News tagged with real
The world's next economic hot spot?
Dec 21, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A bailout by neighboring emirate Abu Dhabi has apparently stabilized Dubai’s financial crisis. But the longer-term economic impact—on Dubai and other nations—could grow more serious.
Observing the Quantum Hall Effect in 'Real' Space
Jan 12, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- When water transforms into steam, or magnetized iron changes to demagnetized iron, Katsushi Hashimoto explains to PhysOrg.com, a phase transition is taking place: “Classical phase transitions…often share ...
Augmented Reality: Science Fiction or Reality? (w/ Video)
Jul 07, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Computer graphics have come a long way since the birth of Atari Games over 30 years ago. Today, computer graphics seem very real and some day researchers will pull graphics out of your television ...
The real thing? People are often unsure about telling authentic luxury goods from fakes
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Dec 01, 2009 |
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Luxury goods are supposed to be expensive because of their quality: A sip of fine wine or the comforting feel of designer clothing should justify the price.
LendingTree: Google to compete on loan referrals
Aug 27, 2009 |
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(AP) -- LendingTree, which allows prospective borrowers to get quick offers from multiple lenders, claims Google is about to get into the same business.
NJ man is first to be charged with Web name theft
Aug 03, 2009 |
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(AP) -- A northern New Jersey man is charged with stealing a prime piece of Internet real estate and reselling it to basketball player Mark Madsen in one of the nation's first prosecutions of a suspected domain name thief.
Second Life data offers window into how trends spread
Technology / Computer Sciences
Jul 02, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Do friends wear the same style of shoe or see the same movies because they have similar tastes, which is why they became friends in the first place? Or once a friendship is established, do ...
Web 2.0 for the real world
Mar 12, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- European researchers working on some of the most fundamental issues facing the future internet paradigm have developed - in their spare time, no less - a mobile platform that brings some of the most powerful ...
New research shows that your looks, creditworthiness may go hand in hand
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Mar 12, 2009 |
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New research suggests that a person's appearance may play a role in whether they are deemed trustworthy by financial lenders. The study is summarized in a working paper by Jefferson Duarte at Rice University's ...
Scientists watch membrane fission in real time
Dec 11, 2008 |
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Researchers at The Scripps Research Institute have solved one of biology's neatest little tricks: they have discovered how a cell's outer membrane pinches a little pouch from itself to bring molecules outside the cell inside—without ...
How a simple mathematic formula is starting to explain the bizarre prevalence of altruism in society
Jul 18, 2008 |
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Why do humans cooperate in things as diverse as environment conservation or the creation of fairer societies, even when they don’t receive anything in exchange or, worst, they might even be penalized?
Web sites cater to for-sale-by-owner home sellers
Nov 20, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Selling a home without a real estate agent can save thousands of dollars in commission fees, but it can also be a painstaking, confusing task.
The two worlds of kids' morals
Mar 02, 2009 |
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Children's moral behavior and attitudes in the real world largely carry over to the virtual world of computers, the Internet, video games and cell phones. Interestingly, there are marked gender and race differences in the ...
For sale by tweet: Social networking to sell homes
Apr 19, 2009 |
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(AP) -- When you sign up for Facebook or Twitter, you expect to get a stream of random messages from the people that make up your virtual social network - but pitches on homes for sale?
Got an unusual name? Facebook may think it's fake
May 18, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Alicia Istanbul woke up one recent Wednesday to find herself locked out of the Facebook account she opened in 2007, one Facebook suddenly deemed fake.
