Like diamonds, sugar crystals ideally are very pure and low in color. Now studies led by U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) chemist Gillian Eggleston have provided a better understanding of the source of undesirable color ...
Biotechnology
Jun 23, 2011
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Women who return to work after giving birth are more likely to stay on the job if they have greater control over their work schedules, according to a Baylor University study. Researchers also found that job security and the ...
Social Sciences
Jun 21, 2011
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Apple is hoping to break ground next year on a new campus designed to house 12,000 workers in a building that resembles a huge spaceship.
Business
Jun 9, 2011
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Apple CEO Steve Jobs briefly emerged from a medical leave Monday to unveil a free service that lets customers share calendar entries, songs and other files among their devices more easily.
Business
Jun 6, 2011
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Ailing chief executive Steve Jobs will return from sick leave to unveil Apple's latest generation of software next week, the firm announced Tuesday.
Software
May 31, 2011
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If you’re in the lower latitudes of Canada right now, take a look outside. Most trees are in the process of sprouting their 2011 crop of leaves. Only a few weeks ago, they appeared barren – now there ...
Plants & Animals
May 17, 2011
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A team of scientists, including several from the Smithsonian Institution, discovered that leaves of flowering plants in the world's first rainforests had more veins per unit area than leaves ever had before. They suggest ...
Plants & Animals
May 3, 2011
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Chemical changes in tree leaves subjected to warmer, drier conditions that could result from climate change may reduce the availability of soil nutrients, according to a Purdue University study.
Ecology
Apr 5, 2011
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'Outer' tree canopy leaves influence the sunlight reaching inner canopy leaves by changing their shape, says a new study.
Ecology
Mar 31, 2011
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(AP) -- Apple Inc. CEO Steve Jobs, who is currently out on medical leave, will be deposed to testify in an antitrust suit related to its iPod music players and iTunes store.
Business
Mar 22, 2011
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