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Scientists Crack Potato's Genetic Code
Breakthrough Will Help Speed Development of New Crops for World's Most Popular Vegetable
Plants' response to fire tested
A team from the National Institute for Agricultural and Food Research and Technology (INIA) has developed a new method for identifying the flammability of plant species by using a device...
Shanda Games IPO gets tepid reception
(AP) -- Shanda Games Ltd., a Chinese video game company, raised $1 billion Friday in the largest initial public offering of the year.
Video: The Problem with Imaging Tests
CAT scans, MRIs, and other imaging tests help find everything from blood clots to brain tumors. But is too much of a good thing coming at a troubling cost in...
HP offers 2010 outlook in line with estimates
(AP) -- Hewlett-Packard Co. said Thursday that its revenue and profit in its next fiscal year should be in line with what analysts were expecting.
Broadband campaign spurs 20,000 letters to MPs
A public relations and lobbying campaign launched by small internet providers for government intervention in the broadband market has spurred more than 20,000 letters to MPs, the companies say.
NIH Distributes Funds For High-Risk Research
Funding: Agency names 115 recipients of three transformative research grant programs.
Smart Houses And Contextual Patterns
A few years ago, I was spending a good bit of my time on context-based services. User context — also called “presence” — is information, which changes over time, about...
Students, teachers need to be transculturally literate, expert says
The current generation of college students and teachers need to be as culturally fluent with people from different cultures as they are with their own, a soft skill that has...
NIH funds risky, potentially transformative research by Harvard faculty members
Eighteen faculty members at Harvard and Harvard-affiliated institutions are among 115 scientists nationally whose promising and innovative work was recognized today with the announcement of three grant programs by the National Institutes...
Avaya's Nortel buy to get Ottawa review
Industry Minister Tony Clement says he will review the sale of Nortel's enterprise division to U.S. telecom company Avaya to see if the transaction meets the net-benefit-to-Canada test.
Feds Weigh Cell Ban for Bus, Truck Drivers
After Several High-profile Accidents, Obama Administration Poised to Act on Issue
Honda's U3-X Personal Mobility System Is Segway Meets Unicycle
Good news for the elderly, clowns, obese tourists, and the very, very lazy: Honda has released a new, motorized unicycle that functions the same way as a Segway. The super light U3-X...
Toronto firm selected for Sask. cancer program
A Toronto-based company, NexJ Systems, has been selected to help the Saskatchewan Cancer Agency run a provincewide screening program for colorectal cancer.
TierneyLab: Debating the Longevity Gap
Readers had lots of questions (and angry comments) about Samuel H. Preston's research on the longevity gap. Here's Dr. Preston's response.
Bus CCTV could predict assaults
CCTV security systems could soon spot an assault on a bus before it happens, according to a major research project.
Tokyo Game Show kicks off with turnaround hopes
(AP) -- The Tokyo Game Show, billed as the world's largest computer entertainment fest, kicked off Thursday with hopes that depressed sales of game consoles will enjoy a holiday...
Digital Democracy: The World Wide Web Consortium weighs in on government transparency
(PhysOrg.com) -- On May 21, the day the White House unveiled its Open Government Initiative, it also launched the website data.gov, which put information like Medicare cost reports, residential energy...
Room's ambience fingerprinted by phone
DURHAM, N.C. -- Your smart phone may soon be able to know not only that you're at the mall, but whether you're in the jewelry store or the shoe store.
Visionary concept earns La Jolla Institute scientist prestigious NIH Pioneer Award
SAN DIEGO -- (September 24, 2009) A scientist at the La Jolla Institute for Allergy & Immunology has received one of the National Institutes of Health (NIH)'s top awards...
A Higher Degree of Thermometer
BehindtheBuy.com's David Gregg Shares the Latest in Fever Measurement Gadgets
Answers.com launches website for inquiring minds
Answers.com on Wednesday debuted a website that merges the power of crowds with knowledge from encyclopedias to sate the curiosity of inquiring minds.
Courier: Microsoft's New 'Booklet'
(PhysOrg.com) -- Microsoft has been secretly developing a prototype booklet-shaped tablet PC called the Courier, according to an exclusive report in the gadget blog "Gizmodo".
A revolution to combat world hunger
Ambitious reforms aimed at meeting the world's food demands lie ahead for the agency that networks agricultural research in poor regions.
IREX latest entrant in US e-reader field
Dutch company IREX Technologies, a spinoff of Royal Philips Electronics, unveiled a new electronic reader for the US market on Wednesday, the latest entrant in an increasingly crowded field.
Baidu CEO draws big crowd in Google's backyard
(AP) -- The billionaire founder of a popular search engine drew a big crowd Wednesday at Stanford University - and it wasn't one of the guys that started Google...
Obesity could become top cancer cause
LONDON (AP) -- Being fat could become the leading cause of cancer in women in Western countries in the coming years, European researchers said Thursday....
Skin Deep: A Facial Filler Needs a Dose of Patience
Sculptra, a long-lasting filler that has been used since 2004 to plump the cheeks of H.I.V.-positive patients with facial wasting, is finally having its cosmetic debut.