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Taking aim at rivals, Apple unveils iPad mini

Oct 23, 2012 (AFP)

Apple introduced the iPad mini on Tuesday, confident that a smaller version of its beloved tablet computer will trump lower-priced offerings by rivals Amazon, G...

New self-healing coating for aluminum developed to replace cancer-causing product

Oct 23, 2012 (SPX)

A research team at the University of Nevada, Reno has developed a new environmentally-friendly coating for aluminum to replace the carcinogenic chromate coating...

50-year-old computer restored in Britain

Oct 23, 2012 (UPI)

Two British computer enthusiasts say they have restored to working order a 50-year-old computer that once appeared as a prop in a James Bond movie. The ICT1301 ...

Microsoft gives peek at new Windows, tablet

Oct 23, 2012 (AFP)

US computing giant Microsoft on Tuesday gave the key Chinese market an early peek at its new tablet computer and Windows 8 software, promising a "fast and fluid...

How highway bridges sing - or groan - in the rain to reveal their health

Oct 23, 2012 (SPX)

A team of BYU engineers has found that by listening to how a highway bridge sings in the rain they can determine serious flaws in the structure. Employing a met...

Japan firm launches real-time telephone translation

Oct 22, 2012 (AFP)

Japan's biggest mobile operator said Monday it will launch a translation service that lets people chat over the telephone in several different languages. The ap...

Angkor Wat builders may have had shortcut

Oct 22, 2012 (UPI)

Archaeologists studying Cambodia's Angkor Wat say a series of canals may have been used as a shortcut to bring 5 million tons of stones to the temple site. The ...

Will Apple go for 'kill' with iPad Mini?

Oct 21, 2012 (AFP)

Just weeks after its momentous launch of the iPhone 5, Apple is back with what is expected to be another hot gadget -- a "mini" version of its market-leading iP...

Apple opens biggest Asian store in Beijing

Oct 20, 2012 (AFP)

Apple on Saturday opened its biggest Asian store yet in Beijing, with hordes of shoppers descending on the three-floor complex that highlights the growing impor...

Taiwan temple to launch 'divine advice' app

Oct 20, 2012 (AFP)

A temple in southern Taiwan is to launch a smartphone app that allows the faithful to seek advice from the heavens while on the move, reports said Saturday. "Wi...

Kennedy Supporting Effort to Develop Satellite Servicing Capabilities

Oct 19, 2012 (SPX)

With satellites playing increasingly important roles in everyday life, NASA is developing the technology to build Earth-orbiting, roving "service stations" capa...

New radiation treatment significantly increases survival rate

Oct 17, 2012 (SPX)

A novel drug that mimics a naturally occurring molecule found in coffee and blueberries has been developed to treat radiation exposure. Charles R. Yates, Pharm....

Mapping The Universe In 3-D

Oct 17, 2012 (SPX)

Combining observations from Mauna Kea with data taken by telescopes in space, astronomers at the Institute for Astronomy (University of Hawaii at Manoa) and the...

Google opens window to 'where Internet lives'

Oct 17, 2012 (AFP)

Google on Wednesday gave its users a first-ever view of its data centers, with a virtual visit of its server farms around the world from the US heartland to Fin...

Physicists crack another piece of the glass puzzle

Oct 17, 2012 (SPX)

When it comes to physics, glass lacks transparency. No one has been able to see what's happening at the molecular level as a super-cooled liquid approaches the ...

Worldwide smartphone users top 1 bn: report

Oct 17, 2012 (AFP)

Five years after the release of the iPhone, there are now over a billion smartphone users worldwide, according to a report released Wednesday. US research and c...

New paper reveals fundamental chemistry of plasma/liquid interactions

Oct 17, 2012 (SPX)

Though not often considered beyond the plasma television, small-scale microplasmas have great utility in a wide variety of applications. Recently, new developme...

Foxconn admits employing underage interns in China

Oct 17, 2012 (AFP)

Taiwan's Foxconn has admitted employing children as young as 14 on assembly lines at a plant in China, a fresh blow to the tech giant that has been attacked ove...

UNH scientists provide window on space radiation hazards

Oct 16, 2012 (SPX)

Astrophysicists from the University of New Hampshire's Space Science Center (SSC) have created the first online system for predicting and forecasting the radiat...

Apple sets Oct 23 event for expected iPad Mini launch

Oct 16, 2012 (AFP)

Apple sent out invitations Tuesday for an event in exactly one week's time where the company is widely expected to unveil a new "iPad Mini," a smaller version o...