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Researchers develop new test method to measure stored heat in firefighter suits
Apr 14, 2009 |
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For decades, researchers have evaluated the thermal performance of protective clothing worn by firefighters. A particular area of current interest is how to address the burns received by firefighters when they are not directly ...
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Apple countersues Nokia over phone patents
Dec 11, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Apple Inc. is suing cell phone maker Nokia Corp. for patent infringement, a countermove to Nokia's earlier suit against technologies used in Apple's iPhone.
Microsoft unleashes lawsuits, raids in piracy crackdown
Dec 04, 2009 |
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Microsoft Corp. said Thursday it has unleashed a series of lawsuits and is cooperating in criminal prosecutions worldwide in an effort to stem piracy of its software.
Nokia sues top LCD, CRT display makers
Dec 01, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Nokia Corp., the world's biggest mobile phone maker, said Tuesday it has filed suits against several leading liquid crystal display makers - including Philips, Toshiba, Sharp and Samsung - for alleged price fixing.
Magic box for mission impossible
Nov 25, 2009 |
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On September 11, firefighters, police officers and ambulance workers faced a terrifying rescue effort in the World Trade Center complex. They battled to save people from the collapsing Twin Towers, searched for survivors, ...
Space hotel taking bookings for 2012 opening
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Nov 05, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The first orbiting space hotel is on track to open for its first customers in 2012, but hurry, as bookings are filling fast.
3 Questions: Jeffrey Harris on why we still don't have an HIV vaccine
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Nov 04, 2009 |
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While many vaccines used around the world today are produced for profit by commercial firms, the private sector accounts for a tiny fraction of the funding for an HIV vaccine: 4 percent in 2008, down from ...
Health care dispute: Costs of defensive medicine
Nov 04, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Dr. James Wang says he tries to tell his patients when extra medical procedures aren't necessary. If they insist, though, he will do it - not so much to protect their health as his own practice.
Economist argues that public-private partnerships are a must in creating an HIV vaccine
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Nov 04, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- MIT economist Jeffrey Harris argues that while the scientific obstacles to creating an HIV vaccine are great, the lack of commercial incentive poses a major problem.
Spacesuits with artificial intelligence may look for life on Mars
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Nov 04, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Astronauts may in future be wearing spacesuits equipped with artificial intelligence (AI) and digital eyes, turning them into what the researchers call cyborg astrobiologists.
Cisco to buy ScanSafe for $183 million
Oct 27, 2009 |
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Cisco announced on Tuesday it has agreed to buy Web security company ScanSafe for some 183 million dollars, the latest in a string of acquisitions by the US networking giant.
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