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Gibson Guitar Settles With Justice Department Over Lacey Act Violations
The U.S. Department of Justice announced that Gibson Guitar Corp. entered into a criminal enforcement agreement resolving a criminal investigation into allegations that the company violated the Lacey Act by illegally...
Virtual nanoscopy: Like 'Google Earth' for cell biologists
Just as users of Google Earth can zoom in from space to a view of their own backyard, researchers can now navigate biological tissues from a whole embryo down to...
Touch your philodendron and control your computer: Technology turns any plant into an interactive device
Any houseplant -- real or artificial -- could control a computer or any digital device with new technology, called Botanicus Interactus.
New Hampshire leads contiguous United States in percent tree cover
Tree cover in the nation's Lower 48 states covers 659 million acres, more than one-third of the nation, according to a US Forest Service study of national tree cover and...
Researchers aim to broaden researcher access to protein simulation
Using just an upgraded desktop computer equipped with a relatively inexpensive graphics processing card, a team of computer scientists and biochemists at the University of California, San Diego, has developed...
Alaska Airlines flier's post sparks online backlash
Facebook post describes alleged treatment of disabled air passenger as "worst of humanity," prompting users to complain
Man charged in Olympic bottle throwing incident
LONDON (AP) -- Olympic officials on Monday sharply criticized a man who was arrested for allegedly throwing a plastic bottle onto the Olympic track before the...
Governors aside, feds building health care markets
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Republican governors who've balked at creating new private insurance markets under President Barack Obama's health care law may end up getting stuck....
Cheetah Cubs Named for Fastest American Sprinters
The cubs are named for the fastest Americans in the 100-meter sprint.
Press freedom leads to happiness, environmental quality, study finds
Researchers at the University of Missouri have found that citizens of countries with press freedom tend to be much happier than citizens of countries without free presses.
Spyker sues GM over failed Saab takeover
Spyker Cars NV, the tiny Dutch company that bought Swedish carmaker Saab from General Motors Co. for $74 million in 2010, said Monday it is suing GM for $3 billion...
US initiatives aim to tap into scientists' skills
Two new projects are planned to help developing country researchers benefit from the support of US-based scientists.
Asking for a Raise? Do These Things First
Whatever you do, don't march into your bosses' office with a surprise demand. Follow these five steps and you're much more likely to get what you're hoping for.
UK riots 2011: Holding media to account after the riots
News outlets need to be held to account for their coverage of the English riots, a new report has argued.
Ferry 'hits whales' in Sydney Harbour
A humpback whale and its calf were injured on Monday after apparently being hit by a ferry in Sydney Harbour, with witnesses saying the animals had ugly gashes and cuts.
Greed was different in the Middle Ages, researcher says
(Phys.org) -- Surveys of the carnage of the American financial crisis that began in 2008 have revealed the potent allure of personal gain above all else.
Lenovo unveils lighter, quicker ThinkPad laptop
Lenovo has unveiled a lighter, quicker ThinkPad notebook computer inspired by the convenience of tablets and smartphones.
Artist tests superstition on the stock market with robot analyst
(Phys.org) -- Shing Tat Chung, a designer, artist and graduate of the Royal College of Art, has partnered with Jim Hunt, computer programmer with a British trading group, to create...
Global fears shackle India's outsourcing job-hoppers
The normally high employee turnover rate in India's job-hopping outsourcing sector has fallen sharply as a weak global economy hits the flagship industry, a study showed on Monday.
QUT showcases 4D technology at world's biggest meeting of geological minds
With resource exploration and mining being a key focus of the world's biggest geological congress currently underway in Brisbane, Queensland University of Technology (QUT) will showcase in-house developed software that...
IPv6 adoption picture is in pink but not rosy
(Phys.org) -- On June 6th World IPv6 Launch Day reminded the world of an industry-wide effort to help accelerate the use of IPv6 and to get websites to enable IPv6...
Congress Punts On 2013 Budget
Budget: Deal to fund government through next March avoids potential shutdown during election run-up
Challenging Generic Drug Deals
Pharma companies in Europe, U.S. face scrutiny over so-called pay-to-delay tactics.
Elite colleges transform online higher education
(AP) When the Massachusetts Institute of Technology offered its first free online course this spring, Ashwith Rego jumped at the chance to learn from some of the world's leading...
ARM asks Khronos for OpenCL nod for Midgard GPU
(Phys.org) -- ARM wastes no time taking every opportunity to prove its reputation as "GPU computing" kingpins. GPU computing is seen as having a bright future, where the computational performance...
SciTechTalk: You and your smartphone bill
JIM ALGAR || United Press International The average cellphone these days is a device for texting, tweeting, browsing the Internet and -- just occasionally -- making a phone call, a...
Dutch firm ASML clinches 1.1 bn euro deal with Taiwan's TSMC
Dutch-based ASML, a key global supplier of computer chip-making systems, said Sunday it has clinched an investment deal with Taiwanese semiconductor giant TSMC worth over a billion euros ($1.24 billion).
Hong Kong Facebook user arrested over hacking threat
Hong Kong police said Sunday they had arrested a 21-year-old man after he reportedly said on social networking site Facebook that he would hack several government websites.