Solar-powered plane lands near Washington
June 19, 2013 11:25 am | CommentsA solar-powered plane nearing the close of a cross-continental journey landed at Dulles International Airport outside the nation's capital early Sunday, only one short leg to New York remaining on a voyage that opened in May.
Sound waves precisely position nanowires
June 19, 2013 11:21 am | by EurekAlert! | CommentsThe smaller components become, the more difficult it is to create patterns in an economical and reproducible way, according to an interdisciplinary team of Penn State researchers who, using sound waves, can place nanowires in repeatable patterns for potential use in a variety of sensors, optoelectronics and nanoscale circuits.
Airborne laser reveals hidden city in Cambodia
June 19, 2013 11:10 am | by KRISTEN GELINEAU, Associated Press | CommentsAirborne laser technology has uncovered a network of roadways and canals, illustrating a bustling ancient city linking Cambodia's famed Angkor Wat temple complex. The discovery was announced late Monday in a peer-reviewed paper released early by the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Making memories: Practical quantum computing moves closer to reality
June 19, 2013 11:03 am | by EurekAlert! | CommentsResearchers have developed a new way to design quantum memory, bringing quantum computers a step closer to reality. Quantum computing may revolutionize information processing, by providing a means to solve problems too complex for traditional computers, with applications in code breaking, materials science and physics.
Scientists discuss new photo-taking satellite
June 19, 2013 11:00 am | by DIRK LAMMERS, Associated Press | CommentsNearly 120 scientists and engineers from around the world are meeting in South Dakota this week to discuss operational and technical issues with collecting images from the Landsat 8 satellite. The U.S. Geological Survey's Earth Resources Observation and Science Center north of Sioux Falls collects....
Printing tiny batteries
June 19, 2013 10:58 am | by Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard | Comments3D printing can now be used to print lithium-ion microbatteries the size of a grain of sand. The printed microbatteries could supply electricity to tiny devices in fields from medicine to communications, including many that have lingered on lab benches for lack of a battery small enough to fit the device, yet provide enough stored energy to power them.
Social-network gaffes plague Japanese politicians
June 19, 2013 10:56 am | by MARI YAMAGUCHI, Associated Press | CommentsOn the Internet, no one can save you from yourself. That is a lesson many Japanese politicians have learned recently in painful, awkward and at times costly fashion. In the latest flap, a senior reconstruction official in charge of helping victims of the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear crisis was dismissed last week....
Vt. and Quebec announce electric car corridor
June 19, 2013 10:53 am | by The Associated Press | CommentsStarting this fall, people who drive electric vehicles should be able to travel the 138-mile route between Burlington and Montreal without worrying they'll run short of a charge thanks to a planned electric vehicle charging corridor, Vermont Gov. Peter Shumlin and Quebec Premier Pauline Marois announced in Montreal.
Yahoo discloses number of US govt data requests
June 19, 2013 10:50 am | by The Associated Press | CommentsYahoo is the latest company to disclose how many requests for user data it has received from U.S. government agencies, putting the number between 12,000 and 13,000 in the six months that ended on May 31. Yahoo said in a blog post late Monday that the most common requests concerned fraud homicides, kidnappings, and other criminal investigations.
Award-winning journalist Michael Hastings dies
June 19, 2013 3:24 am | by SHAYA TAYEFE MOHAJER - Associated Press - Associated Press | CommentsMichael Hastings, the war correspondent whose unflinching reporting from Afghanistan led to the resignation of a top U.S. army general, has died in a car accident in Los Angeles, according to his employer and family. Hastings, who was 33, was described by many of his colleagues as an unfailingly...
DreamWorks says TV revenue to hit $200M by 2015
June 18, 2013 7:22 pm | by RYAN NAKASHIMA - AP Business Writer - Associated Press | CommentsDreamWorks Animation SKG Inc., the studio behind "Shrek" and "Kung Fu Panda," said Tuesday that a new deal to provide original TV shows to Netflix will help it double the revenue it gets from TV shows to $200 million by 2015. The extra $100 million represents a 13 percent increase over the $750...
DeKalb CEO accused of trying to extort vendors
June 18, 2013 5:59 pm | by KATE BRUMBACK - Associated Press - Associated Press | CommentsA grand jury indictment on Tuesday accuses DeKalb County CEO Burrell Ellis of threatening to withhold county business from companies that didn't contribute to his campaign. The 15-count indictment accuses Ellis of trying to extort campaign contributions from companies and their employees. The...
Icahn proposes $14-per-share Dell buyback
June 18, 2013 5:29 pm | by The Associated Press | CommentsActivist investor Carl Icahn on Tuesday said that Dell Inc. should buy back its own stock instead of selling the company to founder Michael Dell and investment firm Silver Lake Partners. Icahn said in a letter to Dell shareholders that the company should start a tender offer at $14 per share. ...
Adobe 2Q profit shrinks but subscriptions grow
June 18, 2013 5:14 pm | by The Associated Press | CommentsSoftware maker Adobe Systems Inc. said Tuesday that its profit shrank in the fiscal second quarter, but its Creative Cloud subscriptions kept climbing and its shares advanced in aftermarket trading. The San Jose, Calif., company makes popular software like Adobe Reader and Photoshop. It has been...
NYC to offer free phone-charging stations in parks
June 18, 2013 4:59 pm | by BETHAN MCKERNAN - Associated Press - Associated Press | CommentsIt's a message busy New Yorkers hate to get: the low-battery message on your cellphone when there's no charger in sight. Now that could be a thing of the past. New York City has teamed up with AT&T to install 25 solar-powered charging stations for public use, available for free in parks and...