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Recipes for Health: Wild Rice Salad With Celery and Walnuts
A lemony salad that works as a main dish salad or as a welcome addition to a Thanksgiving table.
Seventies book predicted our future
A 1972 book had the right idea when it told readers to reduce consumption in order to avoid economical and environmental crisis, new research has found.
TVO to put shows on YouTube
TVO, Ontario's public educational television station, is launching a channel on YouTube through a revenue-sharing agreement with the website.
Copying keys from photos is child's play
You have memorised your passwords and your PIN is secret, now it is the house keys that must be hidden from prying eyes.
Time Reversal? Think History vs. Economics
So far in these blogs I have focussed on hard science verifiable by experiment. But it is also part of the background to my multiauthored volume On Space and Time...
Feds issue rule aimed at Internet gambling ban
(AP) -- The Bush administration has issued a final rule aimed at banning Internet gambling.
Britain calls for more sperm donors amid shortage
(AP) -- Britain is facing a sperm donor shortage after reversing confidentiality laws and limiting the number of women who can use sperm from one donor, fertility experts warned...
Free software gets an education
Companies, organisations and citizens spend billions a year on licensing fees for proprietary software. Could that money not be put to better use developing free software alternatives and local expertise?
Computers make sense of experiments on human disease
Increased use of computers to create predictive models of human disease is likely following a workshop organised by the European Science Foundation (ESF), which urged for a collaborative effort between...
Google launches Gmail voice and video chat
Google launched Gmail voice and video chat, making it simple for people around the world to chat in high-quality video for free right within Gmail. All you need is a...
Philips develops "intelligent pill"
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Dutch group Philips has developed an "intelligent pill" that contains a microprocessor, battery, wireless radio, pump and a drug reservoir to release medication in a specific area...
Science Weekly Extra podcast: Jeremy Ginsberg discusses how Google Flu Trends can geographically track the disease by using its search engine data
Jeremy Ginsberg is one of the engineers on the Google Flu Trends project
As DNA test backlogs soar, U.S. cuts funding
Law enforcement agencies that had not used full allocations from previous years found their grants reduced despite an estimated 400,000 untested cases. ...
Penn provost to lead Johns Hopkins
BALTIMORE, Nov. 12 (UPI) -- The Johns Hopkins University in Maryland announced Tuesday Ronald J. Daniels will become the school's 14th president.
UK experts give blackouts warning
Energy experts warn the UK could face an unacceptable risk of major blackouts in less than 10 years unless policy is improved.
Energy body warns on oil prices
A lack of investment in exploration will be likely to force oil prices up and up, a leading energy body warns.
Gene-testing company fights to retain listing
Frozen assets compound deCODE's financial woes.
Start of Recession in New York State Signaled by UB Researchers
(PhysOrg.com) -- Although no official determination has been made about whether New York State or the U.S. is in the midst of a recession, researchers from the University at Buffalo's...
Gasoline continues plunge; crude tumbles below $60
HOUSTON (AP) -- Retail gasoline prices dipped for a 17th week since July 4, falling below $2 a gallon in a number of states and approaching...
Fujitsu to Release New Energy-Efficient 500 GB 2.5'' HDD Models
Fujitsu Limited today announced that it has developed two new 500 GB 2.5" hard disk drive (HDD) models that feature a rotational speed of 5,400 RPM and deliver industry-leading levels...
Western Transportation Institute installs one of the country's largest driving simulators
The Western Transportation Institute at Montana State University is now home to one of the largest and most sophisticated motion-based driving simulators in the United States...
Revered Paris taxidermy shop rebuilds after fire
The fire's survivors were a motley crew: A parrot, a peacock and a baboon. All of them stuffed. Now, after the devastating blaze, the animals' home, famed Parisian taxidermy store...
Online tools help students search for meaning
(PhysOrg.com) -- With universities storing ever more teaching resources online, how do students and tutors find what they need? European researchers have devised novel ways to classify and locate teaching...
Republicans turn to Web for help in rebuilding party
Fresh off a US presidential election defeat and further losses in Congress, the Republican Party launched a new website on Tuesday asking members for their ideas on its future.
Softbank, Alibaba announce new B2B service
Japanese Internet giant Softbank and Chinese e-commerce firm Alibaba said Tuesday they would launch a business-to-business service to link Japanese firms with potential customers in China.
Chemical industry cautious about Obama presidency
Chemical companies worry Obama could bring over-regulation, but chemists upbeat at funding plans
Intelligent Walker Designed To Assist The Elderly And People Undergoing Medical Rehabilitation
Researchers have designed an intelligent walker (i-Walker) that goes a step beyond conventional walkers as it can communicate with the user, think for itself and react to the environment. The...
Intel dives into medical market with home health monitors
The world's biggest computer chip maker on Monday dove into the medical market with technology that lets doctors make house calls on patients without being there.