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Manufacturing method paves way for commercially viable quantum dot-based LEDs

Seeded on Fri Sep 2, 2011 2:18 AM EDT (Science Daily)
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ScienceDaily (Aug. 31, 2011) — University of Florida researchers may help resolve the public debate over our future light source of choice: Edison's incandescent bulb or the more energy efficient compact fluorescent lamp.

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New data still have scientists in dark over dark matter

Seeded on Fri Sep 2, 2011 2:06 AM EDT (Science Daily)
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ScienceDaily (June 8, 2011) — A dark-matter experiment deep in the Soudan mine of Minnesota now has detected a seasonal signal variation similar to one an Italian experiment has been reporting for more than a decade.

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Space junk could be tackled by housekeeping spacecraft

Seeded on Fri Sep 2, 2011 2:06 AM EDT (BBC News - Japan hit by massive earthquake)
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Scientists have proposed a viable solution to the growing problem of space junk. The idea involves launching a satellite to rendezvous with the largest space debris, such as spent rocket bodies. The satellite would then affix a propellant kit, driving the debris to its doom in t …

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NASA's Chandra finds nearest pair of supermassive black holes

Seeded on Fri Sep 2, 2011 1:45 AM EDT (Science Daily)
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ScienceDaily (Sep. 1, 2011) — Astronomers using NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory discovered the first pair of supermassive black holes in a spiral galaxy similar to the Milky Way.

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Cheap, portable microscope uses holograms instead of lenses

Seeded on Thu Sep 1, 2011 11:32 PM EDT ()
Seeded by Red Wolf

While financial contributions are certainly a great help to health care practitioners in developing nations, one of the things that they really need is rugged, portable, low-cost medical equipment that is compatible with an often-limited local infrastructure.

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Giant Chunk of Greenland Ice Set to Break Away ǀ Greenland Ice Melt & Arctic Ice Melt ǀ Global Warming & Climate Change | Our Amazing Planet

Seeded on Thu Sep 1, 2011 11:31 PM EDT ()
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In 2010, the Manhattan-sized Petermann glacier iceberg enters the Nares Strait: Credit: European Space Agency. An ice shelf is poised to break off from a Greenland glacier and float out to sea as an island twice the size of Manhattan, scientists say. "I don't know exactly when," …

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Germany lifts Doom sales ban after 17 years

Seeded on Thu Sep 1, 2011 8:46 PM EDT (BBC News - Japan hit by massive earthquake)
Seeded by Red Wolf

A German ban on selling Doom to teenagers has been lifted after 17 years. The classic video game was put on an index of controlled titles in 1994 as it was deemed likely to harm youth. Like pornography, sales of the violent shoot 'em up were restricted to adult-only stores. The  …

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New Zealand's '3 strikes' Anti-Piracy Law Starts

Seeded on Thu Sep 1, 2011 6:23 PM EDT ()
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Today the Copyright Infringing File Sharing Act officially came into force in New Zealand. Those who are caught sharing copyrighted material online will from now on receive warning letters via their ISP. On receipt of a third notice, copyright holders can take Internet account  …

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Got Jobs?

Thu Sep 1, 2011 3:05 PM EDT
By lambnlions

I am no great debater, I'm not even a writer; I'm  just a  poor fool hoping to help get this country great again, and I need your help getting there. It might not be your idea of  excellent grammar, penmanship or what evers, but its a contribution in thought.

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