Judge tosses lawsuit over NYC's payphone-turned-Wi-Fi plan
A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit challenging New York City's push to turn payphones into Wi-Fi hotspots.
Business
Jul 12, 2016
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Video: How to grow a glowing flower—the chemistry of fluorescence
If you have ever seen objects "glow" under a black light, you're familiar with fluorescence. But have you ever wondered why some materials fluoresce while others don't?
Other
Jul 12, 2016
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NASA eyes first-ever carbon-nanotube mirrors for CubeSat telescope
A lightweight telescope that a team of NASA scientists and engineers is developing specifically for CubeSat scientific investigations could become the first to carry a mirror made of carbon nanotubes in an epoxy resin.
Space Exploration
Jul 12, 2016
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Study identifies 'book deserts'—poor neighborhoods lacking children's books—across country
A study led by NYU's Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development finds a startling scarcity of children's books in low-income neighborhoods in Detroit, Washington, D.C., and Los Angeles.
Social Sciences
Jul 12, 2016
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Christmas in July? Amazon's 'Prime Day' is back
Amazon's Fire TV stick and a curved Samsung TV were top sellers during Amazon's second annual "Prime Day" sales bonanza.
Business
Jul 12, 2016
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Oculus boosts Rift VR gear availability
Oculus on Tuesday announced it is ramping up availability of its Rift virtual reality gear and planning a major conference in October for developers making software for it.
Consumer & Gadgets
Jul 12, 2016
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Novel advancements in radiation tolerance of HEMTs
When it comes to putting technology in space, size and mass are prime considerations. High-power gallium nitride-based high electron mobility transistors (HEMTs) are appealing in this regard because they have the potential ...
Materials Science
Jul 12, 2016
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Engineered 'sand' may help cool electronic devices
Baratunde Cola would like to put sand into your computer. Not beach sand, but silicon dioxide nanoparticles coated with a high dielectric constant polymer to inexpensively provide improved cooling for increasingly power-hungry ...
Nanomaterials
Jul 12, 2016
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Longest study of Great Lakes region birds finds populations holding steady
A new USDA Forest Service report documenting an unprecedented effort to inventory birds in the western Great Lakes region and analyze changes in bird populations over the past quarter of a century found that across a trio ...
Environment
Jul 12, 2016
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Breeding plants with more beneficial bacteria to feed the world won't be simple, study says
With the human population expected to climb from 7.4 billion to more than 11 billion people by 2100, some scientists hope that manipulating the plant microbiome could open up new ways to meet the growing demand for food.
Biotechnology
Jul 12, 2016
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