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Will Wright to leave Electronic Arts

Technology / Business

created Apr 08, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- Will Wright, the video game designer behind such hits as "The Sims" and "Spore," is leaving game publisher Electronic Arts Inc. after 12 years.


Students cut grass with robotic-controlled mower

Electronics / Robotics

created May 31, 2007 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Cutting the lawn has taken on significant importance for a group of Wright State University students. The 11-member team is entered in the Fourth Annual Institute of Navigation (ION) Autonomous Lawnmower Competition hosted ...


Researchers identify novel regulatory mechanism in inflammatory signaling of immune cells

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Jan 08, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Using cancer cells that were originally isolated from an anaplastic large cell lymphoma patient, two researchers, including a faculty member of The University of Texas at Austin's College of Pharmacy, have ...


K-State researcher says happy employees are critical for an organization's success

K-State researcher says happy employees are critical for an organization's success

Other Sciences / Other

created Feb 03, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

One's happiness might seem like a personal subject, but a Kansas State University researcher says employers should be concerned about the well-being of their employees because it could be the underlying factor ...


Pediatricians take on bullies, dating violence

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jun 13, 2009 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (3) | comments 2

(AP) -- The American Academy of Pediatrics wants doctors to take an active role in preventing bullying in schools and violence among dating teenagers.


Pediatrics: Kids need specialized care in hospital emergency departments

Medicine & Health / Other

created Sep 21, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

According to a recent IOM report, only 6 percent of U.S. hospital emergency departments are fully equipped to properly care for children. With high rates of novel H1N1 (swine) flu expected this winter, the time to address ...


Raven teenager gangs play by game theory

Biology / Plants & Animals

created May 22, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Game theory models predicted that young ravens gain the greatest advantage from hunting in a pack. Now the young birds have figured this out for themselves, and form gangs to oust older raven pairs from tasty carcasses.


Employee cardiovascular health relates to psychological well-being

Medicine & Health / Health

created Mar 18, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A Kansas State University researcher has found a link between physical and mental well-being that employees and employers may be able to capitalize on to improve both the health, and potentially the wealth, of their organization ...


Researchers develop process for 'surgical' genetic changes

Biology / Biotechnology

created Jul 20, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 3

Research led by scientists at Iowa State University's Plant Sciences Institute has resulted in a process that will make genetic changes in plant genes much more efficient, practical and safe.


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Honeybees not fooled by cheating flowers

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Apr 15, 2009 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Flowers that want to cheat pollinators by not paying them for their services shouldn’t try to lure them in using floral scents, scientists at Newcastle University have shown.


Teen devises prayer app for iPhone

Technology / Software

created Jul 26, 2009 | popularity 2.7 / 5 (3) | comments 4

For eons, people have reached out to the Almighty with prayers and supplications. Soon they might be able to use their iPhones.


Hard work while fatigued affects blood pressure

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jun 26, 2008 | popularity 4 / 5 (7) | comments 0

Working hard when fatigued may be admired by many Americans, but it is a virtue that could be harmful to one's health, according to new research by psychologists at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB). The research ...


NASA OKs construction of satellite

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Oct 25, 2006 | popularity 2.8 / 5 (5) | comments 0

NASA has approved construction of a satellite that will scan the entire sky in infrared light to detect cool stars and bright galaxies.


Frank Lloyd Wright church to be geothermal

Other Sciences /

created Aug 16, 2005 | popularity 3.6 / 5 (5) | comments 0

A nearly 100-year-old Frank Lloyd Wright-designed church near Chicago will reportedly become the first Wright landmark to utilize geothermal energy.


Older drugs no match against drug-resistant infections

Medicine & Health / Research

created Mar 19, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

As antibiotics lose their punch, a team of researchers at McMaster University discovered "old" drugs that doctors are turning to also have built-in problems in thwarting infectious diseases.