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Fake popups are risky for computer users
RALEIGH, N.C., Sept. 25 (UPI) -- U.S. researchers say they've found most Internet users cannot distinguish between genuine popup warning messages and fake ones.
Some HDH-brand grilling sauce is recalled
WASHINGTON, Sept. 25 (UPI) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced the recall of 103 bottles of HDH-brand grilling sauce because of a labeling error.
Lifecycle funds can cost millions
Lifecycle funds are a popular investment vehicle, however, new research has found that they can cost members millions from their superannuation.
Environment Agency calls for carbon-capture on all new coal power stations
The Environment Agency has told the government that all new power stations must be built with the CO2-capturing technology
Secret Ingredients Behind Germinated Rice
Researchers have identified the active compounds that contribute to the health benefits of pre-germinated brown rice: a related set of sterol-like molecules known as acylated steryl-beta-glucosides.
California's new 8th-grade algebra rule gets some poor marks
Critics warn that the requirement will be bad both for students with solid math skills and the unprepared. ...
Facebook Profiles Can Be Used To Detect Narcissism
Online social networking sites such as Facebook might be useful tools for detecting whether someone is a narcissist, according to new research.
Work Together Or Face 'Disastrous Consequences' For Health In Africa, Experts Warn
Faced with the prospect of more variable and changing climates increasing Africa's already intolerable disease burden, scientists must begin to reach out to colleagues in other fields and to the...
WTO to rule on US dispute with EU on hi-tech products: sources
The World Trade Organisation is to rule on a challenge brought by the United States, Japan and Taiwan against the European Union over duties on high-technology products, sources told AFP...
DigiFlags make debut at Singapore Formula One GP
For more than 50 years race marshals have waved coloured warning flags when incidents occur at a Grand Prix, and in Singapore they will aided by a digital version for...
China milk crisis forces food testing rethink
Monitoring standards challenged by melamine contamination
Art and Science, Virtual and Real, Under One Big Roof
Eight years and $200 million in the making, the Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center aims to be a technological pleasure dome for the mind and senses.
NIH names Harvard Pioneers, Innovators
Harvard faculty members comprise almost 20 percent of the 47 scientists nationally whose promising and innovative work was today recognized with the announcement of two grant programs through the National...
The Emmys of Humanitarian Tech
The TV show Heroes didn’t win an Emmy this weekend, but that’s okay. Awards of a different kind have just been handed out to real heroes: people who are using...
RadioShack changing wireless, GPS displays
Taking a cue from competitor Best Buy Inc., RadioShack Corp. said this week that it plans to change its wireless and GPS displays in 4,000 stores so shoppers can compare...
US Army Invests in 'Thought Helmet' Technology for Voiceless Communication
In the future, soldiers may be communicating silently with sophisticated "thought helmets." The devices would harness a person´s brain waves and transmit them as radio waves, where they would be...
Gripping Advances in Technology
In 2005, we covered Obrero, the state-of-the-art robotic hand that Eduardo Torres-Jara is developing at MIT. Since then, the hand has developed all sorts of new capabilities - it can pick...
U.S. plans hypersonic science centers
WASHINGTON, Sept. 22 (UPI) -- The U.S. space agency and U.S. Air Force say they are looking for university and industry partners to help advance hypersonic research.
Big Brother's cafe watches you eat
Dutch scientists running a lab disguised as a cafeteria are getting a chance to see how everyday food presentation can be rejigged and gussied up to encourage customers to choose...
Researcher study effectiveness of traditional and blended learning environments
In today's online era, the concept of a classroom extends beyond a walled room with desks and chairs and into the realm of cyber space. Computer screens are replacing the...
Inching Toward Web 3.0
By some definitions, "Web 3.0" will be characterized by semantic mapping of data. Unlike regular searches which mine information based on keywords you type in, semantic search looks for...
GM Hopes To Jolt Car Sales With Volt
General Motors has created a new plug-in car, the Chevrolet Volt, and there's a lot of money and expectation riding on it. The Volt's designer, Bob Bonifice, gave Early Show...
Yahoo Tests Livelier, More Open Home Page
Yahoo has begun offering some users a more personalized home page that the company hopes will increase the usage and utility of a Web site that's widely used but elderly...
World's crops to be screened for climate traits
Researchers in developing countries will screen thousands of crops for traits to help them adapt to climate change.
Meeting the Challenges of Teaching Agriculture
New ways of teaching today's agriculture is the topic of a new article written by Nicholas Jordan and colleagues, featured in the 2008 Journal of Natural Resources and Life Sciences...
FBI searches apartment in Palin hacking case
(AP) -- The FBI has searched the home of the son of a Democratic state lawmaker in Tennessee looking for evidence linking the young man to the hacking of...
Nanopencil Can Provide Terabit Data Storage Density
(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists have fabricated a 'nanopencil' with a tip so small that it can be used as a scanning probe in ultrahigh-density computer data storage systems.
Microsoft to buy back another 40 billion dollars in stock
US computer software giant Microsoft announced Monday that it would buy back another 40 billion dollars of its shares.