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Congo backs transparency in mineral trade
WASHINGTON, July 23 (UPI) -- Congolese officials backed a Washington measure to bring more transparency to the Congolese minerals trade, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said. ...
Out of the gait: Robot ranger sets untethered ‘walking’ record at 14.3 miles
The loneliness of the long-distance robot: A robot named Ranger walked 14.3 miles in about 11 hours, setting an unofficial world record. A human -- armed with nothing more than...
Digital Movie Locker 'UltraViolet' Nears Launch
System Will Let You Watch the Movies You Buy Wherever You Are, Regardless of Formats and other Technical Hurdles
How we tried (not) to silence Pepsi | David Dobbs
Bloggers who left ScienceBlogs had no desire to silence Pepsi – we were letting Seed know it had violated its readers' trustI'll give this to David Appell: the man's efficient. Few have...
China rejects top energy user ranking
BEIJING, July 21 (UPI) -- China has rejected a report by the International Energy Agency that says China surpassed the United States last year as the world's biggest energy...
Consumers love underdogs
Consumers strongly relate to brands that they perceive as underdogs, according to a new study in the Journal of Consumer Research.
European Bureaucrats Raid Research, Ag Funds to Pay for Fusion Reactor
The European Commission, the E.U.'s executive body, revealed today how it intends to pay...
LightSquared wireless broadband network set to launch next year
(AP) -- U.S. consumers and businesses may get more options in wireless service starting next year, with the launch of a new wireless broadband network that aims to provide...
Microsoft's Kinect to cost $150, on sale in November
Microsoft announced Tuesday that its new gesture-sensing system for the Xbox 360 videogame console, Kinect, will cost 150 dollars and go on sale on November 4.
More Federal Scrutiny for Johnson & Johnson
Johnson & Johnson, which reduced its 2010 earnings per share forecast, said it had received a grand jury subpoena in connection with a federal investigation into a Tylenol recall.
Why Don't Science Writers Write About Science Education?
I don't get why science writers don't cover science education. They cover whatever cool science is the flavor of the moment, they cover disasters and the science behind them, they cover...
Scam ties up phones while thieves pilfer accounts
A new and insidious phone scam is emerging that could leave consumers' bank and investment accounts cleaned out.
Texas Tech Center for Pulsed Power Aiding in Fight against IEDs
Researchers in Texas Tech University's Center for Pulsed Power and Power Electronics have been instrumental in the United States Department of Defense's efforts to combat improvised explosive devices (IEDs). The...
Child laptop scheme held back by training shortage in Peru
A Peruvian study of the OLPC scheme shows that teachers lack training to adequately integrate the computers into learning.
Japan in a Cell Phone League of its Own
Japanese smartphones can act as keycards, personal I.D., transit passes, airline boarding tickets, credit cards and more.
Next generation surgical robots: Where’s the doctor?
DURHAM, N.C. — As physician-guided robots routinely operate on patients at most major hospitals, the next generation robot could eliminate a surprising element from that scenario — the...
Governments Get Together to Talk Clean
Two dozen countries representing 80 percent of the world's commercial energy consumption on Tuesday announced initiatives to build more efficient appliances and buildings, "smart" electric grids and electric vehicles.
Cash boost for EU research
European Commission announces largest investment in research and innovation with a funding package worth €6.4 billion
Nobody's home: MIT economist measures how much foreclosures lower housing prices
Foreclosed homes dot the American landscape - they make up about one in 12 houses with under $1 million left on the mortgage. These foreclosures drive down home prices,...
BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS.
The Geneva Protocol ratified the June 17 1925, banned the use of biological weapons, but Japan refuses to approve the contract and the U.S. to ratify it. Therefore in 1936 Shiro...
New Playboy website targets workday readers
Playboy launches a new website it says will be safe to browse at work, eliminating the need for men to cover their computer monitors when the boss walks by.
Computers intersect with sociology to sift through 'all our ideas'
(PhysOrg.com) -- Sociologist Matthew Salganik has teamed up with Princeton computer scientists to develop a new way for organizations to solicit ideas from large groups of people and simultaneously have...
'Condor' brings genome assembly down to Earth
(PhysOrg.com) -- Borrowing computing power from idle sources will help geneticists sidestep the multimillion-dollar cost of reconstituting the flood of data produced by next-generation genome-sequencing machines.
Ontario to drop eco fee
The Ontario government is expected to announce Tuesday that it is discontinuing its controversial eco fee for some consumer products.
Sharp to join e-reader business war
Sharp said Tuesday it would launch an e-reader this year able to handle text as well as video and audio content, in a bid to challenge Apple and other rivals...
Official: Google's China changes in line with law
(AP) -- China renewed Google's Internet license after it pledged to obey censorship laws and stop automatically switching mainland users to its unfiltered Hong Kong site, an official said...
More choice is not helpful to society
If David Cameron believes that shopping for public services will help us progress in his 'big society', he should hear a story about jamIf you want to know why David Cameron's 'big...
Oil rig engineer testifies about power failures
As a Coast Guard-Interior hearing resumes, testimony describes computer glitches and deferred maintenance projects. The rig's captain is said to have ordered that an injured man be left behind. Months before the April...