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Funding plagues Nigerian oil sector
ABUJA, Nigeria, Feb. 5 (UPI) -- The federal government in Nigeria is to blame for a decline in oil and gas productivity because it is not delivering on its...
FDA seizes adulterated pet, human food
WASHINGTON, Feb. 4 (UPI) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration says it seized more than 1,500 cases of human and animal food products stored in Wisconsin under unsanitary...
Code defends against 'stealthy' computer worms
Self-propagating worms are malicious computer programs, which, after being released, can spread throughout networks without human control, stealing or erasing hard drive data, interfering with pre-installed programs and slowing, even...
Alaska hears TransCanada's case
JUNEAU, Alaska, Feb. 3 (UPI) -- The open season for a natural gas pipeline from Canada allays any concerns over the prospects for the construction of the project, executives...
Sofia formally backs Nabucco pipeline
SOFIA, Bulgaria, Feb. 3 (UPI) -- A heated debate over energy policy resulted in Bulgarian lawmakers Wednesday ratifying an agreement on the Nabucco natural gas pipeline for Europe.
Siemens to invest $346 million in India
NEW DELHI, Feb. 2 (UPI) -- German industrial giant Siemens Tuesday announced plans to invest $346 million in India over the next three years, about a third of which...
Lukoil dumps billions into Iraqi oil field
MOSCOW, Feb. 2 (UPI) -- Russian oil producer Lukoil said it plans to dump $30 billion into developing Iraq's West Qurna-2 oil field with its partners at Statoil.
Research shows profit, not politics, drives sovereign wealth fund
Investment funds owned by national governments - known as 'sovereign wealth funds' - now wield trillions of dollars in investment power globally, raising concerns that the funds could be used...
Researchers fight world hunger by mapping the soybean genome
In 2009, soybeans represented an almost $30 billion industry in the U.S. alone, making soybeans the second-most profitable crop next to corn. Worldwide, soybeans have been used in human foods...
Chemicals in forest fire smoke studied
SCOTTSVILLE, South Africa, Feb. 1 (UPI) -- South African scientists say chemicals in smoke from forest fires may regulate seed germination and play a key role in the rebirth...
Alberta man not told when health benefits ended
An Edmonton man's benefits were cut off without any notification from his employer or his insurance company three months before his company went into receivership last month.
Sydney's $1.7 billion desalination plant
SYDNEY, Feb. 1 (UPI) -- A $1.7 billion desalination plant has opened in Sydney, expected to supply up to 15 percent of the area's water needs.
Obama's 2011 budget: US public spending by department since 1962
Barack Obama's second budget is already controversial. Find out what it means for each department, how it compares to George Bush's last one - and how it's changed since 1962• Get the...
Latest Science Shelf Book Review: "Settled in the Wild"
I have added a review of Settled in the Wild: Notes from the Edge of Town by naturalist Susan Hand Shetterly to The Science Shelf Book Review Archive, and I...
London deflects oil link to Lockerbie
LONDON, Feb. 1 (UPI) -- Jack Straw, the former British justice secretary, denied a Freedom of Information request from lawmakers examining links to the Lockerbie bomber and Libyan oil.
Gazprom creates Hungarian South Stream arm
BUDAPEST, Hungary, Feb. 1 (UPI) -- Russian gas giant Gazprom created a joint venture for the Hungarian leg of the South Stream gas pipeline during a ceremony in Budapest,...
Laboratory centrifuge rotors are recalled
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1 (UPI) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration says two models of Hettich centrifuge rotors are being recalled due to a safety hazard.
Warner ends Cinram DVD pact
Warner Home Video is ending a six-year agreement with Toronto-based DVD manufacturer Cinram International.
Sir Allen McClay Dies At 78
Obituary: Recognized innovator founded fine chemicals firm Almac in Northern Ireland.
Scientific publisher offers iPhone app
NEW YORK, Feb. 1 (UPI) -- The publisher of the scientific journal Nature says it is now offering an application for iPhone and iPod Touch users.
Cellphone driving ban enforced in Ontario, B.C.
Motorists in Ontario and British Columbia may now start paying a price for talking on the phone or texting while driving.
Uncritical IT implementation in Swedish schools
Thomas Karlsohn at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, has explored the IT bubble in the Swedish school system and the rhetoric used in the education trade press, and his conclusion...
PBS Show Scrutinizes Our "Digital Nation"
Larry Magid Reviews a Soon-to-Air Special Looking at the Upsides and Downsides of Living Online
Ads bypass seedy reputation
A new study found that a country’s reputation for making dodgy products doesn’t matter, if you distract the customer the right way.
Qualcomm to set up research centre in S.Korea
US mobile phone chipmaking giant Qualcomm said Monday it would set up a research and development centre in South Korea to develop new technologies.
The greatest scientific advances from the Muslim world
From the elephant clock to the camera obscura, here are six amazing inventions from between the 9th and 15th centuriesThere is no such thing as Islamic science – for science is the...
F.D.A. Aims at Doctors’ Drug Pitches
Dr. Leslie Baumann’s comments in the media about an antiwrinkle drug violated restrictions on drug promotion, the agency said, in what is believed to be the first time an individual...
Data on Haitian Creole released hasten development of translation tools
In response to the humanitarian crisis in Haiti, scientists have publicly released spoken and textual data they've compiled on Haitian Creole so that translation tools desperately needed by doctors, nurses...