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GPS cell phone apps challenge standalone devices

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Nov 28, 2009 | popularity 3.6 / 5 (5) | comments 2

(AP) -- The growth of cell phones with global-positioning technology is making life uncertain for the makers of personal navigational devices that help drivers figure out where they are and where to go.


Multiferroic compounds used to produce smaller and cheaper digital memories

Multiferroic compounds used to produce smaller and cheaper digital memories

Physics / Condensed Matter

created Nov 27, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (5) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Is it possible to make even more compact digital memories for portable electronic devices and which consume even less energy? A team of French researchers has recently demonstrated that it ...


New climate targets may not change daily life much (AP)

New climate targets may not change daily life much

Space & Earth / Environment

created Nov 27, 2009 | popularity 3.4 / 5 (17) | comments 29

(AP) -- Americans' day-to-day lives won't change noticeably if President Barack Obama achieves his newly announced goal of slashing carbon dioxide pollution by one-sixth in the next decade, experts say.


Past regional cold and warm periods linked to natural climate drivers

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Nov 26, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (19) | comments 28

Intervals of regional warmth and cold in the past are linked to the El Niño phenomenon and the so-called "North Atlantic Oscillation" in the Northern hemisphere's jet stream, according to a team of climate scientists. These ...


Image: Prometheus Plays Tug of War with One of Saturn's Rings

Image: Prometheus Plays Tug of War with One of Saturn's Rings

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Nov 25, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (5) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- The diminutive moon Prometheus whips gossamer ice particles out of Saturn's F ring in this image taken by the Cassini spacecraft on Aug. 21, 2009.


5-day delivery no sure cure for postal woes, economist says

Other Sciences / Economics

created Nov 23, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Scaling back mail delivery from six days a week to five may be the best bet to stem mounting U.S. Postal Service losses, but could still be a gamble, says a University of Illinois economist who has studied the agency's persistent ...


Intensive land management leaves Europe without carbon sinks

Intensive land management leaves Europe without carbon sinks

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Nov 23, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (8) | comments 0

A new calculation of Europe's greenhouse gas balance shows that emissions of methane and nitrous oxide tip the balance and eliminate Europe's terrestrial sink of greenhouse gases.



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