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Toshiba Launches Industry's First 512 GB SSD
(PhysOrg.com) -- Toshiba announced today the expansion of their line up of NAND-flash-based solid state drives (SSD) with the industry's first 2.5-inch 512 GB SSD and a broad family of...
Space shuttles for sale: one careful owner, starting price $42m
Hard-up Nasa sounds out potential US buyers for shuttles when they stop flying in 2010
Clegg backs green economy boost
The Lib Dems say they would scrap the 2.5% cut in VAT and spend the £12.5bn it is costing on green measures to boost the economy.
Computational Tool To Untangle Complex Data Developed
Researchers have developed a mathematical tool that can be used to unscramble the underlying structure of time-dependent, interrelated data, like the votes of legislators over their careers, second-by-second activity of...
The Gross Factor: The Only Way Denver Students Will Wash Their Hands
Poo on you, wash your hands. You just peed, wash your hands. If you lived in a University of Denver undergraduate dorm, signs touting this rhyme might grace your hallways. In an...
Honda sets up hybrid battery venture despite slump
Japan's Honda Motor Co. Wednesday announced a venture to develop lithium-ion batteries, saying environmentally friendly hybrid cars were heading for the mass market despite the global auto industry slump.
Poor-man's supercomputing goes commercial
(PhysOrg.com) -- Grid computing technology has long been the darling of cash-strapped academics in desperate need of raw processing power. Now a groundbreaking European research effort has created an industrial-strength...
Agricultural R&D key to preventing food crises
Investing in agricultural research and development could cut food prices and lift millions of people out of poverty, says Joachim von Braun.
Real-time gene monitoring developed
Imagine having GeneVision: the uncanny ability to view the activity of any chosen gene in real time through a specially modified camera. With GeneVision, military commanders could compare gene expression...
Microsoft issuing emergency fix for browser flaw
(AP) -- Microsoft Corp. is taking the unusual step of issuing an emergency fix for a security hole in its Internet Explorer software that has exposed millions of users...
What does it take to make New Year's resolutions a reality?
(PhysOrg.com) -- So you have a New Year's resolution: get your books and papers organized, plan a vacation your family can afford, or find a new job in a new...
World fertilizer prices drop dramatically after soaring to all-time highs
World fertilizer prices began dropping dramatically in late 2008 after reaching all-time highs around April.
Blogger changes tune, pleads guilty to posting leaked Guns N' Roses songs
A U.S. blogger accused of posting leaked tracks from the long-delayed Guns N' Roses album Chinese Democracy has pleaded guilty in Los Angeles to a criminal charge of copyright violation.
Canada source of over 9 billion spam messages a day: study
Canadian computers - many of them unwittingly - send out over nine billion spam e-mails a day, almost five per cent of all global spam traffic, according to a report...
Economists: Ancestral history explains roots of income inequality
Two Brown University economists have created a new data set explaining differences in the world's current per capita gross domestic products (GDPs). In a National Bureau of Economic Research working...
Semiconductor revenue to fall again next year: Gartner
Worldwide semiconductor revenue is forecast to drop next year, the first ever back-to-back years of declining sales, market research firm Gartner said Tuesday.
Generic drug makers seek changes to patent law
A challenge launched by the generic drug makers seeking less stringent patent regulations will be heard Tuesday in Federal Court.
Global challenges and global collaborations - lessons learnt from global change
Global challenges need global solutions. The 2nd ESF Science Policy conference held in Stockholm, Sweden on 26 and 27 November 2008, brought together heads and senior representatives of ESF's 80...
Traditional Dutch landscape under threat
Current government policy is failing to protect traditional Dutch landscapes says Dutch researcher Evelien van Rij. Green areas in the Randstad region with cultural historic value will disappear unless specific...
Australia OKs Facebook for serving lien notice
(AP) -- You've been "superpoked" - and served. A court in Australia has approved the use of Facebook, a popular social networking Web site, to notify a couple that...
SCRABBLE maker Hasbro drops lawsuit over online word game
Hasbro Inc. said Monday it has dropped its lawsuit against a pair of Indian brothers who created a popular online word game, Scrabulous, which the US company claimed infringed on...
Yahoo revamps e-mail to become more social
(AP) -- Yahoo Inc. has finally started to roll out new features designed to make its e-mail service more like the popular online hangouts Facebook and MySpace, following through...
Computer Scientists Launching Indoor Navigation System
Now that navigation systems are here to stay, we can hardly imagine life without them. Aside from private use for getting about on roads, they play an essential role in...
VIDEO: "Obama" Bullfighting Banned
A Kenyan judge has banned a bullfighting competition that was to be among festivities honoring Barack Obama's U.S. presidential win.
Europe agrees emissions deal
Heavy industry wins key concessions in last-minute negotiations.
Showdown over DNA lab reflects national debate
Orange County's D.A. tried to take over the sheriff's facility. Many experts say any law enforcement control of such operations makes the science vulnerable to undue influence and lax oversight. ...
China's first mass-produced hybrid car goes on sale: car maker
China's first mass-produced hybrid electric car hit the market on Monday, its manufacturer said, in a move aimed at driving the nation to the cutting edge of the world's green...
Institute of Food Technologists December Media Update
The following news briefs are from the Institute of Food Technologists (IFT). The briefs are derived from a variety of IFT publications, including the Journal of Food Science, Comprehensive Reviews...