Using one of the world's premier telescopes, University of Minnesota astrophysicists Evan Skillman and Kristen McQuinn have discovered a priceless relic of the Big Bang in the Milky Way's back yard. They are part of an international team ...
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Using electrons more like photons could provide the foundation for a new type of electronic device that would capitalize on the ability of graphene to carry electrons with almost no resistance even at room temperature – a property ...
HID Global has released its projections for trends that will have the greatest impact on the secure identity industry in 2014. The predictions encompass a diverse range of solutions and technologies, including anticipated advances in ...
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Do you wonder what local farmers do to ensure the wellbeing of their livestock when it is cold outside? Baby it's cold outside – and it has been for some time. If the future predictions are accurate, this cold is going to be hanging ...
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The warming effect of human-induced greenhouse gases is a given, but to what extent can we predict its future influence? That is an issue on which science is making progress, but the answers are still far from exact, say researchers from ...
Once upon a time within Dell, managers who needed a business analysis report had to put in an IT request, a drawn out process that drove business units to set up their own shadow IT systems to run these numbers instead. Now each business ...
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A substantial fraction of the Neanderthal genome persists in modern human populations. A new approach applied to analyzing whole-genome sequencing data from 665 people from Europe and East Asia shows that more than 20 percent of the ...
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The world of two-dimensional (2-D) materials has just gotten a little more crowded. If graphene, boron nitride, molybendum disulfide and silicene weren’t quite enough, we now may have something to join the mix in the 2-D universe that ...
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Medtech giant St. Jude Medical announced a major reorganization and leadership changes on Tuesday. The Little Canada, MN–based company says its two operating divisions will be integrated into one research and development ...
Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by the editors of HealthDay: Sisters Have Lung Transplants at the Same Time Two sisters who needed lung transplants and insisted that the other should be first ...
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A doctoral dissertation by a Professor at the Catholic University of Valencia "San Vicente Mártir" (UCV) finds that every cigarette a mother smokes a day during the third quarter of pregnancy reduces the baby's birth weight in 20 ...
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CCurrently, space based telescopes are limited by their size and weight, particularly regarding the mirror—using rockets for delivery is very restrictive—there are both size and cost issues involved. To possibly get around that ...
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New South Wales-based dairy company Bega Cheese Limited (Bega) has announced its intention to sell its 18.8 per cent shareholding in Warrnambool Cheese and Butter (WCB) to Canadian dairy company Saputo. The move makes a Saputo takeover of ...
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Some cells fail by chance, and not due to a genetic defect, to properly initiate the molecular processes for the breakdown of sugar. These cells are unable to grow and subsequently die. This discovery was done by a multidisciplinary team ...
Consumers are increasingly turning to recommendation engines, friends, social networking or advertising to discover mobile applications rather than sorting through the thousands of mobile apps available, according to Gartner. It predicts ...
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