Science
A Physical Route to Highly Crystalline Graphene
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Google Stages E-mail Intervention After Microsoft Gmail Man Strikes
Google and Microsoft have just completed another salvo in their ongoing Web-based e-mail war.
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Encouraging News on the Scientific Front; Moving It Forward to Policy and Programs
For those of us who have been working in this field for some time — which in my case is about 30 years — the mood in Rome was positive, with a palpable sense of encouragement. This was largely fueled by two things: new evidence of the long-term benefits of antiretroviral treatment efforts to date, and new scientific breakthroughs regarding the benefits of treatment for prevention. These developments are transforming the way we think about AIDS.
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Gig.U to Extend LAN Speed Among Schools
Universities nationwide have signed onto Gig.U by soliciting ideas for how to extend gigabit per second local-area network speeds over long-distance connections.
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Smarter Robots to Inspect Aging Nukes
A spherical robot equipped with a camera is being proposed to navigate underground pipes at nuclear reactors to locate potential cracks that could leak radioactive water.
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U.S. Renewables Outpace Nuclear Power
Renewable energy passed that of nuclear power in March 2011 (in quadrillion BTUs).
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Astronomers Find Largest, Most Distant Reservoir of Water
This artist's concept illustrates a quasar, or feeding black hole, similar to APM 08279+5255, where astronomers discovered huge amounts of water vapor.
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Oracle Must Curb Android Damages Claim Vs. Google
Oracle received some bittersweet news July 21 in its patent infringement case against Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) over Android.
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MAVEN Mission Completes Major Milestone
An artist's conception of the MAVEN spacecraft orbiting Mars.
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The Hidden Value of Social-Networking Data
Social-networking sites are ripe targets for companies to gain new business intelligence.
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