Engineers intrigued by the toughness of mollusc shells, which are composed of brittle minerals, have found inspiration in their structure to make glass 200 times stronger than a standard pane. Counter-intuitively, the glass is ...
Tags: AFP, 3D, Nature Communication, brittleness
THURSDAY Jan. 23, 2014, 2014 -- The case of a Texas woman who died after becoming infected in New Mexico with the mosquito-borne dengue virus highlights a need for U.S. doctors to recognize the disease early, experts say. Dengue fever is ...
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A new kind of paper that is made of wood fibers yet is 96% transparent could be a revolutionary material for next-generation solar cells. Coming from plants, the paper is inexpensive and more environmentally friendly than the plastic ...
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Feria Valencia to Host Habitat 2014 Published on : Wednesday, January 22, 2014 Feria Valencia will host the Habitat Valencia Fair rescheduled on February 11 to 14, Quote reference habitat ‘made in Spain’ and that 2014 ...
Microsoft soared to record revenues in the last quarter the company said Thursday, confounding Wall Street forecasts on the back of strong demand for Xbox consoles, Surface tablets and Internet "cloud" services. The US-based technology ...
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With Windows 8 bearing a good share of the blame for the declining PC market, HP is falling back on Windows 7 for its latest marketing push. The world’s second largest computer maker recently began promoting PCs loaded with Windows ...
Bing has barely any market share in China, but Microsoft hopes to change that in the next year or two by investing more resources into the local version of the search engine. The U.S. software giant is bringing more brain power to Bing ...
Tags: Microsoft, Chinese Bing, Windows Azure
Snap Play is now available for Windows Phone 8. The move rounds out Snap Play's cross-platform appeal, ensuring that a wide-range of consumers can listen to the music saved on all their devices, from anywhere. Snap Play is also available ...
Tags: Windows Phone 8, Music Streaming Application, Snap Play
The BVM Group has introduced the WMP-227V, a 21.5-inch touchscreen PanelPC developed specifically for use in medical applications and certified to the third edition of EN 60601 -1. The standard defines the basic safety and essential ...
Sprint’s version of LG’s G Flex with 6-inch curved display will feature Sprint Spark technology. Related sprint Sprint Expands LTE To 300 Markets sprint Sprint Eyes Merger With T-Mobile: Report sprint Sprint Gets Into ...
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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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The shipment of smartphones and tablet computers with Google's Android operating system will break the 1 billion barrier in 2014, Gartner said. Andriod is installed on products made by Samsung, HTC, Sony and many other makers and it's ...
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Smartvue Corporation, a cloud video surveillance company, today announced it won the Mobility Award for Mobile Video Surveillance presented at the 2014 Consumer Electronics Show. The official CES event was judged by over 60 analysts from ...
Tags: Smartvue Corporation, most innovative solution, Martin Renkis, M2M
What an idea: remote presence machines that roll around from office to office and on trade show floors, helping professionals save on travel but, even though not with the group, still able to maintain a close-up presence anyway. That was ...
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