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  New Zooming Technique for Entering Text Into Smartwatches

  April 30, 2013 — Researchers have developed a solution to the problem of entering text into the next generation of ultra-small computers. Called ZoomBoard, this text entry technique is based on the familiar QWERTY ... > full story
• Recycling and Waste
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  Shifting the Burden of Recycling

  April 30, 2013 — Over the past two decades governments around the world have been experimenting with a new strategy for managing waste. By making producers responsible for their products when they become wastes, ... > full story
• Graphene
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  Graphene's High-Speed Seesaw

  April 30, 2013 — A new transistor capable of revolutionizing technologies for medical imaging and security screening has been developed by graphene researchers. The researchers report the first graphene-based ... > full story
• Neuroscience
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  Musical Memory Deficits Start in Auditory Cortex

  April 30, 2013 — Congenital amusia is a disorder characterized by impaired musical skills, which can extend to an inability to recognize very familiar tunes. The neural bases of this deficit are now being deciphered. ... > full story
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  'Smart' Paper and Antennaless RFID Tags

  April 30, 2013 — Researchers have developed a method to embed radio frequency identification (RFID) tags in paper, which could help combat document counterfeiting, and have developed antennaless RFID tags for use on ... > full story
• Social Psychology
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  Why People Quit and Come Back to Facebook

  April 30, 2013 — With more than a billion active accounts worldwide, it can be easy to forget that some people don’t use Facebook. A new study suggests that “non-use” of the social networking site ... > full story
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  Herschel Completes Its 'Cool' Journey in Space

  April 30, 2013 — The Herschel observatory, a European space telescope for which NASA helped build instruments and process data, has stopped making observations after running out of liquid coolant as expected. The ... > full story
• Spintronics
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  One Step Closer to a Quantum Computer

  April 30, 2013 — Scientists have succeeded in both initializing and reading nuclear spins, relevant to qubits for quantum computers, at room ... > full story
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  How to Spot Liars in Official Interviews

  April 30, 2013 — A way to improve detection rates in police interviews has been discovered by researchers following a mock terrorism scenario where suspects plotted to blow up a ... > full story
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  'Sequential' Pricing Can Increase Retail Profits

  April 30, 2013 — An in-depth study of so-called “sequential” pricing of retail products in both online and “bricks-and-mortar” stores found that the ability to set prices based on real-time ... > full story

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