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(PhysOrg.com) -- The genetically modified cyanobacterium consumes carbon dioxide and produces the liquid fuel isobutanol by using energy from sunlight. http://www.physorg.com/news179683624.html Biology Thu, 10 Dec 2009 16:07:55 EST news179683624 (PhysOrg.com) -- Supply chain expert Panos Kouvelis says it's time for the auto industry to go through a period of capacity rationalization. http://www.physorg.com/news177341762.html Other Sciences Fri, 13 Nov 2009 13:50:03 EST news177341762 (PhysOrg.com) -- NICTA, Australia`s Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Research Centre of Excellence, has successfully demonstrated technology that reduces the amount of radio interference in 3G networks with femtocells. http://www.physorg.com/news177060560.html Technology Tue, 10 Nov 2009 08:00:02 EST news177060560 (AP) -- Nokia Siemens Networks said Tuesday it will lay off up to 5,700 workers globally as part of a move to cut annual costs by euro500 million ($740 million). http://www.physorg.com/news176466789.html Technology Tue, 03 Nov 2009 10:50:05 EST news176466789 President Barack Obama announced on Tuesday that his administration plans to spend $3.4 billion on producing a safer, more efficient electrical grid. Obama underscored the need to find clean forms of energy by making his announcement at a solar energy facility in Arcadia, Fla. http://www.physorg.com/news176060337.html Technology Thu, 29 Oct 2009 18:50:02 EST news176060337 Paved parking lots and driveways make our lives easier, but they often create an easy pathway for pollutants to reach underground water sources and alter the natural flow of water back into the ground. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today announced a study that will investigate ways to reduce pollution that can run off paved surfaces and improve how water filters back into the ground. http://www.physorg.com/news175952358.html Space & Earth Wed, 28 Oct 2009 12:39:52 EST news175952358 (PhysOrg.com) -- The National Science Foundation (NSF)-funded Taj network has expanded to the Global Ring Network for Advanced Application Development (GLORIAD), wrapping another ring of light around the northern hemisphere for science and education. Taj now connects India, Singapore, Vietnam and Egypt to the GLORIAD global infrastructure and dramatically improves existing U.S. network links with China and the Nordic region. http://www.physorg.com/news174842700.html Technology Thu, 15 Oct 2009 16:25:29 EST news174842700 If you have ever taken a long road trip, the windshield of your car will inevitably be splattered with bugs by the time you arrive at your destination. Could the DNA left behind be used to estimate the diversity of insects in the region? In a study published online in Genome Research, scientists answered this question, utilizing a novel analysis pipeline that will accelerate future studies of biodiversity. http://www.physorg.com/news174244985.html Biology Thu, 08 Oct 2009 18:50:01 EST news174244985 Government agencies and other organizations planning to use WiMAX -- Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access -networks can get technical advice on improving the security of their systems from a draft computer security guide prepared by the National Institute of Standards and Technology. http://www.physorg.com/news174134025.html Technology Wed, 07 Oct 2009 11:34:09 EST news174134025 (AP) -- When swine flu broke out, the government revved up a massive information campaign centered on three words: Wash your hands. The Obama administration now wants to convey similarly clear and concise guidance about one of the biggest national security threats in your home and office - the computer. http://www.physorg.com/news173874690.html Technology Sun, 04 Oct 2009 11:50:01 EST news173874690 The San Diego Supercomputer Center at UC San Diego is part of a team chosen by the National Science Foundation to build and run an experimental high-performance grid test-bed, allowing researchers to collaboratively develop and test new approaches to parallel, grid and cloud computing. http://www.physorg.com/news173453514.html Technology Tue, 29 Sep 2009 14:50:03 EST news173453514 A recent commentary suggests that the U.S. should spend roughly $197 million more than it currently does to research the impact of climate change on public health. http://www.physorg.com/news173096655.html Space & Earth Fri, 25 Sep 2009 11:50:01 EST news173096655 (PhysOrg.com) -- A European research project works out how to keep car-to-car data transmissions private and secure from malicious hackers. http://www.physorg.com/news172175208.html Technology Mon, 14 Sep 2009 20:00:01 EST news172175208 (AP) -- Intel Corp., the world's biggest computer chip maker, said Monday that Pat Gelsinger, who ran Intel's main division, and Bruce Sewell, Intel's top lawyer, are leaving the company. http://www.physorg.com/news172166210.html Technology Mon, 14 Sep 2009 17:30:05 EST news172166210 Europe has turned its early belief and investment in the potential of e-Infrastructures and virtual research into a position of great strength, especially in e-Science and grid technology, such as the GÉANT network dedicated to research and education. http://www.physorg.com/news171547220.html