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3M buying maker of products used to track people

(AP) -- Manufacturing conglomerate 3M Co. said Tuesday it has agreed to pay $230 million in cash for an Israeli company that makes ankle bracelets and other products used to keep track of people.

Technology / Business

created Aug 31, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

3M to acquire Cogent for about $943 million

(AP) -- 3M Co., the conglomerate whose products range from Post-Its to respirators, computer arms and films for LCD TV screens, is trying to expand into the security market by buying Cogent Inc. for about ...

Technology / Business

created Aug 30, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

3M's science project: Scientists can't simply be hired, they must be created

After donning a navy lab coat, Huava Xiong moves through a 3M Co. lab like an old pro as he cuts strips of pressure-sensitive adhesives for testing.

Other Sciences / Other

created May 15, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0




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Need a new material? New tool can help

Thanks to a new online toolkit developed at MIT and the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, any researcher who needs to find a material with specific properties — whether it’s to build a better ...

Physics / Condensed Matter

created Dec 20, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (7) | comments 2

Re-emergence of salmon in the Thames 'not from restocking', say Exeter academics

The resent returns of Atlantic salmon in the Thames are more likely to be a result of fish straying from nearby rivers rather than a consequence of expensive restocking efforts, according to new ...

Biology / Ecology

created Sep 02, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A step closer to solving one of the biggest mysteries in fundamental physics?

(PhysOrg.com) -- Where did all the matter in the universe come from? This is one of the biggest mysteries in fundamental physics and exciting results released on 15 June 2011 from the international T2K neutrino ...

Physics / General Physics

created Jun 15, 2011 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (22) | comments 6 | with audio podcast

Tesla Motors to raise up to $214.3M (Update)

(AP) -- Electric car upstart Tesla Motors Inc. will sell common stock again, this time with hopes of raising $214 million to expand its limited model lineup.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created May 26, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Is $3M worth it for a Super Bowl ad? Ask GoDaddy

(AP) -- GoDaddy.com was almost unheard of six years ago. Then it ran the most talked-about ad of Super Bowl XXXIX - a spoof of Janet Jackson's "wardrobe malfunction" in which a busty woman appears before ...

Technology / Business

created Feb 02, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Glasgow scientists predict the unpredictable to guide future nano-chip design

Scientists at the University of Glasgow, in collaboration with colleagues from Edinburgh, Manchester, Southampton and York universities, have developed technology which will help microchip designers create ...

Technology / Semiconductors

created Nov 29, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

No more geeky glasses to watch 3D (w/Video)

Most people’s experience with 3D involves wearing tinted glasses in a cinema. But a new technology, which does not require glasses and may enable 3DTV, is being developed by European researchers.

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Jun 10, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (6) | comments 7

Conflict-affected countries receive less aid dedicated to reproductive health

Low income, conflict-affected countries such as Afghanistan, Sudan and Somalia receive less development money for reproductive health than countries that are not experiencing conflict, according to a new study in this week's ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jun 09, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

The Network of Everything

(PhysOrg.com) -- Wireless experts believe that, by 2017, personal networks will have to cope with at least a thousand devices, like laptops, telephones, mp3 players, games, sensors and other technology. To link these devices ...

Technology / Telecom

created Nov 17, 2008 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Trading on social responsibility

Two of the leading lights in the academic world of international management recently revealed their inner thoughts on a wide range of economics, business and social issues in the European Journal of International Management from I ...

Other Sciences / Other

created Mar 07, 2008 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0


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