Archive: 03/11/2009
Kroger uses technology to stop flow of recalled items
Supermarkets across the country cleared the shelves of more than 2,600 items recalled after salmonella contamination was found in some products made by the Peanut Corp. of America.
Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation
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Newspapers make move to online only
If the Seattle Post-Intelligencer stops publishing in print but stays alive in some form online - as now seems likely - it won't be the first daily newspaper to make the move.
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National Semi CEO shifts from gadgets to megatrends
Founded in 1959, Santa Clara, Calif.-based National Semiconductor is one the oldest and best-established technology companies in Silicon Valley. But it's going through a big change under the leadership of its outspoken chairman ...
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'Digital living room' getting closer
The digital living room is still under construction, but consumers can now get a glimpse of what it might look like.
Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation
Mar 11, 2009 |
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Smokers' COPD risk is genetic
It's well known that puffing on cigarettes can eventually leave you out of puff. But why do a quarter of long-term smokers develop serious breathing problems, when others do not? New research published BioMed Central's open ...
Mar 11, 2009 |
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Facebook begins rolling out revamped home page
Top online social-networking service Facebook on Wednesday began rolling out a revamped home page that emphasizes fresh news.
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Dell cuts NC, Tenn. jobs; further details scarce
(AP) -- Dell Inc., the world's second-largest computer maker, said Wednesday it is laying off workers around the world but would not say how many or where.
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New technology for dating ancient rock paintings
A new dating method finally is allowing archaeologists to incorporate rock paintings — some of the most mysterious and personalized remnants of ancient cultures — into the tapestry of evidence used to study life in prehistoric ...
Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry
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First discovery of 'animals-only' pigment bilirubin in plants
In a first-of-its-kind discovery that overturns conventional wisdom, scientists in Florida are reporting that certain plants — including the exotic “White Bird of Paradise Tree” -- make bilirubin. Until now, scientists thought ...
Mar 11, 2009 |
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New super-bouyant material: Life preserver might float a horse
Here's a story that might float your boat: Researchers in China are reporting the development of miniature super-bouyant boats that float so well that an ordinary life preserver made from the same material might support a ...
Mar 11, 2009 |
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Quantum Dots Could Boost Solar Cell Efficiency
(PhysOrg.com) -- The transition to environmentally benign energy sources is one of the most significant challenges of the 21st century. Solar power, which uses sunlight to generate electricity, is one promising source. It ...
Mar 11, 2009 |
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Extremely premature children at high risk of learning difficulties by age 11
Children born extremely prematurely are at high risk of developing learning difficulties by the time they reach the age of 11.
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New technologies help scientists track fish species
(PhysOrg.com) -- New tracking and observing technologies are giving marine conservationists a fish-eye view of conditions, from overfishing to climate change, that are contributing to declining fish populations, ...
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Measuring the strength needed to move chromosomes
(PhysOrg.com) -- It’s about as long as the width of a human hair and only half that length across. So it’s tiny — measured in millionths of a meter — and extremely tricky to manipulate. But the meiotic spindle plays so irresistibly ...
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A Black Hole in Medusa's Hair
This composite image of the Medusa galaxy (also known as NGC 4194) shows X-ray data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory in blue and optical light from the Hubble Space Telescope in orange. Located above ...
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