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Australia needs a biofuels institute
Experts believe a national biofuels institute could provide the initiative and support that Australia needs to create a viable transport fuel alternative.
Affordable medicine plan goes global
An innovative plan to get new life-saving drugs into the hands of millions of people around the world who need medicines but can't afford the massive costs will be unveiled...
Did Science Build a Better Turkey?
One turkey dominates the competition at the supermarket: the broad-breasted white turkey.
W. Virginia town shrugs at poorest health ranking
(AP) -- As a portly woman plodded ahead of him on the sidewalk, the obese mayor of America's fattest and unhealthiest city explained why health is not a big...
Burlington, Vt., is healthiest city, CDC says
(AP) -- What's the healthiest city in America? It appears to be Burlington, Vt. Vermont's largest city is tops among U.S. metropolitan areas by having the largest proportion of people...
Public disclosure group discusses whether e-mails are lobbying expenses
The Washington state Public Disclosure Commission is taking a go-slow approach to regulating the use of low-cost Internet tools in campaigns and lobbying.
Vista suit highlights Microsoft, Intel ties
Newly unsealed documents in a class-action lawsuit challenging Microsoft's practices for Windows Vista reveal that a controversial change made in the "Windows Vista Capable" marketing program in early 2006 may...
Americans travel abroad for crucial surgery
Before getting two artificial disks to ease the grinding pain in his back, Wayne King asked prospective surgeons where they trained and how many disk replacements they had done. Then...
More than 20,000 flee flames in O.C. Fire destroys or damages more than 600 homes; thousands are threatened
More than 600 Southland homes have been damaged or destroyed. Governor declares an emergency in L.A. County. High winds drive flames through canyons in the San Fernando Valley. ...
Fruit and veg boom needed to feed Britain
It is an image worthy of a Keats poem or a Constable landscape: great orchards bursting with fruit, fields crammed with ripening vegetables and h
Calgary man convicted of movie piracy
A Calgary man is believed to be the first person convicted in Canada under new movie pirating legislation when he pleaded guilty to the unauthorized recording of the Johnny Depp...
San Diego Philanthropist John Moores Gives $2.1 Million to Scripps Research Institute
San Diego philanthropist, businessman, and community leader John J. Moores has contributed the first gift of $2.1 million to The Scripps Research Institute's new $50 million initiative to recruit new...
In shift, Microsoft sells software online
Microsoft, which has made billions of dollars selling packaged software, has opened its first online store in the United States offering its ubiquitous programs for downloading.
As First Plan Stalls, Mayor Tries New Push for Green Taxis
The mayor announced financial incentives aimed at pushing taxi owners to buy more environmentally-friendly gas-and-electric cars.
After Virtual Affair, Real Divorce
Amy Taylor filed for divorce when she discovered her husband cheating in Second Life - an online community where players adopt personas called avatars, mingle with others and teleport themselves...
Pills seized weren't OxyContin, drugmaker says
The pharmaceutical company that makes the painkiller OxyContin says the 25,000 pills seized by police in Sydney last week are knockoffs.
Judge grants injunction on Tamiami Trail
MIAMI, Nov. 14 (UPI) -- U.S. District Judge Ursula Ungaro has granted a preliminary injunction sought by the Miccosukee Tribe to stop the overhaul of the Tamiami Trail...
'Nanobamas' Fuse Art, Science, Technology and Politics
A University of Michigan professor has created 3-D portraits of the president-elect that are smaller than a grain of salt. He calls them "nanobamas."
Google giving voice to iPhone Internet search
Google is reportedly weighing into the Internet voice search arena with a free application that lets iPhone users surf online by speaking queries.
Obama Wants Applicants' Web-Posting Past
If you want a job in an Obama administration, be prepared to disclose every blog post or comment you've ever written.
Tech sector facing most job cuts since 2003: report
The technology sector is on pace to lose 180,000 jobs this year, the most since 2003, amid a global economic downturn, according to a report published Friday.
HTC Unveils Worlds First GSM/WiMAX Mobile Phone
(PhysOrg.com) -- HTC has just announced the world's first GSM/WiMAX headset. The device will be available in Russia on the Yota Mobile WiMAX network. The MAX 4G appears similar to...
Photonics emerges from the shadows
(PhysOrg.com) -- The name has been around for four decades, but only now is a recognisable photonics community emerging in Europe. A European study has documented a fast-growing sector of...
Sun to cut up to 6,000 workers, 18 pct of staff
(AP) -- Sun Microsystems Inc. plans to cut up to 6,000 jobs, or 18 percent of its global work force, as sales of its high-end computer servers have collapsed.
Illuminating the Dark Web
When a government agency, medical office, or another institution scans a document and uploads it to a Web site, the images are not searchable -- they contain pictures of text,...
Mitsubishi Rayon Will Buy Lucite
Deal will launch Japanese firm to top spot in acrylics
Wii and DS top videogame system sales in US in October
NPD Group reported on Thursday reported that Nintendo's Wii and DS continued in October to dominate videogame system sales in the United States.
Web tracker NebuAd sued over privacy claims
(AP) -- Angry online subscribers who had their Web surfing habits tracked in detail are suing a Silicon Valley startup that created the technology and six Internet service providers...