Silicon's Effect On Sunflowers Studied

As the popularity of sunflowers grows among commercial growers and everyday gardeners, scientists are looking for new supplements and growing methods to enhance production and quality of this celebrated annual.

Dr. Neil Turok Appointed Executive Director of Perimeter Institute

The Board of Directors of Canada's Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics (PI) is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Neil Turok to the position of Executive Director.

BCE profit declines

Earnings for BCE Inc. fell in the first quarter due to restructuring costs and charges to fund broadband expansion in smaller communities.

Alternatives To Ozone-depleting Pesticide Studied

In 2000, the widely used pesticide methy bromide was classified as an ozone-depleting substance, and in 2005 MB was banned in the United States and all European Union countries. In...

Comcast mulling Net usage cap to discourage 'excessive' use

(AP) -- Comcast Corp., the nation's second-largest Internet service provider, is considering setting an official limit on the amount of data that subscribers can download per month and charging...

Professor studies what cars can learn from drivers' words

Years ago, Stanford communication and sociology researcher Clifford Nass wondered why some people treated their computers as humans, instead of machines, a question that led him down a path of...

Workers Who Feel Trusted Will Boost Sales and Provide Better Customer Service: Study

Companies that communicate their trust to employees will see superior sales and customer service performance, says a psychology researcher from Sauder School of Business at the University of British Columbia.

Grand Theft Auto Makes Crime Pay

"Grand Theft Auto IV" raked in more than $500 million in its first week in stores, selling more than 6 million units worldwide, the video game's publisher said.

'Teacher Toads' Train Predators to Stay Away

Setting cane toads loose in areas of Australia that don't already have them may sound like a crazy idea, but research by the University of Sydney's Professor Rick Shine suggests...

Ottawa announces $298M in health research

Federal Health Minister Tony Clement on Wednesday announced $298 million in funding from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) for 764 health research projects across the country.

Flying saucers, tiny helicopters compete in British war game

(AP) -- Emotion-detecting robot cars will face off against eavesdropping flying saucers in the English countryside when scientists, academics and schoolchildren compete later this year to design the next...

Braille converter bridges the information gap

A free, e-mail-based service that translates text into Braille and audio recordings is helping to bridge the information gap for blind and visually impaired people, giving them quick and easy...

Music reduced to beautiful math

It’s hard for anyone to say what music looks like, but a new mathematical approach sees classical music as cone-shaped and jazz as pyramid-like.

Ranking Consumers By Environmental Behavior: India, Brazil Top Index; United States Ranks Last

National Geographic and the international polling firm GlobeScan will unveil results of a new mechanism for measuring and comparing consumer behavior concerning the environment. Fourteen thousand consumers in Australia, Brazil,...

Opinion: The importance of disability support workers

Many in society do not value the disabled and equally do not value the disability support workers who help them achieve, write Peter Gibilisco and Debbie Mackenzie.

Over the back fence: gardeners get advice from neighbors, friends

Where do gardeners turn when they need information about annuals, perennials, shrubs and trees? Staff at University of Minnesota Extension have published results of a survey that concludes that the...

Research revolution?

Val�rie Pecresse has been a member of the French National Assembly (Yvelines department) since 2002. She rose to prominence as the combative spokeswoman for Nicolas Sarkozy's centre#19;right UMP party during...

Chemists spin a web of data

Chemspider website provides free information on millions of molecules.

Drug firm turns spotlight on basic systems biology

BlackBerry cuts into downtime

BlackBerry users can't decide whether they love or hate the device, but they all agree that they now have a lot less corporate downtime, research has found.

Space is 'current frontier' for engineer working on next-gen wireless technologies

Bhaskar Rao is a space explorer, though he is no astronaut. The electrical engineer from UC San Diego`s Jacobs School of Engineering explores the “space frontier” that has opened up...

Tech firms team up to offer high-speed WiMax

A who's-who of media and technology companies are joining forces to create a new venture that promises to deliver web access for cellphones and laptops at speeds much faster rates...

Report: Medical tourism numbers overstated

NEW YORK, May 6 (UPI) -- A U.S. consulting firm says the number of people who travel outside their country for medical treatment is lower than marketers report.

Social Networking Sites Replace Reunions?

Ten years after graduating from Taylor High School in Katy, Texas, Tina Lee Naro learned some surprising things about her former classmates.

MIT commercial property price index turns higher

Despite signs of a widening disconnect between buyers and sellers, transaction sale prices of U.S. commercial property owned by institutional investors rose 2.1 percent in the first quarter of 2008,...

Neil Young to release archive on Blu-ray discs

(AP) -- Rocker Neil Young plans to release his entire music archive on Blu-ray discs, a sign that the discs' capabilities are building appeal among musicians as well as...

Cisco 3Q profit beats subdued expectations

(AP) -- Cisco Systems Inc.'s profit fell 5 percent in its fiscal third quarter but beat Wall Street's expectations, a sign the turbulent U.S. economy didn't rattle the world's...

Telecom Qwest 1Q profit falls 35 percent on higher taxes

(AP) -- Qwest Communications International Inc. reported Tuesday its first-quarter net income fell 35 percent as tax expenses jumped and more customers halted service amid the languishing economy and...