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Retina implants: location is key
(PhysOrg.com) -- The first UK trial of a promising new retinal implant technique is to be led by Oxford University researchers.
Canadians can afford rise in TV fees: CRTC
Most Canadians could afford the modest price increase they'd be subject to if TV networks get approval to charge cable and satellite companies for their over-the-air signals, says the CRTC.
The tide turns definitively against high fructose corn syrup
At last, a definitive study that directly compares consumption of high fructose corn syrup (HFCS) to sucrose (table sugar) on both short- and long-terms health effects. In previous blog...
Apples for me, Doritos for you: Consumers buy healthier foods for themselves
Feel like Mom is pushing dessert? According to a new study in the Journal of Consumer Research, consumers choose foods that are less healthy when they are purchasing for others...
Securing elite college admissions: Women caught up in 'rug-rat race'
College-educated mothers in the United States are going to extremes to secure elite college admission for their kids. Since the mid-1990s, these women have dramatically increased the time they spend...
Tectonics: Precision is hallmark of 20-year study
When it comes to three-dimensional puzzles, Rubik's Cube pales in comparison with the latest creation of Rice University geoscientist Richard Gordon.
Last Supper Paintings Depict Disciples' Growing Appetites
In paintings of the last supper from last Millennium, the sizes of the portions and plates have gradually grown bigger and bigger, according to a forthcoming study in the International...
Richard and Helen Devos Gift Kicks Off Drive to Endow Scripps Florida Graduate School
The Richard and Helen DeVos Foundation has donated $100,000 to The Scripps Research Institute that will be used to jump start a new philanthropic drive to expand the graduate school...
IFT Media Update March 22, 2010
The following news briefs are from the Institute of Food Technologists(r) (IFT(r)), a nonprofit scientific society with members working in food science, food technology, and related professions in industry, academia,...
Australia needs electricity overhaul
CANBERRA, Australia, March 22 (UPI) -- Australia has warned that $100 billion is needed to avoid brown-outs and power shortages in the country.
Lawmakers Want to Limit Texting, E-mails
These Days, If U R A Lawmkr, Prhps U Shld Watch Who, Whn And Where U Txt Msg Or E-mail
How does context affect consumer judgment?
Research into why people look favorably on a product shows that -- as in real life -- everything is relative. According to a new study in the Journal of Consumer...
4G Wireless Ready to Take On Broadband?
More Customers Seen Switching as 4G Wireless Speeds Continue to Match Traditional Broadband
EU to seek publication of anti-piracy deal
(AP) -- The European Union said Monday it wants the United States and others to publish a draft global anti-piracy deal to end rumors that it advocates cutting off...
Internet Pioneer to Chart Web's Next Leap
Tim Berners Lee, the non-Al Gore inventor of the World Wide Web, is teaming...
Seeing a bionic eye on medicine's horizon
Television's Six Million Dollar Man foresaw a future when man and machine would become one. New research at Tel Aviv University is making this futuristic "vision" of bionics a reality.
Africa, India to boost agricultural technology cooperation
Smallholder farmers in Africa are expected to benefit from a technology agreement signed with India this month.
Poor internet links mar Africa's satellite data access
Weak internet connections are hampering Africa's access to free Earth observation data, key to monitoring the effects of climate change.
Innospec Pleads Guilty
Kickbacks: Firm to pay $40 million in fines stemming from UN oil-for-food program and other violations.
Study: TV, computer use multitasking up sharply
(AP) -- The amount of time people spend on the computer while watching TV is going up sharply.
EU Warns Iran on Censorship
European Union Says Iran Must Stop Jamming Internet, Satellite Broadcasts Immediately
Quebec nurses protest overtime
Quebec's largest nurses' union won't endorse a protest about overtime at Montreal South Shore hospital, even though leaders say they understand their members are frustrated.
2010 DART/NYU Biotechnology Achievement Awards for Role of Pure Science
The Biotechnology Study Center of NYU School of Medicine will hold its annual awards symposium on April 5, 2010, to honor three outstanding leaders in biomedical research. The Dart/NYU Biotechnology...
Real estate group votes on MLS changes
The Canadian Real Estate Association is voting Monday in Ottawa on possible changes in how homes are sold through the Multiple Listing Service.
Google Street View to expand in Canada
Google is expanding its popular Street View mapping service to "nearly all of the country," and is heading back for a reshoot of Windsor, Ont.
A more sensitive sensor
Electro-mechanical sensors tell the airbag in your car to inflate and rotate your iPhone screen to match your position on the couch. Now a research group of Tel Aviv University's...
NGOs urge U.S. to fix world's water crisis
WASHINGTON, March 22 (UPI) -- The non-governmental organization, InterAction, said Monday the U.S. government should take steps to help solve the world's ongoing water crisis.
Nortel CFO steps down
Nortel Networks Corp. says chief restructuring officer Pavi Binning stepped down on Sunday following the sale of its optical networking and Ethernet businesses to Ciena Corp. earlier in March.