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Facing Own Lawsuit, Firm Drops Libel Suit Against Researcher
GE Healthcare has dropped its controversial libel claim against the Danish radiologist Henrik Thomsen,... [Read more]
Fed agencies work to ensure produce safety
WASHINGTON, Feb. 18 (UPI) -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Food and Drug Administration say they are working together to enhance the safety and quality of fresh...
Iraq reassures oilmen: 'no security risk'
BAGHDAD, Feb. 18 (UPI) -- Oil Minister Hussein al-Shahristani has assured foreign companies contracted to develop Iraq's major oilfields and restore its economy that security is not a problem...
New browsers for Android coming soon
(PhysOrg.com) -- Mozilla Firefox is planning to make its mobile phone browser available for Google`s Android platform later this year, and Opera and NetFront (made by ACCESS) are also vying...
Breakthrough Danish Enzymes to Lower Biofuel Price Point To Petroleum Levels
Producing a biofuel cheap enough to compete at the pump with oil has remained as elusive as a ghost on the walls of Elsinore castle. But this week, two Danish companies announced...
Drug discovery for the masses
To sustain innovation, pharmaceutical companies will have to change the way they do research, says Derek Lowe. But does anyone know what changes to make?
Neuroscientists May Be Able To Predict Our Spending Habits
There's a reason attractive human faces are used to market just about everything consumers purchase today – when people see pretty faces, their brains begin computing how much the experience...
Vatican putting wartime archives on Internet
The Vatican says it plans to make some of its World War II archives available on the Internet soon in an apparent effort to calm the controversy over Pope Pius...
Focus on EU-funded research projects in trust and security
A special issue of the Journal of Computer Security (IOS Press, ISSN 0926-227X) brings together the research results of six ongoing FP6-IST projects. The editors of the journal invited those...
AAPS Welcomes New Book Series Editor
Dr. Daan Crommelin will lead Advances in Pharmaceutical Sciences series.
Pan Frying Lean Fish in Sunflower Oil May Offer Better Health Benefits
Pan-frying cod fish with sunflower oil may lead to a higher consumption of omega-3 fatty acids, according to a new study in the Journal of Food Science published by the...
NIH to Downplay Single Investigators?
Here's a rundown of some of the stories we've been tracking on Science's policy blog,... [Read more]
Keys and obstacles to e-health in low income countries
In an essay in the February 2010 issue of Health Affairs, a special issue of the journal devoted to global e-health, William Tierney, M.D., of Indiana University School of Medicine...
Cell phone distraction while driving is a two-way street
When operating a car, drivers lose a grip on messages they hear
A New Kind Of Science Journalism
Markets work well when there’s a chain from wholesaler to retailer to customer…and back. If none of the customer payments makes it back to the wholesaler, soon there may be few to no...
Google demonstrates phone that translates text
(AP) -- Stumped by foreign languages when you're traveling? Google Inc. is working on software that translates text captured by a phone camera.
Student uses artificial intelligence to understand bee behaviour
A University of Exeter PhD student has used artificial intelligence to shed new light on the behaviour of bumble bees.
How advanced tech helped East Coast snow emergency crews
Transportation and emergency management agencies throughout the Mid-Atlantic region had a high-tech edge coping with this season's blizzards - an advanced visualization and data fusion system developed by the University...
Carnegie Mellon joins Open Cirrus test bed for advancing cloud computing research
Carnegie Mellon University's School of Computer Science is the latest research institution to host a site as part of Open Cirrus, a global, open-source test bed for the advancement of...
Cooling inflammation for healthier arteries
Agricultural Research Service (ARS)-funded scientists have reported new reasons for choosing "heart-healthy" oats at the grocery store.
Telus launches Motorola Milestone
Telus has launched the hotly anticipated Motorola Milestone, a device shaping up as a serious contender to the iPhone in the smartphone wars.
Research finds hazards from secondhand smoke in bars and restaurants
New research by the Oklahoma Tobacco Research Center (OTRC) shows that concentrations of secondhand tobacco smoke inhaled in smoking rooms of restaurants and bars are exceptionally high and hazardous...
Hydrogen-fueled cars for India?
NEW DELHI, Feb. 16 (UPI) -- New Delhi's compressed natural gas program for auto-rickshaws is failing to make an impact on the city's pollution problem.
Business Owners Say TV Entrepreneurs Don't Reflect Real Life
The way celebrity entrepreneurs are depicted by the media doesn't illustrate what it's really like to start up and run businesses, according to a survey of small business owners and...
Independently-Owned Ethnic Restaurants Have More Food Safety Violations
Diners who are skeptical of the food safety practices in ethnic restaurants have new research to back up some of their assumptions. In a study of independently owned restaurants in...
Nortel's disabled workers fight pension deal
Nortel employees on long-term disability leave say they will fight a deal reached between the failing company, themselves and Nortel pensioners.
New scheme to boost bio-based chemistry
European Commission ploughs millions into scheme to encourage the chemical sector to make use of bio-based approaches such as industrial biotechnology
New data: 40 percent in US lack home broadband
(AP) -- Roughly 40 percent of Americans do not have high-speed Internet access at home, according to new Commerce Department figures that underscore the challenges facing policymakers who are...