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High-latitude plants more nutritious
COLLEGE STATION, Texas, Jan. 29 (UPI) -- Vegetation found in higher latitudes may be more nutritious than vegetation growing closer to the equator, scientists in Texas say.
Netflix adds 1.1M customers, 4Q profit up 36 pct
(AP) -- Netflix Inc.'s fourth-quarter profit surged 36 percent as its DVD-by-mail service surpassed 12 million subscribers, and the company announced an upbeat outlook for 2010 that sent its...
Canada recalls some Selection-brand donuts
OTTAWA, Jan. 27 (UPI) -- The Canadian Food Inspection Agency is warning people allergic to milk or eggs not to consume Selection-brand "Iced Chocolatey Donuts."
Head of German drug agency to leave post
Board calls time on embattled director of pharmaceutical evaluation institute.
Energy officials award supercomputing time
WASHINGTON, Jan. 26 (UPI) -- The U.S. Department of Energy says it has awarded approximately 1.6 billion supercomputing processor hours to 69 research projects.
EBay Reduces Some Listing Fees
The Company Seeks to Encourage People To Sell More Things on its Service
Want People To Eat Less Salt? Just Take It Out Of Their Food
It's well known that eating too much salt can be harmful. Despite that fact, many people choose to consume more of it than they need, and that to many in...
Kiev's Yanukovych wants gas commitments
KIEV, Ukraine, Jan. 26 (UPI) -- The pro-Russian candidate in Ukraine's runoff presidential election said he would pursue guaranteed supplies of gas transits through the country if he wins.
Russia's electric grid crumbling?
MOSCOW, Jan. 26 (UPI) -- The electrical grid in Russia needs billions of dollars worth of investments during the next decade to modernize the crumbling infrastructure, officials said.
EMC returns to profit growth, net income up 58 pct
(AP) -- EMC Corp. said Tuesday that its net income jumped 58 percent in the latest quarter, the first time since the spring of 2008 that profit has risen...
Verizon posts 4Q loss on $3B in layoff costs
(AP) -- Verizon Communications Inc. on Tuesday posted an unusual loss for the fourth quarter, as a charge for layoffs in its shrinking landline business overshadowed the growing, and...
Dartmouth researchers help secure the power grid
Dartmouth researchers are part of the national Trustworthy Cyber Infrastructure for the Power Grid team that has been awarded a five-year $18.8 million grant from the US Department of Energy...
Study finds drop in age-related hearing problems
NEW YORK (AP) -- Sweet news for baby boomers: Despite all those warnings that loud rock music would damage their ears, their generation appears to have...
8 global health agencies call for better global health data
As the Prince Mahidol Award Conference on Health Information kicks off in Bangkok, Thailand, and the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, gets underway this week, eight global health agencies...
First International Security Symposium
On 9 and 10 February, ESA will hold its First International Security Symposium, to share information on security approaches, challenges and evolution that international organisations face in the current geopolitical...
Federal delay threatens environment groups
Sixteen environmental groups across Atlantic Canada are facing financial trouble if the federal government does not move more quickly on a funding commitment.
8 global health agencies call for better global health data
As the Prince Mahidol Award Conference on Health Information kicks off in Bangkok, Thailand, and the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, gets underway this week, eight global health agencies...
Hungary's key interest rate cut to 6 percent
BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) -- The National Bank of Hungary on Monday cut its main interest rate by a quarter percentage point to 6 percent, its lowest...
Supreme Court dismisses challenge to ruling on forensic experts
Defendants will still have the right to demand live testimony from lab technicians and other experts who prepare reports for the prosecution. ...
Moving through time: Thinking of the past or future causes us to sway backward or forward
Thinking of the past or future causes us to sway backward or forward.
An average voice is beautiful, say scientists
(PhysOrg.com) -- Nobody wants to be average, so we are told, but scientists at the University of Glasgow have found that when it comes to vocal attractiveness, sounding average attracts...
Roll over Beethoven, Bach Tecnology has a new MP3
Norway's Bach Technology has a plan to juice up the MP3 with a media extension that adds massive new content to the old audio file.
Sodium contents of processed foods decoded
A new database provides descriptive data and the tools and information needed for continued monitoring of food sodium content.
Computer science researcher hopes to stall malware threat by tracking human use behaviors
Danfeng Yao, an assistant professor in the computer science department at Virginia Tech's College of Engineering, will use a $530,000 National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) grant to...
Better computing, communication for emergency personnel at disaster sites
Hurricane Katrina. The Southeast Asian tsunami. Now the killer earthquake in Haiti, which has claimed upwards of 50,000 lives. In each case, the response to a natural disaster has been...
Genel Enerji keen on Taq Taq refinery
ANKARA, Turkey, Jan. 25 (UPI) -- Turkish oil exploration company Genel Enerji is seeking $510 million in loans to develop a refinery in the Taq Taq oil field in...
Twitter to hold 'Chirp,' first conference for developers
Twitter on Monday announced plans to hold its first conference for developers interested in making applications to synch with the wildly popular microblogging service.
America's Cup to be shown live on Internet
The 33rd edition of the America's Cup, which is set to take place in Spain next month, will be shown live and for free over the Internet for the first...