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Google wins Swiss Street View privacy appeal
Google welcomed on Friday a ruling by Switzerland's highest court that it does not have to blur all faces and car registrations on its Street View service in the country.
Futuristic Computer Program Arrives Ahead of Computer
Although quantum computers don't exist yet, scientists have made a program to run on them.
U.S. pushes for more global cooperation in space
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States wants more global cooperation in space including joint war games and combined operations with allies, and is pushing for data-sharing deals with France, Japan...
US lawmakers say security leaks must end
The top US lawmakers on intelligence issues stood united Thursday in demanding an end to a "cascade" of national security leaks they warn put lives at risk, but stopped short...
Bangladesh Internet down after submarine cable cut
Millions of Bangladeshis have been unable to use the Internet or suffered slow connections after a submarine cable was cut off the coast of Singapore, an official said Thursday.
Slashing energy needs for next-generation memory
Researchers have unveiled a new data-encoding scheme that slashes more than 30 percent of the energy needed to write data onto memory cards that use "phase-change memory" -- a competitor...
SpaceX value soars after successful mission to dock at ISS
Company's shares jump from $10 to $20, valuing firm at $2.4bn and founder Elon Musk's stake in it at $1.6bnElon Musk has added another $1.4bn to his fortune after backing the first...
Pentagon's Robot Sewing Machines Take Aim at China's Factories
Robots made in the U.S. could sew garments more cheaply than Asian workers in Chinese or Vietnamese factories.
China Pushes the ‘Internet of Things’
"The Internet of Things," which merges several forms of embedded intelligence, has become a buzzword in China
Experts call for strong regulation and peer review of military and civilian nuclear programs
All nuclear energy and weapons programs should be independently regulated and subject to rigorous peer review, according to three experts on nuclear policy. Their comments and recommendations are published in...
Rensselaer Researchers Unveil Prototype Disaster Management Simulator
Engineers and scientists at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute are working to develop powerful new decision-making and data visualization tools for emergency management. These tools aim to help law enforcement, health officials,...
Argentina takes steps towards open access law
Argentina's Chamber of Deputies has passed a new bill to make all publicly funded research available in open access archives.
Africa Analysis: A stellar win for Africa
Shared hosting of the Square Kilometre Array project with Australasia will not diminish the benefits for Africa, says Linda Nordling.
Google to add 3D cities, remote hiking areas to maps
Google is adding more 3D capability and several other new features to its digital maps in hopes of making them more convenient, comprehensive and compelling as it braces for a...
Green Blog: New Jersey Sued Over Cap and Trade Reversal
Two environmental groups argue that the state government acted illegally when it withdrew New Jersey from a regional cap and trade program.
Kentucky tobacco farmers provide model for deregulation, increased production and profit
If someone agreed to buy your home as is a year from now, you'd likely cancel the kitchen remodel. According to a study at the University of Illinois, Kentucky tobacco...
Mozilla's Shumway pushes Flash to off-ramp
(Phys.org) -- Mozillas experimental project on GitHub, a hosting service for development projects, is taking on a happy buzz where developers look at a future that may not include Adobe...
Financial mania: Why bankers and politicians failed to heed warnings of the credit crisis
Western economies displayed the same kind of manic behaviour as psychologically disturbed individuals in the run up to the 2008 [...]
Green Blog: The Martian Eco-Chronicles
The fantasy writer Ray Bradbury, who died this week at the age of 91, touched on environmental themes in 1948 with a mixture of anger and elegy that anticipated the...
Shepherds around the world – in pictures
They used to be an important part of the economy but the need for shepherds has declined. However, the tradition does still exist in many parts of the worldJoanna Ruck
Applications for Winter Break grants
Harvard University President Drew Faust today announced the opening of the 2013 Winter Break grant cycle for the President’s January Innovation Fund for Faculty. Proposals may be submitted online until Sept. 21 at...
Is berry picking forced labor?
Are migrant berry pickers forced labourers? Their situation actually meets several of the criteria in international conventions on forced labour claims REMESO researcher Charles Woolfson and his colleagues, who have...
Review: Logitech makes the perfect iPad keyboard
The iPad is a content consumption device. It was designed to load up with movies and music and books to let the user consume all those things effortlessly.
New food safety act to simplify inspections
The federal government is expected to introduce its new food safety act today, aimed at simplifying the way food is inspected and monitored across Canada.
'El Huffington Post' launches in Spain
El Huffington Post opened in Spain on Thursday, poking fun at the government's handling of the economic crisis in typically irreverent style for the growing news and blogging empire.
For second straight year, a team of WPI students wins the NASA Robo-Ops robotics competition
For the second consecutive year, a Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) student robotics engineering team has won the Revolutionary Aerospace Systems Concepts Academic Linkage (RASC-AL) Exploration Robo-Ops Competition sponsored by NASA...
Can sat navs reduce drivers' performance?
(Phys.org) -- New findings from academics at Lancaster University and Royal Holloway, University of London reveal using satellite navigation systems can reduce drivers performance behind the wheel.
Expertise should be at the heart of House of Lords reform
As it stands, House of Lords reform would probably do away with most of the scientists and doctors in the upper chamberWe live in a society that is, to a large extent,...