
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Wild boars are reservoir of HEV: High prevalence among forestry workers in eastern France
Nearly one third of forestry workers in parts of eastern France are infected with Hepatitis E virus (HEV), according to a paper in the September Journal of Clinical Microbiology. Wild boars in the same region are also heavily ...
Cell & Microbiology
Sep 20, 2012
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Twitter lets advertisers better target tweets
Twitter on Thursday began letting businesses more easily turn tweets into advertising that targets users of the globally popular one-to-many text messaging service.
Internet
Jul 19, 2012
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Does polyploidy play a role in the onset of the Italian endemic flora?
Besides the obvious differences between plants and animals, subtle ones lie concealed within the cell, even within the nucleus. In both plant and animal cells, the nucleus contains DNA, which condenses into chromosomes during ...
Biotechnology
May 22, 2012
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Tracking a Jurassic reversal of the Earth's magnetic field
Roughly 180 million years ago, during the height of the Jurassic period, the Earth's magnetic field flipped, bringing the magnetic north pole once again into the Northern Hemisphere.
Earth Sciences
May 17, 2012
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Free apps drain smartphone energy on 'advertising modules'
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers have shown that popular free smartphone apps spend up to 75 percent of their energy tracking the user's geographical location, sending information about the user to advertisers and downloading ...
Software
Apr 4, 2012
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Varied views towards the Falkland Islands dispute from young Argentines
Researchers at the University of Liverpool have found that that the opinions of young people in Argentina towards the Falklands/Malvinas Islands are varied and influenced by a number of factors including geographical location, ...
Social Sciences
Mar 7, 2012
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Apple makes first S. Korea payout over tracking
US technology giant Apple said Thursday it had made its first compensation payment in South Korea over a feature on its iPhone that can track the location of users.
Business
Jul 14, 2011
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Wireless sensor network monitors microclimate in the forest
During a forest monitoring operation, forestry scientists measure various environmental values. This is how they obtain indications about how the forests are changing and what can be done to preserve them. However, installing ...
Engineering
May 11, 2011
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Engineers devise new method for securing location-sensitive data by using quantum mechanics
(PhysOrg.com) -- A research group led by computer scientists at the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science has proved that cryptography -- the practice and study of hiding information -- that is based ...
Quantum Physics
Jul 26, 2010
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