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Recipes for Health: Salad With Tuna and Vegetables
A salad of tuna, potatoes and vegetables makes a wonderful meal.
Credit crunch threatens US wind-energy projects
Tax incentives mean nothing if companies don't make enough profit.
Paleontologist Contributes to Flying Drone Design Based on Prehistoric Flying Reptile
A Texas Tech University curator and an aeronautical engineer from the University of Florida have developed a 30-inch robotic spy plane modeled after a 225 million-year-old pterodactyl.
New formula helps predict immigration patterns
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Scientists have devised a formula to allow countries to predict immigration trends, according to a study published on Monday.
Your Robotic Friend, The Humanoid Robot
Robots can take any shape or form and with the explosion in European research and development for every imaginable robot application, there are dozens of completely different designs. Why, then,...
Campus Green Spaces Enhance Quality Of Life
The next time you see students playing an energized game of touch football or studying in the sunshine on a college quadrangle, consider this: campus green spaces can help students...
Delayed mummy money will finally be paid out in Italy
Italian officials agree to pay a 150,000 euros finders' fee for the 5,300-year-old "Iceman" Oetzi after 17 years of wrangling.
Counting On Computers To Count The Votes
Some of the country's leading experts on electronic voting are worried about how Americans' ballots will be tallied this November. CBS News tech analyst Larry Magid reports.
Violations at 90 percent of nursing homes
WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 (UPI) -- Federal investigators said more than 90 percent of U.S. nursing homes were cited for violations last year, The New York Times reported.
A Robot In Every Home?
Observers like Bill Gates believe that by 2025 we could have robots in every home. In labs across Europe, researchers are creating designs that could become the robo-butler of the...
Zeroing In On Wi-Fi 'Dead Zones' To Inexpensively Fill Gaps In Wireless Networks
Rooting out Wi-Fi "dead zones" in citywide wireless networks is an expensive proposition. The paucity of techniques for mapping areas that lack coverage is an impediment, both for pre-deployment and...
Virtual World Offers New Locale For Problem Solving
Second Life, a virtual world created in 2003, currently boasts more than 12 million users worldwide who go there for everything from college recruiting to shopping. Now, Penn State researchers...
Smart And Gentle Alarm Clock For Mobile Phones
New technology for screening and even diagnosing sleep disorders has been developed. The first application of the new technology, a smart alarm clock for mobile phones, HappyWakeUp, is now available....
Video: Jumping Insects
A froghopper flexes bow-like structures between its hind legs and wings before releasing the energy to make a giant leap forward. Credit: Burrows et al, BMC Biology 2008
Internet pioneer Paul Baran gets richly deserved honor
This is a column to brag about Paul Baran, because Lord knows he's not going to do it himself. The guy is a brilliant innovator and a successful Silicon Valley...
Sites that allow visitors to share tales of kindness popping up on the Web
One afternoon in mid-July, Melissa Morris-Ivone was on the receiving end of one of those infinitesimally small acts of kindness that put you in a good mood.
Myth busted: Some drugs do cost more in Canada
(PhysOrg.com) -- Canada may be recognized as a bargain hunters' paradise for prescription drugs, but a new U of T study suggests that many generic medications may be more expensive...
More foods getting labeled as US or foreign-grown
(AP) -- No more wondering where your hamburger came from, or where your lettuce and tomatoes were grown: Starting this week, shoppers will see lots more foods labeled with...
New formula predicts how people will migrate in coming decades
Nearly 200 million people now live outside their country of birth. But the patterns of migration that got them there have proven difficult to project. Now scientists at Rockefeller University,...
Wall St. Bailout Could Gut Science Funding, Experts Say
The U.S. $700-billion financial bailout under scrutiny by Congress could cripple the federal budget for science and research, scientists fear.
Report: Everglades in decline as restoration lags
(AP) -- A multibillion-dollar effort to restore Florida's Everglades has made little progress amid funding shortfalls, bureaucratic red tape and disagreements, according to a congressionally mandated report that warns...
Do-not-call list will boost direct mail, marketers say
Starting Tuesday, Canadians will be able to register their phone numbers on a national do-not-call list, but they may find telemarketing calls replaced by junk mail and spam.
Mustard seed meal suppresses weeds in container-grown ornamentals
Mustard is one of the most widely used condiments on the planet. Prized for its oils, mustard plants grow wild in North Africa, the Middle East, and the Mediterranean, and...
Netgear Launches A New Family Of Wireless-N Routers
Netgear today has announced a new family of Wireless-N networking solutions that will make it easy for anyone to upgrade their wireless home network to Wireless-N technology. This new technology...
Collaboration 'can reignite Zimbabwean science'
Zimbabwean scientists have called for international collaboration to reignite the country's science, given hope by the new joint government.
Sprint begins mobile WiMax network in Baltimore
(AP) -- Sprint Nextel Corp. opened its new wireless network to customers in Baltimore on Monday, offering Internet service for laptops for $45 per month. It's the first commercial network...
Ladybug, ladybug, where have you gone?
The nine-spotted ladybug was considered so common, charismatic and crop-friendly that it was adopted as New York’s official state insect in 1989. As it turns out, the species may have...
Protecting Patient Privacy The New Fashioned Way
The Medical De-identification System (MeDS) is a highly accurate and speedy computer software program designed to de-identify patient information while retaining the essential data key to medical research, according to...