Latest science news in Mathematics & Economics
Turf war: California sues artificial-grass makers over lead content
California Atty. Gen. Jerry Brown and other law enforcement officials allege that three makers of artificial turf deliberately failed to disclose that their products contain lead. ...
Food watchdog updates cheese recall for listeriosis
Canada's food watchdog has released an updated list of cheeses recalled by Ivanhoe Cheese Inc. for listeriosis contamination.
Feature: New management for Brisbanes natural assets
As increasing numbers of people move to the region, Brisbane City Council is assessing the feasibility of using asset-based management processes, traditionally used for managing infrastructure such as bridges and...
New antihacking system to protect wireless sensors
Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) used to detect and report events including hurricanes, earthquakes, and forest fires and for military surveillance and antiterrorist activities are prone to subterfuge. In the International...
Hiring advanced paramedics a challenge amid competition, hazards
The Ottawa Paramedic Service is trying to hire 60 advanced care paramedics, but is having trouble finding enough candidates.
Japan's Shionogi Will Acquire Sciele
Deal continues trend of overseas deals by Japanese firms
Quebec company receives $27 million loan to study landing gear
The federal government will provide a loan of $27 million to a Quebec company that is researching landing gear technologies in part to reduce their environmental footprints.
Apple's Steve Jobs Caught In Obituary Oops
An electronic gaffe at news outlet Bloomberg mistakenly sent an incomplete obituary for Apple CEO Steve Jobs over the wire, and a tipster promptly sent the soon-retracted file to gossip...
Apple's Reputation Untarnished By Mishaps
A string of mishaps like Apple has made with its products might throw another electronics company into crisis. But, even as iPhone griping rages, it seems Apple's sterling reputation will...
Safer skies for the flying public
University of Texas professor Constantine Caramanis and colleagues at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) are working on a air traffic decision-making system that rapidly adapts its flight recommendations without...
MIT tool aims to cut airline delays
MIT researchers are working toward a computer tool that could reduce airline flight delays due to weather. Already, they have found that a prototype deployed in the New York City...
Internet traffic grows 53 percent from mid-2007
(AP) -- International Internet traffic kept growing in the last year, but at a slower rate than before, and carriers more than kept pace by adding more capacity, a...
NYU Cancer Institute Researcher Among First NIH Eureka Grant Recipients for Exceptionally Innovative Research
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded $42.2 million to fund 38 exceptionally innovative research projects that could have an extraordinarily significant impact on many areas of science. Michelle...
Microsoft releases beta version of Internet Explorer 8
Microsoft last week released a broadly available test version of its latest Web browser, Internet Explorer 8, including a tool to cover one's tracks across the Web.
IBM Moves Real-Time Communication and Collaboration Into 3-D
IBM Research announced a new project, dubbed "Sametime 3-D," demonstrating the integration of Lotus Sametime with several virtual environments. The project showcases the business value virtual environments can bring to...
Big yellow school bus goes green
New Brunswick's first hybrid school bus will be hitting the road on Thursday.
Not enough space: The dicey game of storing, backing up files
About five years ago, a technical disaster struck Fernando Santos: His computer hard drive failed. The San Francisco resident lost everything on it and had to reformat his drive. "I...
Internet phone fits inside laptop
There are literally dozens of Internet phone services these days. These services use a technology known as Voice over Internet Protocol, or more commonly "VoIP." The idea behind VoIP is...
Chumby puts a host of widgets at your fingertips
Never let it be said that I don't listen to readers. In April, after I favorably reviewed a wireless product that elegantly displayed baseball scores, Don wrote: "How could you...
Get bank balance with Quicken Beam
Finally, something free from Intuit, the Mountain View, Calif., software company that takes our money every tax season.
Airport closure could hurt access to health care: northern Alta. leaders
Mayors and chiefs from northern Alberta communities vowed they will fight any plan to shut down Edmonton City Centre Airport, a public hearing heard Tuesday.
New music site gives fans a cut of tune sales
(AP) -- Being a trendsetter can be pricey. As any fashionista or gadget hound knows, the latest frocks and tech toys don't pay for themselves. But a new Web...
CEO of embattled Web-tracking firm NebuAd leaves
(AP) -- The chief executive of NebuAd Inc., whose Web tracking technology raised a privacy backlash, has left the company to be chief financial officer at Verifone Holdings Inc.,...
The life and the space. The Universal Waves Theory
The Universal theory of Waves. (The law of Existence and Development of Essence) What is the principal property of the matter? What is the key property of the matter? ...
New $1.1M Grant: Restoring Basic Needs After Hurricanes, Disasters
A new six-year, $1.1 million grant from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security will allow researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute to investigate how different civil infrastructures within a city or...
25 years of conventional evaluation of data analysis proves worthless in practice
So-called 'intelligent' computer-based methods for classifying patient samples, for example, have been evaluated with the help of two methods that have completely dominated research for 25 years. Now Swedish...
South Asia News in brief: 22 August–3 September
Scientists look at HIV variation, how the world gained its 'roof', gaps Himalayan climate data, and more.
Nissan mulls plug-in hybrids: official
Nissan is considering developing plug-in hybrid vehicles that can be charged at home, as it seeks to catch up with its rivals in fuel-sipping cars, an official said Wednesday.