Research shows fine wine investors should diversify
Wine investors are warned not to put all their eggs in one French basket in a new report from the University of East Anglia.
Social Sciences
May 30, 2012
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The environment and pharmaceuticals and personal care products: What are the big questions?
Researchers at the University of York headed a major international review aimed at enhancing efforts to better understand the impacts of chemicals used in pharmaceuticals or in personal care products, such as cosmetics, soaps, ...
Environment
May 30, 2012
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Review: A mapping contender emerges in MapQuest
(AP) — The summer travel season has arrived in the U.S., and with gas prices going down, it's time to plan a road trip.
Software
May 30, 2012
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US grants experimental permit to Virgin Galactic
(AP) — Virgin Galactic says it expects to make rocket-powered test flights of its passenger spaceship later this year.
Space Exploration
May 30, 2012
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RIM sinks, but patents, network have value
(AP) — Research In Motion Ltd., the maker of the BlackBerry, is in steep decline. The company, once the crown jewel of the Canadian technology industry, is now worth 1 percent of Apple's market capitalization. One way ...
Business
May 30, 2012
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Electric Moon jolts the solar wind
(Phys.org) -- With the Moon as the most prominent object in the night sky and a major source of an invisible pull that creates ocean tides, many ancient cultures thought it could also affect our health or state of mind – ...
Space Exploration
May 30, 2012
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Air Force spaceplane aims for June landing
(AP) — An unmanned U.S. Air Force spaceplane that has been in orbit for over a year is coming back to Earth.
Space Exploration
May 30, 2012
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HP tabs software exec as chief operating officer
(AP) — Hewlett-Packard Co. has promoted Bill Veghte to chief operating officer, the latest expansion of his responsibilities since the slumping technology company hired Meg Whitman as its CEO eight months ago.
Business
May 30, 2012
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Researchers find new properties of the carbon material graphene
Graphene has caused a lot of excitement among scientists since the extremely strong and thin carbon material was discovered in 2004. Just one atom thick, the honeycomb-shaped material has several remarkable properties combining ...
Nanomaterials
May 30, 2012
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Honoring the fundamental role of microbes in the natural history of our planet
Inspired by a 2009 colloquium on microbial evolution convened at the Galapagos Islands, a new book from ASM Press, Microbes and Evolution: The World That Darwin Never Saw celebrates Charles Darwin and his landmark publication ...
Cell & Microbiology
May 30, 2012
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