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Watch Students Compete Using Lego Robotics
Watch school teams test their software-enabled Lego robots via a live Internet program during the annual Southern California NASA Explorer Schools Robotics Competition.
Iraq oil sales up but plans 'unrealistic'
BAGHDAD, March 5 (UPI) -- Iraq's oil exports last month were listed as the highest since Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait in August 1990. That may enhance Prime Minister Nouri...
YouTube extends automatic video captioning
YouTube, in a significant development for deaf Web users, extended automatic caption capability to all English-language videos on the video-sharing website on Thursday.
Older investors a springboard for dividends, study says
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Debate has simmered for a half-century over why firms pay out cash dividends, siphoning money away from business-building investments and often creating an added tax...
Algae biofuel industry seeks tax incentive
WASHINGTON, March 4 (UPI) -- Congress is coming under increased lobbying pressure from the Algal Biomass Organization, a non-profit organization devoted to promoting the development of viable commercial markets...
PC sales to grow 20 percent in 2010: Gartner
Worldwide sales of personal computers are expected to grow nearly 20 percent this year over 2009, with laptops driving new sales, research group Gartner said on Thursday.
U.K. Research Council Protected by Funding Changes
Britain's beleaguered Science and Technology Funding Council (STFC), the government body which funds astronomy,... [Read more]
Sony developing handheld devices to counter Apple: WSJ
Japanese electronics giant Sony is developing a new lineup of handheld products to counter Apple's stable of portable devices, The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday.
Avatar's New Twist on Plants
Although they're not nominated for an Academy Award, plants play a central role in the blockbuster movie "Avatar." A botanist provided the science behind how these unusual organisms may have...
Threat to tankers targets energy industry
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia, March 4 (UPI) -- Singapore's navy has warned that terrorists plan to attack oil tankers in the chokepoint Strait of Malacca through which 15 millions barrels...
Child porn, ID theft drive record cyber crime in Japan
Internet crime in Japan jumped to a new record last year, led by ID theft and database attacks, child pornography posts and copyright violations, the national police agency said Thursday.
'Neuromarketing' Could Help Advertisers Read Our Minds
Marketing experts may be able to test a product's appeal while it is still being designed thanks to advanced tools used to see the human brain at work, according to...
System to facilitate Internet use by disabled is evaluated
It is not enough to have a Braille keyboard or a computer that speaks. Until the Internet can better adapt to their needs, people with disabilities will continue to have...
Facebook in no rush to go public: Zuckerberg
Facebook chief executive and co-founder Mark Zuckerberg said in an interview Thursday he is in no hurry to launch an initial public offering for the wildly popular social networking site.
Emergency online communities: Building social networks to help the disadvantaged during disaster recovery
Online social networks could help with communications and recovery for people with disabilities following major natural disasters, or even terrorist attack, according a new research paper.
New Study Suggests Little Change Under Obama On Science Politicization
Has President Barack Obama pulled off his pledge to boost integrity in government science, as he promised a year ago? [Read more]
Feds Mull Expansion of Internet Monitoring
CNET: Technology Designed to Thwart Cyber Attacks May Be Extended to Networks Operated by Private Sector
Drought causing displacement in Syria
DAMASCUS, Syria, March 4 (UPI) -- Thousands of Syrians have fled areas of the drought-wracked eastern parts of the country amid declining food stocks, said a World Food Program...
Leading Toxicologists Highlight Advances to Safeguard Public Health
The government's leading toxicologists and environmental health scientists will share their latest scientific accomplishments, offer continuing education courses, discuss funding and training opportunities, receive input on future research priorities, and...
Toyota proposes Sudanese oil pipeline
NAIROBI, Kenya, March 4 (UPI) -- Kenya backed a proposal by Japan's Toyota Tsusho Corp. to build an 870-mile crude oil pipeline from South Sudan to the Lamu port...
Sofia, Tbilisi discuss LNG options
SOFIA, Bulgaria, March 4 (UPI) -- The government of Georgia announced its decision to move forward with the construction of the infrastructure needed to transit Azeri gas to Bulgaria.
Ottawa company helps stop cybercriminals
An Ottawa-based computer security company helped international investigators locate a group of cybercriminals who are believed to have launched a malicious software program that infected nearly 13 million computers.
The Deadliest Catch: A Proposed Trade Ban Could Take Bluefin Tuna off the Menu
This January a 511-pound monster of a bluefin tuna sold at Tokyo’s Tsukiji fish market for $175,000--by far the highest price paid for a fish in nine years. By that...
3D graphics, reality fuse on the fly
(PhysOrg.com) -- Software developed at Oxford University is making it possible to fuse real and 3D computer-generated visuals on the fly.
ESA updates its Eduspace Web site
PARIS, March 4 (UPI) -- The European Space Agency says it has updated its 12-year-old Eduspace Web site that's designed for Europe's secondary students and teachers.
Home movies chronicling end of Empire released online
(PhysOrg.com) -- A collection of almost 300 films which offer a unique glimpse of life in India and other parts of South Asia during the final days of the British...
Samsung unveils fridge with built-in Internet
South Korea's Samsung Electronics Thursday unveiled a hi-tech alternative to the fridge magnet -- a refrigerator with Internet access that can display family photos or recipes on a screen.
RealNetworks will stop selling DVD copying product
(AP) -- RealNetworks Inc. said Wednesday that it will stop selling technology that lets consumers copy DVDs to their computer hard drives, settling a handful of lawsuits filed against...