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Russia's MTS to sell Apple iPhone
(AP) -- Russia's number one cell operator MTS said Friday it has signed a deal with Apple Inc. to sell the iPhone in Russia.
World Cancer Declaration Sets Ambitious Targets For 2020
A summit of more than 60 high-level policymakers, leaders and health experts have adopted a global plan aimed at tackling the growing cancer crisis in developing countries. The plan, contained...
New eBay Site Strives For "World Of Good"
The online auction operator eBay is launching WorldofGood.com, a Web site to sell goods produced with social and environmental goals in mind.
The Key to Smaller, More Powerful Gadgets
Gadget buyers today can purchase PCs, cell phones and mp3 players with significantly more memory than their predecessors for just a few dollars more than they paid a few years...
Supplement makers need stricter FDA oversight
When I read about the founder of Berkeley Premium Nutraceuticals being sentenced last week to 25 years in prison for defrauding customers with dubious herbal remedies, I asked myself yet...
Revamped Google Photo Site IDs Faces
With a face recognition feature set to launch at noon PDT Tuesday, Google's Picasa Web Albums will help users label their photos with the names of subjects.
Safe, Inexpensive Alternative To Antibiotics Developed For Production Of Biofuels And Biopharmaceuticals
Researchers have developed a system that eliminates the need for antibiotics and resistance genes in the engineering of industrial and medical products. The method involves safer, less costly alternatives and...
Opinion: Equity and morality in food and technology - biofuels or food?
Climate change is inevitable, but biofuels replacing food production, and thereby increasing food prices further, is not, writes Professor Lindsay Falvey.
Western and local doctors 'willing to cooperate'
A new Bolivia-based study has found that local medical practitioners and Western doctors are willing to promote synergy between both systems.
"Genography" Puts European Ancestry on the Map
Detailed genetic analysis could be boon for genealogy, forensics
Courts weigh subatomic doomsday claims
Science editor Alan Boyle's Weblog: Courts in the U.S. and Europe are considering claims that an atom-smasher could destroy the world, but that won't hold up the device's startup.
Chemical Makers Team Up With IBM
European industry teams with computer firm, launches service to tackle REACH
Era of scientific secrecy nears its end
Secrecy and competition to achieve breakthroughs have been part of scientific culture for centuries, but the latest Internet advances are forcing a tortured openness throughout the halls of science and...
Transcend Introduces their 64GB Jet Flash V20 USB Flash Drive
Transcend Information, Inc. is a leading manufacture of flash memory products. The V20 is small enough to fit into your shirt pocket and has semi-transparent color-band that lights up when...
Physicists aflutter about data photographed at conference
Digital cameras snap slides ahead of publication.
Winnipeg Bristol Aerospace plant gets $120M boost
The federal government and parent company Magellan Aerospace will spend up to $120 million on a new program at Winnipeg's Bristol Aerospace plant.
New technologies make campaign more personal, analyst says
(PhysOrg.com) -- A political scientist at Montana State University believes that technological advances have made the political campaign process more personal than any campaign for more than a century.
Ultrasound to give feel to games
Virtual objects can be felt in mid-air thanks to a pioneering ultrasound approach developed by Japanese researchers .
Toting a laptop? Relief's in store at airport checkpoints
Travelers heading through airport security soon may be spending less time in line, thanks to new rules that allow laptop computers in "checkpoint-friendly" bags to pass through X-ray machines without...
Businesses use Web without abandoning physical presence
Chuck Bankoff, Capistrano Beach franchisee for WSI Internet, has not met 90 percent of his clients in person. Most of his work and meetings are done over the Internet.
Gearbox readies two new games: 'Borderlands' and 'Aliens'
I got to visit Gearbox Softwarelast week, and the game developer clearly has some cool stuff up its sleeve. (I use that term deliberately: Gearbox president Randy Pitchford was once...
Enquiry-based science education is the way forward
Enquiry-based science education is essential for sustainable development, says Jorge E. Allende.
Wi-Spy 2.4x Spectrum Analyzer
This all new version has both its hardware and software upgraded. The Wi-Spy is the world's smallest 2.4 GHz spectrum analyzer that helps troubleshoot and analyze Wi-Fi networks for interference.
Struggling Alcatel-Lucent names new top executives
(AP) -- At Britain's BT Group, Ben Verwaayen was lauded for transforming the money-losing phone company into a profitable and aggressive leader in broadband Internet access.
Balzan Prizes 2008: Prize Winners to be Announced on 8 September
The International Balzan Foundation will announce the winners of this year’s prestigious Balzan prizes on 8 September 2008 in Milan. The foundation will be awarding the prizes in honour of...
"Grease to Greece" racers cross Europe on cooking oil
ATHENS (Reuters) - Fuelled only by used cooking fat, eight teams completed a 2,500-mile car rally from London to Athens on Wednesday in a bid to promote awareness of cheap...
Student Helps Rescue Future Hurricane Victims
There's some good news as hurricane season is getting under way: an MIT graduate student has developed a computer model that helps evacuation managers make better decisions, and possibly save...
EU lawmakers open battle against sheep, goat tags
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - British and Irish lawmakers in the European Parliament launched a campaign on Tuesday against a rule that would make electronic tags for millions of sheep and goats...