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JPL Wins 'Green Building Award'

JPL's environmentally friendly Flight Projects Center received a "Green Building Award" at the fourth annual Green California Leadership Awards, held during this week's Green California Summit.

Bharti to sell iPhone 3GS in India

13 years ago from Physorg

India's top mobile phone company said on Friday it has reached a deal with Apple Inc. to sell the iPhone 3GS in India.

Nano-based RFID tags could replace bar codes

13 years ago from Science Daily

Researchers have come up with an inexpensive, printable transmitter that can be invisibly embedded in packaging. It would allow a customer to walk a cart full of groceries or other...

New statistical method for genetic studies could cut computation time from years to hours

13 years ago from Science Daily

Mathematicians have developed a new computational strategy for genome-wide association studies that corrects for population structure and is both faster and easier to use.

Apple director, ex-auto executive York dies

13 years ago from Physorg

(AP) -- Apple Inc. says board member and former auto industry executive Jerome York has died.

Seattlepi.com celebrates 1 year of Web-only news

13 years ago from Physorg

(AP) -- Seattlepi.com, the online successor to the print version of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, celebrates its first birthday Thursday with music, free cupcakes and cheap beer.

US Congress eyes science diplomacy programme

13 years ago from SciDev

A bill seeking to promote scientific collaboration with the Muslim world has been introduced into to the US Congress.

Is al-Qaida planning energy war?

13 years ago from UPI

SANAA, Yemen, March 18 (UPI) -- Yemen's Interior Ministry says it has strengthened security at the country's main oil installations and tanker terminals amid warnings of al-Qaida attacks against...

FDA issues final cigarette access rule

13 years ago from UPI

WASHINGTON, March 18 (UPI) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration says it has issued a final rule design to curb access by juveniles to cigarettes and smokeless tobacco...

Online portal, created by Harvard center, improved on-the-ground earthquake response

13 years ago from Harvard Science

Count Harvard computer experts among those who responded swiftly to the deadly earthquakes in Haiti and Chile, throwing their expertise behind an effort to improve information flow for responders on...

HP settles patent violation cases with importers

13 years ago from Physorg

(AP) -- Hewlett Packard Co. said Thursday that it has reached a settlement with three companies that have been accused of infringing on the printer company's patents for ink...

HTC to 'fully defend' itself against Apple patent suit

13 years ago from Physorg

Taiwan cellphone maker HTC, accused by Apple of infringing on iPhone patents, said Thursday it will "fully defend" itself against the charges.

US Firm Accused in Military Tech Case

13 years ago from CBSNews - Science

US Company Charged With Exporting Technology Used By US Military To South Korea, Russia

51st Annual Drosophila Research Conference

13 years ago from Newswise - Scinews

Representatives of the media are invited to attend the 51st Annual Drosophila Research Conference in Washington, DC, April 7-11, 2010, sponsored by the Genetics Society of America. More than...

Public Mobile to launch in May

13 years ago from CBC: Technology & Science

Public Mobile, the second new cellphone carrier to start up in the past four months, is now selling service, with a network launch scheduled for May.

Democrats Inch Toward Securing Votes for Health Bill

13 years ago from NY Times Science

A Congressional Budget Office report will show the bill reducing the federal deficit significantly, House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer said Thursday.

No more dithering on e-health

13 years ago from

Canada is lagging behind many countries in the use of electronic health records and it is critical that the country's medical and political leaders set targets for universal adoption, states...

Scanner scans a 200 page book in one minute (w/ Video)

13 years ago from Physorg

(PhysOrg.com) -- Japanese researchers are developing a super-fast scanner that will be able to scan a book of about 200 pages in a minute without any need to break up...

Malta reviews national energy strategy

13 years ago from UPI

VALLETTA, Malta, March 18 (UPI) -- The government in Malta is courting international oil companies to tap into the hydrocarbon potential in its territorial waters, ministers said.

Iraqi oil minister questions tenure

13 years ago from UPI

VIENNA, March 18 (UPI) -- The embattled Iraqi oil minister said he doesn't want to continue in the post in the next Iraqi government.

How to evaluate haemodynamics of gastric varices effectively?

13 years ago from

Gastric varices (GV) are an important complication of portal hypertension. As an almost atraumatic method, computed tomography (CT) angiography has been used widely to show the portal vein system. However,...

Create new federal centre to spur Medicare and Medicaid innovation

13 years ago from

Despite the loss of the Democrats' supermajority necessary to pass comprehensive national healthcare reform, new federal legislation is needed to promote greater efficiency in the medical delivery system...

City tours by mouse click

13 years ago from

The residents of Stassfurt in Saxony-Anhalt are lucky. They are able to voice opinions about construction plans even before redevelopment commences. This is made possible by software from the Fraunhofer...

'Pay it forward' pays off

13 years ago from

For all those dismayed by scenes of looting in disaster-struck zones, whether Haiti or Chile or elsewhere, take heart: Good acts - acts of kindness, generosity and cooperation - spread...

Conquering the chaos in modern, multiprocessor computers

13 years ago from

Computers should not play dice. That, to paraphrase Einstein, is the feeling of a University of Washington computer scientist with a simple manifesto: If you enter the same computer command,...

Siemens to revamp IT unit, cut 4,200 jobs

13 years ago from Physorg

German industrial giant Siemens announced on Thursday a broad restructuring of its SIS information technology division that includes the elimination of 4,200 jobs worldwide.

Nissan to make electric cars in Britain from 2013

13 years ago from Physorg

Nissan Motor will start building its Leaf electric car at its British plant from early 2013, the Japanese car maker said Thursday, saving more than 2,000 jobs.

Universities face cuts as Hefce deals with first funding drop in years

13 years ago from Chemistry World

£7.4 billion distributed for teaching and research at universities in England, but uncertainties and anxiety remain