The recycled plastic is safe for water purification, fiber optics and medical equipment.

IBM Research today announced that its researchers from the Almaden lab in San Jose, California have discovered a new, one-step chemical process that converts polycarbonates from smartphones, CDs and other devices into non-toxic plastic.

Logitech UE Boom 2 and Megaboom get Siri and Google Now integration via software update

Logitech's Ultimate Ears series of Bluetooth speakers can access Siri and Google Now after a software update. Two speakers, the Boom 2 and the Megaboom, will receive the feature via a software update for the speakers and an update to the app on your phone.

Olli, a 3D printed, self-driving minibus, to hit the road in US

The vehicle-a 3D-printed minibus called "Olli" capable of carrying 12 people-was unveiled by Arizona-based startup Local Motors outside the US capital city Washington.

Astronomers Observe Supermassive Black Hole Feeding on Cold Gas

This illustration depicts the view from outside of a rapidly-accreting black hole. The bright light toward the center represents the super-heating of gas as it falls onto the black hole. Emanating from the center is a jet of accelerated particles moving near the speed of light. Surrounding the black hold is cool, clumpy gas and dust, which are falling inwards and will eventually join the material accreting onto the black hole.

When examinations need an examination!

If it was not surreally shocking, it would be funny. News from Bihar that two of its intermediate (pre-university course) toppers interviewed in a TV show could not answer basic questions - including so much as naming the subject one had studied - has left the state government, "red-faced after recent claims" that its board examinations were conducted with foolproof security. A fall in the share of candidates who passed does suggest sincere efforts by the government. However, authorities have filed police complaints against a college and four toppers and ordered a special probe into alleged academic irregularities following the revelations. We can take rich guesses as to what might have transpired because cheating invigilators and officials at various levels are in abundance in many parts of India, particularly the Hindi belt. From mass copying to question paper leaks to imposters writing examinations to experts dictating answers by mobile phones to students inside halls, accounts of cheating are legion. Some involve corrupt school/college authorities. Last year, people were outraged over a picture in a village not far from Patna where friends and family members of a school climbed a school wall to pass on, "answer chits." Have we perfected some logistical system of cheating that parallels Mumbai's famous dabbawalas who serve food to office workers?

The US Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal from Google on a class-action lawsuit brought against it by advertisers.

The court's decision Monday will leave in place a ruling from last year in a San Francisco federal court. That means the lawsuit can move forward as a class action representing thousands of advertisers who previously used Google's AdWords program from 2004 to 2008.

How Uncover What Treatment To Use For Your Cancer Type

"Health" and "illness" are contrasting word groups. They can be moved to physical or in mental context. Lots of internet marketers that physical exercise done on a normal basis keeps us healthy. Mental exercise also keeps us mentally healthy. Similar to after doing doing exercises we need rest, after mental exercise the mind also needs rest. But we hear the phrase "physical rest" oftentimes. The term "mental rest" is rarely chosen

England's one day skipper Eoin Morgan has hailed the exploits of his old Test team-mates, but still won't add them to his white- ball revolution.

James Anderson and Stuart Broad have swapped places as the No.1 bowler in the world, while Alastair Cook has now gone smoothly past 10,000 Test runs in the series win over Sri Lanka, but Morgan wants to take the young guns under him into Champions Trophy battle next year and the World Cup beyond.

Service-Oriented Architecture

A service-oriented architecture is essentially a collection of services. These services communicate with each other. The communication can involve either simple data passing or it could involve two or more services coordinating some activity. Some means of connecting services to each other is needed. Service-oriented architectures are not a new thing. The first service-oriented architecture for many people in the past was with the use DCOM or Object Request Brokers (ORBs) based on the CORBA specification. For more on DCOM and CORBA

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