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Mathematicians Reveal Secrets Of The Ancient And Universal Art Of Symmetry
Humans have used symmetrical patterns for thousands of years in both functional and decorative ways. Now, a new book by three mathematicians offers both math experts and enthusiasts a new...
MIT helps develop image-recognition software
It takes surprisingly few pixels of information to be able to identify the subject of an image, a team led by an MIT researcher has found. The discovery could lead...
Continuing Upward Pressure On Retail Gasoline Prices Expected
With the price of a barrel of oil hovering around $120, US drivers can expect to pay more at the pump in the near future, according to a new study.
Identifying The Global Elements Of Job Satisfaction
When it comes to satisfaction at work, workers in different countries find it in different ways, according to new studies. Researchers are probing the ways in which firms interact with...
Plan to trim cell phone cancellation fees draws criticism
(AP) -- A proposal for the government to help cell phone customers avoid expensive fees when they cancel contracts with wireless companies may go down in flames after consumer...
Poland tackles science like a business
Polish leaders were disconcerted in January, when the nation's scientists came away empty-handed from the first round of applications for the European Research Council's starting-grant competition. The country is also...
Grain popper may help hungry Africans
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., May 21 (UPI) -- U.S. students and faculty at Purdue University in Indiana have modified a popping machine that might bring needed relief to malnourished...
Australian dilemma: too many kangaroos, too few devils
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) -- Too many kangaroos, too few Tasmanian devils. Two of the country's beloved icons are challenging Australians' thinking on wildlife management....
Canada's food safety ranking surprises researchers
Canada ranks fifth for food safety in a survey comparing 17 industrial countries, says a University of Regina study released Wednesday.
Grasshopper-Inspired Jumping Microrobot Can Make Staggering Leaps
Researchers from the Laboratory of Intelligent Systems at EPFL are unveiling a novel, grasshopper-inspired jumping robot at the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation. The robot weighs a minuscule...
Modeling How We See Natural Scenes
Sophisticated mathematical modeling methods and a "CatCam" that captures feline-centric video of a forest are two elements of a new effort to explain how the brain's visual circuitry processes real...
Time Warner to reap $9.25 billion windfall in cable spinoff
(AP) -- Time Warner Inc. said Wednesday it would formally split off its cable TV business, giving the media conglomerate a $9.25 billion windfall and allowing it to focus...
Japan allows military use of space
Reversing a nearly 40-year-old ban, Japan's parliament voted on Wednesday to allow the nation's space programs to be used for national defence.
New journal highlights undergraduate research
Spanning topics as diverse as cancerous tumors and the overfishing of grouper in the Turks and Caicos Islands, a new journal aims to highlight the serious scientific research regularly undertaken by Harvard undergraduates. Editors...
Better business decisions with real-time data
They may look like ordinary washers and dryers to you, but to Hemant Jain they are the first steps into the future.
Merging 'control' software with smart devices could optimize manufacturing
Real-time access to manufacturing data is essential to modern factories. Researchers are developing software that takes advantage of the real-time data generated by smart devices to support real-time decision-making.
What Is The Value Of Biodiversity To Our Collective Future?
What will the loss of biodiversity cost us in the long term? How much do national economies need to invest now in order to stop the trend? And what price...
Invasive species test brings big prize for student
A high school student from Summerside, P.E.I., has won a $4,500 prize for developing a test for identifying minute amounts of DNA from the vase tunicate in water samples.
Honda's New Commitment To Hybrids
Honda will sell a new, improved and affordable gas-electric hybrid in the U.S., Japan and Europe starting in early 2009, underlining the Japanese automaker's commitment to "green" technology, the company...
Yamaha says strong interest in new music machine
Yamaha says it is seeing brisk interest in a new digital musical instrument that enables users to create and play music as if they are drawing pictures.
Wage subsidies announced for rural P.E.I. jobs
A program designed to create new jobs outside of Charlottetown and Summerside will be started, Rural Development Minister Allan Campbell has revealed.
Merck Agrees to Settlement Over Vioxx Ads
The drug maker has agreed to pay $58 million as part of a multistate settlement concerning advertising for the now-withdrawn painkiller.
Hungarian student hurls eggs at Microsoft CEO Ballmer
(AP) -- Microsoft Corp. Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer scrambled for cover from an egg-hurling protester during a talk at a Hungarian university Monday.
Project Digitizes Works From the Golden Age of Timbuktu
A lode of books and manuscripts from Timbuktu is being digitized for the Internet and distributed to scholars worldwide.
Leader: Progress prevails
David Cameron may live to regret blotting his previously commendable record on gay rights
HP's 2Q profit up on strong demand outside US
(AP) -- Strong demand outside the United States for Hewlett-Packard Co.'s computers, printers and other products widened its profit margin in its second quarter, but investors worry the trend...
K-State's BRI Is National Biosafety And Biocontainment Training Program's First Designated Training Facility In Nation
Kansas State University's BRI -- Biosecurity Research Institute -- is the National Biosafety and Biocontainment Training Program's first designated training facility in the nation.
New iPhone launches June 9: report
Apple Inc. will launch a faster iPhone capable of working on third-generation cellphone networks on June 9 and sell it immediately, a media report says.