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Climate experts debate carbon dioxide
November 25, 2009 8:52 am | by Cornell University | CommentsReducing carbon dioxide to safe levels may require extracting carbon from the air, says Cornell climate researcher.
Microscopic Particles Self-assemble in Liquid Crystal
November 25, 2009 6:05 am | by Stuart Wolpert | CommentsChemists and physicists have succeeded in getting custom-shaped microparticles to interact and self-assemble in a controlled way in a liquid crystal.
Top Ten Electronic Things To Be Thankful For in 2009
November 25, 2009 4:51 am | by Screaming Circuits | CommentsIt's that time of year again wh
Mobile Phone Displays Benefit from Emerging Markets; Units up 30% Q/Q in Q2’09
November 24, 2009 11:57 am | by General Electric | CommentsAfter hitting bottom in Q1’09, mobile display shipments for Q2’09 reached 360 million, up 30% Q/Q and 3% Y/Y. Revenues were up 29% Q/Q to $2.93 billion, but down 5% Y/Y. [...]
America's Next Top Stock Model
November 24, 2009 11:57 am | by New York Times | CommentsA new Web site called Trefis gives average investors some hi-tech tools for building financial models for the companies they follow.
Joost Sells Most of Its Assets to Adconion
November 24, 2009 11:57 am | by New York Times | CommentsThe struggling online video site is selling its name, trademark and other technology, but says it will keep operating in some form.
Asana Aims to Change the Way We Work
November 24, 2009 11:57 am | by New York Times | CommentsAsana, started by a Facebook co-founder, has raised money from well-known venture capitalists for its workplace productivity software.
TVs, Videogames Fill Holiday Carts
November 24, 2009 11:57 am | by Wall Street Journal | CommentsTrends suggest electronics sales may be solid during the holiday shopping season, while sales of apparel could get pummeled.
TV Price Drops Help Retailers Tout Deals
November 24, 2009 11:57 am | by Wall Street Journal | CommentsRetailers are trumpeting great deals on televisions heading into Black Friday, but the steepest discounts this year are limited to a few sets.
Facebook Creates Dual-Class Stock
November 24, 2009 11:56 am | by Wall Street Journal | CommentsFacebook has established a dual-class stock structure, a move that helps lay the groundwork for an eventual initial public offering.
Study examines link between religion and votes
November 24, 2009 10:52 am | by Cornell University | CommentsHow Americans vote is strongly linked to their religious identities, but it is not an independent influence that transcends race, socioeconomic class and gender, reports a new study.
MIPS Technologies Announces Availability of Arriba for Android Porting Kit
November 24, 2009 10:21 am | CommentsMIPS Technologies, Inc., a provider of industry-standard processor architectures and cores for home entertainment, communications, networking and portable multimedia markets, today announced availability of the Arriba for Android Porting Kit (APK) for its industry-standard MIPS architecture.
What it is...
November 24, 2009 9:54 am | by Screaming Circuits | CommentsDan got it. As for what it has to do with PCBs, well, not a whole lot except that my desk was all messy that day so I was using the carpet as a back
Oceans Absorbing Carbon Dioxide More Slowly, Yale Scientist Finds
November 24, 2009 8:53 am | by Yale University | CommentsThe world’s oceans are absorbing less carbon dioxide (CO2), a Yale geophysicist has found after pooling data taken over the past 50 years. With the oceans currently absorbing over 40 percent of the CO2 emitted by human activity, this could quicken the pace of climate change,...
New Results From T2K
November 24, 2009 8:53 am | by Brookhaven National Laboratory | CommentsPhysicists from the Japanese-led multi-national T2K neutrino collaboration announced today that over the weekend they detected the first neutrino events generated by their newly built neutrino beam at the J-PARC accelerator laboratory in Tokai, Japan.
