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Bees see super colour at super speed
Bees see the world almost five times faster than humans, according to new research from scientists at Queen Mary, University of London...
Profiting on the Internet
Despite the hyperbole, there are many examples that prove that business use of the Internet is not always profitable, the bursting of the dot.com bubble aside. Now, a Tunisian researcher...
Honey, I shrunk the receiver
(PhysOrg.com) -- CSIRO and Australian company Sapphicon Semiconductor Pty Ltd have signed an agreement to jointly develop a complete radio receiver on a chip measuring just 5 mm x 5...
A better way to watch YouTube: Openflow opens up carrier networks
To ensure that we can all watch YouTube without interruption, major Internet service providers must manage two very different switching technologies. Wide area "IP" networks made up of packet switches...
Reality TV lures players into sadistic game
A French TV documentary to be aired Wednesday records people involved in what they thought was a game show in which they are asked to administer electric shocks to rival...
Problem Solved, LOL: A Complex Tic-Tac-Toe Puzzle Falls Thanks to Blog Comments
In the mid-20th century the encyclopedic works of French mathematician Nicolas Bourbaki traced every mathematical concept back to the subject’s foundations in the theory of sets--the stuff of Venn...
Startup brings new vision to microlending
Sitting with Sunny Mahant at a neighborhood coffeehouse near his San Francisco home -- the home that serves as his office and a funding source for his startup -- it's...
CF wins turf war for Terra
CF Industries looks to have won the turf wars after its $4.7 billion bid beats Yara out of the bidding for Terra
Ditch the paperwork, say researchers
Thousands of frustrated researchers call for EU funding processes to be simplified and cut out unnecessary paperwork
Securities analysts' reports slow adoption of new technology, warns INFORMS journal study
The reluctance of securities analysts to recommend investment in veteran companies using new techniques to grapple with radical technological change may be harming these companies as they struggle to...
PayPal plans to double staff in Asia
(AP) -- PayPal, a unit of online auction site operator eBay Inc., plans to double its staff in Asia to 2,000 by the end of the year, president Scott...
Finding the Top Bot: High School Students (and Their Robots) Take the Prize at Tech Challenge [Slide Show]
NEW YORK CITY--Despite the rain and cold this past weekend, dozens of robots took the field to compete in the New York City FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC)...
Blockbuster Threatened By DVD Supply Drama
Company Discussing Using Stores in Canada as Collateral Because It Can't Acess Bank Credit
Digital Piracy in Europe Soars
Industry Study: Europeans Download Euro10 Billion Worth Of Pirated Music, Films, Software
Carnegie Mellon's Chris Hendrickson tracks water use
Just think, every time you feed Fido or flip a spoonful of sugar into your coffee cup, you use more than 300 gallons of water...
Artificial bee silk a big step closer to reality
CSIRO scientist Dr Tara Sutherland and her team have achieved another important milestone in the international quest to artificially produce insect silk...
Nigeria proposes energy forum
ABUJA, Nigeria, March 17 (UPI) -- The Nigerian National Petroleum Corp. proposed a forum for shareholders to address challenges plaguing the national energy sector, officials said.
Navy scientists support Haiti relief operations
Scientists at the Naval Research Laboratory at Stennis Space Centre are supporting Haiti relief operations. The Marine Geosciences Division's Geospatial Sciences and Technology branch is providing a specially configured version...
New research advances voice security technology
Most people are familiar with security technology that scans a person's handprint or eye for identification purposes. Now, thanks in part to research from North Carolina State University, we are...
The new ID card
By November 1, 2010 the ID card hitherto in use in Germany will be replaced by the new personal identity card, with built-in electronic identification and signature functions. At first glance, the new...
New Chair, Vice Chair Elected to NIST Policy Advisory Group
A new chair and vice chair have been elected to the NIST Visiting Committee on Advanced Technology (VCAT), the agency's primary private-sector policy advisory group.
March Workshop at NIST to Focus on Preserving Our Digital Data
Experts on digital preservation are gathering at a workshop at NIST in Gaithersburg, Md., from March 29 to 31 to develop a standards roadmap for long-term preservation of the vast...
Peace Pipeline undercuts Washington?
WASHINGTON, March 17 (UPI) -- Washington is likely irked by the decision from Iran and Pakistan to sign off on the long-delayed Peace Pipeline from the South Pars gas...
Discovery in legumes could reduce fertiliser use, aid environment: Stanford researchers
Nitrogen is vital for all plant life, but increasingly the planet is paying a heavy price for the escalating use of nitrogen fertiliser...
Mephedrone: the users, the dealers, the debate
In the wake of the deaths of Louis Wainwright, 18, and Nicholas Smith, 19, on Monday night, we take a look at internet discussions of mephedrone and see what users think of...
Superbug boss goes to court of appeal
The hospital chief who left her post after Britain's worst infection outbreak takes her fight for compensation to the court of appealThe Kent hospital boss at the centre of Britain's worst infection outbreak...
Internet Explorer 9 previewed
(PhysOrg.com) -- Microsoft has released the preview version of Internet Explorer 9, which has HTML5 integration, background compiled Javascript, and scalable vector graphics (SVG) capability.
AOL plants Seed for Internet Age news operation
Faded Internet star AOL is reinventing itself as a digital age news operation with an army of freelance writers wielding online tools.