Caltech names physicist as new president
The California Institute of Technology has announced the appointment of physicist Thomas F. Rosenbaum as its new president.
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Novel technique to detect fingerprints
An innovative product that uses fluorescence to detect fingerprints has been developed by a team from the Laboratoire de Photophysique et Photochimie Supramoléculaire et Macromoléculaire (CNRS/ENS Cachan) in collaboration ...
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Oct 24, 2013
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For heads of state, a iPhone or Blackberry can be a trap
While heads of state have encrypted mobiles and other secure lines for work, many can't resist using regular smartphones for everyday life—making them susceptible to espionage.
Internet
Oct 24, 2013
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Twitter names news chief, from NBC (Update)
Twitter announced Thursday it had hired former NBC executive Vivian Schiller to head its news operations, as the messaging service ramps up efforts in the field ahead of its stock market debut.
Internet
Oct 24, 2013
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When scaling the quantum slopes, veer for the straight path
Like any task, there is an easy and a hard way to control atoms and molecules as quantum systems, which are driven by tailored radiation fields. More efficient methods for manipulating quantum systems could help scientists ...
Quantum Physics
Oct 24, 2013
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'NSA eavesdropped on 35 world leaders'
US spies eavesdropped on the phone conversations of 35 world leaders after White House, Pentagon and State Department officials gave them the numbers, The Guardian reported Thursday.
Internet
Oct 24, 2013
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Unique chemical composition surrounding supermassive black hole
An international research team led by Takuma Izumi, a second-year master's student of science at the University of Tokyo, and Kotaro Kohno, a professor at the University of Tokyo, successfully captured a detailed image of ...
Astronomy
Oct 24, 2013
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Philippine earthquake creates miles-long rocky wall
A deadly earthquake that struck the Philippines last week created a spectacular rocky wall that stretches for kilometres through farmlands, astounded geologists said Thursday.
Earth Sciences
Oct 24, 2013
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ALMA reveals ghostly shape of 'coldest place in the universe'
At a cosmologically crisp one degree Kelvin (minus 458 degrees Fahrenheit), the Boomerang Nebula is the coldest known object in the Universe – colder, in fact, than the faint afterglow of the Big Bang, which is the natural ...
Astronomy
Oct 24, 2013
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Dolphins assist scientists studying effects of data-logging tags
For scientists studying marine mammals in the wild, data-logging tags are invaluable tools that allow them to observe animals' movements and behaviors that are otherwise hidden beneath the waves much of the time. The tags, ...
Plants & Animals
Oct 24, 2013
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