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Care providers in crisis as budget impasse drags on
If there is no spending plan by the end of the month, the state will owe $12 billion to government service providers who by law cannot be paid in the...
Facebook To Test N.J.'s Web Safety Icon
The popular social networking Web site Facebook has agreed to test replacing its own link for reporting abuse with a bigger one developed by the New Jersey Attorney General's Office.
Opinion: Food engineering for the future
Xiao Dong Chen believes that obstacles to producing healthy and sustainable processed food could be overcome by collaborations between engineers and food scientists.
Many Americans Tap Into Social Security Too Early
Many older Americans may be shortchanging their golden years by tapping into Social Security too soon, according to an expert who has studied the federal retirement program for nearly two...
Digitizing Archives From The 17th Century
A researcher on a short trip to a foreign country, with little money, but a digital camera in hand has devised a novel approach to digitizing foreign archives that could...
Czech city bids to be global biotech hub
BRNO, Czech Republic (Reuters) - Just a few steps from the monastery where Gregor Mendel pioneered the field of genetics some 150 years ago, Czech officials hope to nurture their...
NIST Releases WTC 7 Investigation Report for Public Comment
The fall of the 47-story World Trade Center building 7 (WTC 7) in New York City late in the afternoon of Sept. 11, 2001, was primarily due to fires, the...
If You Use the Web, You May Have Already Been Enlisted as a Human Scanner
You're just about ready to buy a pair of tickets on Ticketmaster, but before you can take the next step, an annoying box with wavy letters and numbers shows up...
Easy Cell: Mobile Phones for the Hearing Impaired
The convenience and relatively low cost of cell phones in the U.S. has made them an indispensable part of life. Unless, of course, you are one of the 37 million...
Firms with high analyst coverage engage in excessive external financing and capital spending
A new study in the journal Financial Management explored whether abnormal analyst coverage influences the extent to which companies raise funds from external sources (e.g., issue bonds or sell stock)...
CEOs hired from outside a firm are more likely to be dismissed
A new study in Strategic Management Journal reveals that Boards of Directors commonly make mistakes in CEO appointments when they hire CEOs from outside the firm. The Board knows less...
Evangelical Scientists Refute Gravity With New 'Intelligent Falling' Theory
As the debate over the teaching of evolution in public schools continues, a new controversy over the science curriculum arose Monday in this embattled Midwestern state. Scientists from the Evangelical...
Designing solutions for problems of 'predatory lending' first requires understanding when it exists
There is not a universally accepted definition of predatory lending by policy makers, regulators or people involved in the mortgage business. Predatory lending has been equated to mortgage abuse,...
Computerized Whiteboards Improve Classroom Learning, Study Suggests
The British government has invested more money in Interactive Whiteboards in its schools than any other government in the world. But is this huge investment worth it? Have the new...
Cornell Gets $10 Million NSF Grant to Establish New Institute That Applies Computer Power to Sustainability
Could a computer model help stabilize the tuna population? Can we compute how to transition to ethanol fuel without jeopardizing food production? Those and other questions will be tackled by...
New cellphone carrier launching in second half of 2009
More cellphone competition is on the way as Globalive Communications Inc. is aiming to have Canada's fourth national wireless service up and running in the second half of 2009.
Prof says young people have unique sense of cyber privacy
A digital divide exists in Canada between young people who see information posted online as private and older people who see it differently, according to a study released Thursday at...
Eyeball Reflexes: Security and Biometrics That Cannot Be Spoofed
Electronic fingerprinting, iris scans, and signature recognition software are all becoming commonplace biometrics for user authentication and security. However, they all suffer from one major drawback -- they can be...
Memory chip makers still hurting from supply glut
While chip companies are getting a much-needed boost from stable demand for consumer tech products, the glut in memory products continues to hurt many of them, analysts say.
Verizon's G'zOne Boulder cell phone is military tough
For all the convenience and security they offer, it doesn't take much to fry a cell phone. Ever bend over to refill Fido's bowl and have your phone tumble out...
Petascale climate modeling heats up
The development of powerful supercomputers capable of analyzing decades of data in the blink of an eye mark a technological milestone capable of bringing comprehensive changes to science, medicine, engineering,...
Germany to update data protection laws after scandals
German ministers agreed on Thursday to update data protection laws for the digital age in the wake of scandals showing how easily personal details can be bought on the Internet.
FDA OKs Medtronic defibrillator upgrade
WASHINGTON, Sept. 4 (UPI) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved a software update to detect problems in some of Medtronic Inc.'s Sprint Fidelis defibrillators.
Major State Grant Accelerates Research and Development of Novel Cancer Therapy
Florida Atlantic University and CHS Resources LLC received a major grant from the state of Florida to develop and commercialize a novel combination of agents that work to preferentially target...
Sony says laptops overheat, urges repairs
Sony Corp. said Thursday that overheating notebook computers slightly injured seven people and urged customers to bring in some 440,000 units for repairs.
Irradiating iceberg lettuce, spinach effective but not fail-safe; critics cite consequences
FDA's latest ruling that spinach and iceberg lettuce can be irradiated weighs food safety against concerns about vitamin loss and cleaner farming practices.
Probing mercury contamination
Detecting mercury pollution could become a lot easier, thanks to a new visual technique developed by scientists in China
Study: Workers to pay more for health care
(AP) -- Get ready for another hike in copays and deductibles. A survey being released Thursday by the Mercer consulting firm found 59 percent of companies intend to keep...