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Storied nuke plant becomes environmental wasteland
June 4, 2013 9:06 am | by SHANNON DININNY Associated Press | CommentsA stainless steel tank the size of a basketball court lies buried in the sandy soil of southeastern Washington state, an aging remnant of U.S. efforts to win World War II. The tank holds enough radioactive waste to fill an Olympic-sized swimming pool. And it is leaking.
3-D printing goes from sci-fi fantasy to reality
June 4, 2013 9:04 am | by MARTHA MENDOZA AP National Writer | CommentsInvisalign, a San Jose company, uses 3-D printing to make each mouthful of customized, transparent braces. Mackenzies Chocolates, a confectioner in Santa Cruz, uses a 3-D printer to pump out chocolate molds. And earlier this year, Cornell University researchers used a 3-D printer, along with injections of a special collagen gel, to create a human-shaped ear.
US blames Apple for 2010 e-book price hike
June 4, 2013 2:36 am | by LARRY NEUMEISTER - Associated Press - Associated Press | CommentsA U.S. government lawyer opened a civil trial by portraying Apple Inc. as a corporate bully that swaggered into the market for electronic books in 2010, forcing an end to price competition and costing consumers hundreds of millions of dollars. The Justice Department attorney, Lawrence Buterman,...
Dell trimmed CEO's pay by 14 percent amid PC slump
June 3, 2013 7:35 pm | by The Associated Press | CommentsDell Inc. trimmed CEO Michael Dell's pay by 14 percent to $13.9 million last year amid a slump that culminated in a proposed $24.4 billion deal that could end the personal computer maker's 25-year history as a publicly traded company. Most of Michael Dell's compensation last year consisted of...
Galaxy in its death throes may hold clues to birth of dwarf systems
June 3, 2013 3:17 pm | by Yale UniversityYale University | CommentsA bright dwarf galaxy relatively close to Earth’s Milky Way and trailing fireballs is the first clear example of a galaxy in the act of dying, scientists argue in new research. The work gives a known galaxy new status and offers the potential for better understanding of the mysterious origin of dwarf elliptical galaxies, a subspecies of the universe’s most common type of galaxy....
US blames Apple for 2010 run-up in e-book prices
June 3, 2013 1:37 pm | by LARRY NEUMEISTER - Associated Press - Associated Press | CommentsA U.S. government lawyer opened a civil trial Monday by portraying Apple Inc. as a corporate bully that swaggered into the market for electronic books in 2010, forcing an end to price competition and costing consumers hundreds of millions of dollars. The Justice Department attorney, Lawrence...
'After Earth' joins exclusive ultra-HD movie club
June 3, 2013 11:17 am | by RYAN NAKASHIMA, Associated Press | CommentsSony Corp. is taking a deeper dive into ultrahigh-definition video as it comes out Friday with "After Earth," the first of Sony's three movies this year both shot and presented in the emerging 4K digital format. At a screening for journalists, I got a close-up look at even the pores on Will Smith's face....
Judge: Google must give user info to FBI
June 3, 2013 10:51 am | by PAUL ELIAS, Associated Press | CommentsGoogle must comply with the FBI's demand for data on certain customers as part of a national security investigation, according to a ruling by a federal judge who earlier this year determined such government requests are unconstitutional.
Printing innovations provide 10-fold improvement in organic electronics
June 3, 2013 10:29 am | by EurekAlert! | CommentsThrough innovations to a printing process, researchers have made major improvements to organic electronics – a technology in demand for lightweight, low-cost solar cells, flexible electronic displays and tiny sensors. The printing method is fast and works with a variety of organic materials to produce semiconductors of strikingly higher quality...
Researchers design sensitive new microphone modeled on fly ear
June 3, 2013 10:29 am | by EurekAlert! | CommentsUsing the sensitive ears of a parasitic fly for inspiration, a group of researchers has created a new type of microphone that achieves better acoustical performance than what is currently available in hearing aids. The scientists will present their results at the 21st International Congress on Acoustics, held June 2-7 in Montreal.
Reality catches up with sci-fi in storm drones
June 3, 2013 10:23 am | by JUSTIN JUOZAPAVICIUS, Associated Press | CommentsAt the time it premiered, "Twister" put forth a fantastical science fiction idea: Release probes into a storm in order to figure out which tornadoes could develop into killers. It's no longer fiction. Oklahoma State University researchers are designing and building sleek, Kevlar-reinforced unmanned aircraft...
3-D printing goes from sci-fi fantasy to reality
June 3, 2013 10:14 am | by MARTHA MENDOZA, AP National Writer | CommentsInvisalign, a San Jose company, uses 3-D printing to make each mouthful of customized, transparent braces. Mackenzies Chocolates, a confectioner in Santa Cruz, uses a 3-D printer to pump out chocolate molds. And earlier this year, Cornell University researchers used a 3-D printer, along with injections of a special collagen gel, to create a human-shaped ear.
Engineer pushes environmental approach in processes
June 3, 2013 9:57 am | by Heather R. Smith, Aviation and Missile Research, Development and Engineering Center Public Affairs | CommentsWords like green and sustainability are often used to refer to recycling, taking better care of the Earth, and new or alternative forms of energy, such as solar- or wind-power. Army engineer Gregory Harris would say it's much more than that and is working to make that point to the Army and to manufacturers involved in developing the latest military technology.
Corn-Feds: Army plans to power plants with plants
June 3, 2013 9:49 am | by Audra Calloway (AMC) | CommentsPicatinny has formed a partnership with private industry to develop a fuel cell that runs off ethanol, which could potentially power the Army's ammunition facilities as an environmentally friendly energy source. A fuel cell is an electrochemical device that converts a fuel source into electricity.
Combined immunotherapy shows promising results against advanced melanoma
June 3, 2013 9:31 am | by Yale UniversityYale University | CommentsCombining two cancer immunotherapy drugs in patients with advanced melanoma produced rates of tumor regression that appeared greater than in prior trials with either drug alone. Data from this Phase 1 clinical trial are being formally presented at the 2013 annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) in Chicago. The abstract was made public by ASCO in advance of the meeting....
