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Well: Cucumber Recipes for Health
Martha Rose Shulman offers five ways to slice, dice and blend cucumbers into a cool summer treat.
Nokia loss widens as smartphone sales slump
Nokia's net loss nearly quadrupled in the second quarter on sagging sales of smartphones, a market in which the company is struggling to regain ground lost to rivals including Apple...
YouTube introduces 'face blurring' tool
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., July 18 (UPI) -- YouTube says it is launching a new "face blurring" feature for users who want to post videos of public events and sensitive...
Olympic Games will bring Internet scams
SANTA CLARA, Calif., July 18 (UPI) -- Internet scammers are preparing and testing ways to leverage the upcoming 2012 Summer Olympics in London for their own purposes, security experts...
South Asia landslides 'on the rise'
Most South Asian countries are seeing an increased trend in landslides in recent years, experts say.
IBM Supercomputer Simulates Common Cold Virus
Rhinovirus Wikimedia Commons For humans, few things are as ubiquitous as the common cold. We catch it more than any other infectious disease and it's been with us as about as long...
Growers Fret Over a New Apple That Won’t Turn Brown
Some members of the United States apple industry say the introduction of genetically engineered fruit could undermine the apple’s image as a healthy, natural food.
African women to gain access to innovative contraception
The launch of a new injection is set to increase contraceptive access for millions of women in the developing world, a conference hears.
Computer plays fantasy soccer in Britain
SOUTHAMPTON, England, July 16 (UPI) -- British researchers say their computer soccer manager is ready to take on all comers in the English Fantasy Football League when the season...
New delay at Finland nuclear site
The launch of a flagship nuclear power station in Finland is delayed for a third time, Finnish electricity company TVO says.
Why Winning Olympians Won't All Achieve Endorsement Gold
A gold medal isn't the only thing that helps land a big endorsement deal.
Self-contained ‘smart village’ offers world model for rural poverty relief
An innovative, high-tech “smart village” built in Malaysia provides a potential global template for addressing rural poverty in a sustainable [...]
Carbon-Based Transistors Ramp Up Speed and Memory for Mobile Devices
Though smartphones and tablets are hailed as the hardware of the future, their present-day incarnations have some flaws. Most notoriously, [...]
Canada scores 2nd last on energy efficiency study
Canada has landed near the bottom of the first international energy efficiency rating of 12 major economies.
Space for dessert?
(Phys.org) -- All chefs know that preparing the perfect chocolate mousse is one part science and one part art. ESAs microgravity research is helping the food industry understand the science...
The Résumé Mistake That Could Cost You Big
The majority of hiring managers say they spend less than one minute reviewing each résumé they receive.
Lessons learned from MITx's prototype course
Last December, MIT announced the creation of MITx, an ambitious project to recreate the MIT classroom experience online; in March, the MITx prototype course Circuits and Electronics, or 6.002x...
Company offers first true smartphone for the blind (w/ Video)
(Phys.org) -- British company Screenreader, has created what it calls the first true smartphone for the blind and those with vision impairments. While its not actually a new smartphone, its...
Evidence shows Syrian security got comms from West
(AP) As violence began racing through Syria last year, two European contractors were putting the finishing touches on an encrypted radio system that Syrian officials intended for their security...
Alzheimer's experts gather in Vancouver
Scientists and researchers are gathered in Vancouver to share information on dementia, which costs North Americans hundreds of billions of dollars each year in health care costs.
Microsoft pulls out of msnbc.com
Microsoft is pulling out of the joint venture that owned MSNBC.com, freeing the world's largest software maker to build its own online news service.
Consumer product giants' eye-trackers size up shoppers
(Phys.org) -- Consumer product giants whose supply chains, profit margins, and boardroom reports depend on how fast the paper towels, shampoo, and diapers can fly off the shelves no longer...
Capturing the visitor experience
Researchers at The University of Queensland (UQ) School of Tourism have developed a tool to gauge the visitor experience to allow Australia's tourism industry to improve in quality and profitability.
Who will be Canada's next tech darling?
Hootsuite to Shopify, Freshbooks or BNotions? We ask the experts what might be the next big thing on the tech front.
Tracking apps might not help recover stolen devices
If you think tracking software on your smartphone or tablet will help you recover it if it's stolen, you might be mistaken.
VIDEO: Holiday in space - for £100m
A company in the Isle of Man is offering travellers a chance to go ... into space.
UC Riverside makes rare second attempt to add medical school
UC Riverside didn't give up after being denied accreditation for a medical school, and officials hope that new funding will mean students can enroll next year.UC Riverside's long-held dream to...
Appy ever after, with a smartphone network for lovers
A smartphone app that caters mainly for bashful Asian lovers has recorded a million downloads since its launch last November, and now the developers are eyeing new markets.