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MIT goes to Copenhagen
MIT professors, students and alumni have joined representatives from nearly 200 nations at the international U.N. Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen, where they will present research, collaborate with other schools on climate change...
Scores Arrested at Climate Talks Protests
Nearly 200 more arrests were made overnight as protesters, angered by the lack of progress, set fire to makeshift barricades in Copenhagen’s Christiania neighborhood.
University of Alberta researchers develop drug interface to save lives
A drug information interface system developed by two University of Alberta researchers has been shown to help in dealing with visual and motor impairments, which can make sorting, holding and...
Lawmakers seek emergency steps to halt Asian carp
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) -- Members of Congress are demanding emergency action to prevent Asian carp from invading the Great Lakes and devastating their $7 billion...
Apple To Try New Digital Music Tack?
CEO Of Apple's Newly-Acquired Music Service Could Be Key If iTunes Moves Into Streaming Music
Apple countersues Nokia over phone patents
(AP) -- Apple Inc. is suing cell phone maker Nokia Corp. for patent infringement, a countermove to Nokia's earlier suit against technologies used in Apple's iPhone.
Student self-testing earns high marks as study tool
College students who pore over their notes again and again as they prep for finals could use their studying time more wisely, according to new learning research.
November US video game retail sales slide
(AP) -- A market researcher says Americans spent 8 percent less on video games in November than in the same month last year.
Woods scandal spikes internet traffic
The Tiger Woods scandal has triggered a mammoth spike in traffic to websites, with Yahoo claiming searches for information about the disgraced golfer up 4,000-fold.
Real Christmas trees ‘greener’ than fake
It may not sound like "tree-hugging," but cutting down a real tree for Christmas is actually greener than going with the artificial kind, one scientist says. ...
UK space agency is go
Forty years after moon landing, Britain gets its own agency to co-ordinate the nation's space exploitsBritain is to get its own space agency more than 40 years after the Apollo project landed...
Brainstorming works best in less specialized efforts, says Management Insights study
Applying brainstorming techniques to new product development works best when the collaboration employs participants from varied specialties gathering to develop a less complex product, according to the Management Insights feature...
Video: Loaded: Santa and his GPS sleigh
Panasonic buys a controlling stake in Sanyo, Friendster gets acquired by a Malaysian online payment company, and how to track Santa on Christmas Eve over Google Earth.
Breakthrough in monitoring tropical deforestation announced in Copenhagen
New technology is revolutionizing forest monitoring by marrying free satellite imagery and powerful analytical methods in an easy-to-use, desktop software package called CLASlite. Thus far, 70 government, non-government and academic...
Helpful or creepy? Overpersonalized Web sites may spook shoppers
Michael Redding describes the get-to-know-you game between man and machine as a version of "Name That Tune."
Formula to detect an author's literary 'fingerprint'
Using literature written by Thomas Hardy, DH Lawrence and Herman Melville, physicists in Sweden have developed a formula to detect different authors' literary 'fingerprints'.
AOL gets independence from Time Warner on Thursday
(AP) -- AOL is becoming an independent Internet company again.
Science faces 'bleak' £600m cuts
Campaigners say the UK Treasury's plans to find £600m of savings in higher education science budgets make for "bleak reading" .
Study: How restaurants reap higher wine sales
(PhysOrg.com) -- A Cornell study has identified four strategies that restaurants use to reap higher wine sales: including the wine list on the food menu and listing prices without a...
New Gunsight Improves Marksmanship With Intuitive Aim, Says Vision Scientist
The pistol gunsight has remained unchanged for more than a century. That is bad news for the eye and brain, which has a lot to process during aiming, says a...
Variety to begin charging for Web access Thursday
(AP) -- The Hollywood trade newspaper Variety is putting its Web site behind a "pay wall" starting Thursday. That means it will be reserving its online content for paid...
Response: GM is still a vital part of our global future food security
Technical innovation in food crop production would benefit all sectors of societyGM technology need not reinforce "the monopolistic ambitions of agribusiness" and its "ability to control the very food we eat", as suggested...
Class-action suit pits woman against 'dishonest' ads on Facebook
A 41-year-old part-time dance instructor and graphic designer from Santa Cruz is the face of a class-action lawsuit designed to force Web sites that offer social gaming to rein in...
Apple on track to launch tablet device next year, analysts say
Apple Inc. is on track to launch a much-anticipated, tablet-sized computing device early next year, according to brokerage reports Wednesday.
Ubiquitous in U.S., Google struggles for market share in China
In China, Google means underdog. While the Mountain View company dominates the search market in the United States, it is not part of the pop lexicon on the other side...
Man. to spend $22.5M creating eHealth system
A multi-million dollar contract for the design of an electronic health records system for Manitoba has been awarded to a group led by IBM.
IBM Introduces New System z Linux Solutions for Large-Scale Consolidation and Savings
IBM today announced new Linux offerings for the System z mainframe to help clients run smarter and more efficient data centers that maximize the use of IT resources and reduce...
Students Hone Engineering Skills in Robotics
(PhysOrg.com) -- Robots have fascinated future engineers for generations. Recently, a group of young students had an opportunity to design and build their own robots using LEGOs, the popular plastic...