Halos and horns: Fixing the 'taste' of diet soda
Apr 25, 2007 |
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University of Illinois researchers Soo-Yeun Lee and Shelly Schmidt are trying to solve a mystery: Why doesn't diet soda taste more like regular soda? Can a well-trained panel of "taste testers" pinpoint the exact problem? ...
Spreadsheets that use logic instead of math may revolutionize data management, scientists say
Technology / Computer Sciences
Apr 25, 2007 |
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What tool has uses for both the U.S. Army and the Stanford Computer Science Department? Logical spreadsheets—data management systems that use logic instead of math—allow easier manipulation of data, an idea that could have ...
Answers Sought for U.S. Broadband Decline
Apr 25, 2007 |
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A U.S. innovation brain drain, coupled with sloppy government handling of subsidy programs and data collection, have contributed to a decline in the country's broadband standing, technology experts told the Senate Commerce ...
So your company has let its customers down? Whatever you do, don't let them stew!
Apr 25, 2007 |
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In the business world, it's a fact of life that companies sometimes let their customers down. Whether the letdown is minor - such as forgetting to provide silverware at a restaurant - or major, such as making airline passengers ...
Update: HP Overhauls Printer Cartridge System
Apr 25, 2007 |
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Hewlett-Packard said on Tuesday it will be gradually changing the way the company delivers its inkjet cartridges by instituting three new color-coded categories and a lowered, two-tiered pricing scheme for its inkjet printer ...
Verizon Launches Global BlackBerry
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Apr 25, 2007 |
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The new Verizon BlackBerry 8830's killer feature is dual CDMA/GSM functionality, which makes it Verizon's first global BlackBerry.
Short chromosomes put cancer cells in forced rest
Apr 25, 2007 |
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A Johns Hopkins team has stopped in its tracks a form of blood cancer in mice by engineering and inactivating an enzyme, telomerase, thereby shortening the ends of chromosomes, called telomeres.
Satellites play vital role in understanding the carbon cycle
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Apr 25, 2007 |
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The global carbon cycle plays a vital role in climate change and is of intense importance to policy makers, but significant knowledge gaps remain in our understanding of it. Several scientists at the Envisat ...
1/3 of sexually active older adults with HIV/AIDs has unprotected sex
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Apr 25, 2007 |
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One out of three sexually active older adults infected with HIV has unprotected sex, according to a study by Ohio University researchers. A survey of 260 HIV-positive older adults found that of those having sex, most were ...
Eighteenth century writings of first gay activist discovered
Apr 25, 2007 |
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Excerpts from a 258-year-old book written by what is thought to be the first ever advocate for gay rights have been discovered by a University of Manchester academic. Dr Hal Gladfelder from the School of Arts, Histories and ...
Study: Old oil spill affects wildlife
Apr 25, 2007 |
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U.S. scientists have found the first evidence of biological effects of an oil spill that occurred 38 years ago in a marsh that apparently had recovered.
Tech Industry Boasts Biggest Job Growth Since Bust
Apr 25, 2007 |
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Though still down 12 percent of its work force since 2000, the high-tech industry has made great strides in the past two years, finds a recent report.
2nd gene linked to fragile X retardation
Apr 25, 2007 |
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Researchers in Florida have discovered a new gene that appears to contribute to fragile X syndrome, the major cause of genetic retardation.
Canada's new government to ban inefficient light bulbs
Apr 25, 2007 |
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The Honourable Gary Lunn, Minister of Natural Resources, joined by the Honourable John Baird, Minister of the Environment, announced today that Canada’s New Government is taking another important step to protect the environment ...
HP Unveils New Data Warehouse, BI Services
Apr 25, 2007 |
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The new storage and business intelligence system, designed for Global 2000 companies, features high-performance analytics and high-capacity storage.
