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Follow Santa Claus, courtesy Google and NORAD
Santa Claus is coming to your town -- and NORAD is tracking him as he drops off presents around the world. The North American Aerospace Defense Command, which monitors the...
Enhanced sweet taste: This is your tongue on pot
New findings from the Monell Centre and Kyushu University in Japan report that endocannabinoids act directly on taste receptors on the tongue to enhance sweet taste...
Cybersecurity: It Takes a Village
President Obama's "Cyber Czar" Is Qualified, but We All Have to Secure Our Personal Information and Web Real Estate
Method makes refineries more efficient
(PhysOrg.com) -- Refineries could trim millions of dollars in energy costs annually by using a new method developed at Purdue University to rearrange the distillation sequence needed to separate crude...
Biofuels: can they fuel our lifestyle without taking food from the poor? | Alok Jha
A consultation by the UK Nuffield Council on Bioethics wants to hear public opinion on the new generation of biofuelsJust in case you thought it was safe to stop thinking about biofuels,...
Cost-cutting Yahoo to close offices for holidays
(AP) -- Yahoo says it will close its offices from Christmas through New Year's to help save money. The cost-cutting move ends a year in which Yahoo's revenue declined...
Sanofi-Aventis Buys Chattem for $1.9 Billion
The deal for the consumer health care group will give Sanofi an over-the-counter presence in the United States.
Why don't robins get fat?
(PhysOrg.com) -- New research by the School of Biosciences is shedding light on the reasons why the European robin doesn`t get fat -even though they are feeding for much longer.
Obama to Name Chief of Cybersecurity
The White House is trying to address the vulnerability of banking, energy and communications systems to attacks.
Free Markets Make Resource Development Worthwhile, Economist Says
In order to benefit from their natural resources, states need fewer regulations, lower taxes, and stronger private property rights, according to a new study by a Florida State University economist....
Financial instruments could be spiked with unfindable risks
(PhysOrg.com) -- In a result that may have implications for financial regulation, researchers from computer science and economics have revealed potentially impenetrable problems with the pricing of financial derivatives. They...
How much real science is in ‘Avatar’?
The science fiction blockbuster "Avatar" is set on a mysterious alien moon with out-of-this-world technologies. Science fiction - Avatar - Arts - James Cameron - Literature
Google, Bing deals make Twitter profitable: BusinessWeek
Twitter has reached profitability after signing deals with Google and Microsoft to make the micro-blogging service searchable on the Internet, BusinessWeek magazine reported on Monday.
Americans Delay Cell Phone Upgrades
Only 5 million cell phones were recycled in the United States and Canada in 2009.
The world's next economic hot spot?
(PhysOrg.com) -- A bailout by neighboring emirate Abu Dhabi has apparently stabilized Dubai`s financial crisis. But the longer-term economic impact -on Dubai and other nations -could grow more serious.
Samsung Launches M5650 Music Phone
Samsung Electronics today unveiled the Samsung M5650, a music-focused addition to its popular lineup of full touch screen handsets for young mobile users.
Will GM's Next CEO Be From Microsoft?
Chris Liddell Appointment As CFO Viewed As Stepping Stone To Top Job At Car Company
Inflated Expectations: Crowd Sourcing Comes of Age in the DARPA Network Challenge
The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's (DARPA) Network Challenge earlier this month demonstrated that social networks, more than being platforms for self-promotion, can be also be highly...
Smarter cars are gaining traction (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- Lives can depend on a vehicle's moment-by-moment traction. New European technology promises to make cars as good as experienced, alert drivers at sensing and adjusting to wet, snowy...
How could Santa know if you've been good or bad?
(PhysOrg.com) -- By using technology to detect guilty expressions, of course. CSIRO is using automated expression recognition technology to tell whether someone is in pain and, according to computer scientist,...
Predicting insurgent attacks with a mathematical model
Scientists have found a unified model of human insurgency that can estimate the timing and strength of insurgent attacks in present and future wars.
University patent pledge needs widening, say campaigners
More universities should sign a pledge to relax restrictions on poor countries' access to medical technologies, say campaigners.
Libya not after Uganda's oil -- minister
KAMPALA, Uganda, Dec. 21 (UPI) -- Uganda rejects any suggestion that Libya is moving to take a sizable share of Uganda's oil reserves, a Foreign Ministry official said.
Web retailers extend shipping deadlines
(AP) -- Retail Web sites have bumped back deadlines and offer free express shipping after weekend snowstorms kept holiday shoppers home in large areas of the East Coast.
Oil OK despite tensions -- analyst
LONDON, Dec. 21 (UPI) -- The ability of global players to pump more oil creates a market buffer to compensate for trouble in the Iraqi and Nigerian oil sectors,...
Iraq calls for improved pipeline security
BAGHDAD, Dec. 21 (UPI) -- Multinational forces were called on to ramp up their patrols in northern Iraq to protect vital oil export arteries, a spokesman for the Iraqi...
National Robotics Engineering Center Demonstrates the Future of Smart Work
The National Robotics Engineering Center, (NREC) at Carnegie Mellon University is at the forefront of partnering man with technology to improve safety and costs. Among the completed projects are,...
The Real Reason Cell Phone Use Is Banned on Airlines
Airline passengers should keep those cell phones off during flights out of courtesy for fellow travelers, but shouldn't worry about possibly crashing the plane.