Technology Mon, 07 Sep 2009 13:10:01 EST news171547220 (PhysOrg.com) -- In spite of rising energy prices, many car drivers in large cities still ride alone. The OpenRide mobile ridesharing service aims to save them money while reducing the amount of traffic and thus the burden on the environment. At the IFA international consumer electronics exhibition in Berlin (September 4 to 9) Fraunhofer researchers are presenting a prototype of their open infrastructure for organizing spontaneous ridesharing opportunities, at the TecWatch technology forum in Hall 5.3. http://www.physorg.com/news171211767.html Technology Thu, 03 Sep 2009 16:20:02 EST news171211767 The U.S. has taken the next step toward construction of the revolutionary Ocean Observatories Initiative (OOI): a network of ocean observing components, and their associated cyberinfrastructure, that will allow scientists to examine ocean processes on global, regional and coastal scales. http://www.physorg.com/news171122163.html Space & Earth Wed, 02 Sep 2009 16:00:04 EST news171122163 (AP) -- A federal appeals court on Monday reversed a judge's decision that granted the copyright of the Unix computer operating system to Novell Inc. http://www.physorg.com/news170416443.html Technology Tue, 25 Aug 2009 10:54:30 EST news170416443 After a big earthquake, it's key to keep the water system afloat. Water is necessary for life, and it fights the fires that often accompany such disasters. http://www.physorg.com/news169818899.html Technology Tue, 18 Aug 2009 13:20:01 EST news169818899 Quantum technologies have become the Holy Grail of the IT industry with research projects springing up all over Europe. Now a major effort is being made to spur development by adopting a coordinated, structured approach. http://www.physorg.com/news166450015.html Technology Fri, 10 Jul 2009 13:16:18 EST news166450015 (PhysOrg.com) -- Dartmouth researchers who were pioneers in Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) - a system that secures and authenticates computer communications - are now playing leading roles establishing Internet standards and guidelines for security. http://www.physorg.com/news166192419.html Technology Tue, 07 Jul 2009 13:34:14 EST news166192419 Britain on Tuesday declared a goal to become the world's "digital capital" by building cutting-edge broadband, telecoms and media infrastructure to cement its role as a "global economic powerhouse". http://www.physorg.com/news164380104.html Technology Tue, 16 Jun 2009 16:30:02 EST news164380104 President Barack Obama's announcement today (May 29) that he will create a cybersecurity coordinator in the White House with responsibility for information security is a step in the right direction, but more has to be done to protect America's network infrastructure from attacks, according to an Indiana University cybersecurity expert. http://www.physorg.com/news162825782.html Technology Fri, 29 May 2009 14:23:34 EST news162825782 For one international community - the 165,000 strong Inuit community dispersed across the Arctic coastline in small, remote coastal settlements in Alaska, Canada, Greenland and Siberia - it is already too late to prevent some of the negative effects of climate change. http://www.physorg.com/news162707854.html Space & Earth Thu, 28 May 2009 05:38:18 EST news162707854 Continuing its expansion into lucrative business niches, Cisco Systems on Monday will announce its entrance into the smart grid infrastructure market, which the company estimates will grow to $20 billion a year within the next five years. http://www.physorg.com/news161875257.html Technology Mon, 18 May 2009 14:21:38 EST news161875257 The loss and fragmentation of Texas' farms, ranches and forests is part of a continued trend that highlights the importance of rural lands in maintaining the state's natural resources and economic base, according to a newly released study. http://www.physorg.com/news159727715.html Space & Earth Thu, 23 Apr 2009 17:48:57 EST news159727715 (AP) -- The challenge of protecting the government's computer networks is too big for any one agency to handle alone, a top adviser to President Barack Obama said Wednesday. That suggests the administration doesn't intend to consolidate control of U.S. cybersecurity under a single department like the National Security Agency, as some have feared. http://www.physorg.com/news159694424.html Technology Thu, 23 Apr 2009 08:34:53 EST news159694424 Researchers at the Medical College of Wisconsin Biotechnology and Bioengineering Center in Milwaukee have just made the very expensive and promising area of protein research more accessible to scientists worldwide. http://www.physorg.com/news158583793.html Medicine & Health Fri, 10 Apr 2009 12:04:03 EST news158583793 Chinese and Russian cyber-spies have hacked into the US electricity grid and inserted programs that could be used to disrupt the system, a report said Wednesday. http://www.physorg.com/news158409303.html Technology Wed, 08 Apr 2009 11:35:26 EST news158409303 Australia announced plans to build a 30 billion US dollar broadband network, its biggest infrastructure project ever, opting to retain government control rather than contract out the deal. http://www.physorg.com/news158302467.html Technology Tue, 07 Apr 2009 05:55:01 EST news158302467