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Busted BP well no longer 'threat' to Gulf: US official
The Macondo well, which spilled an estimated 4.9 million barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico, has been secured and no longer constitutes "a threat," a senior US official...
Google updates privacy policy
Google updated its privacy policy on Friday, a day after a video cartoon featuring the Internet firm's chief giving away ice cream to snoop on children aired on a giant...
Roll-out of electronic patient records likely to be a long and complex process
Interim results from the first comprehensive evaluation of the implementation of electronic health records in secondary care in England have found delays and frustration with the system, according to research...
Prepaid Services: The Future of Smartphones?
Verizon To Sell Smart Phones For Prepaid Service, Long the Domain of Low-End Phones
Video: Falling in Love with a Virtual Girl
A beach town near Tokyo offers Nintendo DS' "Love Plus" users everything they need to bring their digital romance to the real world. The video game fosters relationships between young...
UCSF unveils model for implantable artificial kidney to replace dialysis
UCSF researchers today unveiled a prototype model of the first implantable artificial kidney, in a development that one day could eliminate the need for dialysis...
Iowa State chemists discover method to create high-value chemicals from biomass
Iowa State University researchers have found a way to produce high-value chemicals such as ethylene glycol and propylene glycol from biomass rather than petroleum sources...
MIT researcher finds that social networks influence health behaviours
Scientists have long thought that social networks, which features many distant connections, or 'long ties,' produces large-scale changes most quickly. But in a new study, Damon Centola, an assistant professor...
American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology reacts to stem-cell ruling
The American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology expressed its disapproval and disappointment this week in response to the Aug. 23 ruling in the U.S. District Court for the District...
Sluts and sweethearts
Sexist language is on the rise, but now there is a new way to fight backWomen! Dare you approach the Pyramid of Egregiousness? This is the new chart that's been put together...
Servite looks impressive in opener
Friars pick up where they left off and end Oceanside's 39-game unbeaten streak, 31-7.Defending Pac-5 Division champion Anaheim Servite sent a message Thursday in its season opener against Oceanside that...
The Bay Citizen: I.R.S. Looks at Finances of Planned Parenthood
The criminal division of the Internal Revenue Service is looking into the finances of Planned Parenthood Golden Gate in Oakland, CA, which has also begun its own investigation.
Facebook's new security feature: remote logouts
(AP) -- Facebook is rolling out a new security feature that lets users log out of their accounts remotely from another computer.
Tire-pressure monitors vulnerable, researchers say
(PhysOrg.com) -- Wireless tire pressure monitoring systems designed to alert drivers to problems with low tire pressure can be intercepted or forged, causing possible security or privacy threats, according to...
Report: Discovery networks hostage-taking a rare terror event
COLLEGE PARK, Md. -- A new report by terrorism researchers at the University of Maryland concludes that the deadly hostage-taking incident at the Discovery Communications headquarters in suburban...
Obama Advisers Call for Greater Emphasis on STEM Education
A new report to President Barack Obama from his science advisers urges the federal...
Toshiba to Launch the World`s Fastest SDHC Memory Card
Toshiba today announced the launch of 8GB, 16GB and 32GB SDHC UHS-I cards compliant with the SD Memory Card Standard Ver. 3.0 (SD 3.0), UHS104. These new SD cards offer...
Networks of WoW gamers, Etsy crafters to be focus of new study of creative collaborations
Using two of the planet's largest, creative online communities -- World of Warcraft gamers and Etsy artists -- as their laboratory, two Indiana University Bloomington researchers hope to understand how...
Cisco buying smart grid specialty firm Arch Rock
Computer networking powerhouse Cisco on Thursday announced it intends to buy smart grid specialty firm Arch Rock.
Online education expands, but is it effective?
Clinton Parker, a senior at Julian High School, worked quietly at his computer in August as the clicks of mice from more than a dozen students punctured the air of...
Florida's population grows again after first decline since mid-1940s
After declining for the first time since the end of World War II, Florida`s population grew once again last year, a hopeful yet tentative sign that the worst of the...
Chrome update marks Web browser's second birthday
Google released an improved version of Chrome on Thursday as the Internet titan's Web browser turned two years old.
ASME-ITI Issues Risk Analysis Standard for Natural and Man-Made Hazards to Higher Education Institutions
The American Society of Mechanical Engineers and ASME-Innovative Technologies Institute, LLC (ASME-ITI) have announced the new ASME-ITI Higher Education Risk Standard. "A Risk Analysis Standard for Natural and Man-Made...
GEN reports on the greening of the life sciences
New Rochelle, NY, September 1, 2010 -- Biopharmaceutical firms and other life science organizations are taking definitive steps toward creating greener working environments and developing more...
U.S. tries to curb looting of Congo
KINSHASA, Democratic Republic of Congo, Sept. 2 (UPI) -- A little-noticed amendment in the new U.S. financial reform law requires U.S.-listed companies to disclose whether their products contain...
Twitter launches iPad application
Hot microblogging service Twitter launched an application for the Apple iPad on Thursday to rave reviews from technology blogs.
Melding Wi-Fi with digital TV 'white space'
Rice University researchers have won a $1.8 million federal grant for one of the nation's first, real-world tests of wireless communications technology that uses a broad spectral range -- including...
E. coli leads to beef recall in Toronto
The Canadian Food Inspection agency is warning Toronto-area consumers about a recall of beef from the Kabul Farms retail store in North York.