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Unexpectedly Long-Range Effects in Advanced Magnetic Devices

Unexpectedly Long-Range Effects in Advanced Magnetic Devices

Physics / Condensed Matter

created Jul 01, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (10) | comments 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- A tiny grid pattern has led materials scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the Institute of Solid State Physics in Russia to an unexpected finding—the ...


'Colossal' Magnetic Effect Under Pressure

'Colossal' Magnetic Effect Under Pressure

Physics / General Physics

created Jun 05, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (23) | comments 3

(PhysOrg.com) -- Millions of people today carry around pocket-sized music players capable of holding thousands of songs, thanks to the discovery 20 years ago of a phenomenon known as the “giant magnetoresistance ...





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Fears mount over giant carp reaching Great Lakes (AP)

Fears mount over giant carp reaching Great Lakes

Space & Earth / Environment

created 5 hours ago | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Fears that giant, voracious species of carp will get into the Great Lakes and wipe out other fish have led to rising demands that the government close the waterway connecting the lakes to the Mississippi ...


A Superbright Supernova That’s the First of Its Kind

A Superbright Supernova That’s the First of Its Kind

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created 5 hours ago | popularity 4.8 / 5 (5) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- An extraordinarily bright, extraordinarily long-lasting supernova named SN 2007bi, snagged in a search by a robotic telescope, turns out to be the first example of the kind of stars that first ...


EPA postpones decision on 15 percent blend for ethanol

Technology / Energy

created 17 hours ago | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 2

The Environmental Protection Agency said Tuesday that it will make a formal decision next year on whether to allow a 15 percent blend of ethanol in domestic gasoline, after initial tests showed that cars can run on the fuel.


Google said it will let publishers set a limit on the number of articles people can read for free

Google to let publishers limit free website access (Update)

Technology / Internet

created 20 hours ago | popularity 3.2 / 5 (6) | comments 4

Google, under fire from Rupert Murdoch and some other newspaper owners, said it will let publishers set a limit on the number of articles people can read for free through its search engine.


WHO approves Glaxo's swine flu shot

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Dec 01, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

(AP) -- Drug giant GlaxoSmithKline says one of its swine flu vaccines has been certified by the World Health Organization, making it available for donors to buy for developing countries.


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Pork meat grown in the laboratory

Biology / Biotechnology

created Dec 01, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (31) | comments 21

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists from Eindhoven University in The Netherlands have for the first time grown pork meat in the laboratory by extracting cells from a live pig and growing them in a petri dish.


GE, Vivendi deal paves way for NBC sale to Comcast (AP)

GE, Vivendi deal paves way for NBC sale to Comcast

Technology / Business

created Dec 01, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- General Electric Co.'s agreement to buy out the rest of NBC Universal paves the way for it to sell control of the TV and movie company to Comcast Corp. in a deal that promises to reshape the entertainment ...


Sharp shows plant making 10th generation panels (AP)

Sharp shows plant making 10th generation panels

Technology / Business

created Nov 30, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 1

(AP) -- Huge sheets of glass are guided by robotic arms, sliding and turning in a towering germ-free plant, the world's first making giant "10th generation" panels for flat screen TVs.


Peat fires drive temperatures up

Space & Earth / Environment

created Nov 30, 2009 | popularity 3.4 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Peatlands, especially those in tropical regions, sequester gigantic amounts of organic carbon. Human activities are now having a considerable impact on these wetlands. For example, drainage projects, in combination with the ...


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Right/left handedness of snails changed in the lab

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Nov 30, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (6) | comments 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- Like most animals, snails have either left- or right-handed asymmetry (chirality), both internally and externally, and the handedness is hereditary. A new study has for the first time found ...



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