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The Gulf Oil Spill: What 5,000 Barrels a Day Means
If oil continues to ooze from the oil leak in the Gulf, things could look like Exxon Valdez pretty quickly.
AOL Sells ICQ To Russian Internet Company
Instant Messaging Service Was An Early Star of the Internet Era
Foreign Tech Firms Face China Deadline
Saturday is Deadline to Comply With New Security Rules or Risk Losing Government Business
Military develops multi-purpose 'green' decontaminants for terrorist attack sites
Chemists with the United States military have developed a set of ultra-strength cleaners that could be used in the aftermath of a terrorist attack. The new formulas are tough enough...
To Improve Lung Cancer Diagnosis, Good Medicine Is a Polymer Pill
Doctors may soon be able to diagnose lung cancer more effectively thanks to new pill-sized ellipsoids developed at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). The objects mimic the...
Innovative digital technologies assist specialists in anatomical reconstruction
Techniques for using digital technology in separating conjoined twins, developing facial prostheses and acquiring data from anthropologic specimens will be among the topics presented at a symposium sponsored by the...
Developing world will produce double the e-waste of developed countries by 2016, study predicts
Developing countries will be producing at least twice as much electronic waste (e-waste) as developed countries within the next 6-8 years, according to a new study. It foresees in 2030...
Cybersecurity: How safe are your data?
Many scientists want to keep their data and resources free; cybersecurity specialists want them under lock and key. Jeffrey Perkel reports.
Microsoft, Apple Rivalry Heating Up
Microsoft Takes Sides With HTC In Fight With Apple Over IPhone Patents
Sustainable biofuels from forests, grasslands and rangelands
The promise of switchgrass, the challenges for forests and the costs of corn-based ethanol production: Ecological scientists review the many factors surrounding biofuel crop production and its implications on ecosystem...
NIST, Maryland researchers COMMAND a better class of liposomes
Pop a bubble while washing the dishes and you're likely to release a few drops of water trapped when the soapy sphere formed.
FDA seeks input on package, shelf labeling
WASHINGTON, April 28 (UPI) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration asked for public comments Wednesday about front-of-package nutrition labeling and on-shelf retail store tags.
No single cause for mass die off of honey bees: OIE
The huge die off of bees worldwide, a major threat to crops depending on the honey-making insects for pollination, is not due to any one single factor, the World Organisation...
Researchers produce first Iraqi-to-English speech-to-speech translation app
Researchers at Jibbigo LLC and Carnegie Mellon University's International Center for Advanced Communication Technologies (interACT) have developed a new application for Apple's iPhone 3GS that performs speech-to-speech and speech-to-text translation...
Making digital personal: Bringing jewellery into the technological age
Dr Jayne Wallace is a jewellery designer with a difference - she works with individuals (her latest projects include working with Shetland fishermen and a couple with dementia) to create...
Nanodots breakthrough may lead to 'a library on one chip'
A researcher at North Carolina State University has developed a computer chip that can store an unprecedented amount of data -- enough to hold an entire library's worth of...
SBU Dean of the School of Marine Sciences Appointed NSF Director, Division of Ocean Sciences
Dr. David O. Conover, Dean of the School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences (SoMAS) at Stony Brook University, has accepted a position as the Director of the Division of Ocean...
Locating tsunami warning buoys
Australian researchers describe a mathematical model that can find the ten optimal sites at which tsunami detection buoys and sea-level monitors should be installed. The model could save time and...
Lawsuit Highlights Disclosure Issues in Adoptions
A couple who adopted a boy from Russia says the adoption agency failed to reveal the extent of his impairment.
Rogers' 1st quarter income jumps
Rogers Comumnications Inc. saw earnings soar in the first quarter, but indicated that Canada's smartphone wars might crimp future financial results.
California takes new tack in bid for U.S. school funding
The state, which lost out in the first round of the Race to the Top grant competition, will have three large districts apply: L.A., Long Beach and Fresno. ...
Is Apple doing itself harm in case of missing iPhone?
While law-enforcement officials ponder the legality of computer equipment seized from the home of a blogger, analysts on Tuesday say Apple Inc. may be doing itself harm in the case...
Computing, Sudoku-style
When Alexey Radul began graduate work at MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab in 2003, he was interested in natural-language processing -- designing software that could understand ordinary written...
Samsung Ships First Multi-chip Package with a PRAM Chip for Handsets
Samsung Electronics today announced the industry's first multi-chip package (MCP) with PRAM - for use in mobile handsets, beginning later this quarter
Nick Clegg throws a wrench in Britain’s prime minister race
The leader of the minor-party Liberal Democrats has soared in popularity after recent televised debates. A traditionally two-horse race is suddenly unpredictable. ...
AstraZeneca Settles Case for $520 Million
The drug maker agreed to settle charges of improper marketing of Seroquel, an antipsychotic.
U.S. Judge Rejects Guidant Deal on Defibrillators
The Justice Department was faulted for its $296 million deal with the device maker.
New program helps secure data
Software engineers and scientists have collaborated to produce a cutting edge program for sharing and storing complex research data.