Latest science news in Mathematics & Economics
Maine to consider cell phone cancer warning
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) -- A Maine legislator wants to make the state the first to require cell phones to carry warnings that they can cause brain...
Happiest Americans live in states ranked highest for quality of life
New research in the US into the happiness levels of a million individual US citizens have revealed their personal happiness levels closely correlate with earlier research that ranked the quality...
Online buyers need protection: security expert
Canadians hoping to avoid malls and buy their holiday gifts online should be aware that not all websites are using the latest security encryption, the head of an Ottawa technology...
Fields Medalist Dr. Shing-Tung Yau Was Appointed Director of the Center of Mathematical Sciences at a Chinese University
A Chinese university in Beijing --Tsinghua University formally established a Center of Mathematical Sciences on December 17, 2009. World renowned Harvard mathematics professor Dr. Shing-Tung Yau, who himself received a...
How ILM Rescued Avatar's Special Effects
George Lucas' ILM Got The Call To Step In Late In The Game And Help Get The Job Done
GM wheat is on its way | Henry Miller and Colin Carter
Five years after scrapping its trials, Monsanto calculates that the time is now ripe for GM wheat to make a comebackWheat is a critical staple crop, supplying much of the world's dietary...
Climate deal fails to lift delegates' mood
U.S. officials sought to put an upbeat spin on the agreement in Copenhagen. But others contend that the nonbinding pact 'is very far from what many countries need for survival.' It was...
Climate deal bogged down in UN plenary
COPENHAGEN (AP) -- A climate deal brokered by President Barack Obama with China and other emerging powers is being bogged down by arguments between delegates in...
3 Companies to Stop Using a Chemical
Chemtura, Albemarle and ICL Industrial Produces reached a deal with the Environmental Protection Agency to stop using a fire retardant in their consumer products.
Business Briefing | Mergers: Myriad Pharmaceuticals Acquires a Drug Maker
Myriad Pharmaceuticals agreed to buy Javelin Pharmaceuticals in an all-stock deal worth about $96 million to acquire a postoperative pain drug, Dyloject. Javelin stockholders will receive 0.282 Myriad shares for...
Copenhagen special podcast: The Guardian's environment team analyse the COP15 agreement
A deal is done in Copenhagen but the climate change summit is condemned as a failure. From the middle of the media hall in the Bella Centre where the negotiations have been...
Bad Science: A vintage year. Expect more in 2010
It has been a vintage year for dodgy science in government. We saw reports on cocaine that were disappeared, dodgy evidence to justify DNA retention, and government advisers who estimated the cost...
Tag Heuer to drop Tiger Woods from US campaigns
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) -- Swiss watch maker Tag Heuer said Friday that it will "downscale" its use of golfer Tiger Woods' image in its advertising campaigns...
States need economic freedom to benefit from natural resources, economist argues
States with small governments, low taxes and labor market freedom enjoy greater benefits from natural resource development than states with large and intrusive government policies, according to a new study.
This Week in the Future, December 14-18, 2009
Leave a comment to win this illustration on a t-shirt! Wristwatch phones, robots that shop, inhalable chocolate and electricity from wine? Yeah, we don't mess around. It's all in your future, here...
Impact of Menu-Labeling: Study Shows People Eat Less When They Know More
(PhysOrg.com) -- The restaurant industry has lobbied hard against mandatory menu labeling in restaurants, highlighting the importance of a new study from Yale University measuring the impact of such regulations....
Will a carrot or a stick prompt purchase of more carrots?
(PhysOrg.com) -- Would a so-called Twinkie tax help curb obesity rates? Should shoppers who buy healthy goods earn rebates? A new study will seek to unravel the likely implications of...
Can Snowmobiles Adapt in the Age of Ethanol?
(PhysOrg.com) -- By 2022, federal regulations will require a 400 percent increase in the amount of renewable fuel in America`s gasoline, from 9 billion to 36 billion gallons.
From terrorism to HIV, it's all about the network
(PhysOrg.com) -- Similarities between webs of terrorists and networks of rescue personnel may seem unlikely. To an eclectic collaboration of engineers and social scientists, the connections are not only possible,...
Google-Fujitsu join 'smart objects' alliance
Internet powerhouse Google and Japanese electronics giant Fujitsu have joined an alliance to promote the ability of objects from appliances to cars to communicate with one another online.
Computer scientists develop technique to improve helpfulness of user-generated online reviews
(PhysOrg.com) -- Irish computer scientists have developed a system to improve the helpfulness of online customer reviews. In recognition of the quality of their work, the group received a distinguished...
Yukon to allow nurse practitioners
Nurse practitioners are just a few months away from being able to apply their skills in the Yukon after the legislature passed new rules.
Swiss and Google reach privacy accord pending verdict
Google has agreed not to put pictures of Switzerland on its "Street View" picture map under a provisional accord to end a privacy battle with Swiss authorities, the government said...
Joint Mathematics Meetings, January 13-16, 2010
Approximately 6000 mathematicians will attend the annual meetings of the American Mathematical Society (AMS) and Mathematical Association of America (MAA) at the Moscone Convention Center in San Francisco, CA, January...
California updates tsunami maps
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 18 (UPI) -- Doorknob hangars saying "Be Tsunami Ready" are being distributed throughout San Francisco to coincide with updated inundation maps, officials said.
TNK-BP expecting growth in 2010
MOSCOW, Dec. 18 (UPI) -- Russian-Anglo venture TNK-BP announced plans to increase its crude oil production by more than 2 percent for 2010, senior executives said.
'Significant value' in Brazilian oil
OKLAHOMA CITY, Dec. 18 (UPI) -- Oklahoma's Devon Energy Corp. announced a pre-salt oil discovery located more than 75 miles from the coast of Brazil, encountering a240-foot oil column.
Iraq OPEC's 800-pound gorilla
LONDON, Dec. 18 (UPI) -- Iraq oil gushing into the global market could create problems for other oil-producing nations as analysts predict Iraqi production capacity is underestimated.