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Engineering Researcher Seeks Answers To Asteroid Deflection
An Asteroid Deflection Research Center has been established on the Iowa State campus to bring researchers from around the world to develop asteroid deflection technologies. Despite the lack of an...
Most Developing Countries Ill-equipped To Ensure Global Biosafety
A two-year study of internationally funded training programs in biotechnology and biosafety warns that as many as 100 developing countries are unprepared to effectively manage and monitor the use of...
HHMI gives $600 million for med research
CHEVY CHASE, Md., May 28 (UPI) -- The Howard Hughes Medical Institute announced a $600 million program to support research by 56 top U.S. scientists.
Scientists build a better DNA molecule
Building faultless objects from faulty components may seem like alchemy. Yet scientists from the Weizmann Institute`s Computer Science and Applied Mathematics, and Biological Chemistry Departments have achieved just that, using...
Multispectral imaging technology updated
ATLANTA, May 27 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists say they have developed a narrow-band filter mosaic that will expand the uses of multispectral imaging.
Sipping Beauty: Tranquilitea, a Steeping Makeover from the Inside Out, Vies for National Title
Cornell food science students and the "cosmeceutical" TranquiliTea they developed will vie against the FruitZicle, Dream Pie Bars, Ediballs and two other student-developed products in the finals of the annual...
US scientist gives Israeli prize to Palestinians
A Brown University professor said Monday that he is donating his share of a prestigious Israeli mathematics prize to advance the education of Palestinian students.
BCE shares rise as Supreme Court agrees to speedy hearing
Shares of BCE jumped Tuesday after the Supreme Court of Canada agreed to fast track a hearing that could determine the fate of the biggest takeover in Canadian history.
Government wireless airwaves auction underway
A widely anticipated government auction of wireless airwaves begins Tuesday, starting a process consumers hope will pave the way for increased competition and lower prices in Canada's cellphone market.
Raising A Stop Sign To Human Traffic
Trade in people is not a new phenomenon, but the modern manifestation of slavery, according to US researchers. However, writing in the Journal of Global Business Advancement, they point out...
How The CBS-CNET Deal Came About
It all started with a call from Leslie Moonves. CNET and CBS filed with the SEC this slow Friday afternoon, and the filing describes the full process. The relevant part,...
Gas Prices Fuel Comeback Of Bike Patrols
As the price of gas approaches $4 across the country, law enforcement is feeling the pinch just like everyone else. Some departments are going back to a community policing tactic...
Borders returns to Web retailing after 7 years
(AP) -- Borders Group is jumping back into online retailing with a Web site designed to evoke the feeling of browsing at a neighborhood bookstore, down to the popular...
Google: Viacom's YouTube suit threatens freedom
(AP) -- A $1 billion copyright infringement lawsuit challenging YouTube's ability to keep copyrighted material off its popular video-sharing site threatens how hundreds of millions of people exchange all...
Internet protesters to descend on Ottawa
Hundreds of protesters are expected to descend on Parliament Hill on Tuesday to urge government action on keeping the internet free from interference by service providers.
Scientists call on federal government to release asbestos study
Two internationally recognized experts who contributed to a Health Canada study on the cancer risks of asbestos are appealing to the federal health minister to make their report public.
Transforming buses into mobile sensing platforms
Public buses could be transformed into mobile sensing platforms, sending out information for traffic management, road safety and even hazard alerts thanks to the work of European researchers.
Program gives home buyers 3D help
A program has been developed that allows real estate buyers to view a property and its suburb in 3D, along with plans, Certificates of Title and sale information.
May stay under new wage package: resigning pathologist
A St. John's pathologist who tendered his resignation says a new wage package may keep him on the job.
New website helps pair up Halifax commuters
Halifax wants more commuters to carpool to help cut down traffic congestion and the emission of greenhouse gases.
Toyota, Hino to help develop road-rail vehicle: spokesman
Japan's Toyota Motor Corp. and its truck-making affiliate have joined a project to develop an environmentally friendly vehicle capable of moving both on roads and railways, an official said Monday.
Samsung Electronics unveils new SSD
Samsung Electronics Co, the world's largest computer chip maker, said Monday it has developed a new solid-state drive which is expected to replace hard disk drives in laptop computers.
NetFlix Offers A "Stream" Of Movie Rental
CBS News technology analyst Larry Magid test drives and critiques the instant online movie rental service from NetFlix.
J.R. Simplot, potato and computer chip king, dies
(AP) -- Billionaire J.R. Simplot, the spud king of America whose wealth also helped create one of the world's biggest computer chip makers, died Sunday at his Boise home....
New Image-recognition Software Could Let Computers 'See' Like Humans Do
It takes surprisingly few pixels of information to be able to identify the subject of an image, a team led by an MIT researcher has found. The discovery could lead...
MPs back personal carbon credits
Ministers should go ahead with the idea of personal "carbon credits", a committee of MPs says.
Private psychiatrists offer free service to troops
(AP) -- Thousands of private counselors are offering free services to troops returning from Iraq and Afghanistan with mental health problems, jumping in to help because the military is...
Italy Plans to Resume Building Atomic Plants
The announcement to resume building nuclear energy plants within five years reflected growing concern in Europe over the skyrocketing price of oil and energy security.