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The Top Tech Turkeys of 2010
The Last Year in Techdom Saw its Fair Share of Bloopers, Blunders and Well, Turkeys
Nanotechnology for health: Facts and figures
Can developing countries use nanotechnology to improve health? Priya Shetty looks at nanomedicine's promise.
Facebook "Friends" May Be Debt Collectors
Fla. Woman Sues Collector for Stalking Her on Site to Recoup $362; Senators Push Bill to Thwart "Unscrupulous" Harrassment
Online map of maternal health to inform world leaders
Researchers from the University of Southampton have helped construct an online interactive world map which gives stark facts and figures about the health of women during pregnancy, childbirth and following...
Most 9/11 responders settle suits over WTC dust
NEW YORK (AP) -- More than 10,000 workers exposed to the tons of toxic dust that blanketed ground zero after the World Trade Center fell have...
This Week In The Future, November 15 - November 19, 2010
This Week In The Future, November 15 - November 19, 2010 Baarbarian This week in the future, China tops Chinese lists of places to live! Six PopSci stories from this week...
Well: Five Ways to Love Lentils
Chefs, food writers and nutritionists often sing the praises of lentils. But for those of us who didn't grow up eating lentils, cooking with the small, flat seeds can seem...
Oil firm fined for leak that killed 300 birds
A Calgary oil and gas company has been fined $125,000 in connection to an oil leak that killed about 300 birds.
Amazon gives hint on number of Kindle users
(AP) -- Amazon.com Inc. is giving a hint about how many people are using the Kindle and related apps.
Apotheker a no-show in Oracle-SAP trial
(AP) -- An industrial espionage trial between Oracle Corp. and SAP AG, two of the world's biggest business software makers, didn't feature after all the testimony of one of...
New ITER Chief Aims to Get Some Financial Wiggle Room
Cost cutting has been the name of the game for Osamu Motojima since he...
The benefits of being bitter: How the cranberry's evolution made it a Thanksgiving staple
In the early days of the American Republic, one tiny, red fruit would become a fixture of the fall harvest and a mainstay of holiday meals. The cranberry -- one...
IBM's new architecture can double analytics processing speed
At the Supercomputing 2010 conference, IBM today unveiled details of a new storage architecture design, created by IBM scientists, that will convert terabytes of pure information into actionable insights twice...
Gulf Arabs on track with rail network
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia, Nov. 19 (UPI) -- Saudi Arabia and its Persian Gulf partners are driving to develop a new railroad grid across the Arabian Peninsula that would reduce...
Podcast: Flying Pterosaurs, Gut Bacteria, and Using Google to Predict the Stock Market
Listen to a roundup of some of our favorite stories from this week
Omega-3: Food for (happy) thought
As you do your Thanksgiving shopping this year, notice how many products on the supermarket shelves say omega-3 fortified on the label. Foods ranging from pasta to eggs...
EU tries to fend off resource crisis
BRUSSELS, Nov. 19 (UPI) -- The European Union is trying to prevent a potential mineral resource crisis by identifying and tapping new reserves, an EU strategy paper reveals.
Competition Bureau wants Chatr fined $10M
The Competition Bureau is looking to impose more than $10 million in penalties against Rogers Communications Inc. for allegedly using misleading advertising to promote its new Chatr discount mobile service.
Private SpaceShipTwo Heads for New Territory
The passenger-carrying suborbital SpaceShipTwo is headed for more aggressive testing - a step-by-step shakeout of the vehicle prior to entering commercial operation.
Slow recovery will pick up despite that recession 'feeling'
While the nation's economy will gain some momentum in the second half of next year, it will take until 2012 before unemployment finally begins to subside, say economists at the...
What changes will nanoelectronics bring to our lives?
We are surrounded by nanoelectronics through products such as computers, mobile phones, sensors and electric cars. Nanoelectronics may also grow much stronger in the energy efficiency area in the near...
Green: New Roads = Traffic = Emissions?
Adding and widening roads to ease traffic congestion can end up exacerbating the problem, not to mention generating heat-trapping smog.
Three scholars recognized for music contributions
Three scholars from Harvard’s Music Department received prizes at the Society for Ethnomusicology conference in Los Angeles in early November. G. Gordon Watts Professor of Music and Professor of African and African American...
Ceramics Program hosts holiday show and sale
The Ceramics Program of Harvard’s Office for the Arts will present its annual holiday show and sale Dec. 9-12 at 219 Western Ave. in Allston. For more than 40 years, the...
Nokia admits power problems in N8 top handset
(AP) -- Nokia Corp. said Friday its top N8 model, aimed at making up lost ground in the smart phone market, has had power problems with some handsets not...
Samsung to create new office for group affairs
(AP) -- Samsung will create a new organization to coordinate the group's sprawling businesses after a previous one was closed in 2008 amid a corruption scandal that rocked the...
Babies and robots learn from each other
A few years ago, AnthroTronix, Inc., an engineering research and development firm in College Park, Md., introduced Cosmobot, a type of social robot for therapists and educators who work with...
Accelerator Supercomputers Dominate Newest Green500 List's Top 10
Accelerator-based supercomputers hold eight of the top 10 spots on the Green500 list. Green500 has ranked the energy efficiency of the world's 500 fastest supercomputers since its debut in 2007,...