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Ultrafast laser pulses shed light on elusive superconducting mechanism

Apr 02, 2012 (SPX)

An international team that includes University of British Columbia physicists has used ultra-fast laser pulses to identify the microscopic interactions that dri...

Dell buys 'cloud' computing company Wyse

Apr 02, 2012 (AFP)

Dell on Monday said it is buying Wyse Technology to expand its business offerings in the Internet "cloud" in the face of softening demand for traditional comput...

Facebook fans get to play out celebrity fantasies

Apr 02, 2012 (AFP)

A trio of console videogame stars joined the online social play revolution with a free-to-play title that lets folks at Facebook virtually live out celebrity fa...

Foxconn promises improvements after labour audit

Mar 30, 2012 (AFP)

Taiwan IT giant Foxconn, a top maker of products for Apple, said Friday it would work with the iconic US brand to rectify workplace abuses unveiled in an audit ...

UCSB Physicists mix two lasers to create light at many frequencies

Mar 30, 2012 (SPX)

A team of physicists at UC Santa Barbara has seen the light, and it comes in many different colors. By aiming high- and low-frequency laser beams at a semicondu...

TRS delivers third radar system to Jakarta

Mar 30, 2012 (UPI)

ThalesRaytheonSystems has delivered a third air-defense radar station to Indonesia on schedule under a contract signed four years ago. The radar passed its site...

Astrium completes in-orbit delivery of the SSOT satellite system

Mar 30, 2012 (SPX)

Astrium's teams have successfully completed the in-orbit delivery of the SSOT satellite system, which launched from the European spaceport in French Guiana on 1...

ORNL process converts polyethylene into carbon fiber

Mar 30, 2012 (SPX)

Common material such as polyethylene used in plastic bags could be turned into something far more valuable through a process being developed at the Department o...

'Full-body' audit finds abuses at China Apple plants

Mar 30, 2012 (AFP)

Independent investigators have uncovered workplace abuses in a "full-body scan" audit of three Foxconn factories in China that pump out coveted Apple gadgets. F...

Apple gadget maker has 'significant' labor issues: audit

Mar 29, 2012 (AFP)

Workplace abuses were uncovered in an audit that equated to "a full body scan" of three Chinese factories pumping out coveted Apple gadgets, independent investi...

Google plans low-price tablet computer: reports

Mar 29, 2012 (AFP)

Google is teaming with Asia-based hardware makers on a low-priced, 7-inch tablet computer to challenge offerings by Amazon.com and Apple, reports said Thursday....

Concerns grow over children using tablet computers

Mar 29, 2012 (AFP)

Electronic tablets like the iPad are a revolutionary educational tool and are becoming part of childhood, but should be watched carefully so that overuse doesn'...

AMPAC-ISP Hydrazine Propulsion Module Completes Pre-Ship Review

Mar 28, 2012 (SPX)

AMPAC-ISP and Orbital Sciences Corporation have completed the Pre-Ship Review for the Hydrazine Propulsion Module (HPM) for the Landsat Data Continuity Mission ...

Soviet Weather Satellite Falls in Antarctica

Mar 28, 2012 (RIA Novosti)

Meteor 1-1, the Soviet Union's first fully operational weather satellite, fell in Antarctica on Tuesday after more than four decades in orbit, the Russian Defen...

Apple offers to refund Australian iPad customers

Mar 28, 2012 (AFP)

Apple Wednesday offered to refund Australian customers who felt misled by advertising about the 4G capability of its new iPad, which can only access the ultra-f...

Magnetic field researchers target 100-tesla goal

Mar 28, 2012 (SPX)

Researchers at Los Alamos National Laboratory's biggest magnet facility have met the grand challenge of producing magnetic fields in excess of 100 tesla while c...

Soviet Weather Satellite to Fall to Earth

Mar 27, 2012 (RIA Novosti)

Meteor-1, the Soviet Union's first fully operational weather satellite, will on Monday night re-enter the Earth's atmosphere after more than four decades in orb...

Apple to face Australian court over iPad

Mar 27, 2012 (AFP)

Australia said Tuesday it would take Apple to court for misleading consumers over sales of its new iPad, claiming adverts that it can connect to a 4G network wa...

Materials inspired by Mother Nature: A 1-pound boat that could float 1,000 pounds

Mar 27, 2012 (SPX)

Combining the secrets that enable water striders to walk on water and give wood its lightness and great strength has yielded an amazing new material so buoyant ...

Boeing Receives Phased Array Antenna System Contract from Yahsat

Mar 27, 2012 (SPX)

Boeing has finalized a firm-fixed-price contract with Al Yah Satellite Company (Yahsat), the United Arab Emirates-based multipurpose satellite operator, to desi...