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More than powerful: German research computer QPACE is the most energy efficient in the world
At the 2009 Supercomputing Conference in Portland, Oregon, the high-performance computer QPACE (QCD Parallel Computing on the Cell) was recognized today as the most energy-efficient supercomputer in the world.
Emissions ignore financial crisis
The global financial crisis hasn’t done much to slow emissions, according to a recent study – though a small downturn is likely.
Software creates less complete and accurate radiology reports than free text
As many software companies work to create programs that will give uniform structure to the way radiological test results are reported, a new study by researchers at Wake Forest University...
Walking hazard: Cell-phone use - but not music - reduces pedestrian safety
Two new studies of pedestrian safety found that using a cell phone while hoofing it can endanger one's health. Older pedestrians, in particular, are impaired when crossing a busy (simulated)...
Twitter to overhaul user list seen as partisan
(AP) -- Social-networking site Twitter plans to end a service that links prominent message posters with new users, a service that was criticized in California because of perceived unfairness...
Video: Breaking the Firewall
In Beijing, President Obama challenged China's government to allow unfettered access to the Internet. Chief White House correspondent Chip Reid reports.
UPI NewsTrack Health and Science News
Space shuttle Atlantis returns to space … CDC: Teen girls have highest STD rate … WHO urged to remove mercury from fillings … Software turns 2-D medical scans into 3-D...
Chinese NASDAQ brings little to chemicals industry
Chinese chemical industry misses out on bonanza brought by long-awaited Growth Enterprise Market, the Chinese version of the NASDAQ
Harvard Medical School grad heads for International Space Station
In an era when elementary schoolchildren can create exciting new worlds and explore them with the click of a computer mouse, will we again see bold explorers like Lewis and Clark or...
Twittering the Student Experience
An experiment into the use of social media has shown that Twitter, an online blogging service, can act as an exceptional communication tool within academia.
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UN presses Iran on nuclear site
The UN's nuclear watchdog says it needs "more clarification" about a recently declared Iranian nuclear site near the city of Qom.
Deep Rifts Over Climate Bill
Senate Hearing: Neither finance committee members nor experts agree on legislation’s economic impact.
A Dragons' Den for James Bonds
International security is big business, and companies are queueing up to bring their wares to marketIt was enough to make any would-be terrorist question whether their trade had a future: a darkened room...
FDA: Seafood company has unsanitary plant
WASHINGTON, Nov. 16 (UPI) -- The U.S. Department of Justice, on behalf of the Food and Drug Administration, has accused Haifa Smoked Fish Inc. of operating with unsanitary conditions.
Video: On The Street: Making Noise
Shira Lazar hits the streets to find out what people say offends and delights their ears.
Belle de Jour blogger unmasks herself as 'big mouth ex-boyfriend' looms
Research scientist Dr Brooke Magnanti announces she is author of mysterious call girl blog and says she has no regrets about working as prostituteOne of the best kept literary secrets of the...
Google's SPDY will speed up downloads
(PhysOrg.com) -- As part of its effort to speed up the Web, Google is experimenting with SPDY, a new application layer protocol, that it hopes will speed up the conversation...
India fraud office to prosecute Satyam founder
India's fraud office will file charges this month against the founder of outsourcer Satyam after he admitted to falsifying profits in the nation's biggest corporate fraud, a minister said Monday.
The Great Myth Of The Metric System
The metric system rocks, right? And that's because it's an organic system of measure, derived directly from the circumference of the earth, right? And hasn't been subject to any malingering,...
José Manuel Barroso | Biodiversity – insurance against hunger
To ensure food security we need to encourage crop diversity and establish a science-based red-alert system for the planetThere are plenty of summits to choose from this year, but the World Summit...
Tory plans for 'conservation banks'
The Conservative party plans, which would fund nature protection through the sale of conservation credits to developers, have been met with caution by wildlife groupsDevelopers would be forced to buy credits from "conservation...
Finding Phone Numbers in United States
There is nothing more frustrating than finding phone numbers when you have received a call on your cell phone but you do not know who is calling. Fortunately for citizens in...
Little Benefit Seen, So Far, in Electronic Patient Records
A new study shows that electronic health records have so far not improved health care quality or cost. The reason may be that the technology is not being fully exploited.
Drug Companies Increase Prices in Face of Change
Even as drug makers promise to shave $8 billion a year off the nation’s drug costs, the industry has been raising its prices at the fastest rate in years.
Managers hold business back
An international survey has revealed that Australian manufacturing companies could benefit from better management.
Stamp duty cools house market
Research has revealed that rising stamp duties make it harder for people to sell their homes and lowers house prices.
Facial biometrics system capable of creating a facial 'DNA'
Research into techniques of facial biometrics, carried out by scientists in Spain, has resulted in a system that is able to recognize the facial "DNA" of every individual by determining...