Category: Science
Israel links up with CERN “Big Bang” physics research centre
GENEVA (Reuters) - Israel, targeted by an academic boycott campaign in some Western and developing countries, on Friday signed up to become the first Associate member of the CERN "Big Bang" particle physics research center probing the origins of the ...
Mitsubishi Electric eyes overseas shift to fight yen rise
TOKYO (Reuters) - Mitsubishi Electric Corp will need to shift a great deal more production and procurement overseas if the yen continues to rise, the industrial conglomerate's president said on Friday. Mitsubishi Electric, which competes with Siemens, General Electric, Rockwell Automation ...
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Trio of space station crewmembers set for landing
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - Three crewmembers left the International Space Station for Earth on Thursday while their replacements remain delayed by an investigation into a Russian launch accident. Former station commander Andrey Borisenko, cosmonaut Alexander Samokutyaev and U.S. astronaut Ron ...
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Trio of space station crewmembers set for landing
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - Three crewmembers left the International Space Station for Earth on Thursday while their replacements remain delayed by an investigation into a Russian launch accident. Former station commander Andrey Borisenko, cosmonaut Alexander Samokutyaev and U.S. astronaut Ron ...
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LG Elec plans to restructure Korean mobile unit: source
SEOUL (Reuters) - LG Electronics Inc <066570.KS> plans to restructure its domestic mobile operation by reducing marketing staff to improve the struggling business, a source familiar with the matter said on Friday. The move comes after LG, the world's No.3 handset ...
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PE firm Silver Lake looking to buy Yahoo: reports
(Reuters) - Private equity firm Silver Lake is considering a bid for Internet firm Yahoo Inc, according to media reports late Thursday. As part of a deal, Silver Lake would sell off Yahoo's Asian assets and then attempt to turn around ...
U.S.-Russian space trio lands safely in Kazakhstan
ALMATY (Reuters) - A Russian Soyuz space capsule with three astronauts on board landed safely in Kazakhstan on Friday, NASA television reported. U.S. astronaut Ron Garan and Russian cosmonauts Andrey Borisenko and Alexander Samokutyaev, who had manned the International Space Station ...
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Most Asian nations realizing Internet cannot be tamed
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - It's not just dictators. Governments around the world, many of them popularly elected, have tried for years to control the Internet and social media, dismayed by their potential to incite violence, spread mischief and distribute pornography and ...
Trio of space station crewmembers set for landing
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - Three International Space Station crewmembers climbed aboard a Soyuz capsule prepared for their return to Earth on Thursday, with their replacements delayed by an ongoing investigation into a Russian launch accident. Former station commander Andrey Borisenko, ...
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Google to launch local shopping service in Japan: Nikkei
(Reuters) - Google Inc's Japanese unit will launch an online search service on Friday that will display the prices and availability of products at stores near the shopper's location, the Nikkei business daily reported. Seven Japanese retail giants, including Yodobashi Camera ...
