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Hundreds of millions to be slashed from UK science budget

13 years ago from Chemistry World

UK pre-budget report announces £600 million to be slashed from science, research and higher education

Baku needs diverse gas deals -- executive

13 years ago from UPI

LONDON, Dec. 11 (UPI) -- Baku includes the European Union in its potential customer base for gas but needs to explore all economic opportunities, energy executives said.

Security looms over Iraq's oil auction

13 years ago from UPI

BAGHDAD, Dec. 11 (UPI) -- No bids were tendered for Iraqi oil fields in Iraq's restive Diyala province, officials said Friday.

Amazonian nations to call on rich for forest protection

13 years ago from SciDev

Amazonian countries will demand at the Copenhagen climate talks that the developed world helps to pay for the protection of their forest.

Drug industry embraces new business strategies after tough year

13 years ago from

As they pop the champagne corks to celebrate New Year's Eve, drug industry executives will likely be glad to put 2009 behind them. That's because pharmaceutical companies who make top-selling...

From war to peace - Obama to accept Nobel prize

13 years ago from Reuters:Science

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama will confront the Afghan war "head-on" when he accepts the Nobel Peace Prize on Thursday and address criticism he does not deserve it...

How to encourage big ideas

13 years ago from Physorg

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study suggests certain types of funding -- which provide more freedom and focus less on near-term results -- lead to more innovative and influential research.

Facebook Details New Privacy Settings

13 years ago from CBSNews - Science

All Users Will be Required to Configure Accounts As Company Aims to Simplify Controls of who Can See Postings

Smoking bans still rare: WHO

13 years ago from CBC: Health

Only about five per cent of the world's population was covered by smoking bans last year, the World Health Organization reported Wednesday.

Cable, satellite revenue still rising: StatsCan

13 years ago from CBC: Technology & Science

Revenue at Canada's cable and satellite companies rose 14.4 per cent in 2008, the third consecutive year of double-digit increases, according to a report from Statistics Canada.

B.C. alcohol consumption rising too quickly: study

13 years ago from CBC: Health

A group of researchers is urging the B.C. government to raise the price of alcoholic beverages and to consider making them less available in the wake of a study that...

Oil majors still taking to Iraq

13 years ago from UPI

BASRA, Iraq, Dec. 9 (UPI) -- Major energy players expressed interest in working with Baghdad to tap vast oil riches in the country despite concerns over violence, officials say.

Nobel Laureate-Led Delegation Seeks to Foster Academic Scientific Cooperation with the DPRK

13 years ago from Newswise - Scinews

A non-governmental delegation led by Nobel Laureate Peter C. Agre, the president of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), arrives in Pyongyang today for five days of...

Augmented reality systems appearing in Japanese shopping malls

13 years ago from Physorg

(PhysOrg.com) -- Augmented reality (AR) systems are being developed for real applications in store windows and shopping malls in Japan.

Midwife funding called overdue on P.E.I.

13 years ago from CBC: Health

A group lobbying for midwifery on P.E.I. has started a petition to urge the province to move ahead with legislation.

Pay babysitter on iPhone, says Twitter

13 years ago from Physorg

Microblogging service Twitter has branched into the market for electronic payments, unveiling a mini credit card swiper that plugs into the iPhone at a European internet fair on Wednesday.

Google Teams with N.Y. Times, Wash. Post

13 years ago from CBSNews - Science

Search Engine Giant's Project aims to Help Newspaper Industry

Royal Institution in trouble: let's make sure it survives

13 years ago from The Guardian - Science

The world's oldest independent scientific research organisation could go out of business. It shouldn'tAmid all our other troubles, did you notice that the recession has also helped place in jeopardy the Royal Institution....

Economic Scene: Finding the Nerve to Cut Health Costs

13 years ago from NY Times Health

Recent days have offered hope that some in Congress are summoning the courage to cut wasteful health spending, and endure the scare stories that follow.

New software to simulate future financial crises

13 years ago from Science Daily

Can economics better predict how banks will react to future credit crunches and their impact on the wider economy? Breakthrough simulation software by European researchers could hold the answers to...

Cisco going from Internet plumber to platform

13 years ago from Physorg

Cisco chief executive John Chambers said Tuesday that the computer switching colossus is changing from the Internet's "plumber" to a platform and provider of products for online work and leisure.

A special kind of flight training

13 years ago from Physorg

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new generation of flight simulators will attempt to make air traffic safer.

Police investigate online threats to student

13 years ago from CBC: Technology & Science

Eastern School District officials called the police on Tuesday after students at Queen Charlotte Intermediate School in Charlottetown complained about online comments allegedly made by another student.

Prof gets messages from space

13 years ago from Physorg

(PhysOrg.com) -- Barbara Frisken received several messages from outer space this year on her answering machine.

EU antitrust chief slams senators on Oracle deal

13 years ago from Physorg

(AP) -- The European Union's antitrust chief said Tuesday that U.S. senators who pressed her to approve Oracle Corp.'s takeover of Sun Microsystems Inc. should stop interfering in Europe's...

Texas Instruments raises 4Q profit, sales targets

13 years ago from Physorg

(AP) -- Texas Instruments is raising its fourth-quarter profit and sales outlook, citing an improving market for chips used in cell phones and other electronic gadgets.

Behind The Push To Open Government

13 years ago from CBSNews - Science

Deputy CTO Beth Noveck On Bringing The Bureaucracy Into The 21st Century

How fake sites trick search engines to hit the top

13 years ago from Physorg

(AP) -- Even search engines can get suckered by Internet scams. With a little sleight of hand, con artists can dupe them into giving top billing to fraudulent Web...