New sensor will help guarantee freshness
Mar 15, 2006 |
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Grocers, florists and even pharmacists may soon have a better way to monitor the quality of the products they get from suppliers: a sensor that will tell how long before a product spoils or passes its expiration ...
Hansen and Langlands win Nemmers prizes
Mar 15, 2006 |
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Lars Peter Hansen and Robert Langlands are the recipients of the 2006 Nemmers Prizes in economics and mathematics, Northwestern University announced.
International Council on Nanotechnology studies occupational safeguards
Mar 15, 2006 |
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The International Council on Nanotechnology (ICON) has awarded $55,000 to researchers at the University of California, Santa Barbara to conduct a "Review of Best Practices for Nanotechnology Safety."
Briefs: Support for certified e-mail grows
Mar 15, 2006 |
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Certified e-mail should encourage people to use the Internet more to do business, a research group reported.
New security toolbar rates e-mail senders
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Internet users have a new ally in the uncertain world of e-mail, as security vendor CipherTrust this week unveiled a toolbar for e-mail clients that lets users know how trustworthy the mail they're receiving is.
Briefs: India plans to cull 75,000 birds
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More reports of avian flu outbreaks in India have reportedly led government officials in New Delhi to order the cull of 75,000 birds in four villages.
Online bullying taking a toll on kids
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Bullies are found as much in cyberspace as on the playground, a survey found.
China vows to tackle telecom complaints
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The Chinese government has promised to improve telecommunications services by tackling a list of customer complaints.
Firm offers downloadable mobile upgrades
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Some Vodafone 3G customers in Japan will soon be able to upgrade their phones without setting foot in a service center, thanks to an agreement with Red Bend.
Briefs: XO adds origination to wholesale VoIP
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XO communications Wednesday added a voice-origination service to its wholesale Voice over Internet Protocol solutions.
New test of snow's thickness may 'bear' results key to polar climate studies, wildlife habitat
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A NASA-funded expedition to the Arctic to map the thickness of snow has a legion of unexpected furry fans hailing from one of the world's coldest regions: polar bears.
New language transforms business reporting
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"It's about better, faster and cheaper business reporting," says Olivier Servais, director of the IST project XBRL Europe. "This was once done with proprietary electronic formats. XBRL (eXtensible Business Reporting Language) ...
Puget Sound cleanup planned
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Three environmental organizations say they are starting a long-term, multi-billion-dollar effort to return Puget Sound to health.
