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Gates Foundation Announces $10 Billion for Vaccines in the Next Decade
Gates hopes to save 8 million children by 2020 Steve Jobs may have grabbed the most headlines recently with Apple's glimpse of the possible future of computing, but Bill Gates also has...
Comcast, NBC say deal would not hurt competition
(AP) -- Comcast Corp. and NBC Universal said the cable TV operator's plan to take control of the NBC media empire shouldn't raise significant antitrust concerns because the companies...
Row erupts over Alaska's oil pipeline
JUNEAU, Alaska, Jan. 27 (UPI) -- Alaskan officials and operators said they can extend the life of the trans-Alaskan oil pipeline, though opponents want to get the oil out...
Sonangol grabs two Iraqi oil fields
BAGHDAD, Jan. 27 (UPI) -- Angolan state oil company Sonangol signed two contracts to develop oil fields in northern Iraq with the Iraqi government, an Oil Ministry spokesman said.
Helpful yeast battles food-contaminating aflatoxin
Pistachios, almonds and other popular tree nuts might someday be routinely sprayed with a yeast called Pichia anomala. Laboratory and field studies by Agricultural Research Service (ARS) plant physiologist...
Wide variation in calorie content among 'low calorie' pet foods
Dog and cat owners buying weight-control diets for their overweight pets are faced with a confusing two-fold variation in calorie density, recommended intake, and wide range cost of low-calorie pet...
P.E.I. methadone program nearly doubles
There are almost twice as many people getting addiction treatment through P.E.I.'s methadone program than there were 18 months ago.
Natural pest control saves coffee berry
There is good news for coffee lovers and growers worldwide: A predator for the devastating coffee berry borer has just been discovered in Africa. Looking at coffee berries in Western...
The NHS and the cost-benefit dilemma
New research by health economists at the University of York has raised concerns over any move to broaden the range of costs and economic benefits considered in the analysis of...
70 percent of Inuit preschoolers live in food insecure homes
Seventy percent of Inuit preschoolers in Nunavut, Canada's largest territory, live in households where there isn't enough food, a situation with implications for children's academic and psychosocial development, found an...
Most adults misunderstand standard warnings on prescriptions
Replacing confusing language and icons on standard warnings labels for prescription medicine and listing only the most important warnings could make a big difference in how well patients understand the...
AOL buys online video company StudioNow for $36.5M
(AP) -- AOL Inc. said Monday that it is boosting its ability to create Web videos by paying $36.5 million for StudioNow Inc., a Web site that lets companies...
Mozilla leader worries about Internet limits
(AP) -- The leader of the Mozilla Project, whose Firefox Web browser now has 350 million users, said Sunday that she is concerned that legal restrictions could limit Internet...
Facebook's virtual farm game attracting millions
(AP) -- Even while calling Chicago home, Laura Hawkins Grimes is a country bumpkin. Her scenic rural spread has three dairy farms, two ponds and a log cabin, all...
Software to Test Cybersecurity Systems for Flaws
A Clarkson University professor is developing software programs that will test cybersecurity systems for flaws before they become operational. The National Science Foundation is funding the $1.2 million project, which...
Do We Have Free Will? FSU Philosopher Awarded $4.4M Grant to Find Out
Since the beginning of time, philosophers, scientists and theologians have sought to find out whether human beings have free will or whether other forces are at work to control our...
Buying Your First (Energy-Efficient) Home
EAST LANSING, Mich. - Krista and Micah Fuerst were looking near here to buy their first place together, and had narrowed it down to two houses: One built 25 years...
Russians backing off on TNK-BP
MOSCOW, Jan. 25 (UPI) -- Russian shareholders managing their end of the Anglo-Russian venture TNK-BP said they want to pursue a more equitable relationship with their partners at BP.
Easy-build wireless networks
Networks that monitor life-threatening situations or improve environmental efficiencies will be easier and cheaper to develop and operate, following the creation of a single middleware solution for the entire spectrum...
Slovenia becomes sixth ESA European Cooperating State
Slovenia becomes the sixth European country to sign the European Cooperating State Agreement with ESA.
Q&A: Bill Gates: Lessons Learned
Microsoft's Chairman on his Philanthropic Work , Travels to Africa and India, and his entry into the Twitterverse.
At Hulu, 'free' may soon turn into 'fee'
Hulu soared to popularity by offering free online viewing of popular TV shows. Now that free ride may soon end.
Taiwan lets chip firms invest in China: report
Taiwan will allow its chip makers to invest in their counterparts in China in response to growing calls from the island's business community for closer high-tech ties, local media said...
Scientists model 'Frankenstorm' in Calif.
Scientists at the California Institute of Technology are working on a "Frankenstorm" scenario — a mother lode wintry blast that could potentially sock the Golden State. ...
Letters: Object lessons in history and culture
Simon Jenkins not only has a disturbingly selective aural capability but a disappointingly dismal imagination (A world of screens and plastic has fed a cultish craving for relics of the past, 22 January)....
Iraq MPs bid to remove bomb detector
Iraqi lawmakers have demanded the withdrawal of a UK-made bomb detection device after the British government said it doesn't work and its manufacturer was arrested on suspicion of fraud.The Iraqi prime minister, Nouri...
MySpace bids to pay musicians 'lost' royalties
Social networking site MySpace, which has enabled many artists to launch their careers, is now helping to pay them back millions of dollars in "lost" royalties for songs and performances.
McCain Nudges Obama Toward His Party’s Health Plans
Senator John McCain advised President Obama that the way to pass health legislation is to “start from the beginning” by meeting with Republicans.