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(AP) -- California regulators adopted the nation's first energy-efficiency standards for televisions Wednesday in hopes of reducing electricity use at a time when millions of American households are switching to power-hungry, wide-view, flat-screen, high-definition sets. http://www.physorg.com/news177765270.html Technology Wed, 18 Nov 2009 11:40:02 EST news177765270 (AP) -- PlayStation 3 owners will soon be able to stream movies and TV shows from Netflix to their TVs using the gaming console, just as Xbox 360 owners have been able to do for a year. http://www.physorg.com/news175758261.html Electronics Mon, 26 Oct 2009 06:45:31 EST news175758261 (AP) -- Fans scrambled to see 3-D movies such as "Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs" in theaters this year and new 3-D televisions could soon have home viewers feeling as if they're surrounded by a spaghetti hurricane on their couches. http://www.physorg.com/news175702788.html Technology Sun, 25 Oct 2009 15:20:36 EST news175702788 (PhysOrg.com) -- Since the early days of quantum mechanics, scientists have been trying to understand the many strange implications of the theory: superpositions, wave-particle duality, and the observer`s role in measurements, to name a few. Now, a new proposed law of physics that describes the geometry of physical reality on the cosmological scale might help answer some of these questions. Plus, the new law could give some clues about the role of gravity in quantum physics, possibly pointing the way to a unified theory of physics. http://www.physorg.com/news169725980.html Physics Mon, 17 Aug 2009 11:07:00 EST news169725980 Although we've always been able to see and hear in "High Definition," we think of that phrase as belonging to the 21st century. High Definition or HD devices such as television sets, Blu-Ray DVD players, digital still and video cameras are all considered to be today's top-of-the-line consumer electronic devices. Even audio equipment and broadcast radio now have the same HD bragging rights. If you want the best technology has to offer in video and audio, it's got to be in HD. But there's a price to be paid for HD and while one of them is most certainly at the cash register, another is to be found within the additional bandwidth one needs to accommodate all the additional digital information that HD demands. http://www.physorg.com/news168803963.html Electronics Fri, 07 Aug 2009 04:00:01 EST news168803963 (AP) -- Macrovision Solutions Corp., once a maker of copy-protection technology for DVDs, officially changed its name Thursday to Rovi Corp. to mark its transition into a provider of TV listings data and related services. http://www.physorg.com/news166975155.html Technology Thu, 16 Jul 2009 15:30:02 EST news166975155 (AP) -- Lee Richman installs high-end home theater systems that can cost as much as $170,000. Lately, he's noticed that some of his clients - or their interior designers - are perking up when they hear about ultra-slim TV sets, which come off the wall only about an inch. http://www.physorg.com/news166106117.html Electronics Mon, 06 Jul 2009 13:50:01 EST news166106117 Scientists are studying footballing ability to gain insight into the role that skill plays in the physical performance of vertebrates. The results, to be presented at the Society for Experimental Biology meeting on Sunday, June 28, show that skill is as important, if not more important, than athletic ability. The study also suggests a scientific method that could help professional football clubs in the selection and identification of new talent. http://www.physorg.com/news165385273.html Medicine & Health Sun, 28 Jun 2009 05:35:26 EST news165385273 Two decades ago a renowned statistician described a computer data set of 1 billion bytes as "huge" and 10 trillion bytes as "ridiculous." http://www.physorg.com/news161534202.html Technology Thu, 14 May 2009 15:37:47 EST news161534202 A new study provides intriguing insights into mechanisms of cognitive flexibility at the single cell level. The research, published by Cell Press in the March 26th issue of the journal Neuron, may help to explain how we can change our point of view when faced with conflict. http://www.physorg.com/news157211339.html Medicine & Health Wed, 25 Mar 2009 14:49:32 EST news157211339 If you`ve been to the movies lately, chances are your popcorn came with a pair of 3-D glasses. http://www.physorg.com/news156180019.html Technology Fri, 13 Mar 2009 16:20:51 EST news156180019 (PhysOrg.com) -- Humans have a natural tendency to find order in sets of information, a skill that has proven difficult to replicate in computers. Faced with a large set of data, computers don't know where to begin -- unless they're programmed to look for a specific structure, such as a hierarchy, linear order, or a set of clusters. http://www.physorg.com/news138893926.html Technology Mon, 25 Aug 2008 14:38:46 EST news138893926 For many years, there have been competition concerns regarding how retail gasoline prices are set in the U.S. and Canada. Consumers have complained about the perceived uniformity of retail gas prices and the perception that retailers raise their prices at the same time. A new study in Economic Inquiry shows that to a large extent, gas stations do set prices to match a small number of other gas stations. However, these stations are not necessarily the closest in distance. http://www.physorg.com/news136736858.html Other Sciences Thu, 31 Jul 2008 15:27:38 EST news136736858 A medication called cinacalcet -an important part of treatment to control high levels of parathyroid hormone (PTH) in patients receiving dialysis for end-stage renal disease (ESRD) -works by resetting the balance between calcium and PTH levels, according to a study in the November Journal of the American Society of Nephrology (JASN). http://www.physorg.com/news135493805.html Medicine & Health Thu, 17 Jul 2008 06:10:05 EST news135493805