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Not Such an Easy Pill to Swallow
The annoying physical exertion associated with lifting a pill to your mouth and washing it down with a Dixie cup full of H20 could soon be history. Much excitement is...
Rot's Unique Wood Degrading Machinery To Be Harnessed For Better Biofuels Production
Scientists have translated the genetic code that explains the complex biochemical machinery making brown-rot fungi uniquely destructive to wood. The same processes that provide easier access to the energy-rich sugar...
BlackBerry-Like Toy Too Realistic?
A company is coming out with one for young kids that strongly resembles the device grownups use. But is it a learning tool or just a way to hook tots?
So Long Juicy Campus, And Good Riddance
I'm almost always saddened by news of businesses being forced to close because of the economy, writes CBS News' Larry Magid, but I'm glad to see the apparent demise of...
Green Purchasing Up, Despite Economy
Four out of five people say they are still buying green products and services
Accidental discovery has potential for new applications in packaging
A recent discovery at Case Western Reserve University may help keep food and drugs safer and fresher longer and electronic equipment dryer and more secure than ever before - all...
Google brings e-books to mobiles
Google is making its vast online library of books available for mobile phones.
How to create less selfish societies?
(GPEARI, Portugal) -- Cooperation, despite being now considered the third force of evolution, just behind mutation and natural selection, is difficult to explain in the context of an evolutionary process...
The improvising brain: Getting to the neural roots of the musical riff
(PhysOrg.com) -- What`s involved when a musician sits down at the piano and plays flurries of notes in a free fall, without a score, without knowing much about what will...
Federal Budget A No-Show
Obama Administration delays release of fiscal 2010 federal spending package
Broadband funding in stimulus plan sparks debate
(AP) -- Among the economic stimulus proposals moving through Congress is one that fulfills an old dream of broadband boosters. It would offer substantial funding for high-speed Internet networks...
Toxicologist assumes leadership of key NIH institute
New NIEHS chief wants to forge greater connections with regulators
Dow Responds To Rohm And Haas Minus
K-Dow joint venture, acquisition would spell financial peril, firm maintains
Army Data Show Rise in Number of Suicides
The number of soldiers who committed suicide in January could reach 24, a count that would be the highest monthly total since the Army began tabulating suicides in 1980.
'SnowMan' Software Helps Keep Snow Drifts Off The Road
Snow that blows and drifts across roadways has long troubled road maintenance crews and commuters alike, creating treacherous driving conditions and requiring additional maintenance resources to mitigate the problem. Now,...
CPSC delays lead testing rule
WASHINGTON, Feb. 5 (UPI) -- The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission is delaying the requirement that children's toys, books, clothes and jewelry be tested for lead and phthalates.
Antarctic patents strain goals of shared science
ROTHERA BASE, Antarctica (Reuters) - Fifty years into a treaty demanding all scientific findings on Antarctica be freely shared, governments are trying to end a dispute over a surge in...
Microsoft-backed celebrity news website unveiled
Microsoft plunged into the crowded field of online entertainment and celebrity news on Thursday, taking the wraps off a new website known as Wonderwall.
Apple co-founder Wozniak joins computer start-up
Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak has joined Fusion-io, a start-up firm considered a leader in innovative computer storage technology, Fusion-io announced Thursday.
SKorea's Hynix reports fifth straight quarterly loss
South Korea's Hynix Semiconductor, the world's second largest computer memory chipmaker, Thursday reported a fifth straight quarterly loss due to steep falls in prices amid a global recession.
Regulator points to loophole in U.S. food-safety laws
U.S. states and companies don't have to disclose the fact that tests have found salmonella or other contaminants in food, a top federal official told the Senate Agriculture Committee Thursday.
Venezuela to boost space research
The Venezuelan science minister has announced that 90 researchers will get their PhD in space technology in China, as part of a strategy to improve human resources in the sector.
Darwin: a Not-So-Happy 200th Birthday
Will February 12th be a happy 200th birthday for Charles Darwin? Maybe not, says Glenn Branch, Deputy Director of the National Center for Science Education (NCSE) in an article that...
N.L. nurses would agree to binding arbitration: union president
Nurses in Newfoundland and Labrador will give up their right to strike if the government will agree to binding arbitration, the nurses' union president said Thursday.
Fingerprints and faces can be faked, but not brain patterns
(PhysOrg.com) -- Sensors able to identify individuals` brain patterns and heart rhythms could become part of security systems which also use more traditional forms of biometric recognition, thanks to pioneering...
Obama lifts restrictions on kids' health coverage
(AP) -- The Obama administration on Thursday lifted a Bush-era directive to states that restricted some middle-class families from getting government health insurance.
It's no iPhone but Samsung Delve has appeal
The ongoing quest for an alternative to the Apple iPhone has led to the Samsung Delve.
Multi-teraflop computer system targets large-scale discovery projects
Penn State's Institute for CyberScience will target large-scale modeling, simulation and data analysis with a terascale advanced computing system, funded by the National Science Foundation's Major Research Instrumentation Program.