Normally a material can be either magnetically or electrically polarized, but not both. Now researchers at the Niels Bohr Institute at the University of Copenhagen have studied a material that is simultaneously magnetically ...
Condensed Matter
Jun 24, 2012
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The vagaries of South Asian summer monsoon rainfall impact the lives of more than one billion people. A review in Nature Climate Change (June 24 online issue) of over 100 recent research articles concludes that with continuing ...
Earth Sciences
Jun 24, 2012
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The study is the first to give a comprehensive projection for this long perspective, based on observed sea-level rise over the past millennium, as well as on scenarios for future greenhouse-gas emissions.
Earth Sciences
Jun 24, 2012
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In what may prove to be a significant boon for industry, separating mixtures of liquids or gasses has just become considerably easier.
Nanomaterials
Jun 24, 2012
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The Royal Bank of Scotland, Ulster Bank and NatWest were to take the unusual move of opening 1,200 branches on Sunday after a computer glitch hit millions of customers.
Internet
Jun 24, 2012
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(AP) — The more we study animals, the less special we seem.
Plants & Animals
Jun 24, 2012
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Researchers are exploring better designs in biometrics to meet business and government demands for reliable identification and verification tools. Out of the many biometric technologies that continue to be works in progress, ...
The Internet "cloud" has become the hottest topic in computing, but the trend has created a new range of security issues that need to be addressed.
Software
Jun 24, 2012
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Text messaging, the simple telecoms service that turned into a global phenomenon, is under threat from free smartphone services and operators need to find alternative revenue streams, analysts say.
Telecom
Jun 24, 2012
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A manned Chinese submersible broke through the 7,000-metre mark for a new national record on Sunday, state media said, as the rising Asian nation showed off its technological might.
Engineering
Jun 24, 2012
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