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MODIS Rapidfire For Citizen Scientists - #2
MODIS Rapidfire For Citizen Scientists - #2This is part #2 of a brief explanation of the NASA/GSFC MODIS Rapid Response System - Rapidfire - together with a Howto for citizen...
Canadian video game developers strut at Los Angeles expo
This is shaping up to be a big year for new releases, judging by the annual Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) in Los Angeles this week, where Canadian game studios had...
2 officers hurt in Los Angeles Lakers victory clashes; downtown property damaged
Los Angeles city officials and downtown L.A. merchants were assessing the damage Friday morning after unruly fans celebrating the Lakers victory in the NBA Finals rampaged through the streets around...
Excess the Rule as Party Time Returns To E3
Entertainment Electronic Expo Afterhours Events Mark Return To Over-The-Top Extravagance
FCC Set To Reconsider Broadband Rules Thursday
Federal Communications Commission Set To Reconsider Framework For Regulating Broadband
Japan To See Dolphin-Hunt Video - on the Web
Internet Service Company To Show 'The Cove' In Japan, Where Protests Canceled Screenings
U.S. to aid Pakistani energy shortfalls
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, June 17 (UPI) -- Washington has stated that it will assist Pakistan in coping with its chronic energy shortfalls.
AOL unloads social networking site Bebo
(AP) -- AOL Inc. is paring its ambitions in online social networking, selling a website called Bebo that it bought a little more than two years ago for $850...
Feds charge 1,200 people in mortgage fraud crackdown
In a nationwide effort, officials file criminal charges against individuals allegedly responsible for $2.3 billion in fraud. 'These schemes are despicable; they are dangerous to our economy,' Atty. Gen. Eric Holder says. Federal...
Algorithm Helps Researchers See Visual Intelligence in a Different Light
Visual Intelligence What we see and what we actually perceive and notice are two different things. A computer algorithm is helping researchers determine exactly how our visual intelligence works. Franziska F. For a...
Would you put a tree in your gas tank?
Putting a tree - figuratively speaking - into your car's gas tank may be the way of the future. Dr In-Gyu Choi, associate professor in the department of forest science...
Canada must force open internet networks: Senate
Canada must follow Europe's example and implement open-access rules that will force internet network owners to share their infrastructure with smaller competitors if the country is to compete in the...
LAUSD layoffs expected, but thousands of jobs are being saved
Employee furloughs, federal funds and cost-cutting measures are saving nearly 2,500 jobs in the Los Angeles Unified School District, officials said this week.
Australian govt. rethinks new energy taxes
CANBERRA, Australia, June 16 (UPI) -- Amid rising opposition, Australia's government led by Prime Minister Kevin Rudd is considering revising its profits tax on the country's extractive industries.
Ugandan consumers protest energy increases
KAMPALA, Uganda, June 16 (UPI) -- Ugandan consumers are protesting rate increases to be instituted next month.
Australian company wins big coal contract
SYDNEY, June 16 (UPI) -- Australia's Asciano haulage company has been awarded has won a decade-long $775 million coal haulage contract with the mining giant Anglo American.
Pulp mill protest goes to Argentine courts
BUENOS AIRES, June 16 (UPI) -- Argentina's unbottled genie, the pickets who won't move out of the way on the Uruguay river bridge despite the two sides' change of...
South Korea opens green energy institute
SEOUL, June 16 (UPI) -- South Korea has established a global "green" think tank to address climate change.
Tribal internship students energize alternative fuel science
Tribal lands make up only five percent of the United States' total land area, but represent enormous potential for the production of renewable energy. The 55 million acres of land...
BP to fund $20bn oil spill payout
BP is to place $20bn in an independent fund for victims of the Gulf oil spill and will cancel dividend payments for 2010.
Consumer groups blast Moore over copyright
Consumer groups have challenged the government's assertion that regular Canadians support its recently introduced copyright reform legislation with a strongly worded letter to Heritage Minister James Moore.
U.S. doubles spending on bike, walking paths
The Obama administration more than doubled spending on bicycling and walking in 2009 as it seeks to coax Americans out of their cars, according to a Federal Highway Administration report...
China nuclear power plant leak exposed
BEIJING, June 16 (UPI) -- A radioactive leak occurred at a Chinese nuclear power plant last month but has just been made public.
Fading data - a route to improvements in privacy?
By making data 'fade' over time it could be possible to improve privacy online, suggests research.
UC San Diego Wins EnvironmentalProtection Agency 2010 Award
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on June 15 gave UC San Diego a 2010 Energy Star CHP Award for its high efficiency, low-emission combined heat and power (CHP) plant...
FDA plans public hearing on lab testing
WASHINGTON, June 16 (UPI) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration says it's planning a public meeting to discuss oversight of laboratory developed tests conducted at commercial sites.
Apple Unveils New Mac mini
(PhysOrg.com) -- Apple today unveiled a completely redesigned Mac mini, featuring up to twice the graphics performance, a new HDMI port and a new SD card slot, all in an...
Years in the making, Kenya's GM law prepares to go live
With the approval of its biosafety bill, Kenya has finally opened the door to commercial GMOs — but some say the country is not ready.