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British group unveils facial reading lie-detector
(PhysOrg.com) -- A British team of researchers led by Professor Hassan Ugail of Bradford University have demonstrated a new type of lie-detector at the annual British Science Festival in Bradford....
Nostradamus in silica: can supercomputers really predict revolutions? | by @mjrobbins
Like Nostradamus the Nautilus supercomputer is brilliant at predicting events, as long as they have already happened.The best predictions are always made in hindsight. Nostradamus achieved fame by writing down a lot of...
Amazon subscription service could rewrite book industry
A rumoured push by Amazon.com to create a Netflix Inc.-like service for digital books could change the way we consume the printed word, Dan Misener writes.
Social networking top online activity in US
US Internet users are spending nearly a quarter of their online time at blogs and social networks, with Facebook the most popular destination, according to a survey released Monday by...
No more cigarettes for smoking Malaysian orangutan
A captive orangutan often spotted smoking cigarettes given to her by zoo visitors is being forced to kick the habit, a Malaysian wildlife official said Monday.
Out of the darkness: Special issue looks inside the minds, lives and hearts of responders to Sept. 11
The Journal of Emergency Medical Services is publishing a special 150-page four-volume digital issue featuring first-person accounts of responders who were thrust into the world spotlight the morning of Sept....
Germany learns from E. coli outbreak
Germany learns from E. coli outbreakNature News , 12092011 doi: 10.1038/news.2011.530Marian TurnerGovernment plans to upgrade its disease-reporting processes.
How the CDC Would Deal with a Real-Life 'Contagion'
Government powers fall short of pulling sick people from their homes.
Video: Jet-powered school bus goes 320mph
With a 42,000 hp engine, a school bus in Lincoln, Neb. hit a speed of 320 mph in just a few seconds. Betty Nguyen reports.
Sanofi Outlines New Objectives
Pharmaceuticals: Company plans further cost cutting as it nears a 2012 patent cliff.
Study: U.S. must develop cyber intelligence
Warns that threats against business, gov't networks from cyber-attacks by hackers, nation states has increased in magnitude
'Blast at French nuclear plant'
There is a risk of a radioactive leak after a blast at the southern French nuclear plant of Marcoule, media reports say.
Hudak would tie hospital CEO pay to results
Ontario's Progressive Conservatives say they'll dock the salaries of hospital executives whose facilities aren't up to par.
Rehabilitating cats one pat at a time
Traumatised cats are getting another shot at rehabilitation thanks to a novel research method being explored at The University of Queensland.
In plane view
An airplane’s digital flight-data recorder, or “black box,” holds massive amounts of data, documenting the performance of engines, cockpit controls, hydraulic equipment and GPS systems, typically at regular one-second intervals throughout a flight....
Opel has designs on 'one-euro car'
(PhysOrg.com) -- Opel will take the wraps off its battery-powered electric car, which it refers to as the One Euro, at this weeks Frankfurt Car Show. The little two-seater will...
Well Blog: Can You Solve a Medical Mystery Involving Hiccups?
Can you solve a medical mystery involving a middle-aged man with unrelenting hiccups?
Letters: Entrepreneurial state key to innovation
The state is being cut back in the UK to make space for entrepreneurship and private-sector innovation (Report, 8 September). But how many people know that the algorithm that led to Google's success...
Secret Service probes Facebook threat
Threatening messages, including photo of Osama bin Laden, posted on White House's Facebook wall
The computer that predicts the future
Nautilus foresaw the Arab Spring and the whereabouts of Bin Laden (sort of). What happens next is anyone's guessHey, wouldn't it be great if we had a supercomputer that could predict the...
Researchers flag phony domains in e-mail security study
(PhysOrg.com) -- A paper released this week shows how an e-mail scoffing technique picks up personal employee information, company secrets and passwords almost effortlessly with just the setting up of...
No truce expected in global patent wars
Patent reform legislation passed by the US Congress may represent the most sweeping changes to the law in decades but the bill is not expected to end the courtroom wrangling...
German minister advises colleagues to shun Facebook
Germany's consumer protection minister has warned her fellow cabinet members against using Facebook to promote their work citing data security concerns, in an internal letter obtained by Der Spiegel.
Adviser: US maintains limited role in weapons hunt
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Obama administration won't pursue unilateral efforts to find missing shoulder-fired missiles and other weapons in Libya, President Barack Obama's counterintelligence adviser said...
China's Alibaba chief silent on Yahoo stake
The head of Chinese Internet giant Alibaba, Jack Ma, Saturday gave no hint of the future of Yahoo!'s stake in his firm but said he wasn't responsible for the recent...
The Evolution of Airport Security Since 9/11
9/11 has changed the way we deal with airport security forever. Sheldon Jacobson discusses the evolution of airport screening and how comprehensive airport screening may actually be less effective...
Learning and terror, ten years on
Twenty-two years ago I learned how to calculate particle production in electron-positron collisions, then forgot. But the summer school of 2001 is fresh in my mind this weekend.Twenty-two years ago this week I...
Patent reform act stirs mixed emotions in science circles
(PhysOrg.com) -- The Senate on Thursday unanimously approved (by a vote of 89-9) the America Invents Act. The Act is being hailed as a substantial overhaul of the U.S. patent...