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Signing contracts on the telephone
Researchers have developed a digital signature for Internet telephony that allows the legally binding archiving of calls.
Wild tiger conservation plan enlists 13 countries
A dozen Asian nations and Russia have vowed to double the number of wild tigers by 2022, crack down on poaching that has devastated the big cats and prohibit the...
While Confident Health Care Will Pass This Year, Democrats Still Search for a Plan
Democratic leaders in Congress voiced optimism that they would adopt health care legislation this year but conceded they did not have a strategy for proceeding.
Computer mimics nature by watching TV (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- Computer scientists at the University of Bath have developed a new way of making life-like animations of trees using video footage of the real thing.
Oracle CEO: about 1,000 layoffs planned for Sun
(AP) -- Oracle Corp. CEO Larry Ellison cheered the closing of his company's $7.4 billion acquisition of Sun Microsystems on Wednesday, vowing that Sun will immediately add to Oracle's...
The secret life of smoke in fostering rebirth and renewal of burned landscape
The innermost secrets of fire's role in the rebirth and renewal of forests and grasslands are being revealed in research that has identified plant growth promoters and inhibitors in smoke....
The roots of food security
About two hundred years ago, Thomas Robert Malthus predicted that sooner or later a continuously growing world population would be confronted with famine, disease, and widespread mortality. Today, the world...
India plans first manned space flight in 2016
NEW DELHI (AP) -- India's space agency is planning the nation's first manned space flight for 2016, if it gets government approval of the project budget,...
Safety in numbers: A cloud-based immune system for computers
A new approach for managing bugs in computer software has been developed by researchers in Switzerland. The latest version of Dimmunix, available for free download, enables entire networks of computers...
Defibrillators called for in all arenas
All arenas across Canada should have defibrillators, says one of the country's top life-saving societies.
Oil tax stirs Alaskan debate
JUNEAU, Alaska, Jan. 27 (UPI) -- Alaskan lawmakers are divided over a measure concerning oil taxes, with opponents of a raise complaining high taxes are pushing investors out of...
DND, RCMP mum on UFO mystery
People who saw a missile-like object soaring through the sky over a small community in Newfoundland Monday night are getting no answers about what it was, although police say they've...
Drivers feel new police siren before they see it
Researchers in Windsor, Ont., are hoping a new type of siren will help alert drivers to approaching police cars, making intersection crashes less likely.
UGA researchers find e-readers fall short as news delivery tool
(PhysOrg.com) -- Portable e-readers such as the Kindle are unlikely to win readers back to the newspaper habit unless they include features such color, photographs and touch screens, according to...
Make sure your sweetie isn't a financial heartbreaker
(PhysOrg.com) -- Before you get caught up in the romance of Valentine's Day, take a moment to consider your sweetheart's financial health, says a Purdue University personal finance expert.
Music in speech equals empathy in heart?
Some people are annoyed by upspeak: the habit of making a sentence sound like a question?
Major Galileo contracts signed
Yesterday, Mr René Oosterlinck, ESA’s Director of the Galileo Programme and Navigation-related Activities, signed the first three contracts for the Galileo full operational capability phase. This event marks the start...
Google Chrome 4.0 stable version released for Windows
(PhysOrg.com) -- All PC users running Windows can now have access to Google Chrome's new extension gallery, with the release earlier this week of a stable version of the Chrome...
Largest book in the world goes on show
Klencke Atlas, which is 350 years old, will be displayed as part of British Library exhibition on mapsIt takes six people to lift it and has been recorded as the largest book...
Sweden expects big wind power expansion
STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Jan. 27 (UPI) -- The Royal Swedish Academy says it expects a massive expansion of wind power during the decades ahead, with an annual worldwide average increase...
Land use for biofuel can be small: expert
Biofuels can replace a significant amount of our reliance on fossil fuels without eating into too much valuable farming land, says an Australian expert.
Cage's former Vegas home sells for nearly $5M
LAS VEGAS (AP) -- A real estate broker says a Las Vegas mansion that belonged to Nicolas Cage before it was foreclosed on sold for nearly...
Quad/Graphics to buy Canadian printing rival
TORONTO (AP) -- The U.S. commercial printing company Quad/Graphics Inc. plans to buy Canadian rival World Color Press Inc., which prints magazines such as Sports Illustrated...
‘All or nothing’
ust over a week ago, passage of a landmark federal health-care bill seemed a dead certainty. But the flip of a single U.S. Senate seat has changed all that, leaving the Democratic...
Innovation's development opportunities
Shared problems, new technology and better communication all mean innovation is ready to drive development, say Gordon Conway and Jeff Waage.
The Radiation Boom: While Technology Surges, Radiation Safeguards Lag
While new radiation treatments are more accurate, errors in software and operation are more difficult to detect.
Sweet success for sustainable biofuel research
Scientists have found a way to increase fermentable sugar stores in plants which could lead to plant biomass being easier to convert into eco-friendly sustainable biofuels.
Manufacturing Competition Challenges University Teams to Stack a Better Pallet
NIST is seeking university teams to participate in a May 2010 Virtual Manufacturing Automation Competition to simulate an industrial robot performing a common but complex shop floor task--stacking odd-lot boxes...