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EU activates new e-waste recycling rules

Aug 15, 2012 (UPI)

The European Union says its hopes to extract more rare earth metals, gold, silver and copper from electronic waste through new rules introduced this week. After...

Samsung takes on iPad with Galaxy Note tablet

Aug 15, 2012 (AFP)

Samsung on Wednesday unveiled a Galaxy Note tablet designed to make a more personal connection with users and aiming to knock Apple's iPad off its market throne...

Contact established with wayward Russian satellite

Aug 15, 2012 (XNA)

Contact had been established with one of two off-course telecom satellites but it would not be possible to direct it to the designated orbit, its manufacturer s...

Megaupload boss plans music venture, hints at relaunch

Aug 15, 2012 (AFP)

Megaupload boss Kim Dotcom has revived plans to launch a new online music venture this year and hinted at the return of the file-sharing site that led him to fa...

Nano, photonic research gets boost from new 3-D visualization technology

Aug 15, 2012 (SPX)

For the first time X-ray scientists have combined high-resolution imaging with 3-D viewing of the surface layer of material using X-ray vision in a way that doe...

Samsung expands lead in smartphone market: Gartner

Aug 14, 2012 (AFP)

Samsung extended its lead over Apple in the smartphone market in the second quarter despite a slowing demand for mobile phones, according to figures released Tu...

Tablet line aimed at retail staff

Aug 13, 2012 (UPI)

Japanese electronics maker Casio has announced a range of Android tablets designed to help retail staff do their work, from the shop floor to the stock room. Th...

SciTechTalk: Are PCs desktop dinosaurs?

Aug 12, 2012 (UPI)

Read a good review of a desktop PC system lately? In fact, read anything at all about a desktop PC system lately? Probably not. Those who write about the tech w...

Wired reporter hack reveals perils of digital age

Aug 10, 2012 (AFP)

The perils of modern dependence on Internet-linked gadgets and digitally-stored memories remained a hot topic on Friday in the wake of a hack that wiped clean a...

Wayward Satellites to Orbit for Months - Space Source

Aug 09, 2012 (RIA Novosti)

Russia's Briz-M booster, which failed to put two satellites into their target orbit, is likely to keep flying in space for up to five months before sinking into...

Reluctant electrons enable 'extraordinarily strong' negative refraction

Aug 09, 2012 (SPX)

In a vacuum, light travels so fast that it would circle the Earth more than seven times within the blink of an eye. When light propagates through matter, howeve...

Latin America poised for a lithium boom

Aug 09, 2012 (UPI)

Latin America is poised for a lithium boom as mining companies seek deposits of the mineral for urgent and large-scale development. Lithium-ion batteries are cr...

James Cameron launches 3D joint venture in China

Aug 08, 2012 (AFP)

Noted director James Cameron launched on Wednesday a joint venture aimed at developing 3D cinema in China, a country which he says offers the best prospects for...

Global Municipal Solid Waste Continues to Grow

Aug 08, 2012 (SPX)

Growing prosperity and urbanization could double the volume of municipal solid waste annually by 2025, challenging environmental and public health management in...

China to weed out rare earths producers?

Aug 08, 2012 (UPI)

China has announced new industry rules for rare earth production, a move expected to weed out smaller operations. Under the new rules, mixed-type rare earth min...

Testing at Goddard: 'The Chamber of Horrors'

Aug 08, 2012 (SPX)

With pipe-covered ceilings three stories high, catwalks lining the walls, and wires covering every surface, the Environmental Test Engineering and Integration f...

Apple and Android rule smartphone world: IDC

Aug 08, 2012 (AFP)

Smartphones powered by Android or Apple software accounted for an unprecedented 85 percent of the global market in the second quarter of this year, industry tra...

Christine Arlt goes from dwarf research to Institute management

Aug 07, 2012 (SPX)

For years, Christine Arlt manipulated the tiniest of particles - 'nanos'. Today, the 32-year-old researcher is Deputy Director of the Institute of Composite Str...

Writing graphics software gets much easier

Aug 07, 2012 (SPX)

Image-processing software is a hot commodity: Just look at Instagram, a company built around image processing that Facebook is trying to buy for a billion dolla...

Wrinkled surfaces could have widespread applications

Aug 07, 2012 (SPX)

The wrinkles on a raisin result from a simple effect: As the pulp inside dries, the skin grows stiff and buckles to accommodate its shrinking size. Now, a team ...