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Algebra Adds Value To Mathematical Biology Education
As mathematics continues to become an increasingly important component in undergraduate biology programs, a more comprehensive understanding of the use of algebraic models is needed by the next generation of...
Democrats win approval of health bill in committee
(AP) -- President Barack Obama and congressional Democrats are looking ahead to a health care showdown on the House floor in September following a key committee's passage of sweeping...
British hacker loses bid to avoid US extradition
A Briton accused of hacking into US military and NASA computers on Friday lost his latest legal bid to avoid extradition to the United States.
Conflating Open Access With Copyright Reform: Not Helpful to Open Access
SUMMARY: Professor Shavell's paper on copyright abolition conflates (i) books with journal articles, (ii) Gold OA with Green OA, and (iii) the problem of Open Access with the problem...
Anti-theft software could create security hole
(AP) -- A piece of anti-theft software built into many laptops at the factory opens a serious security hole, according to research presented Thursday.
Disability benefit claims surging
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Social Security officials say they expect an even larger spike in new disability claims than they had expected, as aging, injured baby boomers...
How to Go: Car Navigation Options
Rafe Needleman Compares Built-in, Dashtop and Smartphone Driving Guides in his Latest Look at Real Technology
Planned Parenthood executive denounces Orange County officials
Jon Dunn says the county made it impossible to use tobacco settlement funds for a breast health program. The county says the group missed a deadline, but Dunn says abortion is the...
House committee rejects limiting abortion coverage in healthcare overhaul
The amendment, which was approved at first, is shot down during a second vote. ...
Genetic Tests Advertised Directly To The Consumer
Genetic testing services have recently begun to be advertised directly to the patient, and the results of the consumers' response can affect public health, as well as the future adoption...
House Approves New Food-Safety Laws
The House passed legislation to require more frequent inspections of food-processing plants and to give the government the authority to order the recall of tainted foods.
In House, Freshman Democrats Make a Stand
Junior Democrats want to be sure they can embrace the emerging health care plan, particularly after they had to cast a difficult vote on climate-change legislation.
What's to become of Microsoft's answer to the iPod?
Microsoft Corp.'s quarterly earnings report last week featured a number of grim statistics, including a relatively overlooked, albeit steep decline related to its Zune portable media player_potentially adding more uncertainty...
UPI NewsTrack Health and Science News
Study: Jellyfish help oceans mix it up ... Space shuttle to return to Earth Friday ... Study: Comets once had watery interiors ... FTC tries to block device-maker's purchase ......
Game makers pause, reload: Are price cuts next?
Kathleen Byrnes and Justin Choi, a married couple attending medical school at Tulane University, say $40 is just too much to fork over for a Nintendo Wii game they might...
Seeking efficiency, scientists run visualizations directly on supercomputers
(PhysOrg.com) -- If you wanted to perform a single run of a current model of the explosion of a star on your home computer, it would take more than three...
Microsoft CEO: Windows Eyeing Competition
Steve Ballmer Addresses Threats to Microsoft's Biggest Economic Engine
LG Unveils New LG Chocolate Cell Phone (LG-BL40)
LG Electronics officially revealed today the full image and key specifications of the new LG Chocolate phone (model: LG-BL40).
Friday is last day to apply for digital TV coupon
(AP) -- The government program that provides $40 coupons for digital TV converter boxes is winding down.
Consumers pay $34 billion for alternative medicine
ATLANTA (AP) -- Americans spend about $34 billion annually on alternative medicine, according to the first national estimate of such out-of-pocket spending in more than a...
Congress nearly looks other way on obesity
WASHINGTON, July 30 (UPI) -- The U.S. Congress, dealing with the weighty issue of healthcare reform, has all-but ignored obesity, the biggest issue health professionals say America faces.
Computer giant Dell fined in Taiwan over consumer dispute
Taiwanese authorities on Thursday fined US computer giant Dell one million Taiwan dollars (30,500 US) for customer rights infringements after it failed to honour an online price offer.
Dutch court rules Pirate Bay must quit Netherlands
(AP) -- A Dutch court ruled Thursday that three men connected with Web site The Pirate Bay must block traffic between the site and the Netherlands within 10 days.
A police woman fights quantum hacking and cracking
The first desktop computers changed the way we managed data forever. Three decades after their introduction, we rely on them to manage our time, social life and finances ― and...
Bulgaria needs investors to save nuclear plant plan
SOFIA (Reuters) - Bulgaria's new center-right government must find private investors for its majority stake in the planned Belene nuclear power plant or abandon the project, parliamentarians said on Thursday.
Dems Call for Texting While Driving Ban
Senators Propose Bill That Would Require States to Impose Ban or Face Cut in Highway Funds
Stimulus Funds Will Help Researchers Modernize the National Power Grid
Electrical engineering researchers at the University of Arkansas and the University of South Carolina were informed this week that they will receive federal economic stimulus funds via the National Science...
Video surveillance expands in P.E.I. schools
The Eastern School District has begun to install surveillance cameras in all its schools, following the lead of the Western School Board, which put them in its high schools three...