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E.P.A. Lists ‘High Hazard’ Coal Ash Dumps
An advisory said ratings were for 44 sites where a dam failure would most likely result in a loss of human life.
Seasonal Hunger Devastating And Under-recognized
Most of the world's acute hunger and undernutrition occurs not in conflicts and natural disasters but in the annual "hunger season," according to a new article. The hunger season is...
eCorridors Program Assists Alaska in Assessing Broadband
Virginia Tech's eCorridors program and the Northwest Arctic Broadband Task Force have determined that almost 300 Alaska communities have some access to the Internet. The eCorridors group provided the back...
Cookie dough tests positive for E.coli
WASHINGTON, June 30 (UPI) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration says it found E.coli O157:H7 in a sample of pre-packaged Nestle Toll House refrigerated cookie dough.
Smart grid offers lower costs
A recent Australian study found that building new coal-fired stations was more expensive than environmentally friendly options.
Scientists Develop Echolocation In Humans To Aid The Blind
Scientists havae shown that human beings can develop echolocation, the system of acoustic signals used by dolphins and bats to explore their surroundings. Producing certain kinds of tongue clicks helps...
Eye-tracking Software Opens Online Worlds To People With Disabilities
Technology that allows gamers to control game functions with only their eyes is helping to open virtual worlds such as Second Life and World of Warcraft to people with severe...
Human-like Vision Lets Robots Navigate Naturally
A robotic vision system that mimics key visual functions of the human brain promises to let robots maneuver quickly and safely through cluttered environments, and to help guide the visually...
Organic traffic lights
Controlling road traffic in congested areas is difficult to say the least, a point to which any drive-time urban commuter might testify. An organic approach to traffic lights, might help...
Study to see if video games can boost thinking skills in elderly
Researchers at North Carolina State University and the Georgia Institute of Technology have received a $1.2 million grant from the National Science Foundation to study whether and how video games...
FDA panel to vote on painkiller restrictions
(AP) -- Government experts are scheduled to vote on whether Nyquil and other combination cold medications should be pulled from the market to help curb deadly overdoses.
Mean, green machine - future of motor racing
Cars powered by chocolate, steered by carrots with drivers sitting on soybean oil foam seats - it's motor racing's cheap, cheerful and environmentally-friendly series of the future.
Report: Worst may be over for US tech market
(AP) -- As bad as the technology market fared in the first quarter of this year, the worst may be over, at least in the United States, Forrester Research...
Jackson's death unleashes barrage of online scams
(AP) -- Minutes after any big celebrity dies, Internet swindlers get to work. They pump out specially created spam e-mails and throw up malicious Web sites to infect victims'...
Obama Toughens Rules for Some Lighting
The new rules will cut the amount of electricity used by affected lamps by 15 to 25 percent and save up to $4 billion a year for consumers, the White...
A Green Way to Dump Low-Tech Electronics
There is now somewhere to take some of the 99.1 million television sets that sit unused in closets and basements.
NYC: Aiming Wide in City War on Smoking
The city wants to require shops that sell cigarettes to post health notices that will include a photo of blackened lungs.
Advanced Sepsis Detection And Management System Created
Scientists have developed and begun testing what they believe is the first real-time system for sepsis detection.
Findings: Calculating Consumer Happiness at Any Price
Could it be that humans are not quite as gullible as advertised? Researchers can’t always sway diners with the lure of a bargain.
Google unveils SMS service for Africa
Google on Monday unveiled a new service designed to provide information via SMS text message to mobile phone users in Africa, where cell phones are prevalent but Internet penetration is...
Samsung Introduces New 45nm Application Processor
Samsung Electronics announced today the latest in its popular, ARM11 series of application processors, the S5P6440. Designed using Samsung`s advanced 45nm low power CMOS process technology, the S5P6440 offers a...
Observatory: When a Hybrid Takes Hold, the Outcome Can Be Bad
Research involving invasive and native salamanders in the Salinas Valley of California shows the devastating effects of hybridization.
Social scientist creates computer model to determine human perception of hues
Variations in how people perceive colors and how those same colors appear on TV, computers and other media have confounded broadcasters, Web designers and printers trying to reproduce lifelike hues.
GRA Venture Fund Announces Successful First Closing in Tough Economy
ATLANTA, June 29, 2009 — Despite challenging economic conditions, the GRA Venture Fund, LLC has raised $18,750,000 in its first closing. The Fund is a private investment fund that...
Facebook picks David Ebersman as new CFO
(AP) -- Facebook says it has named David Ebersman, a former executive at biotech firm Genentech, as its chief financial officer.
Video: A PSP phone?
Amazon closes affiliates in North Carolina, a new service lets you trade stocks over Twitter, and rumors are swirling of a PlayStation Portable phone.
It’s Come To This: Gold Vending Machine Debuts In German Airport
Gold has long represented a safe haven for nervous investors, and the latest financial meltdown has again borne witness to skyrocketing gold prices. Now a German company hopes to capitalize...
First ever worldwide census of caribou and reindeer reveals a dramatic decline
(PhysOrg.com) -- Caribou and reindeer numbers worldwide have plunged almost 60 per cent in the last three decades.