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Genetic Blueprint Of Sorghum -- Key Food And Biofuels Crop -- Completed
Scientists have completed the sequence and analysis of the complete genome of sorghum, a major food and fodder plant with high potential as a bioenergy crop. The genome data will...
Sources: AT&T, Comcast May Battle Piracy
Two of the nation's largest Internet service providers are expected to be among a group of ISPs that will cooperate with the music industry in battling illegal file sharing, three...
Surprising discoveries contribute to memory research
Like countless neuroscientists around the world, Northwestern University Professor Nelson Spruston knew H. M. well - his personal story and the sound of his voice. But it wasn't until H....
American Seniors Living Longer On Less
Older Americans have experienced huge, negative financial shifts that now make it more difficult to enter retirement with sustainable economic security, according to a new study. Seventy-eight percent of all...
Plums poised to give blueberries run for the money
There's an emerging star in the super-food world. Plums are rolling down the food fashion runway sporting newly discovered high levels of healthy nutrients, say scientists at Texas AgriLife Research...
Amazon 4Q profit climbs 9 percent
(AP) -- Amazon.com Inc. said Thursday that its fourth-quarter profit rose 9 percent and beat analysts' forecasts. Those results, plus an optimistic forecast, sent its shares soaring nearly 10...
Not bullying nurses, Williams insists
Premier Danny Williams is dismissing an allegation that the Newfoundland and Labrador government is bullying nurses, while their union said Thursday their strike vote will proceed as planned.
Biofuels Ignite Food Crisis Debate
Study highlights problems linked to converting crops into biofuels. Taking up valuable land and growing edible crops for biofuels poses a dilemma: Is it ethical to produce inefficient renewable energies...
Is Technology Producing A Decline In Critical Thinking And Analysis?
As technology has played a bigger role in our lives, our skills in critical thinking and analysis have declined, while our visual skills have improved, according to psychological research.
Canada poised to require companies to report use of nanomaterials, policy group says
The Canadian government could become the first in the world to require companies to report the use of potentially harmful nanomaterial in their products, an expert group in the U.S....
Red ink for New York Times
The New York Times Co. plunged into the red in 2008, reporting a net loss for the year on Wednesday of 57.8 million dollars compared with a net profit of...
Give all Quebec parents-to-be free access to Down syndrome test: commission
A public health commission in Quebec is recommending all women have access to free prenatal testing for Down syndrome.
Viscosity-Enhancing Nanomaterials May Double Service Life of Concrete
(PhysOrg.com) -- Engineers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology are patenting a method that is expected to double the service life of concrete. The key, according to a...
Testbeds to breed next-generation systems
(PhysOrg.com) -- The systems that let you zap a photo to a friend, or an astronomer to control a telescope continents away, require intensive simulation and testing. Research has now...
Australian economist is new head of Alberta health 'superboard'
A senior Australian health official has been appointed the new president and CEO of Alberta Health Services, the province announced Wednesday.
Plan to delay U.S. switch to digital TV thwarted by Republicans
An attempt to delay the U.S. switch to digital-only television transmission by four months has been scuttled by the House of Representatives.
It's the network: Researchers examine behavior influenced by network structure
A team of computer scientists at the University of Pennsylvania investigating the political, social and economic struggle between individual self-interest and the need to build a consensus have learned that,...
Gates Foundation increases spending for 2009
Bill Gates has announced that despite the economic crisis the Gates Foundation will increase spending by US$500 million this year.
Boys With Unpopular Names More Likely to Break Law
Boys with common names like Michael and David are less likely to commit crimes than those named Ernest or Kareem.
High-tech, public service advocates disappointed by budget's focus
The federal budget's focus on infrastructure and construction has disappointed some business analysts and academic, public service and high-tech professionals in Ottawa.
Morning Rounds: Octuplets’ Prospects, Perfect Recall and the Unsanitary Peanut Plant
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Super-rich still want to boldly go into space
DAVOS, Switzerland (Reuters) - The economic downturn has not dampened rich people's enthusiasm for space tourism, the world's first commercial space flight company says.
Dissidents at F.D.A. Complain of Inquiry
Scientists at the F.D.A. who say they were forced to approve medical devices sent a letter to President Obama stating that agency officials may have made them targets of a...
Toronto bans smoking near playgrounds, wading pools
Toronto city council has passed a bylaw banning smoking near children's playgrounds and wading pools.
Pier-munching gribble could provide breakthrough for second generation biofuels
A wood-boring crustacean that spends much of its time munching through the wooden supports that hold up piers could help provide the next breakthrough in green energy.
Health and safety chair undergoes baptism of fire in the name of better school science experiments
There are less extreme ways to spark teenagers' interest in science but the setting alight of Judith Hackitt proved a hit with bored-
Technology transfer: lessons learnt in South Africa
Khungeka Njobe, of South Africa's Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, shares insights on successful technology transfer.
Cox to test new way to handle Internet congestion
(AP) -- Cox Communications, the third-largest cable company in the U.S., stepped on to battleground of the "Net Neutrality" issue Tuesday, saying it will be trying out a new...