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IFT Fellow Receives Honor from Queen Elizabeth II
Queen Elizabeth II has appointed Professor Colin Dennis, a Fellow of the Institute of Food Technologists (IFT), as Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) for his distinguished...
Pervasive Computing: the Road to Middleware
In the business world, computers and the Internet have reduced the need for intermediaries - the so-called "middlemen" that once was so important for making travel plans, purchasing insurance or...
Why you can’t hurry love
Scientists have developed a mathematical model of the mating game to help explain why courtship is often protracted. read more
Wheelchairs can't cross slushy streets, says advocate for disabled
A woman who works with the disabled is challenging city officials to take a ride though the slush and snow in a wheelchair.
Students Launch Audiball, An Xbox Community Game
Most students like to play video games, but a group of Georgia Tech students have built and are selling their own. Their game, Audiball, was launched during the first week...
Science's Financial Bonanza, a 2-Decade-Long Criminal Investigation, and a Win for Intelligent Design
Plus more, from Science's new policy blog, ScienceInsider
Hong Kong inaugurates Institute for Advanced Study
talks to university president Paul Chu about his vision of a 'mecca for great scholars'.
Light-driven plasmonic nanoswitch may pave way for new computers, tech
(PhysOrg.com) -- The ability to stream videos online with the quality of high-end home theater systems, and to run computer programs a thousand times faster, are some of the future...
Dump-friends-for-Whoppers application irks Facebook
Burger King said Friday that pressure from Facebook has caused it to yank an application that gave members of the hot social networking website a Whopper for every 10 friends...
Safer Shipping
Industry supports rule to boost safety standards of rail hazmat tank cars
UC San Diego Extension Ready To Assist Obama's Green New Deal
At a time when President-Elect Barack Obama is examining ways to launch a Green New Deal to reenergize the slumping economy and fight the threat of global warming, UC San...
AMD to cut 1,100 workers, 9 pct of staff
(AP) -- Advanced Micro Devices Inc. plans to cut 1,100 jobs, 9 percent of its global staff, and slash the remaining employees' pay as the chip maker hopes its...
Europe set to crack down on pesticides
Controversial rules that could ban many agents are a step closer to approval.
FDA ready to regulate transgenic animals
Agency unveils path to approval after decade-long delay.
Malfunction at plant sends raw sewage into Halifax harbour
Halifax's new sewage treatment plant on the waterfront is shut down indefinitely as engineers search for the cause of a malfunction.
Music industry still faces huge online piracy: report
The global music industry is making progress in clamping down on online piracy by evolving radical new ways of selling tunes, but 95 percent of downloads remain illegal, a report...
Scientist receives massive computing project award to develop magnetic fusion energy
Choong-Seock Chang, a research professor at New York University's Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, has received a Department of Energy (DOE) award to carry out ultra large-scale computation using the...
University of Chicago Achieves Record Research Funding
The University of Chicago received a record $424 million in sponsored research funding in Fiscal Year 2008, up 4 percent from the previous year. Sponsored research funding consists of contract...
Human spaceflight: Britain needs a real-life Dan Dare
For those who were brought up in the 1950s and read the Eagle's Dan Dare comic strip – a group of people that probably still includes a large proportion of...
After 60 years, Cancer Society stops door-to-door canvassing in Alberta, N.W.T.
The Canadian Cancer Society in Alberta and the Northwest Territories has decided to stop using door-to-door canvassers to raise funds, ending a practice the organization has relied on for 60...
Downadup Worm Hits Over 3.5 Million Computers
(PhysOrg.com) -- Security firm F-Secure has advised that the Downadup worm has spread to more than 3.5 million computers by exploiting a vulnerability Microsoft patched last October. This is achieved...
Industry is pushing clouds, but the linings may not be silver for all
The fad-mad high-tech industry is touting the idea of "cloud computing" as if it's the answer to the business community's prayers for cheaper, easier computing, but not everyone is convinced.
Sequels to iconic CEOs rarely as good as original
(AP) -- Legendary CEOs like Apple Inc.'s Steve Jobs are almost impossible acts to follow. Most of the sequels have disappointed the stock market, with some flopping so badly...
Wii console sales break US record in 2008
Nintendo sold 10.17 million Wii consoles in the United States in 2008, setting a new video game record despite dismal economic conditions gripping the country, according to NPD Group statistics.
UnitedHealth Settlement Near, but Faces a Protest
The managed-care company said that it would pay $350 million to settle the class-action suit over reimbursement for out-of-network claims.
VIDEO: Rickshaw Robot Made by Farmer
A Chinese farmer, long ridiculed for building robots from spare parts, is making money and winning awards from his hobby. His latest: a mustachioed, rickshaw puller.
Intel 4Q profit plunges 90 pct, meets forecasts
(AP) -- Intel Corp.'s fourth-quarter profit plunged 90 percent but still met Wall Street's subdued expectations Thursday, as the chip maker was hurt by wheezing PC sales that have...
PHOTO IN THE NEWS: Double Sun Dog Dazzles Icy Omaha
An sun show that's stunned sky-watchers at least since Shakespeare's time gave cold-bitten Nebraskans a reason to go outside Wednesday.