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Can payment and other innovations improve the quality and value of health care?
A paramount topic at the moment is value in health care: What should we pay for and how much? Resources aren't unlimited, and desires or demands for health care should...
Wikipedia Reconsiders Editing Process
Just as Encyclopedia Britannica is moving in the direction of user-based entries, Wikipedia might soon be clamping down on theirs.
Obama Directs Regulators to Tighten Auto Rules
President Obama directed regulators to move swiftly on an application by 14 states to set stricter emissions rules.
Apple's Iconic "1984" Ad, 25 Years Later
In the entertainment industry, it was the dawn of the cinematic Super Bowl ad: Ridley Scott's award-winning homage to George Orwell that introduced audiences to the Macintosh computer.
Google Reprices Employee Stock Options
Google Inc. is showing its love for its employees by giving them a second chance to profit from their wilting stock options. But the move irked shareholders still stuck with...
New Insight Into How Bees See Could Improve Artificial Intelligence Systems
New research on bees could lead to improved artificial intelligence systems and computer programs for facial recognition.
More Accurate FEMA Flood Maps Could Help Avoid Significant Damages And Losses
Significant loss of life, destroyed property and businesses, and repairs to infrastructure could be avoided by replacing Federal Emergency Management Agency flood maps with ones that contain high-accuracy and high-resolution...
Networked embedded system middleware speeds up the development of innovative systems
The Fraunhofer Institutes for Applied Information Technology FIT and Secure Information Technology SIT demonstrate the Hydra middleware at the GSMA Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, 16-19 February 2009. The middleware,...
Countries undergoing economic change urged to limit social and health costs for populations
Countries seeking to make massive changes in the way their economies are run, for example by privatising formerly state-run sectors, must take into account the potential impact of such changes...
More chip cores can mean slower supercomputing
The worldwide attempt to increase the speed of supercomputers merely by increasing the number of processor cores on individual chips unexpectedly worsens performance for many complex applications, Sandia simulations have...
Google loses best workplace crown to NetApp
California technology firm NetApp has taken Google's crown as best company to work for in 2009, according to an annual Top 100 list published by Fortune Magazine.
Europe to Ask Wealthy Nations to Adopt Carbon Trading System
The European Commission was preparing an appeal on Friday to wealthy countries — and to the United States in particular — to adopt carbon trading to curb greenhouse gas emissions.
New Rules on Doctors and Medical Firms Amid Ethics Concerns
There are signs of an ethical makeover under way within the medical device industry, a field that has been troubled by the issue of undisclosed financial ties between companies and...
UPI NewsTrack Health and Science News
FDA OKs embryonic stem-cell human trial ... Survey: Slow economy a pain for hospitals ... Study: Tree death-global warming tie found ... Japan launches greenhouse gas probe ... Health/Science news...
Carlsbad's 8 million 'lost' bats likely never existed
Thermal imaging and algorithms challenge famous estimate
Army worm caterpillar invades Liberia
MONROVIA, Liberia, Jan. 23 (UPI) -- Hordes of caterpillars are destroying crops and vegetation in northern Liberia, posing a threat to food security, the United Nations said.
What Would You Do With 4 Billion Dollars?
The Decade of the Mind (DOM) initiative was created in 2007 at George Mason University’s Krasnow Institute for Advanced Study by an internationally-respected consortium of scientists. These scientists want to...
Windows virus still infecting corporate networks: online security firm
A virus that can infect the computers of Microsoft Windows users has now spread to more than one million mostly corporate IP addresses around the world, a private online security...
Walking for heart health just got easier in one city
The pedways in one midwestern city now have a new purpose - getting people to where they need to go in their journey to a healthier lifestyle...
Nurses with a second degree could impact workforce
As the United States continues to experience a nursing shortage that is expected to grow to one million nurses by 2016, a new research study highlights a pool of potential...
Intel chairman Barrett to retire
(AP) -- Intel Corp. says its chairman, Craig Barrett, plans to retire in May after more than three decades with the chip maker.
Stimulating Science With More Research And Development Funds
House puts science funds in economic stimulus bill
Economist says renewed financial crisis looms unless government acts
(PhysOrg.com) -- Another crippling financial crisis looms unless the U.S. government thaws credit markets that are starting to freeze up amid a lingering and deepening recession, a University of Illinois...
Number of Internet users tops one billion: comScore
The global number of Internet users has surpassed one billion with China accounting for the largest population of Web surfers, digital research firm comScore Inc. reported on Friday.
Certicom gets friendly takeover from California's Verisign
Mississauga, Ont.-based Certicom, which makes encryption software, said Friday that Verisign is offering to buy the company for $2.10 a share in cash, making the friendly takover offer worth about...
Lugar salutes first cellulosic plant loan
WASHINGTON, Jan. 23 (UPI) -- A U.S. senator said Friday the first federal loan guarantee for a cellulosic ethanol plant was a signal that non-corn ethanol was becoming...
Samsung Electronics reports first quarterly loss
(AP) -- Samsung Electronics, the world's largest manufacturer of flat screen televisions, memory chips and liquid crystal displays, posted its first ever quarterly loss Friday as the global economic...
Obama to reverse Bush's ban on abortion funding
U.S. President Barack Obama will reverse a ban implemented by his predecessor, George W. Bush, on funding for international groups that aid in abortions, media reports Friday quoted officials in...