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Climate protection game developed
A team of computer animation students have designed an online computer game to help children understand ways they can reduce their impact on climate change.
Babies sent out of province for care, nurses say
A nursing shortage has forced Newfoundland and Labrador's largest health authority to send newborn babies out of province for care, the nurses union says.
Model Helps Computers Sort Data More Like Humans
Humans have a natural tendency to find order in sets of information, a skill that has proven difficult to replicate in computers. Faced with a large set of data, computers...
Hutton warns over energy policy
John Hutton appears to warn against a windfall tax, saying the "right framework" is needed to attract future energy investment.
Study: DNA barcoding in danger of 'ringing up' wrong species
DNA barcoding is a movement to catalog all life on earth by a simple standardized genetic tag, similar to stores labeling products with unique barcodes. The effort promises foolproof food...
Unconventional Coverage On The Web
With bloggers and other new media journalists covering the DNC from quarters partially sponsored by Google, the blogosphere and video sites like YouTube will provide views and perspectives that political...
Nielsen: 'Obama Text' Reached 2.9 Million
The statistics firm says that the SMS campaign stunt announcing his VP pick reached 2.9 million people.
Drug uptake rule challenged
Membrane study contradicts a century-old pharmacologists’ rule on drug transport
Consumers Predict Inflation as Accurately as Economists
By watching everyday prices, consumers estimate inflation rate.
Robo-skeleton lets paralysed walk
A human exoskeleton robotic suit is helping people paralysed from the waist down to stand, walk and climb stairs.
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Bond finds new terror fighting technique
LEICESTER, England, Aug. 26 (UPI) -- A British scientist says his new fingerprinting technique on bullets could also be used to identify bomb makers.
Green tech in 'Formula Zero' race
Six international teams competed this weekend in the first-ever hydrogen-powered motorsport race.
Architects HOK win bid to design secure laboratory
Plans to build a controversial £500m high security medical research laboratory in the heart of London are now in full swing after the architects HOK won the bid to design...
California tobacco control program saved billions in medical costs
California's state tobacco control program saved $86 billion--in 2004 dollars--in personal healthcare costs in its first 15 years, according to a study by researchers at the University of California, San...
Recall over listeriosis fears expands to 3 more products
Three more ready-made sandwich brands were added early Tuesday to a massive voluntary meat recall in connection with a deadly listeriosis outbreak across Canada, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency said.
UK 'should end biofuel subsidies'
The government should spend biofuel subsidies on safeguarding rainforests and peatland instead, a think tank says.
Rogers iPhone speeds among fastest in the world: report
Canadian 3G iPhone users are experiencing some of the fastest network speeds in the world, according to a study by Wired magazine's website.
How to clear confusion from food allergy warnings
(AP) -- It's one of the biggest frustrations of life with food allergies: That hodgepodge of warnings that a food might accidentally contain the wrong ingredient. The warnings are...
Motorola Releases Next Gen Push-To-Talk on CDMA 1x EVDO Rev A
Motorola, Inc. today announced that it has released its next generation Push-To-Talk over Cellular (PoC) solution, optimized for CDMA 1x networks equipped with EVDO Rev A data capability. This solution...
Intel CTO Says Gap between Humans, Machines will Close by 2050
Intel Corporation's chief technology officer took a fascinating look at how technology will bring man and machine much closer together by 2050.
System thwarts Internet eavesdropping
he growth of shared Wi-Fi and other wireless computer networks has increased the risk of eavesdropping on Internet communications, but researchers have devised a low-cost system that can thwart these...
Child malnutrition is an old stain on a new India
Half of young Indians are malnourished. In a nation seen as a rising power, combating the problem 'has not been a policy priority . . . for the last 40...
Century City Doctors Hospital begins shutting down
Unable to find a buyer, the facility files for financial liquidation. It will close its emergency room and discharge or transfer patients. ...
Intensity Of Human Environmental Impact May Lessen As Incomes Rise, Analysis Suggests
The richer you are, the more of the world's resources you can afford to consume. But in many parts of the world, rising incomes are not having the proportionate effect...
Q9 agrees to private equity takeover
Q9 Networks Inc. said Monday it has agreed to a friendly $361-million takeover bid from Boston-based private equity firm ABRY Partners LLC.
8 States Cut From System That Tracks Rate of H.I.V.
The federal money is awarded on a competitive basis, and states judged to have the most reliable systems for tracking the disease will continue to be financed.
Agile Approach Slashes Software Development Time
Results of the EUREKA ITEA software Cluster AGILE project make it possible for European manufacturers to develop high quality embedded software in markedly shorter times and at much lower costs...