EPA: Few volunteering to cut greenhouse gases 8 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
(AP) -- Voluntary pollution-reduction programs touted by the Bush administration as part of the solution to global warming have "limited potential" to reduce greenhouse gases, according to an internal government watchdog. | |
Microsoft defends search investments to analysts 8 hours ago | User rating: not rated yet | User comments: 1
(AP) -- Microsoft's CEO defended the software maker's decision to invest heavily in its unprofitable online business, but shed minimal light Thursday on specific steps it will take to challenge Google in the wake of the ... | |
Zoo will reopen exhibit where 16 stingrays died 8 hours ago | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
(AP) -- A zoo in suburban Chicago plans to reopen an exhibit where 16 stingrays died last week when a malfunction let the tank's water get too warm. | |
 China says has more people surfing the Web than US 8 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
(AP) -- China's booming Internet population has surpassed the United States to become the world's biggest, with 253 million people online despite government controls on Web use, according to government data ... | |
 Japanese Internet mogul found guilty in appeal 8 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
(AP) -- A Japanese appeals court upheld the conviction of flamboyant former Internet mogul Takafumi Horie on Friday in an ongoing case that has come to symbolize this nation's effort to deal with white collar ... | |
 Hackers get hold of critical Internet flaw (Update) 18 hours ago | User rating: 4 / 5 after 14 vote(s)
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Internet security researchers on Thursday warned that hackers have caught on to a "critical" flaw that lets them control traffic on the Internet. | |
Study shows why cigarette smoke makes flu, other viral infections worse 19 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
A new study by researchers at Yale School of Medicine could explain why the cold and flu virus symptoms that are often mild and transient in non-smokers can seriously sicken smokers. Published in the Journal of Clinical ... | |
Mindfulness meditation slows progression of HIV, study shows 19 hours ago | User rating: 3.2 / 5 after 5 vote(s)
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CD4+ T lymphocytes, or simply CD4 T cells, are the "brains" of the immune system, coordinating its activity when the body comes under attack. They are also the cells that are attacked by HIV, the devastating virus that causes ... | |
 Microsoft shakes up online division and deepens Facebook ties (Update) 19 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Microsoft is shaking up management of its online division and strengthening its tie to Facebook in the aftermath of a failed bid to buy Yahoo to bolster its lagging Internet business. | |
Make your own microfluidic device with new kit from U-M 20 hours ago | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 5 vote(s)
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A type of device called a "lab-on-a-chip" could bring a new generation of instant home tests for illnesses, food contaminants and toxic gases. But today these portable, efficient tools are often stuck in the lab themselves. ... | |
 Unknown insects found in 110-million-year-old amber in Spain 20 hours ago | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 19 vote(s)
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The remains of several unknown insect species which became extinct long before dinosaurs stopped roaming the earth have been discovered in pieces of 110-million-year-old amber found in Spain, researchers said ... | |
Nanoparticles Detect Telomerase Activity 21 hours ago | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 9 vote(s)
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Telomerase, an enzyme that prevents chromosomes from shortening when they divide, is widely suspected of playing a key role in making cancer cells immortal. Though researchers have developed a variety of methods for measuring ... | |
 Trench on Mars Ready for Next Sampling by NASA Lander 21 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander has groomed the bottom of a shallow trench to prepare for collecting a sample to be analyzed from a hard subsurface layer where the soil may contain frozen water. ... | |
Booming business helps patients navigate medicine 21 hours ago | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
(AP) -- After three surgeries, Judy Sherer still had chronic pain in her left shoulder. She'd lost faith in her doctors, and in despair tried a new health benefit offered by her employer. | |
Major shareholder advisory firm backs Yahoo board 21 hours ago | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
(AP) -- An influential shareholder advisory firm endorsed the re-election of Yahoo Inc.'s entire board Thursday, reducing the chances that the Internet company's directors will be ousted for spurning Microsoft Corp.'s $47.5 ... | |
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