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New Hearing Aid Technology Passes The Restaurant Noise Test
The sound of a noisy Chicago restaurant during the breakfast rush -- the clang of plates and silverware and the clamor of many voices -- was the crucial test of...
Yahoo spurns Microsoft again as bad blood boils
(AP) -- Yahoo Inc. has rejected Microsoft's latest attempt to buy its online search operations in a "take or leave it" proposal that Yahoo said would have dismantled its...
Study: As gas prices go up, auto deaths drop
WASHINGTON (AP) -- High gas prices could turn out to be a lifesaver for some drivers. The authors of a new study say gas prices are...
Apples beat pears on crunch issue
Just why pears are prone to rot faster than apples after they are picked can now be explained by scientists.
The blackbird which imitates ambulance sirens
The talented bird in Weston-super-Mare can mimick sirens, mobile phones and even car alarms
Health ministers stunned by embryo bill delay
'Flagship' government bill allowing research using animal-human hybrid embryos is withdrawn
Dow Bids $19 Billion For Rohm And Haas
Dows latest move would create the world's largest specialties and advanced materials company
Bluffing could be common in prediction markets, study shows
A new mathematical model by researchers at the University of Michigan suggests that bluffing in prediction markets is a profitable strategy more often than previously thought.
Apple iPhone, Asia demand create touch-screen boom
(AP) -- It's been a good year for touch screens. The launch of the first iPhone model a year ago boosted interest in the technology tremendously, and the updated...
Privacy protections disappear with a judge's order
(AP) -- Credit card companies know what you've bought. Phone companies know whom you've called. Electronic toll services know where you've gone. Internet search companies know what you've sought.
Making the classroom a playground for learning
Playing computer games in school may sound like the kids rule the classroom. But European researchers have shown that such games can be used to boost learning. What`s more, the...
Software Helps Developers Get Started with PIV Cards
The National Institute of Standards and Technology has developed two demonstration software packages that show how Personal Identity Verification (PIV) cards can be used with Windows and Linux systems to...
Water: The forgotten crisis
This year, the world and, in particular, developing countries and the poor have been hit by both food and energy crises. As a consequence, prices for many staple foods have...
BMW will test electric Mini models for California market
German luxury carmaker BMW has said it is preparing to launch an electric Mini test series, following similar ventures by its main competitors.
Scientists Spend Year Developing Computer Model of Iraq Surface Water System
In an effort aimed at building technical capacity, resource sustainability, and regional stability, a team of scientists from Sandia National Laboratories spent the past year working with engineers and modelers...
New Generation Of Home Robots Have Gentle Touch
Who doesn't long for household help at times? Service robots will soon be able to relieve us of heavy, dirty, monotonous or irksome tasks. Research scientists have now presented a...
Cal Dooley Selected To Lead ACC
Former congressman will become president of chemical industry group
Fight U.S. disclosure order, Ont. privacy advocate tells Google
Ontario's Information and Privacy Commissioner has asked Google Inc. to fight a U.S. judge's ruling requiring the disclosure of details about users of the video-sharing site YouTube.
Flexible Focus
Digital cameras keep packing in the pixels, but they can’t hide the truth: Photos are flat. Now, engineers at Stanford University have developed a way to bring 3-D clarity and...
Wake-up call: Draft security pub looks at cell phones, PDAs
In recent years cell phones and PDAs—"Personal Digital Assistants"—have exploded in power, performance and features. They now often boast expanded memory, cameras, Global Positioning System receivers and the ability to...
U.K. School Opens Process R&D Institute
University of Leeds seeks to bring academia and industry closer together
Tufts University to Fund Green Energy in Low-Income Communities
Tufts University students, faculty and staff are first college campus in Massachusetts to join an effort that will finance development of renewable energy projects in low-income communities across the state....
Feature: Thoughts on a broader national sustainability agenda
With the dust settled on the national election, and more recently the 2020 summit, Ecos magazine asked five commentators for their top priorities in terms of a national sustainability agenda.
Researchers hack final part of the immune system code
A group of researchers from the University of Copenhagen and the Biocentre at the Technical University of Denmark have managed to decipher the final part of the immune system`s key...
NowPublic buys rumors website Truemors
"Citizen journalism" website NowPublic announced on Thursday it has bought news-and-rumors website Truemors for an undisclosed amount.
Japan to scrap iPod copyright fee
(AP) -- Japan will stop pushing for legislation to charge royalties on the sales of iPods and other portable digital music players, giving in to opposition from electronics makers, officials...
Japan backs joint display-technology research
(AP) -- The Japanese government said Thursday it will support Sony Corp., Sharp Corp. and other domestic companies in joint development of super-thin TVs based on organic light-emitting diodes.
Bobbie Johnson on solving the largest security flaw on the internet
Bobbie Johnson explains the security flaw in web-browsers that has now been fixed