Fewer gas leaks found in cities with new pipes
A new study found that cities that regularly replace old natural gas lines don't leak as much methane as older cities who don't fix them.
Environment
Jul 16, 2014
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Fox bid for Time Warner sparks content merger race (Update)
Even though Rupert Murdoch's $76 billion bid for rival media giant Time Warner Inc. has been rejected, that doesn't mean how you watch TV shows and movies will stop changing any time soon.
Business
Jul 16, 2014
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BlackBerry stock falls after Apple-IBM deal
Blackberry stock fell sharply Wednesday, one day after the announcement of a landmark deal between rivals Apple and IBM to offer custom-tailored apps for businesses.
Business
Jul 16, 2014
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New system could reduce data-transmission delays across server farms by 99.6 percent
Big websites usually maintain their own "data centers," banks of tens or even hundreds of thousands of servers, all passing data back and forth to field users' requests. Like any big, decentralized network, data centers are ...
Computer Sciences
Jul 16, 2014
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Comet ISON's dramatic final hours
(Phys.org) —A new analysis of data from the ESA/NASA Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) spacecraft has revealed that comet 2012/S1 (ISON) stopped producing dust and gas shortly before it raced past the Sun and disintegrated.
Space Exploration
Jul 16, 2014
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Cell membrane proteins give up their secrets
Rice University scientists have succeeded in analyzing transmembrane protein folding in the same way they study the proteins' free-floating, globular cousins.
Cell & Microbiology
Jul 16, 2014
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Buzz Aldrin: Where were you when I walked on moon? (Update)
On July 20, 1969, Buzz Aldrin was "out of town" when the world united and rejoiced in a way never seen before or since.
Space Exploration
Jul 16, 2014
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Company gets new name after protests by Hawaiians
(AP)—A company aiming to provide easier access to sexually transmitted disease test results and other medical records has found a new name after facing protests by Native Hawaiians for using the word hula.
Business
Jul 16, 2014
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Fair cake cutting gets its own algorithm
The next time your children quibble about who gets to eat which part of a cake, call in some experts on the art of sharing. Mathematician Julius Barbanel of Union College, and political scientist Steven Brams of New York ...
Mathematics
Jul 16, 2014
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Internet glimpses Kindle book subscription service
Amazon could be trying the Netflix model for e-books soon.
Consumer & Gadgets
Jul 16, 2014
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