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MIT goes to Copenhagen

13 years ago from MIT Research

MIT professors, students and alumni have joined representatives from nearly 200 nations at the international U.N. Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen, where they will present research, collaborate with other schools on climate change...

Scores Arrested at Climate Talks Protests

13 years ago from NY Times Science

Nearly 200 more arrests were made overnight as protesters, angered by the lack of progress, set fire to makeshift barricades in Copenhagen’s Christiania neighborhood.

Lawmakers seek emergency steps to halt Asian carp

13 years ago from AP Science

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) -- Members of Congress are demanding emergency action to prevent Asian carp from invading the Great Lakes and devastating their $7 billion...

Apple To Try New Digital Music Tack?

13 years ago from CBSNews - Science

CEO Of Apple's Newly-Acquired Music Service Could Be Key If iTunes Moves Into Streaming Music

India 3G auction to be held on schedule: minister

13 years ago from Physorg

India's long-awaited auction for third generation (3G) mobile telecom services will be held on schedule next month, a minister said Friday, dismissing media speculation of a delay.

November US video game retail sales slide

13 years ago from Physorg

(AP) -- A market researcher says Americans spent 8 percent less on video games in November than in the same month last year.

Woods scandal spikes internet traffic

13 years ago from CBC: Technology & Science

The Tiger Woods scandal has triggered a mammoth spike in traffic to websites, with Yahoo claiming searches for information about the disgraced golfer up 4,000-fold.

AT&T Wants iPhone Users To Change Habits

13 years ago from CBSNews - Science

Company Mulls Incentives To Curb Heavy Wireless Data Usage

Real Christmas trees ‘greener’ than fake

13 years ago from MSNBC: Science

It may not sound like "tree-hugging," but cutting down a real tree for Christmas is actually greener than going with the artificial kind, one scientist says. ...

Video: Loaded: Santa and his GPS sleigh

13 years ago from CBSNews - Science

Panasonic buys a controlling stake in Sanyo, Friendster gets acquired by a Malaysian online payment company, and how to track Santa on Christmas Eve over Google Earth.

First submersible robot glider to cross Atlantic makes landfall in Spain

13 years ago from Science Daily

The Scarlet Knight, the first submersible robot glider to cross the Atlantic, made its formal entrance into the port of Baiona Dec. 9, received by Spanish and American government officials,...

Breakthrough in monitoring tropical deforestation announced in Copenhagen

13 years ago from Science Daily

New technology is revolutionizing forest monitoring by marrying free satellite imagery and powerful analytical methods in an easy-to-use, desktop software package called CLASlite. Thus far, 70 government, non-government and academic...

Helpful or creepy? Overpersonalized Web sites may spook shoppers

13 years ago from Physorg

Michael Redding describes the get-to-know-you game between man and machine as a version of "Name That Tune."

Formula to detect an author's literary 'fingerprint'

13 years ago from Physorg

Using literature written by Thomas Hardy, DH Lawrence and Herman Melville, physicists in Sweden have developed a formula to detect different authors' literary 'fingerprints'.

AOL gets independence from Time Warner on Thursday

13 years ago from Physorg

(AP) -- AOL is becoming an independent Internet company again.

Science faces 'bleak' £600m cuts

13 years ago from BBC News: Science & Nature

Campaigners say the UK Treasury's plans to find £600m of savings in higher education science budgets make for "bleak reading" .

Study: How restaurants reap higher wine sales

13 years ago from Physorg

(PhysOrg.com) -- A Cornell study has identified four strategies that restaurants use to reap higher wine sales: including the wine list on the food menu and listing prices without a...

New Gunsight Improves Marksmanship With Intuitive Aim, Says Vision Scientist

13 years ago from Newswise - Scinews

The pistol gunsight has remained unchanged for more than a century. That is bad news for the eye and brain, which has a lot to process during aiming, says a...

Variety to begin charging for Web access Thursday

13 years ago from Physorg

(AP) -- The Hollywood trade newspaper Variety is putting its Web site behind a "pay wall" starting Thursday. That means it will be reserving its online content for paid...

Response: GM is still a vital part of our global future food security

13 years ago from The Guardian - Science

Technical innovation in food crop production would benefit all sectors of societyGM technology need not reinforce "the monopolistic ambitions of agribusiness" and its "ability to control the very food we eat", as suggested...

Class-action suit pits woman against 'dishonest' ads on Facebook

13 years ago from Physorg

A 41-year-old part-time dance instructor and graphic designer from Santa Cruz is the face of a class-action lawsuit designed to force Web sites that offer social gaming to rein in...

Apple on track to launch tablet device next year, analysts say

13 years ago from Physorg

Apple Inc. is on track to launch a much-anticipated, tablet-sized computing device early next year, according to brokerage reports Wednesday.

Ubiquitous in U.S., Google struggles for market share in China

13 years ago from Physorg

In China, Google means underdog. While the Mountain View company dominates the search market in the United States, it is not part of the pop lexicon on the other side...

Man. to spend $22.5M creating eHealth system

13 years ago from CBC: Health

A multi-million dollar contract for the design of an electronic health records system for Manitoba has been awarded to a group led by IBM.

IBM Introduces New System z Linux Solutions for Large-Scale Consolidation and Savings

13 years ago from Physorg

IBM today announced new Linux offerings for the System z mainframe to help clients run smarter and more efficient data centers that maximize the use of IT resources and reduce...

Students Hone Engineering Skills in Robotics

13 years ago from Physorg

(PhysOrg.com) -- Robots have fascinated future engineers for generations. Recently, a group of young students had an opportunity to design and build their own robots using LEGOs, the popular plastic...

China shuts down file-sharing site

13 years ago from CBC: Technology & Science

China has closed one of the country's largest file-sharing sites in what it says is a fight against copyright infringement, but could be seen as another measure aimed at controlling...

Life as a scientist in South-East Asia

13 years ago from SciDev

From Cambodia to Singapore, Shiow Chin Tan finds the situation for scientists varies enormously across South-East Asia.