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Is Iraq's oil strategy too ambitious?
BAGHDAD, Jan. 29 (UPI) -- The chief executives of two of the world's oil giants have been waxing lyrical about helping Iraq quadruple its oil production over the next...
The Scientific State of the Union
The guest list for Wednesday night's State of the Union address included two young but elite members of the scientific community. High school students Li Boynton and Gabriela Farfan spent...
NASS releases new geospatial data products
WASHINGTON, Jan. 28, 2010 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) today announced the release of new satellite images depicting agricultural land cover across most...
Does slum tourism make us better people?
Slum tourism is a growth industry with more and more wealthy travelers opting to visit the poorest parts of the world. What is it that is prompting slum tourism? Is...
Study Finds Growing Fear of Cyberattacks
The findings, from 600 computing executives, echoed alarms raised this month by Google after it was attacked.
UT-Battelle Licenses Tissue Regeneration Technologies to NellOne Therapeutics, Inc.
In a major step toward commercialization of a promising therapeutic treatment, Oak Ridge National Laboratory contractor UT-Battelle has exclusively licensed patents on inventions based on the Nell-1 gene to NellOne...
NEC Introduces Super-Resolution ASSP with LVDS Interface for Digital TVs and PC Monitors
NEC Electronics today announced its new super-resolution application-specific standard product (ASSP), the µPD9281GC.
Getting a Peek at Future of Virtual Worlds
Experts Believe `Avatar' may Presage the World Millions will Spend Time in One Day
Scientists and cast of thousands swarm stage in Europe
Typically science doesn't bed down with theatre, much less mate with artistic vigor, but the accord between the two is explored in the recent production Heuschrecken [The Locusts] developed by...
The art of controlling a robot
Robots are used in many different areas, for instance in factories, in space and in health care. To plan and control the motions of a robot is a challenging task,...
No Moon Trips: Obama's Space Vision a 'Paradigm Shift'
President Obama's plan for America's space program, according to early reports, represents a fundamental shift for human spaceflight, some experts say.
U.S. Considers 'Internet Access for All'
A national program aims to give every American access to a fast Internet connection
Robots Display Predator-Prey Co-Evolution, Evolve Better Homing Techniques
When we last checked in with the Laboratory of Intelligent Systems in the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale of Lausanne, Switzerland, their evolving robots had learned how deceive other robots about the location of a...
Web Trick Forces Wyoming Campaign Shakeup
Campaign Cuts Volunteer Who Set Up Phony Web Address For Rival Candidate's Web Site
Imitation Google, YouTube Sites Surface
Knockoff Sites Emerge In China As Country In Standoff With The Real Thing
Nokia tops earnings forecasts
Nokia, the world's top mobile phone maker, surprised investors Thursday with a much better-than-expected 2009 performance after it resolved product problems, sending its share price soaring.
Homeland Security Science and Technology University Network Summit
Scores of homeland security research initiatives will be tackled and discussed at the Summit in Washington, March 10-12, 2010. Open and free to all, but space is limited.
Could Disappearing Subsidies Mean The End Of Newspapers?
The government financial support that has bolstered America's commercial news industry since its colonial days is now in sharp decline and is likely to fall further, according to a report...
Judge dismisses charges against Broadcom's ex-CEO
(AP) -- A federal judge on Thursday dismissed felony narcotics charges and two civil forfeiture cases against Broadcom Corp. co-founder and former CEO Henry T. Nicholas III, wiping the...
Hacker breaks into 49 House sites, insults Obama
(AP) -- A hacker broke into 49 House Web sites of both political parties to post a crude attack on President Barack Obama after his State of the Union...
Simon Cowell's trouser secret | Paul MacInnes
Groundbreaking research from Debenhams confirms that when a man hoists his trousers high, he does so out of necessityIn delineating the ages of man, William Shakespeare managed to pad the total out to...
Flamingos are stars of Fla. racing track
HIALEAH, Fla., Jan. 28 (UPI) -- An employee at a horse racing track in Hialeah, Fla., says up to 300 pink flamingos living nearby are unwitting players in a...
Power plants, other infrastructure face hackers
(AP) -- More than half of the operators of power plants and other "critical infrastructure" say in a new study that their computer networks have been infiltrated by sophisticated...
AstraZeneca's workforce slashed again
Research and development takes a hit as AstraZeneca announces plans to slash another 8,000 jobs worldwide
Canada brushes off Venezuelan oil riches
CALGARY, Alberta, Jan. 28 (UPI) -- An assessment that Venezuela sits on one of the largest oil fields on record does not threaten the potential of Canadian reserve development,...
Cash crisis for global health fund
The health financing giant the Global Fund may have to carry out some unprecedented belt-tightening as demand outstrips its budget.
Pirates threaten West Africa's oil boom
LAGOS, Nigeria, Jan. 28 (UPI) -- West Africa's oil boom has brought immense wealth and political upheaval to the region, and a new peril -- pirates and criminal gangs...
California in hybrid vehicle pilot program
SACRAMENTO, Jan. 28 (UPI) -- The business management division for California said it deployed a pilot program to monitor the effectiveness of hybrid electric vehicles for the state's fleet.