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India 3G auction to be held on schedule: minister
India's long-awaited auction for third generation (3G) mobile telecom services will be held on schedule next month, a minister said Friday, dismissing media speculation of a delay.
Hundreds of millions to be slashed from UK science budget
UK pre-budget report announces £600 million to be slashed from science, research and higher education
Baku needs diverse gas deals -- executive
LONDON, Dec. 11 (UPI) -- Baku includes the European Union in its potential customer base for gas but needs to explore all economic opportunities, energy executives said.
Security looms over Iraq's oil auction
BAGHDAD, Dec. 11 (UPI) -- No bids were tendered for Iraqi oil fields in Iraq's restive Diyala province, officials said Friday.
AT&T Wants iPhone Users To Change Habits
Company Mulls Incentives To Curb Heavy Wireless Data Usage
First submersible robot glider to cross Atlantic makes landfall in Spain
The Scarlet Knight, the first submersible robot glider to cross the Atlantic, made its formal entrance into the port of Baiona Dec. 9, received by Spanish and American government officials,...
Amazonian nations to call on rich for forest protection
Amazonian countries will demand at the Copenhagen climate talks that the developed world helps to pay for the protection of their forest.
Drug industry embraces new business strategies after tough year
As they pop the champagne corks to celebrate New Year's Eve, drug industry executives will likely be glad to put 2009 behind them. That's because pharmaceutical companies who make top-selling...
From war to peace - Obama to accept Nobel prize
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama will confront the Afghan war "head-on" when he accepts the Nobel Peace Prize on Thursday and address criticism he does not deserve it...
How to encourage big ideas
(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study suggests certain types of funding -- which provide more freedom and focus less on near-term results -- lead to more innovative and influential research.
Facebook Details New Privacy Settings
All Users Will be Required to Configure Accounts As Company Aims to Simplify Controls of who Can See Postings
China shuts down file-sharing site
China has closed one of the country's largest file-sharing sites in what it says is a fight against copyright infringement, but could be seen as another measure aimed at controlling...
Smoking bans still rare: WHO
Only about five per cent of the world's population was covered by smoking bans last year, the World Health Organization reported Wednesday.
Life as a scientist in South-East Asia
From Cambodia to Singapore, Shiow Chin Tan finds the situation for scientists varies enormously across South-East Asia.
Cable, satellite revenue still rising: StatsCan
Revenue at Canada's cable and satellite companies rose 14.4 per cent in 2008, the third consecutive year of double-digit increases, according to a report from Statistics Canada.
B.C. alcohol consumption rising too quickly: study
A group of researchers is urging the B.C. government to raise the price of alcoholic beverages and to consider making them less available in the wake of a study that...
Oil majors still taking to Iraq
BASRA, Iraq, Dec. 9 (UPI) -- Major energy players expressed interest in working with Baghdad to tap vast oil riches in the country despite concerns over violence, officials say.
Nobel Laureate-Led Delegation Seeks to Foster Academic Scientific Cooperation with the DPRK
A non-governmental delegation led by Nobel Laureate Peter C. Agre, the president of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), arrives in Pyongyang today for five days of...
Augmented reality systems appearing in Japanese shopping malls
(PhysOrg.com) -- Augmented reality (AR) systems are being developed for real applications in store windows and shopping malls in Japan.
Midwife funding called overdue on P.E.I.
A group lobbying for midwifery on P.E.I. has started a petition to urge the province to move ahead with legislation.
Pay babysitter on iPhone, says Twitter
Microblogging service Twitter has branched into the market for electronic payments, unveiling a mini credit card swiper that plugs into the iPhone at a European internet fair on Wednesday.
Google Teams with N.Y. Times, Wash. Post
Search Engine Giant's Project aims to Help Newspaper Industry
Royal Institution in trouble: let's make sure it survives
The world's oldest independent scientific research organisation could go out of business. It shouldn'tAmid all our other troubles, did you notice that the recession has also helped place in jeopardy the Royal Institution....
Economic Scene: Finding the Nerve to Cut Health Costs
Recent days have offered hope that some in Congress are summoning the courage to cut wasteful health spending, and endure the scare stories that follow.
New software to simulate future financial crises
Can economics better predict how banks will react to future credit crunches and their impact on the wider economy? Breakthrough simulation software by European researchers could hold the answers to...
Cisco going from Internet plumber to platform
Cisco chief executive John Chambers said Tuesday that the computer switching colossus is changing from the Internet's "plumber" to a platform and provider of products for online work and leisure.
A special kind of flight training
(PhysOrg.com) -- A new generation of flight simulators will attempt to make air traffic safer.
Police investigate online threats to student
Eastern School District officials called the police on Tuesday after students at Queen Charlotte Intermediate School in Charlottetown complained about online comments allegedly made by another student.