Science news articles about 'scraps'

  • U.S. Scraps "Virtual Fence" On Border

    The government is scrapping a $20 million prototype of its highly touted "virtual fence" on the Arizona-Mexico border because the system is failing to adequately alert border patrol agents to illegal ...
  • Canada scraps plans for new reactors for making medical isotopes

    Canada announced Friday it is scrapping development of two new nuclear reactors that would have supplied radioactive materials, essential for medical tests, to most of the world.
  • NJ, Texas courts scrap awards from Vioxx cases

    NEWARK, N.J. (AP) -- Appeals courts in New Jersey and Texas have scrapped verdicts against drugmaker Merck stemming from some of the earliest trials involving its once popular painkiller Vioxx....
  • Icahn tells Yahoo board to scrap severance plan

    (AP) -- Activist investor Carl Icahn wants Yahoo Inc.'s board to scrap an employee severance plan that drove up the potential cost of Microsoft Corp.'s bid to buy the Internet pioneer.
  • A green future for scrap iron

    Take a close look at that cheap piece of scrap iron before you toss it in the trash. Wei-xian Zhang has a good use for it. Someday soon, much of the world might also.
  • £5m fund to scrap fishing boats

    Owners of inshore fishing boats in England are being offered £5m by the government to scrap their boats and leave the industry.
  • Japanese seek to scrap Google's Street View

    A group of Japanese journalists, professors and lawyers demanded Friday that the US Internet search giant Google scrap its "Street View" service in Japan, saying it violates people's privacy.
  • Bush administration scraps updated fuel efficiency rules

    The outgoing Bush administration said Wednesday it was scrapping efforts to implement better automobile fuel efficiency rules, leaving the update until after the presidential transition.
  • UK to scrap 'toxic' carrier

    A French aircraft carrier, which was too toxic to break up in India, is on its way to be scrapped on Teesside.
  • Drilling Leases Near Utah Parks Scrapped

    ... a high-profile reversal of the Bush administration, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar said the government is scrapping the lease of 77 parcels of federal land for oil and gas drilling in Utah's redrock ...
  • Drilling Leases Near Utah Parks Scrapped

    ... a high-profile reversal of the Bush administration, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar said the government is scrapping the lease of 77 parcels of federal land for oil and gas drilling in Utah's redrock ...
  • Artificial Vision Used To Improve Recycling Of Electronic Scrap Metal

    Researchers are studying an innovative method based on multispectral artificial vision systems to enhance the value of electronic scrap which currently represent 4% of urban waste in Europe.
  • Journal told to scrap Darwin article

    ... embroiled in a row over academic freedom after state officials forced a science journal to scrap an article celebrating the work of Charles Darwin.Bilim ve Teknik (Science and Technology) withdrew ...
  • UK science Sats to be scrapped

    ... that formal science tests taken by 600,000 11-year-olds every year should be scrapped.Every child in England will receive a detailed graduation certificate listing their achievements at the end of ...
  • Amsterdam pays residents to scrap polluting old cars

    The Dutch capital Amsterdam announced Wednesday a cash bonus of up to 1,000 euros (1,400 dollars) for residents who scrap their old cars to buy newer, environmentally friendly ones.

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