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Google Tweaks Buzz After Privacy Concerns
Are Contacts Friends? Google Tweaks Social Hub Over Privacy Concerns
Heavy metal music aimed at beetles
A novel approach to controlling tree-destroying beetles uses piped-in rock music and backward recordings of Rush Limbaugh. Heavy metal music - Rock music - Arts -...
The future of European research
With a new research commissioner arriving in Brussels, and big policy changes on the cards, explains how scientists could be affected.
Cell-phone bans while driving have more impact in dense, urban areas
A new study analyzing the impact of hand-held cell phone legislation on driving safety concludes that usage-ban laws had more of an impact in densely populated urban areas with a...
Warner CEO: E-book 'Fracas' Helping Music
Warner Music CEO Sees Music Pricing Power After E-book 'fracas' Between Amazon, Publishers
Tech buying bounces back in 2009: NPD
Canadians spent $4.66 billion on computer and information technology products in 2009, up one per cent from 2008.
Venezuela mulls partial state of emergency to beat blackouts
CARACAS, Venezuela, Feb. 9 (UPI) -- Venezuela plans to impose a partial state of emergency to deal with electricity shortages resulting from the worst drought in more than 100...
Student Builds Spider Robot From Spare Parts (w/ Video)
Picture a spider-like robot that teaches itself to walk, can adapt when damaged and watches its maker as he moves around the room. That might sound terrifying.
Peter Sheridan Dodds, Theoretical Biology's Buzzkill
There is an apocryphal story about a graduate mathematics student at the University of Virginia studying the properties of certain mathematical objects. In his fifth year some killjoy bastard elsewhere...
Women on board: Does forced diversity hurt firm performance?
(PhysOrg.com) -- New SEC rules will require public firms to disclose what role, if any, diversity plays in appointing members to their corporate boards, but University of Michigan researchers say...
EU ministers call for common electric car strategy
EU industry ministers on Tuesday pressed the European Commission to establish a common strategy to develop electric cars.
Stony Brook University Professor Wins Prestigious Wolf Prize in Mathematics
International honor recognizes lifetime body of work and numerous contributions to field.
3-D Movies are Harder to Pirate, for Now
The market for knockoff films in 3-D is currently nonexistent, because almost no one has the means to watch them at home.
NIH to Downplay Single Investigators?
Plus more highlights from Science's policy blog, ScienceInsider [Read more]
Pay-for-performance in healthcare
BOSTON--Although the idea of pay-for-performance (P4P) is popular among healthcare policy makers and private insurers, the results do not necessarily translate to the patient.
Are Your Kids Overweight? Just Blame It On Junk Food Commercials
If you have overweight children, don't take responsibility for what they eat--just blame their expanding waistlines on McDonald's and Hershey's for advertising their products on TV. Not only is it...
Britain builds green towns to reduce CO2
LONDON, Feb. 9 (UPI) -- The British government is spending $90 million to build four carbon-neutral towns in England.
Season shifts 'alter food chains'
The earlier arrival of spring in the UK appears to be throwing food chains out of synchronisation, a study suggests.
Leaf veins inspire a new model for distribution networks (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- Following the straight and narrow may be good moral advice, but it`s not a great design principle for a distribution network. In new research, a team of biophysicists...
Paul Gilna to lead ORNL's BioEnergy Science Center
Dr. Paul Gilna is joining the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory as director of the DOE BioEnergy Science Center (BESC).
Britain plans next top hospital gown
The British government has launched a plan to replace drafty open-backed hospital gowns with versions that preserve patients' modesty.
Spain's vision for science
Science minister Cristina Garmendia outlines her plans for research across Europe, and at home.
New era of pain drugs advanced by Barrow researcher
Research led by a scientist at Barrow Neurological Institute at St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center has opened the door for the advancement of a new category of painkillers, called...
Argentina's third nuclear power plant nears completion
BUENOS AIRES, Feb. 9 (UPI) -- Amid deepening economic woes, Argentine consumers have been told they can look forward to more stable electricity supplies from the country's third nuclear...
GM crops: still not a panacea for poor farmers
GM crops have been hailed as a 'pro-poor' technology, but the reality is much more complicated, says technology researcher Dominic Glover.
Hand has role in how we see objects in space, researchers find
We know exactly where an object is when we say it is `within the reach of our hand.` But if we don`t have a hand, can we still see...
Online ad improvement seen in IAC's 4Q loss
(AP) -- Internet company IAC/InterActiveCorp lost $1 billion in the fourth quarter because it wrote down the value of its search business, but the results beat expectations and offered...
This Week in Space: Do Space Start-Ups Mean Compromised Safety?
Astronaut and ATK manager Scott "Doc" Horowitz is deeply skeptical of small private commercial space companies chances of delivering and returning crews.