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  Researchers Create Novel Optical Fibers

  April 16, 2013 — Researchers have found a novel way to propagate multiple beams of light in a single strand of optical fiber. The discovery could increase the amount of information fiber optic cables can ... > full story
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  Layered '2-D Nanocrystals' Promising New Semiconductor

  April 16, 2013 — Researchers are developing a new type of semiconductor technology for future computers and electronics based on "two-dimensional nanocrystals" layered in sheets less than a nanometer thick that could ... > full story
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  Social Media Can Support Healthiness of Older People

  April 15, 2013 — The use of social media by older people can offer valuable additional support in cases of sickness and diseases, new research has ... > full story
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  Smartphone Way to Lose Weight

  April 15, 2013 — Forget fad diets and hypnotherapy; your smartphone could be a key tool to losing those post-Easter egg pounds, according to ... > full story
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  Mathematics Provides a Shortcut to Timely, Cost-Effective Interventions for HIV

  April 15, 2013 — Mathematical estimates of treatment outcomes can cut costs and provide faster delivery of preventative measures. South Africa is home to the largest HIV epidemic in the world with a total of 5.6 ... > full story
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  Tourist's Trust Is Based on Social Media and the Web

  April 15, 2013 — Does social media and internet based information sources such as Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Blogs and many more influence our decision on where we travel to and how we share our experiences with ... > full story
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  Warmest Summers in Last Two Decades in Northern Latitudes Were Unprecedented in Six Centuries

  April 11, 2013 — Through developing a statistical model of Arctic temperature and how it relates to instrumental and proxy records derived from trees, ice cores, and lake sediments, scientists have shown that the ... > full story
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  Is There a Future for a Privacy-Friendly Internet?

  April 11, 2013 — A privacy-friendly Internet might be possible in the future according to an ... > full story
• Educational Psychology
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  Texting, Social Networking and Other Media Use Linked to Poor Academic Performance

  April 11, 2013 — Freshmen women spend nearly half their day -- 12 hours -- engaged in some form of media use, particularly texting, music, the Internet and social ... > full story
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  Information Technology Amplifies Irrational Group Behavior

  April 11, 2013 — Web tools and social media are our key sources of information when we make decisions as citizens and consumers. But these information technologies can mislead us by magnifying social processes that ... > full story

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