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The idea of these free versions is to create smaller versions of the cloud   Amazon Web Services, the cloud computing service of Amazon.com, has sparked a boom in powerful and flexible computing over the Internet. Now the same technology is entering the corporate mainstream, through open-source cloud computing. In the past few years, companies

Related research shows blood or urine sample can be used UC Irvine Health researchers have developed a cost-effective one-step test that screens, detects and confirms hepatitis C virus (HCV) infections. Dr. Ke-Qin Hu, director of hepatology services, will present findings at the Annual Meeting of American Association for the Study of Liver Disease (AASLD) in

The stable results are an important step towards the quantum communication network of the future. Researchers have been able to teleport information from light to light at a quantum level for several years. In 2006, researchers at the Niels Bohr Institute succeeded in teleporting between light and gas atoms. Now the research group has succeeded

The much-talked-about Google Glass — the eyewear with computer capabilities — could potentially save lives, especially in isolated or far-flung locations, say scientists. They are reporting development of a Google Glass app that takes a picture of a diagnostic test strip and sends the data to computers, which then rapidly beam back a diagnostic report

In the quest for alternatives to soybeans, palm, and other edible oilseed plants as sources for biodiesel production, enter an unlikely new candidate: A fungus, or mold, that produces and socks away large amounts of oils that are suitable for low-cost, eco-friendly biodiesel. That’s the topic of a study in ACS’ journal Energy & Fuels. Victoriano

Image by Norma Desmond via Flickr Shoppers will soon be able to stand outside the designer Norma Kamali’s boutique in Manhattan, point a phone at merchandise in the window and buy it — even late at night when the store is closed. Ms. Kamali is at the forefront of a technological transformation coming to many

A synthetic material which mimics the brightest and most vivid colours in nature, and changes colour when twisted or stretched, has been developed by researchers at the University of Cambridge, and could have important applications in the security, textile and sensing industries. Instead of through pigments, these ‘polymer opals’ get their colour from their internal

PhD Lorenzo Martínez Gómez argued that it is a real alternative to mitigate climate change damage from fossil fuel combustion in Mexico. The energy sector has been one of the strategic areas for the country, not only as a revenue generator for the nation but as a lever of industrial development. However, Mexico has a

Image via Wikipedia A new class of organic substances — discovered by scientists from the Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Polish Academy of Sciences and the Faculty of Chemistry of the University of Warsaw — emits white light with continuous spectrum. This achievement provides experimental evidence that only a single component luminophore will be

It’s the energy storage industry’s equivalent of the Oklahoma land rush. While most Americans were paying attention to election results, news emerged out of California on Wednesday that truly heralds a new era for the energy storage industry. Utility Southern California Edison announced that it will acquire 2200 megawatts (MW) of new power generation assets,