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Well: Tofu Recipes for Health
If you're stuck in a summer heat wave and can't imagine firing up the stove, think tofu.
Shoppers' visual focus drives purchases
MONTREAL, July 31 (UPI) -- The position of products on store shelves can influence consumers' ultimate choice because a shopper's eye has a very central focus, Canadian researches say.
Columbia Gets $15 Million to Expand Engineering School
Columbia administrators say that assistance from the city, and $80 million from the university, will help raise the engineering school’s national profile.
Personal DNA test maker seeks FDA approval in U.S.
Genetic test maker 23andMe is asking the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to approve its personalized DNA test in a move that, if successful, could boost acceptance of technology that...
Inflatable satellite parts win $100k space prize
NASA-funded prize goes to company proposing smaller, lighter satellite parts for commercial and government purposes
China's online dating market 'booming'
Revenues from China's online dating market are forecast to top two billion yuan ($315 million) in 2014 as work-stressed Chinese struggle to find partners, a new report said Tuesday.
Panasonic returns to profit in 1Q on cost cutting
(AP) Panasonic Corp. said Tuesday it returned to the black in the April-June quarter, logging a net profit of 12.8 billion ($163 million) mainly on lower costs after cutting...
Chip and pin terminals shown to harvest customer info
(Phys.org) -- For all customers, merchants and restaurant owners making use of card readers for transactions, well, this is not the best of news. Experts have found a security flaw...
Yahoo! number two exec quits after passed over
Yahoo! on Monday announced the departure of Ross Levinsohn, who served as interim chief executive and was seen as a favorite for the top job before the firm named Marissa...
Life: Now available for download
Scientists create the first virtual organism - living, growing and dying entirely within a computer program
A second Lap-Band firm is warned
FDA orders Lap-Band VIP in Tarzana to pull misleading ads or face disciplinary action.The Food and Drug Administration is cracking down on a second Southern California firm it says is...
Biggest science prize takes web tycoon from social networks to string theory
Yuri Milner awards make nine fundamental physics pioneers rich. But founder denies new prizes are Nobels 2.0A Russian internet investor who quit his PhD in physics and made a billion dollars from...
Video: Farmers fight to waive ethanol requirement during drought
David Hardin, a farmer in central Indiana, wants the government to waive the requirement for petroleum companies to buy a minimum amount of ethanol to blend into gasoline supplies during...
Smartphones could protect pedestrians
DETROIT, July 30 (UPI) -- U.S. automaker General Motors says it is working on a system to detect smartphone-carrying pedestrians and bicyclists to alert drivers when they are nearby.
Green Blog: Q. and A.: Greening the London Olympics
From sustainable timber to recycled steel pipes, planners sought sustainable ways of creating the venues for the games.
Green Blog: Oozing Fuel, in a New York Reservoir?
Two fuel tanks were apparently left at the bottom of the Pepacton Reservoir before it went into service in 1955.
Gold rush
Harvard Olympians are making headway in the 2012 London Olympic Games. With one current student, British basketballer Temi Fagbenle ’15, vying for the gold, Harvard has its fair share of alumni in the...
Built from scratch: WiFi-extending robot beast (w/ Video)
(Phys.org) -- Students at Northeastern University in Boston have designed and built a reconnaissance WiFi-extending robot that can enter hazardous, rugged territory. They built the robot as part of their...
Spain's Telefonica completes sale of China Unicom stake
Spanish telecom giant Telefonica said Monday it has completed its sale of a 4.56 percent stake in China Unicom for 1.14 billion euros ($1.4 billion).
Clickable Internet Map Shows 350,000 Websites
There are style and U.S. news media 'neighborhoods,' plus a 'vast prono cluster.'
Digital Library Gets $1 Million to Open Online Access
A digital public library for Americans gets one step closer to reality with a $1 million funding award.
Twitter clocks half-billion users: monitor
Over 500 million people are on micro-blogging site Twitter and Americans and Brazilians are the most connected, according to a study by social media monitor Semiocast released Monday.
Telecommunications companies in North battle over public cash
The Canadian Radio-television Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) is expected to make a judgment on whether Bell can use $40 million in public money to boost its aging infrastructure in the North.
Green Blog: Planting a Seed for the Environment
This year, high school students competing in the Envirothon were challenged to develop sustainable infrastructure for stormwater runoff in two Pennsylvania townships.
Tanks' Special Paint Protects Against Nerve Gas
Special paint on British tanks can absorb nerve gas attacks.
Public can explore time-lapse videos of Earth with new tool from Carnegie Mellon and Google
Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University's Robotics Institute, working with colleagues at Google and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), have adapted their technology for interactively exploring time-lapse imagery to create a...
One Act of Remembering Can Influence Future Acts
Can the simple act of recognizing a face as you walk down the street change the way we think? Or [...]
Mobile banking, once a gee whiz feature, is becoming ubiquitous
Mobile banking, which not long ago was the next new thing, is quickly becoming a must-have service for banks and credit unions.