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Help write the full story on the hacked emails controversy
In a unique experiment, The Guardian has published online the full manuscript of its major investigation into the climate science emails stolen from the University of East Anglia, which revealed apparent attempts to...
U of I faculty assist in evaluating US food security programs
On Tuesday, representatives of the Eastern Illinois Foodbank shared results of a national study sponsored by Feeding America, the nation's largest domestic hunger-relief organisation. The study is completed every four...
Online programs improve fruit and vegetable consumption
Online programs that provide information and tips about fruits and vegetables may be the key to getting more Americans to eat healthier, say researchers at Henry Ford Hospital...
New online payment system takes cash for virtual goods
New startup company Kwedit Inc. is making it easier for users of free online games like Farmville who don't have credit or debit cards to pay for the virtual goods...
Atrazine maker disputes defect findings
SEATTLE, Feb. 5 (UPI) -- The makers of atrazine Friday disputed a University of Washington study linking the herbicide to higher rates of the birth defect gastroschisis.
Facebook redesigns site yet again
Facebook is redesigning its site yet again, this time to better emphasize applications, games and search.
Feds Still Unhappy with Google Deal
Book Battle Continues As DOJ Frets About Threat to Stifle Competition, Undermining of Copyright Laws
Google may be gearing up for 'store view' feature
(PhysOrg.com) -- Google is rumored to have been busy taking photos inside selected retail stores in New York and San Francisco apparently in preparation for adding a tentatively-named 'store view'ť...
Tevatron Higgs Searches: Past And Future
To see the future, you must know the past: these nine words nicely summarize a syllogism which knows few exceptions. Turning to known data to check the power of one's...
Firm to pay $200K after importing lead-laden toys
(AP) -- A Massachusetts company has agreed to pay a $200,000 penalty to settle allegations it violated U.S. law when it imported Thomas and Friends, Curious George and Winnie...
How To Model A Smoking Gun
How To Model A Smoking Gun Conspiracy theorists just love to get hold of a piece of new information and claim that it is the 'smoking gun' that 'conclusively proves' their...
8 of 10 British ponds badly polluted
LONDON, Feb. 5 (UPI) -- .Runoff from agriculture, roads and housing has badly polluted 80 percent of British ponds, stripping them of much of their plant and animal life,...
Rulings cloud issue of school MySpace suspensions
(AP) -- Federal appellate judges wrestling with whether schools can discipline students for Internet speech posted offsite reached different rulings Thursday in two Pennsylvania cases.
Google Has More Than Android On Its Platform
(PhysOrg.com) -- In the last several weeks, we've read a bit about how Google is getting restless just being the world`s largest search engine and a proud cloud computing parent....
AT&T now says SlingPlayer for iPhone on 3G is OK
(AP) -- AT&T Inc. said Thursday it will now allow Sling Media Inc.'s television-viewing program for the iPhone to operate over its "3G" high-speed mobile network.
How Bats (Indirectly) Hit Their Targets
Research conducted by scientists at the Weizmann Institute and the University of Maryland reveals that bats, which 'see' with beams of sound waves, skew their beams off-center when they want...
Bell boosts internet speeds
Bell Canada is boosting internet speeds in Ontario and Quebec by rolling out new fibre infrastructure, bringing Canada in line with what has been happening in other parts of the...
Stelmach to focus on health, competitiveness
The government of Premier Ed Stelmach plans to bolster Alberta's competitiveness and focus on improving health care during a new session of the legislature, which got underway Thursday with a...
Airport security is a tech-firm gold rush
For airline passengers, the attempted Christmas Day attack and a directive by President Obama to pursue advanced screening technology will certainly mean added security procedures at airports.
3-D printing coming in reach of consumers
It may sound like a prop from a sci-fi movie, or some garage inventor's holy grail: a device that converts a computer file into a three-dimensional physical object.
Sun CEO Resigns With Haiku Tweet
Jonathan Schwartz Bows Out Of Sun CEO Post With A Twitter Post: A Farewell Haiku
Democratic, republican presidents have had similar economic records, says political scientist
In his recent book "Unequal Democracy," noted Princeton political scientist Larry Bartels reaches the controversial conclusion that Democratic presidents have generally done a better job in handling the economy.
IBM taking US Air Force into software cloud
IBM said Thursday it has been enlisted by the US Air Force to show how defense and intelligence networks can safely soar into the online software "cloud."
Four ORNL Researchers Selected for Recovery Act Early Career Funds
Four Oak Ridge National Laboratory researchers are among the 69 scientists that will receive five-year research grants as part of the Department of Energy's new Early Career Research Program.
More study needed to halt Illinois job slump, economist says
Illinois is mired in a deep employment recession that could linger for years unless the state unravels the roots of its nearly decade-long job slump, a new study by a...
Nigerian rebels threaten 'all-out oil war'
PORT HARCOURT, Nigeria, Feb. 4 (UPI) -- A 10-week-old leadership crisis that has paralyzed government lies behind a threat by southern rebels to not only resume their war against...
Big book explores a small world: Professor debuts first complete guide to nanoscience
Stuart Lindsay, Arizona State University Regents' professor and director of the Biodesign Institute's Center for Single Molecule Biophysics, has just released the first comprehensive guide to a tiny world a...
Google awards $1 million for research effort to slash energy consumption in Internet data centers
Google Inc. has awarded a two-year, $1 million research grant aimed at slashing energy usage in large Internet data centers to a team of computer scientists at the University of...