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U.S. Senate passes health-care reform bill
The U.S. Senate has passed landmark health-care reform legislation, a nearly $1 trillion bill pledging to extend coverage to an estimated 30 million Americans.
Alaska sets sights on heavy crude
JUNEAU, Alaska, Dec. 14 (UPI) -- Moving forward with production of heavy oil reserves in Alaska should be included in long-term strategies for the state, lawmakers said.
Physics rules network dynamics
(PhysOrg.com) -- When it comes to the workings of the Web, the brain, or a social network, physics finds universal truths.
Facebook phone app collects non-users' contact information
A new Facebook feature for cellphones is providing the company with a record of personal information about people who don't use the social networking site.
Mathematical models key to tracking gossip, terrorists
(PhysOrg.com) -- Thanks to the Internet and online social networks (OSNs) news and gossip now spread literally like wildfire -- uncontrollably and seemingly without any order. But according to one...
Exxon Mobil cautiously optimistic on LNG
DOHA, Qatar, Dec. 9 (UPI) -- Sustained increases in global energy demand require major investments in alternatives such as liquefied natural gas, Exxon Mobile officials said in Qatar.
Many search for religion online
A study has found that the number of web searches for religious topics is on the rise, refuting claims that religion and technology don't mix.
Milling and drilling in cyberspace
Machinists, numerical control programmers or mechatronics engineers -- trainees in engineering jobs often have to master complex equipment. In the future, trainees will practice and learn milling, turning, drilling and...
Google releases Chrome browser for Macintosh computers
Google on Tuesday released a version of its Chrome Web browser for Macintosh computers in a challenge to Safari software Apple offers users of its machines.
The Copenhagen climate summit 'Danish' text - as a wordle
The draft document has been leaked. See how the words stack up• More data from the DatablogThe UN Copenhagen climate talks are in disarray today after developing countries reacted furiously to leaked documents...
A virtual physician's conference
Wounds suffered by patients with diabetes tend to heal poorly. For treatment to work, the patient's physician must discuss the situation with specialists and nursing staff to decide on the...
Virgin unveils space cruiser for well-heeled earthlings
• Craft on display for first time in Mojave Desert• $200,000 price tag for two-and-a-half-hour flightSir Richard Branson tonight offered the first public glimpse of the aircraft he hopes will become the first...
New computer model could lead to safer stents
Researchers have developed a computer model that explains why those drugs (which include rapamycin and its analogs as well as paclitaxel) can accumulate in the arteries and cause blood clots.
CRTC begins hearing into TV's future
Canada's broadcast regulator started a hearing Monday to find out what the public thinks about the direction television should take in the future.
Dow Corning Lobbies For Green Jobs
Jobs Summit: CEO Burns advances ideas at White House event.
Iran denies oil export threat
TEHRAN, Dec. 7 (UPI) -- Iranian officials denied they would cut crude oil exports as retaliation for expanded economic sanctions on the Islamic republic
Borisov balks on Burgas-Alexandroupolis
SOFIA, Bulgaria, Dec. 7 (UPI) -- The Burgas-Alexandroupolis oil pipeline to the Aegean Sea is neither profitable nor in the national interest of Bulgaria, the Bulgarian prime minister said.
Feds set up online help for farmers
WASHINGTON, Dec. 7 (UPI) -- Two U.S. federal agencies say they have created software designed to offer farmers online help in assessing food production security methods.
Some caramel corn, puffs brands recalled
WASHINGTON, Dec. 7 (UPI) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced the nationwide recall of various brands of products distributed by Snax In Pax Inc. of Topeka, Ind.
Cyber hacking could be a thing of the past
(PhysOrg.com) -- High-profile websites are constantly under threat from hackers attempting to paralyse their websites but new research could make such attacks computationally impossible. This research will be one...
Eureqa, the robot scientist (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- A new program, Eureqa, takes raw data and formulates scientific laws to suit, and it is available by free download to all scientists.
Read All About It: Dueling E-Books
Natali Del Conte Compares Five Top Offerings of This Holiday Season
FDA: Link between norovirus and oysters?
WASHINGTON, Dec. 7 (UPI) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is advising people not to eat oysters harvested from San Antonio Bay on or after Nov. 16.
Selfish banks assist swappers
In recent research, most people think switching banks is difficult, but it isn’t – because the bank you join has an incentive to bear the cost.
Public Space Travel: Reality or Mirage?
SpaceShipTwo is generating high-altitude hope and a good dose of hype for public space travel, yet there are those who wave an advisory flag.
AI And The End Of Human Relevance
In 1989, the Russian chess champion Garry Kasparov easily defeated the computer Deep Thought (name drawn from the Douglas Adams book). In 1997 Deep Blue kicked his ass, spawning accusations...
New Buses Bring Silence to the Streets
The newest addition to New York City’s bus fleet — an experimental turbine hybrid known as the DesignLine — is notable mainly for a feature it does not have: noise.
Military Confidentiality Rules Raise Counseling Questions
Different from civilian protections, the rules breed suspicion in troops, and, some say, often make psychotherapy less effective.