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As you sip on your morning coffee, do you ever wonder why a ring forms when you spill it? Scientists have debunked the coffee-ring effect, attributing the cause to spherical particles, which can revolutionize printing and paint chemicals or even makeup.

Ever wondered why a spilled drop of coffee dries out, forming a ring with a defined edge, as opposed to say, a drop of blood, which will dry as an evenly distributed blob? It took about a decade for scientists to explain this seemingly simple phenomenon, the "coffee ring effect."

Apple Inc, Nokia and Qualcomm Inc are among several technology companies pondering bids for InterDigital Inc, sources familiar with the situation said.

Core producer prices rose at their fastest pace in six months in July on strong tobacco and light truck costs, though weak domestic demand was seen keeping inflation pressures under control.

Mom of eight, Kate Gosselin's reality TV show has been canceled, broadcaster TLC said on Monday, ending a six-year headline-making run that made the 36 year-old woman one of the most loved and reviled people on U.S. television.

The strike of 45,000 Verizon land line employees continued onto its ninth day on Monday, as groups across the country picketed in front of Verizon stores. IBTimes was on the scene to capture a group of picketing Verizon workers in Lower Manhattan.

The National Beef Packing Co. has recalled more than 60,000 pounds of ground beef products.

?We?ve been willing to talk and willing to move forward,? said union spokeswoman Candice Johnson.

The former juvenile court judge allegedly accepted nearly $1 million in exchange for sentencing minors to time in for-profit detention centers.

Verizon Communications (VZ.N) won court injunctions in three states to prevent strikers from blocking facilities and it was seeking similar legal protection in two more states on the fifth day of a strike involving almost half the workers in its wireline business.

Pennsylvania researchers used a "killer" technique where patients with leukemia had some of their own blood removed and genetically reprogrammed to attack tumor cells. The treatment made the most common type of leukemia disappear in two patients, and reduced cancer cells by 70 percent in a third.

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., rounded out the super committee by announcing her three House Democratic members for the special bipartisan board. Now the tough work begins: reducing the deficit by at least another $1.5 trillion over 10 years, and as far as the financial markets are concerned, the sooner the reduction is announced, the better.

In the wake of the 2007-2009 economic recession, investors in the $3.7 trillion U.S. municipal bond market have been rattled by predictions of possible bankruptcies.

Former Pennsylvania county judge Mark Ciavarella Jr. was sentenced to 28 years in prison after being convicted of accepting a million dollars in bribe from a builder of juvenile detention centers.

Texas Governor Rick Perry, a staunch conservative with a Washington outsider's resume, will seek the 2012 Republican nomination for U.S. president, his spokesman said on Thursday, adding a top contender to the party's field of hopefuls.

Texas Governor Rick Perry, a staunch conservative with a Washington outsider's resume, will seek the 2012 Republican nomination for U.S. president, his spokesman said on Thursday, adding a top contender to the party's field of hopefuls.

Cinemax is raising the barn: The cable network announced a new Amish drama from "True Blood" creator Alan Ball.

Singer Gavin DeGraw will return to performing on August 24, after an assault in New York that left him with concussion and a broken nose, his spokeswoman said on Thursday.

Sarah Palin announced that the One Nation bus tour will be back on the road and headed to the Iowa State Fair before the GOP presidential straw poll.

Dale Ostrander could have permanent brain damage

A new treatment for leukemia has shown promising results, says a study from the University of Pennsylvania published in the New England Journal of Medicine and Science Translational Medicine.