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The ethical dilemma of vegetative states | Sheila McLean
New research shows that patients in vegetative states may have functioning minds. How should this affect their treatment?The suggestion that one in five people diagnosed as being in a vegetative state may have...
Yahoo sells HotJobs to Monster Worldwide for $225M
(AP) -- Yahoo Inc. crossed off another chore on its housecleaning list Wednesday with the proposed sale of online help-wanted site HotJobs to rival Monster Worldwide Inc. for $225...
Obama Pushes for Biofuels, Clean Coal
Looking for Political and Policy Victory, President Backs GOP-Supported Energy Ideas
SDSU Provides Web Tool for Plant Breeders
A new Web-based tool at South Dakota State University helps plant breeders & researchers worldwide analyze molecular data to select best grapes & other plant stock to breed better plants.
Electronic health records need better monitoring, experts urge
The push is on for health-care providers to make the switch to electronic health records but it is hard to tell how well these complex health information technology systems are...
Curing more cervical cancer cases may be in the math
A third of cervical cancer cases respond poorly to standard therapy or experience recurrence, making cure difficult. A new mathematical model using information gathered by magnetic resonance imaging scans may...
New Motorola Android phone on Verizon: the Devour
(AP) -- Verizon Wireless has a second handset from Motorola Inc. that uses Google Inc.'s Android software: The Devour.
De-Worming Software More Effective at Detecting Infected Network Computers Before Contagion Can Spread
More than a year after being launched by hackers on a campaign to infect computers running Microsoft Windows, the Conficker worm 's effects are still being felt. England's Greater...
Moon Tourism by 2020, Entrepreneurs Predict
Space industry executives hail new government funding for commercial spaceflight and counter critics who question it safety.
South Korea to boost green energy
SEOUL, Feb. 3 (UPI) -- South Korea expects to increase alternative energy spending by 52 percent in 2010, Bloomberg reported Wednesday.
Have Blogs Become So, Um, 2009?
Study Finds Young People Losing Interest in Long-form Blogging As They Turn to Other Communication Channels
Tech mogul Dell snaps up Magnum archive
Computer mogul Michael Dell has purchased the print archive of the famed Magnum photo agency, the international co-operative of photographers that counts Robert Capa and Henri Cartier-Bresson among its founders.
US doing 'scientific research' to boost interrogations
An elite US interrogation unit will conduct "scientific research" to find better ways of questioning top suspected terrorists, US intelligence director Dennis Blair said Wednesday.
Cisco sees 'dramatic' sales improvement in 2Q
(AP) -- Cisco blew past its own forecast for the latest quarter, reporting its first sales increase in a year as it leaves the recession behind.
Google complaint highlights China-based hacking
(AP) -- Google's accusation that its e-mail accounts were hacked from China landed like a bombshell because it cast light on a problem that few companies will discuss: the...
Stanford's robotic Audi to brave Pikes Peak without a driver (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- When the Pikes Peak race of Colorado Springs began in 1916, drivers ascended the dusty switchbacks hoping their car would not overheat or fall apart before reaching the...
Nexus One gets touch and 3G capabilities
Google is ramping up its entry in the hotly competitive smartphone race by adding "pinch-to-zoom" multi-touch and 3G wireless broadband network capabilities to the Nexus One.
Yemen thwarts oil pipeline attack
SANAA, Yemen, Feb. 3 (UPI) -- Yemeni security forces announced they thwarted an insurgent attack on an oil pipeline located just 20 miles outside the capital city Sanaa.
Content is 'electronic emperor' says Murdoch
Buoyed by a box office hit in "Avatar" and better-than-expected profits, News Corp.'s Rupert Murdoch has predicted a rosy future for content companies such as his media and entertainment giant.
Comcast 4Q profit up on revenue boost, tax gain
(AP) -- Comcast Corp. reported sharply higher fourth-quarter earnings, propelled mainly by a boost in broadband and phone revenue, and unveiled a new brand for its core cable TV...
Networking: Four ways to reinvent the Internet
The Internet is struggling to keep up with the ever-increasing demands placed on it. Katharine Gammon looks at ways to fix it.
Cyber-warfare 'is growing threat'
International Institute for Strategic Studies says cyber attacks could become weapon of choice in future conflictsCyber-warfare attacks on military infrastructure, government and communications systems, and financial markets pose a rapidly growing but little understood...
France backs ban on tuna exports
France backs calls for a ban on the global trade in bluefin tuna, the numbers of which have dwindled through overfishing.
Biodiversity law could stymie research
Tighter rules on accessing and developing genetic resources may be counterproductive for conservation.
Some renters want Santa Monica to further restrict smoking
Activists want to target secondhand smoke from private patios and balconies in multifamily complexes. That could put them at odds with a renters rights group. ...
Police want Backdoor to Private Web Data
Law Enforcement Agencies to Press for "National Web Interface" to Speed Data Sharing
Iran weighs bonds for oil development
TEHRAN, Feb. 3 (UPI) -- Iranian lawmakers are considering whether to issue bonds to finance the oil industry as part of a budget proposal by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
Artificial bee silk a big step closer to reality
(PhysOrg.com) -- CSIRO scientist Dr Tara Sutherland and her team have achieved another important milestone in the international quest to artificially produce insect silk.