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MIT helps develop image-recognition software
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...
Smoking Is Addictive, But Quitting Is Contagious
A study of 12,067 people over a period of 32 years has found that people quit smoking in droves. Through reconstructing the social network of the 12,067 individuals, researchers discovered...
Lenovo's net profit surges 200 percent on global sales
China's Lenovo, the world's fourth largest personal computer maker, said Thursday its net profit surged more than 200 percent in 2007-8 thanks to strong growth in sales across the world.
Australia cuts fed science jobs
SYDNEY, May 22 (UPI) -- Australia's science agency says it will cut up to 100 jobs and close labs in Victoria and Queensland because of reduced funding.
Bolivians granted free access to virtual libraries
An agreement signed in Bolivia guarantees free access to virtual libraries to support research for the next three years.
Napster narrows loss in 4Q; revenue up 6 percent
(AP) -- Napster Inc. said Wednesday its loss narrowed during its fiscal fourth quarter by nearly 50 percent from the same quarter a year earlier, as the online music...
IT companies now largest sector in S&P 500
(AP) -- Is the Internet boom back? No, but information technology companies have again overtaken the financial industry as the largest sector in the S&P 500 index, Standard &...
Facebook preparing for redesign to clear clutter
(AP) -- Having nearly tripled its audience and added about 20,000 new applications over the past year, Facebook Inc.'s popular online hangout is about to undergo a housecleaning.
Continuing Upward Pressure On Retail Gasoline Prices Expected
With the price of a barrel of oil hovering around $120, US drivers can expect to pay more at the pump in the near future, according to a new study.
New Web Site Answers Radiation Questions
In response to U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Chairman Dale Klein's comments that the radiation industry "has not been sufficiently proactive in educating the public about what is a real danger...
Japan cracks down on virus with copyright law
(AP) -- A student who allegedly spread a computer virus was convicted Friday of copyright infringement in a case that has highlighted the lack of laws in Japan to...
Review: Netflix delivers Internet movies to TV
(AP) -- It's the big horse race in the gadget market this year: Who's going to win consumers' hearts with a box that brings Internet movie downloads to the...
VIDEO: Winning GeoBee Questions
Host Alex Trebek asks the last three questions of the final round in the 2008 National Geographic Bee held in Washington, D.C.
Microsoft lures search traffic with cash rebates
(AP) -- Microsoft Corp. is offering cash rebates when people make purchases after using its search engine as the software maker begins to reveal how it plans to take...
Philippine provider to offer free phones
(AP) -- A Philippine mobile service provider plans to offer free service to subscribers who agree to receive advertisements on their cell phones, company officials said Tuesday.
Poland tackles science like a business
Polish leaders were disconcerted in January, when the nation's scientists came away empty-handed from the first round of applications for the European Research Council's starting-grant competition. The country is also...
Grain popper may help hungry Africans
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., May 21 (UPI) -- U.S. students and faculty at Purdue University in Indiana have modified a popping machine that might bring needed relief to malnourished...
Australian dilemma: too many kangaroos, too few devils
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) -- Too many kangaroos, too few Tasmanian devils. Two of the country's beloved icons are challenging Australians' thinking on wildlife management....
Canada's food safety ranking surprises researchers
Canada ranks fifth for food safety in a survey comparing 17 industrial countries, says a University of Regina study released Wednesday.
Grasshopper-Inspired Jumping Microrobot Can Make Staggering Leaps
Researchers from the Laboratory of Intelligent Systems at EPFL are unveiling a novel, grasshopper-inspired jumping robot at the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation. The robot weighs a minuscule...
Modeling How We See Natural Scenes
Sophisticated mathematical modeling methods and a "CatCam" that captures feline-centric video of a forest are two elements of a new effort to explain how the brain's visual circuitry processes real...
Time Warner to reap $9.25 billion windfall in cable spinoff
(AP) -- Time Warner Inc. said Wednesday it would formally split off its cable TV business, giving the media conglomerate a $9.25 billion windfall and allowing it to focus...
New journal highlights undergraduate research
Spanning topics as diverse as cancerous tumors and the overfishing of grouper in the Turks and Caicos Islands, a new journal aims to highlight the serious scientific research regularly undertaken by Harvard undergraduates. Editors...
Better business decisions with real-time data
They may look like ordinary washers and dryers to you, but to Hemant Jain they are the first steps into the future.
Merging 'control' software with smart devices could optimize manufacturing
Real-time access to manufacturing data is essential to modern factories. Researchers are developing software that takes advantage of the real-time data generated by smart devices to support real-time decision-making.
What Is The Value Of Biodiversity To Our Collective Future?
What will the loss of biodiversity cost us in the long term? How much do national economies need to invest now in order to stop the trend? And what price...
Invasive species test brings big prize for student
A high school student from Summerside, P.E.I., has won a $4,500 prize for developing a test for identifying minute amounts of DNA from the vase tunicate in water samples.
Honda's New Commitment To Hybrids
Honda will sell a new, improved and affordable gas-electric hybrid in the U.S., Japan and Europe starting in early 2009, underlining the Japanese automaker's commitment to "green" technology, the company...