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Guidelines call for guarantee of scientific advisers' independence
Leading academics including a former chief scientist and the president of the Royal Society ask government to sign up to guidelines guaranteeing right to disagree publicly with policiesSenior scientists are calling on the...
Review: Motorola's Droid is a serious smart phone
(AP) -- Since its debut in 2007, millions of people have gravitated toward Apple's iPhone, wooed by its sleek hardware, simple user interface and abundance of applications.
Improved Human, Object Detection Technology With New Computer Software
When searching for basketball videos online, a long list of Web sites appears, which may contain a picture or a word describing a basketball. But what if the computer could...
Losing Your Tongue: World's Top Endangered Language Experts Gather
More than 50 international experts in endangered languages are convening to take the first step in cataloging endangered and dying languages in a comprehensive online database.
Wolves, moose and biodiversity: An unexpected connection
Moose eat plants; wolves kill moose. What difference does this classic predator-prey interaction make to biodiversity?
Procter & Gamble gets FDA warning letter
WASHINGTON, Nov. 2 (UPI) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration says it has warned the Procter & Gamble Co. two of its products are being marketed illegally.
Iowa State's van Leeuwen named R&D Magazine's 2009 Innovator of the Year
Iowa State's Hans van Leeuwen is being honored as R&D Magazine's 2009 Innovator of the Year for his work to improve biofuel production and his innovations to protect the environment...
Second Law of Thermodynamics May Explain Economic Evolution
(PhysOrg.com) -- Terms such as the "invisible hand," laissez-faire policy, and free-market principles suggest that economic growth and decline in capitalist societies seem to be somehow self-regulated. Now, scientists Arto Annila of the...
Show us the money
Dave Delpy is the chief executive of the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council which is one of the main government agencies for funding basic research in the UK. He joins the...
BMVIT Showcases the Austrian NANO Initiative.
"NANO: Science. Industry. Impact. 09" at Tech Gate Vienna November 9, 2009
UN: $39 billion needed for pneumonia
(AP) -- To fight pneumonia, the world's top killer of children, United Nations officials say they need $39 billion (euro26.35 billion) over the next six years.
Global crisis hitting IT spending: Microsoft chief
Companies worldwide are slashing spending on information technology because of the global downturn and will have to learn to do more with less, Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer said Monday.
Nonprofit company makes its owners wealthy
While the state cuts services for the disabled, the owners of a company that provides vocational help for them have made more than $7 million in five years. ...
Obama Strategy on Health Care Legislation Appears to Be Paying Off
After earlier fits and starts, legislation to insure nearly all Americans is approaching votes in the House and in the Senate.
Security Measures Lead To False Sense Of Security: Scientists Dispute Use Of National Security Tools
Many of the security tools used by national governments lack scientific underpinning, according to an expert.
Opinion: Economy and climate on the path down from the peak of oil and gas
The world’s real problem is that too many people have too little energy to share, writes Kjell Aleklett.
PCs shed pounds and CD drives, gain touch screens
(AP) -- Personal computers are changing - and not just because of the recent launch of Windows 7. Visit an electronics store and you might also find laptops are...
AIDA Robot Aims To Change The Way We Interact With Our Car (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- MIT researchers and designers are developing the Affective Intelligent Driving Agent (AIDA) - a new in-car personal robot that aims to change the way we interact with our...
Sony Leaks the 14MP Alpha A750 DSLR
Photography enthusiasts have been pointing out the huge gap between the A550 and A850 in both price and megapixels.
Writing Competition Finalists Announced!
The day is here! After much reading and reviewing, we’ve determined the finalists in our University Writing Competition. We had some pretty impressive entries, and we believe our final group...
Flex spending accounts face hit in health overhaul
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Those tax-free spending accounts that you and your co-workers use to help pay for dental work, insurance copayments or over-the-counter drugs face a...
Thwarting Cyber Criminals
What are the odds that your digital identity will be stolen by cyber criminals? Why do bank payment systems crash when everybody is trying to pay for Christmas gifts by...
Economic View: Supply-Side Ideas, Turned Upside Down
The Obama health plan would discourage taxpayers from working to their full potential by making their efforts less rewarding, N. Gregory Mankiw says.
Ukraine Bans Big Crowds to Combat Swine Flu
The government is taking some of the sternest measures in the world to stop the spread of the virus, and the effort has become an issue in the presidential election.
Carnival! Carnival! Submissions to the 123rd Skeptics' Circle
Ladies and Gentlemen! Carnival Season is upon us, or rather: carnival season is upon Blue-Genes.net. For the uninitiated: the Skeptics' Circle is an ancient (by intertube standards) rite where the...
University research worth $187 billion over 12 years, group says
In what it calls a first-of-its-kind study, the nation's leading biotechnology trade group this week put a dollar figure on the value of university-driven research, asserting that economic output grew...
Pushing Fresh Produce Instead of Cookies at the Corner Market
Cities across the country like Newark and Cleveland are joining in a new effort to improve the diets of low-income residents.
Obama Lifts a Ban on Entry Into U.S. by H.I.V.-Positive People
Fulfilling a campaign promise, the president moved to end a 22-year-long restriction he said was “rooted in fear rather than fact.”