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(AP) -- President Barack Obama will find out two things as he studies how to make the White House more environmentally friendly: http://www.physorg.com/news157533249.html Space & Earth Sun, 29 Mar 2009 08:14:42 EST news157533249 The US administration Friday announced updated automobile fuel efficiency standards for new vehicles starting with the 2011 model year that aim to reduce gasoline consumption and emissions. http://www.physorg.com/news157384565.html Technology Fri, 27 Mar 2009 14:56:23 EST news157384565 Tempting as it is to demonize greedy Wall Street bankers for the nation's economic ills, the real cause is far more insidious than a handful of selfish individuals--and may prove resistant to the Obama administration's latest proposed reforms, says economist Daniel Friedman, author of the new book Morals and Markets. http://www.physorg.com/news157311184.html Other Sciences Thu, 26 Mar 2009 18:34:15 EST news157311184 (AP) -- President Barack Obama kicked off a first-of-its-kind Internet-era town hall at the White House on Thursday, pushing hard for public support of his $3.6 trillion budget and asking people to be patient with work his administration is doing to revive the tottering economy. http://www.physorg.com/news157290034.html Technology Thu, 26 Mar 2009 12:40:54 EST news157290034 (AP) -- President Barack Obama says he is extraordinarily proud of the astronauts aboard the linked shuttle-space station complex. http://www.physorg.com/news157113500.html Space & Earth Tue, 24 Mar 2009 11:38:35 EST news157113500 "You've come a long way, baby." - Virginia Slims cigarette campaign http://www.physorg.com/news157038193.html Other Sciences Mon, 23 Mar 2009 14:43:45 EST news157038193 (AP) -- The new head of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration will not only be talking the talk on global warming, she will be walking the walk - eight blocks from the Metro station to her office. http://www.physorg.com/news156714484.html Space & Earth Thu, 19 Mar 2009 20:49:55 EST news156714484 President Barack Obama Thursday unveiled a 2.4 billion dollar boost for electric vehicle development, vowing to compete with foreign nations in the race to be world leader on renewable energy. http://www.physorg.com/news156703825.html Technology Thu, 19 Mar 2009 17:50:49 EST news156703825 (AP) -- It's not just consumer groups anymore that say the U.S. food safety system is broken. http://www.physorg.com/news156663460.html Medicine & Health Thu, 19 Mar 2009 06:38:19 EST news156663460 (AP) -- Your lungs may work just fine, but the estimated price for universal health care could take your breath away. Health policy experts say guaranteeing coverage for all Americans may cost about $1.5 trillion over the next decade. That would be more than double the $634 billion 'down payment' President Barack Obama set aside for health reform in his budget. http://www.physorg.com/news156595884.html Medicine & Health Wed, 18 Mar 2009 11:55:03 EST news156595884 Recent news reports indicate a computer containing confidential information about the helicopter that transports President Barack Obama was breached by a computer in Iran. In January, Heartland Payment Systems, a company that provides credit and debit card, payroll and related processing services to more than 250,000 business locations nationwide, announced it had a data breach that potentially exposed credit card numbers, expiration dates and other data. The Heartland breach includes about 700 Penn State purchasing cards, which are in the process of being replaced. http://www.physorg.com/news156530590.html Technology Tue, 17 Mar 2009 17:43:57 EST news156530590 New research carried out at the University of Leicester suggests that Barack Obama has become a 'glorious mascot' for biethnic people seeking to achieve in the workplace. http://www.physorg.com/news156521333.html Other Sciences Tue, 17 Mar 2009 15:09:22 EST news156521333 Faced with a new federal policy that opens the door for more embryonic stem cell research, conservatives have geared up for a political battle at the national and state level that goes to the core of their beliefs about the sanctity of human life. http://www.physorg.com/news156451856.html Biology Mon, 16 Mar 2009 19:51:40 EST news156451856 (AP) -- The nation's food safety system is a "hazard to public health" and overdue for an overhaul, President Barack Obama said Saturday as he filled the top job at the Food and Drug Administration. http://www.physorg.com/news156269046.html Medicine & Health Sat, 14 Mar 2009 17:04:30 EST news156269046 Tuesday, President Barack Obama announced a new education reform, calling for a merit-pay system for teachers in hopes of improving student performance. As the nation's public schools spend $187 billion in salaries, based on the latest Department of Education data, University of Missouri researcher Michael Podgursky has found a link between teacher pay and student achievement. http://www.physorg.com/news156161087.html Other Sciences Fri, 13 Mar 2009 11:07:01 EST news156161087 (AP) -- The White House's first chief information officer, Vivek Kundra, wants Americans to have access to more government data to drive innovation and help stimulate the economy. http://www.physorg.com/news156083642.html Technology Thu, 12 Mar 2009 13:34:52 EST news156083642 (AP) -- A showdown is shaping up in some of the nation's most conservative states over embryonic stem cell research, as opponents draw language and tactics from the battle over abortion to counter President Barack Obama's plan to ease research restrictions. http://www.physorg.com/news156013060.html Biology Wed, 11 Mar 2009 17:58:21 EST news156013060 US retail titan Wal-Mart is poised to enter the medical data market with the launch of a package that would help small doctor's practices to digitize their medical records, a spokeswoman said Wednesday. http://www.physorg.com/news156003028.html Technology Wed, 11 Mar 2009 15:11:05 EST news156003028 Shuttle Discovery is set to launch from Kennedy Space Center at about 9:20 p.m. Wednesday, leaving only eight more scheduled missions before NASA retires the fleet in 2010 - and devastates the Space Coast economy. http://www.physorg.com/news155940564.html Space & Earth Tue, 10 Mar 2009 21:49:47 EST news155940564 Macon Phillips understands the new media scene, one that combines politics and technology to talk directly to the people. Phillips works for President Barack Obama as the White House's new media director, a new job for an administration that embraces technology. http://www.physorg.com/news155496200.html Technology Thu, 05 Mar 2009 17:24:36 EST news155496200 Valentino Stella had not expected President Barack Obama to mention science in his inaugural address. But when he promised to "restore science to its rightful place, and wield technology's wonders to raise health-care's quality and lower its cost," Stella, like other area researchers, took notice. http://www.physorg.com/news155481968.html Other Sciences Thu, 05 Mar 2009 13:27:36 EST news155481968 President Barack Obama on Tuesday restored rules requiring assessment by wildlife experts on the impact of government projects on endangered species, revoking the policy of the former Bush administration. http://www.physorg.com/news155322997.html Biology Tue, 03 Mar 2009 17:17:18 EST news155322997 The halls of the US Congress are alive with the sounds of Twitter. Members of the Senate and House of Representatives -- or their aides -- are tapping out dozens of the micro messages a day on cellphones and computers from offices, committee meetings and even the floor of the legislature. http://www.physorg.com/news155191526.html Technology Mon, 02 Mar 2009 04:45:51 EST news155191526 President Obama spurred a dramatic change in the way whites think about African-Americans before he had even set foot in the Oval Office, according to a new study. http://www.physorg.com/news153660297.html Other Sciences Thu, 12 Feb 2009 11:25:26 EST news153660297 President Barack Obama has made his intention of eliminating all nuclear weapons a tenet of his administration's foreign policy. Professor Sidney Drell, a US theoretical physicist and arms-control expert, explains in February's Physics World what Obama needs to do to make that honourable intention a reality. http://www.physorg.com/news152966953.html Physics Wed, 04 Feb 2009 10:49:45 EST news152966953 With a new occupant in the White House, California could soon start enforcing its 2002 law that requires a sharp reduction in vehicle emissions. http://www.physorg.com/news151934834.html Space & Earth Fri, 23 Jan 2009 12:07:39 EST news151934834 About nine in 10 Americans heard the rumor that Barack Obama is a Muslim, making it possibly the most prevalent rumor of the 2008 presidential campaign, according to a nationwide survey. However, only 22 percent of those surveyed said they actually believed that Obama is a Muslim. http://www.physorg.com/news151851768.html Other Sciences Thu, 22 Jan 2009 13:03:21 EST news151851768 Solar-industry executives paint a bright future for their industry, one where photovoltaic panels adorn roofs of homes and businesses and huge power plants capture the sun's rays to generate electricity. But the industry currently finds itself under cloudy skies and buffeted by threatening winds. http://www.physorg.com/news151834908.html Technology Thu, 22 Jan 2009 08:22:14 EST news151834908 There is a fear that when Barack Obama is sworn in as the 44th American president on Tuesday, our population's addiction to instant communication will cripple the networks we use for messaging. http://www.physorg.com/news151648953.html Technology Tue, 20 Jan 2009 04:43:56 EST news151648953 Race and gender influence the way politicians speak, which is not always to their advantage. Camelia Suleiman from Florida International University and Daniel O'Connell from Georgetown University in the US have come to this conclusion as a result of their findings¹, published online in Springer's Journal of Psycholinguistic Research. http://www.physorg.com/news151065736.html Medicine & Health Tue, 13 Jan 2009 10:42:16 EST news151065736