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White House picks new cyber coordinator

Technology / Internet

created Dec 22, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- The White House has tapped a corporate cyber security expert and former Bush administration official to lead the effort to shore up the country's computer networks and better coordinate with companies that operate ...


Physicists propose quantum entanglement for motion of microscopic objects

Physics / Quantum Physics

created Dec 21, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (20) | comments 14

Researchers at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) have proposed a new paradigm that should allow scientists to observe quantum behavior in small mechanical systems.


Clinton: US would help raise billions on climate (AP)

Clinton: US would help raise billions on climate

Space & Earth / Environment

created Dec 17, 2009 | popularity 3.1 / 5 (9) | comments 4

(AP) -- U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton sought to put new life into flagging U.N. climate talks Thursday by announcing the U.S. would join others in raising $100 billion a year by 2020 to help ...


Exploring energy efficiency in multi-scale computing systems

Exploring energy efficiency in multi-scale computing systems

Technology / Other

created Dec 16, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

The University of California, San Diego and nine other universities are members of a new research center charged with finding ways to improve the design of computing systems ranging from large data centers ...


Developing countries end boycott at climate talks (AP)

Developing countries end boycott at climate talks

Space & Earth / Environment

created Dec 14, 2009 | popularity 2.3 / 5 (3) | comments 4

(AP) -- Poor countries ended a boycott of U.N. climate talks Monday after getting assurances that rich nations were not conspiring to soften their commitments to cutting greenhouse gases, European officials ...


'Environmental Atlas of Europe' unveiled at COP15

'Environmental Atlas of Europe' unveiled at COP15

Space & Earth / Environment

created Dec 14, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 1

In support of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change taking place in Copenhagen, the European Environment Agency hosted the 'Bend the Trend' event on Sunday evening to provide a global climate ...


Staying Power: Senate Hearing Focuses On Energy Storage

Staying Power: Senate Hearing Focuses On Energy Storage

Technology / Energy

created Dec 10, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (8) | comments 6

Thursday's Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing featured testimony from experts about the power industry's need to develop systems capable of storing large amounts of electricity if the nation's ...


The last best chance: UN climate conference opens (AP)

The last best chance: UN climate conference opens

Space & Earth / Environment

created Dec 07, 2009 | popularity 2.1 / 5 (7) | comments 8

(AP) -- The largest and most important U.N. climate change conference in history opened Monday, with organizers warning diplomats from 192 nations that this could be the last best chance for a deal to protect ...


192 nations at UN climate conference in Copenhagen (AP)

192 nations at UN climate conference in Copenhagen

Space & Earth / Environment

created Dec 07, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (4) | comments 4

(AP) -- The largest and most important U.N. climate change conference in history opened Monday, with organizers warning diplomats from 192 nations that this could be the best, last chance for a deal to protect ...


Californians -- and their cell phones -- will help computer scientists monitor air pollution

Californians -- and their cell phones -- will help computer scientists monitor air pollution

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Dec 04, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (2) | comments 0

You want to go for a run, but you don't want to run in polluted air that might aggravate your asthma. University of California, San Diego computer scientists are creating a network of environmental sensors ...



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