Penn physicists honored for work that could take heat out of computing
The concentrated heat radiating from your laptop. The sudden roar of the cooling fan from inside your desktop computer.
General Physics
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Current tech boom is no dot-com bubble, experts say
Silicon Valley's tech cup runneth over. Job growth is humming, coders are being lionized on HBO, Uber and its shared-economy cohorts are on fire, disrupted innovation is unfolding on every corner. And everyone from downtown ...
Business
May 5, 2015
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Silicon Valley, led by Apple, becomes Wall Street's backbone and ATM
Led by the most successful company in the history of American commerce, Silicon Valley technology firms have become increasingly attuned to the demands of Wall Street, churning out profits at a record pace and sending a fire ...
Business
May 5, 2015
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Ethanol refining may release more of some pollutants than previously thought
Ethanol fuel refineries could be releasing much larger amounts of some ozone-forming compounds into the atmosphere than current assessments suggest, according to a new study that found emissions of these chemicals at a major ...
Environment
May 5, 2015
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Producing jet fuel compounds from fungus
Washington State University researchers have found a way to make jet fuel from a common black fungus found in decaying leaves, soil and rotting fruit. The researchers hope the process leads to economically viable production ...
Biotechnology
May 5, 2015
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First evolutionary history of 50 years of music charts using big data analysis of sounds
Evolutionary biologists and computer scientists have come together study the evolution of pop music. Their analysis of 17,000 songs from the US Billboard Hot 100 charts, 1960 to 2010, is the most substantial scientific study ...
Computer Sciences
May 5, 2015
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Cash pours into startups, but investors are turning cautious
Vadim Tarasov is getting pickier. The managing director of Silicon Valley venture capital firm Altpoint Ventures, Tasarov has begun rejecting startup deals he would have jumped on earlier. Prices are just too high.
Business
May 5, 2015
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New technology maps human genome in days
The two 3-by-1-inch glass chips held the unfathomable amount of genetic information contained in 16 human genomes. Last week, a technician placed the chips - called flow cells - in a new genetic sequencing machine at the ...
Biotechnology
May 5, 2015
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Whisper, app with 10 million young users, attracting advertisers
The anonymous thought-sharing app Whisper has hired a president and signed its 10th advertiser as it tests how to turn the attention of its 10 million monthly users into revenue.
Internet
May 5, 2015
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Microsoft forecasts 1 billion Windows 10 computers, burst of new apps
Microsoft expects its newest operating system, Windows 10, to be running on 1 billion computers within two to three years.
Software
May 5, 2015
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