Amazon.com posts lower 4Q net income
Amazon.com says its fourth-quarter net income fell 45 percent, as higher revenue failed to keep pace with increased spending on order fulfillment and digital content.
Business
Jan 29, 2013
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S. Korea poised for high-stake rocket launch
South Korea was poised Wednesday for its third bid to send a satellite into orbit—a watershed moment for the future of the country's space programme and a high-stakes challenge to national pride.
Space Exploration
Jan 29, 2013
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'Super' enzyme protects against dangers of oxygen
(Phys.org)—Just like a comic book super hero, you could say that the enzyme superoxide dismutase (SOD1) has a secret identity. Since its discovery in 1969, scientists believed SOD1's only role was to protect living cells ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jan 29, 2013
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Uninvited access to security camera systems pinned down
(Phys.org)—A digital video recorder (DVR), used in homes and businesses for security, is helpful when not in the hands of criminals, The latter scenario is what is rattling some security blog and Forbes readers, with the ...
Man builds most energy-efficient home he could
Saving money was never on Dennis Kaech's mind when he built his Olympia, Wash., home. But saving energy was.
Energy & Green Tech
Jan 29, 2013
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OpenTable buys food photo-sharing app Foodspotting
Restaurant reservations site OpenTable says it is buying Foodspotting, a mobile app for finding and sharing photos of food, for about $10 million to help it personalize its service.
Business
Jan 29, 2013
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Billions of sensors power professor's vision of interconnected world
A professor at Wichita State University plans to create a university center with an ambitious name: The Center for the Internet of Everything.
Hi Tech & Innovation
Jan 29, 2013
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Scientific paper challenges assumptions about bark beetles' link to wildfires
Don't blame bark beetles for catastrophic wildfires such as the blaze that blackened more than 23,000 acres of Kittitas County in Washington state last summer, some scientists say.
Ecology
Jan 29, 2013
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Beer's bitter compounds could help brew new medicines
(Phys.org)—Researchers employing a century-old observational technique have determined the precise configuration of humulones, substances derived from hops that give beer its distinctive flavor.
Materials Science
Jan 29, 2013
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Tomorrow's life-saving medications may currently be living at the bottom of the sea
OHSU researchers, in partnership with scientists from several other institutions, have published two new research papers that signal how the next class of powerful medications may currently reside at the bottom of the ocean. ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jan 29, 2013
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