News tagged with standards
Magazine publishers creating 'iTunes for magazines': reports
Nov 25, 2009 |
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US magazine publishers Time Inc., Conde Nast and Hearst are preparing to launch an online newsstand described as an "iTunes for magazines," according to published reports.
Calif. requires TVs to be more energy-efficient (Update)
Nov 18, 2009 |
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(AP) -- California regulators adopted the nation's first energy-efficiency standards for televisions Wednesday in hopes of reducing electricity use at a time when millions of American households are switching ...
Probing and Controlling 'Molecular Rattling' May Mean Better Preservatives
Feb 25, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- For centuries, people have preserved fruit by mixing it with sugar, making thick jams that last for months without spoiling. Now scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology ...
ADA releases updated position paper on nutrient supplementation
Dec 08, 2009 |
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While supplements can help some people meet their nutrition needs, eating a wide variety of nutrient-rich foods is the best way for most people to obtain the nutrients they need to be healthy and reduce their risk of chronic ...
New Wireless 60 GHz Standard Promises Ultra-Fast Applications
Jan 15, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Ultra-high-speed wireless connectivity - capable of transferring 15 gigabits of data per second over short distances - has taken a significant step toward reality. A recent decision by an ...
'2-faced' Bioacids Put a New Face on Carbon Nanotube Self-Assembly
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Jan 13, 2009 |
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Nanotubes, the tiny honeycomb cylinders of carbon atoms only a few nanometers wide, are perhaps the signature material of modern engineering research, but actually trying to organize the atomic scale rods ...
Uproar over 'news story' ad on front page of LA Times
Apr 10, 2009 |
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An advertisement dressed up as a news story on the front page of the Los Angeles Times has reporters at the newspaper fuming and the publisher defending the move.
US announces new fuel economy standard for 2011
Mar 27, 2009 |
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The US administration Friday announced updated automobile fuel efficiency standards for new vehicles starting with the 2011 model year that aim to reduce gasoline consumption and emissions.
Researchers Demonstrate 'Quantum Data Buffering' Scheme
Feb 12, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Pushing the envelope of Albert Einstein's "spooky action at a distance," known as entanglement, researchers at the Joint Quantum Institute (JQI) of the Commerce Department's ...
For Refrigeration Problems, a Magnetically Attractive Solution
Jan 28, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Your refrigerator’s humming, electricity-guzzling cooling system could soon be a lot smaller, quieter and more economical thanks to an exotic metal alloy discovered by an international collaboration ...
Simply Weird Stuff: Making Supersolids with Ultracold Gas Atoms
Jan 13, 2009 |
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Physicists at the Joint Quantum Institute (JQI) of the National Institute of Standards and Technology and the University of Maryland have proposed a recipe for turning ultracold “boson” atoms—the ingredients ...
Long-sought protein structure may help reveal how 'gene switch' works (Video)
Feb 07, 2009 |
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The bacterium behind one of mankind's deadliest scourges, tuberculosis, is helping researchers at the Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology and the Department of Energy's Brookhaven ...
Texas board hears testimony on science standards
Mar 26, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Tensions over the teaching of evolution are simmering as the State Board of Education begins the final stretch in the process of adopting new classroom science curriculum standards.
Viscosity-Enhancing Nanomaterials May Double Service Life of Concrete
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Jan 28, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Engineers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology are patenting a method that is expected to double the service life of concrete. The key, according to a new paper*, is a nano-sized ...
Insights into polymer film instability could aid high tech industries
Jan 13, 2009 |
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While exploring the properties of polymer formation, a team of scientists at the National Institute for Standards and Technology has made a fundamental discovery* about these materials that could improve methods ...
