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More than three months after a powerful earthquake and 14-meter-tall tsunami struck Japan, the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant remains flooded with a salty mix of fresh and sea water--saltwater contaminated with the radioactive residue of three reactors and four spent fuel pools' worth of nuclear fuel. Every day an additional 500 metric tons of seawater is poured onto the still hot nuclear fuel in the stricken reactors and fuel pools.

The Department of Homeland Security has unveiled a tiny, disposable router that allows first responders to communicate digitally in emergencies--and could replace two-way radios. The Department of Homeland Security has unveiled a new two-way radio replacement system for firefighters that's designed to work in extreme heat and disaster situations--and is disposable

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Photograph by Matt Nager Creative marketers are launching new efforts to reach the Latin American community.

Apple naysayers love to point out the growing presence of Android-powered smartphones. Apple fans counter with a reminder that no one Android phone outsells the iPhone.

Leading Net radio service Pandora has just priced its IPO, ready to lead a nascent industry into the next phase.

(PhysOrg.com) -- It is not the same as it used to be, the element finding business. We have discovered and named all the elements from hydrogen (element 1) up to element 112 (copernicium)[1], and last week IUPAC (International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry - it does to elements what the International Astronomical Union did to Pluto), the world governing body for chemistry, has announced the confirmation of a couple more.

This is the complete rear face of the sun, imaged for the first time in this manner by NASA's two STEREO solar imaging spacecraft on June 1. It's intriguing, and also relevant: Scientists are predicting that the next 11-year Solar Cycle could be very muted, which some suggest leads to an extended period of cold weather on Earth.

By Kevin Krolicki and Kiyoshi Takenaka KANAGAWA, Japan (Reuters) - Hisao Nakamura still can't accept that his crisply cut field of deep green tea bushes south of Tokyo has been turned into a radioactive hazard by a crisis far beyond the horizon. [More]

By Kevin Krolicki and Kiyoshi Takenaka KANAGAWA, Japan (Reuters) - Hisao Nakamura still can't accept that his crisply cut field of deep green tea bushes south of Tokyo has been turned into a radioactive hazard by a crisis far beyond the horizon. [More]

[youtube O5MgeJwhOgU] Sir Ian McKellan has found lifelong success, but it could have turned out very differently. In a PSA released last night, the actor portrays himself as a homeless man sleeping on the street and being cruelly tormented

It's nice when good things happen to good companies. After a more than decade of struggling to turn its streaming music service into a viable business (for a good primer check out Stephanie Clifford's 2007 story ), Pandora is profitable and poised for a blockbuster IPO. Today, it announced that it is raising the price of the offering by roughly 50 percent : Online radio station Pandora increased the share price for its initial public offering today, bringing the company’s valuation to nearly $2 billion, according to a recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

"We're going to demote the PC and the Mac to just be a device," said Steve Jobs in his keynote address at Apple's WWDC conference today. "We're going to move your hub, the center of your digital life, into the cloud." Apple revealed its long-awaited cloud sharing and sync service today, iCloud. Far more than a way to back up files to a distant server, iCloud is integrated across Apple desktops and mobile devices to ensure that all of your computers can synchronize contacts, calendars, email, apps, music, photos, and more

There's a method to the madness of France's curious Internet bans--an underlying philosophy that's causing conflict with companies around the world. The world stared in befuddled amusement as France banned the words "Twitter" and "Facebook" from TV

If you work with or are expanding to foreign markets, it's important for your employees to have access to language education. We've found five engagingand freethat can start your company down the path to fluency. Yes, there's an app for that.