Astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have obtained a remarkable new view of a whopper of an elliptical galaxy, with a core bigger than any seen before. There are two intriguing explanations for the puffed ...
Astronomy
Oct 25, 2012
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Microsoft took a big step into mobile Thursday, unveiling a revamped version of its flagship Windows system and offering a closer look at Surface, its entry into the hot tablet market.
Software
Oct 25, 2012
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News.me applications for helping Twitter users stay in tune with happenings being tracked by friends faded into history on Thursday as their owner shifted resources to reviving social news site Digg.
Internet
Oct 25, 2012
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Universities not only provide the ideal petri dish for cultivating bioscience with commercial potential, but have a moral obligation to do so, given the opportunity to translate public funding into health and jobs, according ...
Other
Oct 25, 2012
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Sometimes the environmental challenges facing our oceans seem so large that it's hard to know where to start solving them. Changes in climate, degradation of habitat and rising demand to feed an ever-growing world population ...
Ecology
Oct 25, 2012
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(Phys.org)—In the future, warmer waters could significantly change ocean distribution of populations of phytoplankton, tiny organisms that could have a major effect on climate change.
Earth Sciences
Oct 25, 2012
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(AP)—British lawmakers are sparring over what may be left of Richard III. No one is certain yet that remains dug up last month at a Leicester parking lot are those of the monarch immortalized by William Shakespeare for ...
Archaeology
Oct 25, 2012
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(AP)—Yahoo Inc. said Thursday it has purchased mobile app developer Stamped, the first acquisition under new CEO Marissa Mayer.
Business
Oct 25, 2012
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(AP)—The days when every piece of home communications equipment comes with its own special power adapter could be numbered.
Telecom
Oct 25, 2012
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If an object slams into the glass façade of a high-rise building, the glass must not shatter and fall down, because it could harm pedestrians below. In addition, the window panes must hold if a person were to fall against ...
Engineering
Oct 25, 2012
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