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Pioneer's 16-layer optical disc

Pioneer Develops World's First 16-Layer Optical Disc

Technology / Engineering

created Jul 07, 2008 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (29) | comments 6

Pioneer Corporation has succeeded in developing a 16-layer read-only optical disc with a capacity of 400 gigabytes for the first time in the world.


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Japan's Pioneer expects sixth year in red

Technology / Business

created May 13, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Japan's Pioneer Corp. warned it would spend a sixth straight year in the red as it pulls the plug on its loss-making television business and slashes thousands of jobs.





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Tropical forest seed banks: A blast from the past

Tropical forest seed banks: A blast from the past

Biology / Ecology

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

Seeds of some tree species in the Panamanian tropical forest can survive for more than 30 years before germinating. That is 10 times longer than most field botanists had believed.


Groundbreaking model of heart disease rewarded with NIH Pioneer Award

Medicine & Health / Other

created Sep 24, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A pioneering model that a University of Utah cardiologist proposes as a cause of heart disease is the kind of creative thinking the National Institutes of Health (NIH) likes to see—and reward with one of its most prestigious ...


New kids on the block: Latecomers must be unique to outperform pioneer brands

Other Sciences / Other

created Oct 14, 2008 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

What is it that allows some brands to succeed and some to fail? Why is it sometimes better to be first and other times more advantageous to reach the market later? A new study in the Journal of Consumer Research takes a clos ...


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New York Times publishes 'crowd-funded' article

Technology / Internet

created Nov 11, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

The science section of The New York Times contained an unusual article on Tuesday. The story about a huge floating garbage patch in the Pacific Ocean was not written by a Times reporter but by a freelance ...


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MySpace syncs updates with Twitter

Technology / Internet

created Sep 21, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

MySpace on Monday began synchronizing user status updates with wildly popular microblogging service Twitter.


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.


Best Buy embraces digital delivery of home video

Technology / Internet

created Nov 03, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Best Buy Co. is trying to nudge consumers away from its stores' DVD aisles by making it easier for them to rent and buy movies over high-speed Internet connections.


Jimmy Wales, co-founder of online collaborative encyclopedia Wikipedia

Wikipedia founder abandons Google search challenge

Technology / Internet

created Apr 02, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales has abandoned the floundering Wikia Search project, launched in January 2008 in an attempt to break the world's addiction to Google's Internet search service.


Study uses bone marrow stem cells to regenerate skin

Medicine & Health / Research

created Jan 14, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

A new study suggests that adult bone marrow stem cells can be used in the construction of artificial skin. The findings mark an advancement in wound healing and may be used to pioneer a method of organ reconstruction. The ...


Historical increase in corn yield -- it's in the roots

Biology / Ecology

created Mar 16, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

One of the most significant developments in agricultural growth in modern times has been the continuous and substantial increase in corn yield over the past 80 years in the U.S. Corn Belt.



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