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Gates Foundation Announces $10 Billion for Vaccines in the Next Decade

13 years ago from PopSci

Gates hopes to save 8 million children by 2020 Steve Jobs may have grabbed the most headlines recently with Apple's glimpse of the possible future of computing, but Bill Gates also has...

Comcast, NBC say deal would not hurt competition

13 years ago from Physorg

(AP) -- Comcast Corp. and NBC Universal said the cable TV operator's plan to take control of the NBC media empire shouldn't raise significant antitrust concerns because the companies...

Apple's Jobs unveils 'intimate' $499 iPad tablet

13 years ago from Physorg

(AP) -- Apple Inc. will sell the newly unveiled tablet-style iPad starting at $499, a price tag far below the $1,000 that some analysts were expecting.

Row erupts over Alaska's oil pipeline

13 years ago from UPI

JUNEAU, Alaska, Jan. 27 (UPI) -- Alaskan officials and operators said they can extend the life of the trans-Alaskan oil pipeline, though opponents want to get the oil out...

Sonangol grabs two Iraqi oil fields

13 years ago from UPI

BAGHDAD, Jan. 27 (UPI) -- Angolan state oil company Sonangol signed two contracts to develop oil fields in northern Iraq with the Iraqi government, an Oil Ministry spokesman said.

Helpful yeast battles food-contaminating aflatoxin

13 years ago from Physorg

Pistachios, almonds and other popular tree nuts might someday be routinely sprayed with a yeast called Pichia anomala. Laboratory and field studies by Agricultural Research Service (ARS) plant physiologist...

Virtual Disaster Viewer aids Haiti relief effort

13 years ago from Physorg

An innovative web tool that allows earthquake experts worldwide to pool knowledge quickly and effectively is boosting action to help Haiti's earthquake victims.

Wide variation in calorie content among 'low calorie' pet foods

13 years ago from Science Daily

Dog and cat owners buying weight-control diets for their overweight pets are faced with a confusing two-fold variation in calorie density, recommended intake, and wide range cost of low-calorie pet...

P.E.I. methadone program nearly doubles

13 years ago from CBC: Health

There are almost twice as many people getting addiction treatment through P.E.I.'s methadone program than there were 18 months ago.

Natural pest control saves coffee berry

13 years ago from

There is good news for coffee lovers and growers worldwide: A predator for the devastating coffee berry borer has just been discovered in Africa. Looking at coffee berries in Western...

The NHS and the cost-benefit dilemma

13 years ago from

New research by health economists at the University of York has raised concerns over any move to broaden the range of costs and economic benefits considered in the analysis of...

70 percent of Inuit preschoolers live in food insecure homes

13 years ago from

Seventy percent of Inuit preschoolers in Nunavut, Canada's largest territory, live in households where there isn't enough food, a situation with implications for children's academic and psychosocial development, found an...

Most adults misunderstand standard warnings on prescriptions

13 years ago from Science Daily

Replacing confusing language and icons on standard warnings labels for prescription medicine and listing only the most important warnings could make a big difference in how well patients understand the...

Buying Your First (Energy-Efficient) Home

13 years ago from Scientific American

EAST LANSING, Mich. - Krista and Micah Fuerst were looking near here to buy their first place together, and had narrowed it down to two houses: One built 25 years...

Russians backing off on TNK-BP

13 years ago from UPI

MOSCOW, Jan. 25 (UPI) -- Russian shareholders managing their end of the Anglo-Russian venture TNK-BP said they want to pursue a more equitable relationship with their partners at BP.

Easy-build wireless networks

13 years ago from Science Daily

Networks that monitor life-threatening situations or improve environmental efficiencies will be easier and cheaper to develop and operate, following the creation of a single middleware solution for the entire spectrum...

Slovenia becomes sixth ESA European Cooperating State

13 years ago from European Space Agency

Slovenia becomes the sixth European country to sign the European Cooperating State Agreement with ESA.

Q&A: Bill Gates: Lessons Learned

13 years ago from CBSNews - Science

Microsoft's Chairman on his Philanthropic Work , Travels to Africa and India, and his entry into the Twitterverse.

At Hulu, 'free' may soon turn into 'fee'

13 years ago from Physorg

Hulu soared to popularity by offering free online viewing of popular TV shows. Now that free ride may soon end.

Taiwan lets chip firms invest in China: report

13 years ago from Physorg

Taiwan will allow its chip makers to invest in their counterparts in China in response to growing calls from the island's business community for closer high-tech ties, local media said...

Scientists model 'Frankenstorm' in Calif.

13 years ago from MSNBC: Science

Scientists at the California Institute of Technology are working on a "Frankenstorm" scenario — a mother lode wintry blast that could potentially sock the Golden State. ...

Letters: Object lessons in history and culture

13 years ago from The Guardian - Science

Simon Jenkins not only has a disturbingly selective aural capability but a disappointingly dismal imagination (A world of screens and plastic has fed a cultish craving for relics of the past, 22 January)....

Iraq MPs bid to remove bomb detector

13 years ago from The Guardian - Science

Iraqi lawmakers have demanded the withdrawal of a UK-made bomb detection device after the British government said it doesn't work and its manufacturer was arrested on suspicion of fraud.The Iraqi prime minister, Nouri...

MySpace bids to pay musicians 'lost' royalties

13 years ago from Physorg

Social networking site MySpace, which has enabled many artists to launch their careers, is now helping to pay them back millions of dollars in "lost" royalties for songs and performances.

Researchers offer explanation for the differences between Ganymede and Callisto

13 years ago from

Differences in the number and speed of cometary impacts onto Jupiter's large moons Ganymede and Callisto some 3.8 billion years ago can explain their vastly different surfaces and interior states,...

McCain Nudges Obama Toward His Party’s Health Plans

13 years ago from NY Times Health

Senator John McCain advised President Obama that the way to pass health legislation is to “start from the beginning” by meeting with Republicans.

1001 Inventions | Exhibition review

13 years ago from The Guardian - Science

Science Museum, London SW7 This small but important show educates and amuses in equal measureThey gave us our number system; built the first university; left us with the names for many of...

Sens hope to push repeat button in Boston

13 years ago from CBC: Health

Another Beantown beatdown might not be in the cards, but the Ottawa Senators have to be considered the favourites for their second game in six days in Boston.