Researcher bringing 3-D TV back from the dead
One UCF researcher may be on the brink of bringing 3-D- TV back from the dead.
Engineering
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Drifting herbicides produce uncertain effects
Farmers should take extra precautions so drifting herbicides do not create unintended consequences on neighboring fields and farms, according to agricultural researchers.
Ecology
Feb 10, 2014
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University clinical pharmacologist researching chronic lead intoxication in goats
The Nile is a river in Egypt. Sometimes that river is polluted with industrial waste, such as lead, which can cause detrimental effects on local sheep and goats via the water supply.
Plants & Animals
Feb 10, 2014
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Report calls for abolition of fixed retirement age
A report led by a professor at the University of Southampton recommends the worldwide removal of the fixed or default retirement age (DRA).
Social Sciences
Feb 10, 2014
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Study suggests ways to improve common furniture fire test
The bench-scale test widely used to evaluate whether a burning cigarette will ignite upholstered furniture may underestimate the tendency of component materials to smolder when these materials are used in sofas and chairs ...
Materials Science
Feb 10, 2014
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Mathematicians calculate that there are 177,147 ways to knot a tie
(Phys.org) —A small team of mathematicians, led by Mikael Vejdemo-Johansson of the of the KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, has uploaded a paper to the preprint server arXiv describing a mathematical process ...
Icahn steps back from battle with Apple
Activist investor Carl Icahn said Monday he would no longer press Apple to boost its share buyback plan after a proxy advisory firm recommended against his proposal.
Business
Feb 10, 2014
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Study reveals the give and take of urban temperature mitigating technologies
Life in a warming world is going to require human ingenuity to adapt to the new realities of Earth. Greenhouse-gas induced warming and megapolitan expansion are both significant drivers of our warming planet. Researchers ...
Environment
Feb 10, 2014
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Danes defend zoo's killing of healthy giraffe
Many Danes on Monday defended the killing of a healthy but inbred giraffe at Copenhagen's zoo that triggered outrage after it was chopped up and fed to lions in front of visitors.
Plants & Animals
Feb 10, 2014
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Two independent teams build heat cloaking device
(Phys.org) —Two teams, both in Singapore have created two different types of thermal cloaking devices. In their papers, both published in Physical Review Letters, the teams describe how they went about creating their devices ...
