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An electric car made by Norwegian company Think

Think electric car set to roll out of Norway: report

Technology / Business

created Aug 26, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Think, an electric vehicle manufacturer based in Norway, may move production to Finland as part of a restructuring plan, the Norwegian tabloid Verdens Gang reported on Wednesday.


Dell cuts NC, Tenn. jobs; further details scarce

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created Mar 11, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

(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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Smaller plants punch above their weight in the forest

Biology / Ecology

created Jul 14, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

New findings from Queen's University biologists show that in the plant world, bigger isn't necessarily better.


Dell to cut further 230 jobs in Ireland

Dell to cut further 230 jobs in Ireland: report

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created Mar 20, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

US computer giant Dell is set to lay off up to 230 more workers in Ireland as a part of cost-cutting plans, RTE state radio said on Friday.


Taiwan's Inventec Corp, a key maker of notebook computers, is set to to build a plant in southwestern China

Taiwan notebook maker Inventec plans China plant

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created Dec 28, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Taiwan's Inventec Corp, the world's fourth largest contract notebook computer maker, said Monday it will spend 800 million US dollars to build a plant in southwestern China.


Plant gene clusters for natural products

Plant gene clusters for natural products

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created Mar 20, 2008 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

John Innes Centre scientists have found that plants may cluster the genes needed to make defence chemicals. Their findings may provide a way to discover new natural plant products of use as drugs, herbicides ...


Scientists Give a Hand(edness) to the Search for Alien Life

Scientists Give a Hand(edness) to the Search for Alien Life

Physics / General Physics

created Apr 22, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (31) | comments 10

(PhysOrg.com) -- Visiting aliens may be the stuff of legend, but if a scientific team working at the National Institute of Standards and Technology is right, we may be able to find extraterrestrial life even ...


Cow stomach holds key to turning corn into biofuel

Cow stomach holds key to turning corn into biofuel

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created Apr 08, 2008 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (30) | comments 9

An enzyme from a microbe that lives inside a cow’s stomach is the key to turning corn plants into fuel, according to Michigan State University scientists.


A genome may reduce your carbon footprint

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created May 12, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

With the costs of genome sequencing rapidly decreasing, and with the infrastructure now developed for almost anyone with access to a computer to cheaply store, access, and analyze sequence information, emphasis is increasingly ...


Clues to How Plants Form New Cell Walls Could Aid Biofuels, Nanotechnology

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created Feb 27, 2008 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (4) | comments 0

When plant cells divide, they assemble molecular building blocks into new cell walls made of carbohydrate and protein, but scientists know almost nothing about how this process occurs. A team of researchers including Maura ...


Getting to the root of the matter

Space & Earth / Environment

created Aug 19, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Like most things that exist underground, plant roots are out-of-sight and easily forgotten, but while flowers, leaves, and other aboveground plant parts are more familiar, plant roots are equally deserving of our appreciation. ...


Scores of teams applied to compete in this year's decathlon, but only 20 were accepted

Changing focus leads Dell to close NC plant

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created Oct 07, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- A massive Dell Inc. computer assembly plant once seen as a job generator worthy of the promise of more than $300 million in state and local inducements will go dark in four months, a victim of new ...



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