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Amazon announces it’s ready to accept e-books in new KF8 format
(PhysOrg.com) -- Amazon has announced that it is now ready to allow publishers to submit e-books to its Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP) site in what it is calling Kindle Format 8 (KF8). Doing so will allow publishers ...
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Jan 13, 2012 |
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Binary star system found by following gamma-ray signal
(PhysOrg.com) -- To find a binary star system, which is where two stars are in close proximity to one another, astronomers have traditionally relied on pure luck. They’d first start studying what would look like a single ...
Jan 13, 2012 |
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How dogs can walk on ice without freezing their paws
Scientists in Japan have solved a long-standing veterinary mystery: how dogs can stand and walk for so long on snow and ice without apparent discomfort, and without freezing their paws.
Jan 13, 2012 |
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Researchers conduct experimental implementation of quantum algorithm
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at D-Wave Systems have carried out a calculation involving 84 qubits on an experimental quantum computer, giving some credence to the plausibility of true quantum computers being ...
Jan 12, 2012 |
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Evolutionary psychologists find macaques more likely influenced by friends than family
(PhysOrg.com) -- In order to better understand human relationships, researchers who study such things often turn to other primates for the simple reason that they are more accessible, being locked up in zoos ...
Jan 12, 2012 |
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Physicists develop nano-level sound detector
(PhysOrg.com) -- For a couple of decades now, physicists have known that if a very small laser beam is pointed at a microscopic particle, it could be held in place due to the very small electrical field that ...
Jan 12, 2012 |
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Stockholm techies use water to charge mobile phones
(PhysOrg.com) -- A Swedish company headquartered in Stockholm has figured out how to power smartphones using a system that includes some water, a tray, a little round container, and an eyeglass case styled ...
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Jan 12, 2012 |
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Qualcomm Snapdragon chipset heads for tablets, TVs
(PhysOrg.com) -- Qualcomm used the CES event in Las Vegas yesterday to showcase its Snapdragon S4 line of chips, expected to ship in devices later this year. A key highlight was the company’s demo of ...
Jan 11, 2012 |
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Physics team finds new constraints on how lumpy space-time can be
(PhysOrg.com) -- Robert Nemiroff and his colleagues at Michigan Technological University will be discussing new constraints on the so-called lumpiness of space-time at this year’s meeting of the American ...
Jan 11, 2012 |
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Planetary professor shows what alien sunset really looks like
(PhysOrg.com) -- One of the great things about science is how so many people are able to use their imagination to conjure ideas, concepts or in some cases actual images of things in their mind, and then to ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jan 11, 2012 |
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Axion sees future in lead-acid-carbon hybrid battery
(PhysOrg.com) -- Energy storage continues to be the number one question mark in discussions about the grid. We can gather enough energy from sun and wind systems but engineers still scratch their heads over ...
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Jan 11, 2012 |
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Austin lab team rolls out Kinect-controlled skateboard
(PhysOrg.com) -- An Austin, Texas, team has developed an electric skateboard that makes use of Microsoft’s Kinect and a Samsung tablet running Windows 8 to go places on a piece of transport dubbed The ...
Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation
Jan 10, 2012 |
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Research teams develop rolling microcapsules to repair micro-sized defects in surfaces
(PhysOrg.com) -- Imagine if instead of relying on special x-ray or electrical current testing technology to find really tiny cracks in the skin that covers an airplane, microcapsules filled with easily detected ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Jan 10, 2012 |
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Telomere length in young zebra finches predicts lifespan
(PhysOrg.com) -- For hundreds, if not thousands of years scientists have been seeking clues to explain why we humans, and all other animals for that matter, age. But it’s been only recently that some ...
Jan 10, 2012 |
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Ford sets the stage for Fusion 2013 in Detroit
(PhysOrg.com) -- Ford is to cars like Apple and Microsoft are to computers; the public knows they are being marketed to the hilt but that does not stem public curiosity year after year to see the newest models ...
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Jan 10, 2012 |
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