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5-day delivery no sure cure for postal woes, economist says
Nov 23, 2009 |
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Scaling back mail delivery from six days a week to five may be the best bet to stem mounting U.S. Postal Service losses, but could still be a gamble, says a University of Illinois economist who has studied the agency's persistent ...
Revisiting the anthrax attacks
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Jan 22, 2009 |
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When anthrax was sent through the U.S. Postal Service in 2001, an overwhelming majority of postal workers elected not to be inoculated with the available vaccine because of confusion and distrust, according to a University ...
Star Wars' Stamp Put to a Vote
Mar 30, 2007 |
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The United States Postal Service has decided to commemorate the 30th anniversary of Star Wars with a stamp. Which one it is is up to you.
Electronic methods potentially secure for sending blank ballots overseas
Dec 23, 2008 |
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Electronic technologies could be deployed immediately and reliably to augment slower postal mail for distributing ballots to U.S. citizens living abroad, but using telephone, e-mail, and the Web to transmit completed ballots ...
Bing ads to warn of online scams
Sep 30, 2009 |
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Microsoft on Tuesday began serving up scam warnings with Bing search results for topics such as fixing credit scores or rescue from home foreclosure that are prime material for online cons.
Sirius XM passing $2 royalty fees to subscribers
Sep 30, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Listeners of Sirius XM Radio Inc. are getting $2 fees added to their monthly satellite radio bills, in what's effectively a price increase for consumers.
Game utilizes human intuition to help computers solve complex problems
Technology / Computer Sciences
Jul 27, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A new computer game prototype combines work and play to help solve a fundamental problem underlying many computer hardware design tasks.
Getting the word out when the need for speed is critical to public health
Apr 03, 2009 |
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When the need for speed is critical, how can a public health department communicate with doctors and hospitals, sending alerts to help prevent or stop a public health crisis? How can thousands of health-care ...
Students test 'space postal service' during Foton mission
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
May 10, 2007 |
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How do you deliver a parcel down to Earth from space without using a rocket engine and fuel" The answer is YES2, a student experiment that was prepared, built and tested at ESA's research and technology centre, ...
Unique electronic strategy alerts physicians to latest clinical information on H1N1 flu
May 05, 2009 |
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History was made at 2:30 p.m. (EDT) on Wednesday, April 29, when more than 3,000 physicians in Indianapolis were sent a broadcast alert on swine flu (H1N1 virus) from the Marion County Health Department. The message was of ...
Physicist's Snowflake Images Get Stuck
Oct 15, 2006 |
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Physicist Kenneth Libbrecht’s snowflake images have gotten stuck--on a stamp. Last week the United States Postal Service issued four new 39-cent commemorative postage stamps based on Libbrecht’s high-resolution ...
New study looks at re-identification risks
Oct 14, 2009 |
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A recent study led by Dr. Khaled El Emam, the Canada Research Chair in Electronic Health Information at the CHEO Research Institute, found that the information in hospital prescription records can quite easily re-identify ...
Researchers discover links between city walkability and air pollution exposure
Nov 02, 2009 |
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A new study compares neighborhoods' walkability (degree of ease for walking) with local levels of air pollution and finds that some neighborhoods might be good for walking, but have poor air quality. Researchers involved ...
EU: Telecom deregulation good for consumer
Dec 22, 2005 |
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Telecommunication reforms have led to better services and cheaper prices in Europe, the European Union reported Thursday.
Study: Workplace aggression commonplace
Jan 18, 2006 |
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A McMaster University study indicates 47 million U.S. residents are victims of workplace aggression, with the general public the primary source of abuse.
