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New space-age insulating material for homes, clothing and other everyday uses

Aug 23, 2012 (SPX)

A major improvement in the world's lightest solid material and best solid insulating material, described here, may put more of this space-age wonder into insula...

Calculating Properties of Materials from First Principles

Aug 23, 2012 (SPX)

Once the domain of guesswork and intuition, the field of developing new materials for advanced batteries and other applications is taking a turn towards a more ...

Next Generation 3-D Theater: Optical Science Makes Glasses a Thing of the Past

Aug 23, 2012 (SPX)

From the early days of cinema, film producers have used various techniques to create the illusion of depth - with mixed results. But even with digital technolog...

Facebook unveils speedier app for iPhone, iPad

Aug 23, 2012 (AFP)

Facebook unveiled a new mobile app Thursday for its users on Apple iPhone and iPad, saying it would speed up the performance of people accessing the world's big...

3D movies in your living room - without the glasses

Aug 23, 2012 (SPX)

New television screens will make it possible for viewers to enjoy three-dimensional television programming without those bothersome 3D glasses. Still, the conte...

Global tablet sales to top 100 million in 2012: survey

Aug 23, 2012 (AFP)

The global market for tablet computers is extending its sizzling growth and will likely top 100 million in 2012, a research firm said Thursday. The April-June q...

Hewlett-Packard books $8.9 bn loss

Aug 22, 2012 (AFP)

Hewlett-Packard on Wednesday announced a quarterly loss of $8.9 billion as the US computer giant was forced to write down the value of some assets and take heft...

China slightly increases export quota for rare earths

Aug 22, 2012 (AFP)

China announced Wednesday a slight increase in its export quota for rare earth resources, amid falling demand and as the country remains at loggerheads with maj...

UCSB researchers demonstrate that 15=3x5 about half of the time

Aug 22, 2012 (SPX)

Computing prime factors may sound like an elementary math problem, but try it with a large number, say one that contains more than 600 digits, and the task beco...

Scientists shed light on glowing materials

Aug 22, 2012 (SPX)

Researchers at King's College London, in collaboration with European research institutes ICFO (Barcelona) and AMOLF (Amsterdam), have succeeded in mapping how l...

Information overload in the era of 'big data'

Aug 22, 2012 (SPX)

Botany is plagued by the same problem as the rest of science and society: our ability to generate data quickly and cheaply is surpassing our ability to access a...

Apple-Samsung smartphone clash heads to jury

Aug 21, 2012 (AFP)

The mammoth Apple-Samsung patent trial went to the jury Tuesday, setting the stage for a verdict that could have huge implications for the hot market in smartph...

Apple is most valuable company ever at $623 bn

Aug 20, 2012 (AFP)

Apple on Monday dethroned longtime rival Microsoft as the most valuable company in history based on the value of its stock, which climbed to around $623.51 bill...

Good vibrations

Aug 20, 2012 (SPX)

A long-time staple of science fiction is the tractor beam, a technology in which light is used to move massive objects - recall the tractor beam in the movie St...

Britain and Ireland tuning into Netflix

Aug 20, 2012 (AFP)

Netflix on Monday announced that one million people in Britain and Ireland signed up for the film and TV show streaming Internet service in the seven months aft...

Yap.TV tunes Internet Age viewing for the world

Aug 20, 2012 (AFP)

San Francisco startup Yap.TV on Monday went international with a hit service that helps people mine gems from junk in the growing mountain of shows, films and v...

World's most powerful X-ray laser beam refined to scalpel precision

Aug 17, 2012 (SPX)

With a thin sliver of diamond, scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory have transformed the Linac Coherent Ligh...

Micro-thruster could move small satellites

Aug 17, 2012 (UPI)

Micro-thrust engines no larger than a penny could move future small satellites in space, researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology say. The engin...

Apple stock hits new high on gadget rumors

Aug 17, 2012 (AFP)

Apple's stock price leaped to a new high on Friday amid rumors the tech giant is poised to hit the market with new versions of iPhone, iPad, and Apple TV device...

Russia: Wayward rocket no threat to ISS

Aug 16, 2012 (UPI)

A Russian rocket that failed to put its payload into orbit is not a threat to the International Space Station, Russia's federal space agency Roscosmos said. A f...