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Pa. symphony seeks soloist via YouTube contest

(AP) -- Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra officials insist it's not "American Idol" meets Mozart.

Technology / Internet

created Feb 09, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Texas Tech, U of Utah win Sandia microdevice competition

The world's smallest chess board — about the diameter of four human hairs — and a pea-sized microbarbershop were winners in this year's design contest for, respectively, novel and educational microelectromechanical ...

Technology / Engineering

created Jun 15, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Sun CEO's pay package cut by a third in '09

(AP) -- The value of Sun Microsystems Inc. CEO Jonathan Schwartz's latest pay package dropped 37 percent from last year as the company lost more than $2 billion and was in such dire financial shape that it ...

Technology / Business

created Oct 29, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

It Takes a Solar Village

(PhysOrg.com) -- Rain didn't ruin the 2009 Solar Decathlon in Washington, D.C. University teams successfully operated 20 net-zero, grid-connected solar power homes for a week on the National Mall. Some used ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Oct 19, 2009 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (7) | comments 3

Netflix to run second film-suggestion tech contest

(AP) -- You might call it "Son of the Netflix Prize."

Technology / Other

created Aug 11, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

'Curiosity': NASA Selects Student's Entry as New Mars Rover Name

(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's Mars Science Laboratory rover, scheduled for launch in 2011, has a new name, thanks to a sixth-grade student from Kansas. Twelve-year-old Clara Ma from the Sunflower Elementary school ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created May 27, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Oops: Colbert wins NASA space station name contest

(AP) -- NASA's online contest to name a new room at the international space station went awry. Comedian Stephen Colbert won.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Mar 23, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (14) | comments 10

NanoTube Contest Brings Out the Hollywood Side of Nano Things

(PhysOrg.com) -- How would you describe "nano" to someone who had never heard of it before? In a video contest held by the American Chemical Society (ACS), scientists-turned-filmmakers are explaining what ...

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Feb 24, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (20) | comments 0 weblog