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Major electric utility buys US Solar Decathlon winner

WaterShed, the international-prize-winning solar house built by University of Maryland students, faculty and professional partners, has found a buyer and a permanent site: Electric service provider Pepco is ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Jan 30, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Tiny crooners: Male house mice sing songs to impress the girls

Male house mice produce melodious songs to attract mates. Unfortunately for us, because the melodies are in the ultra-sonic range human ears cannot detect them. Through spectrographic analyses of the vocalizations of wild ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Jan 26, 2012 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

New library e-catalogs offer expanded selection

(AP) -- Library users searching for e-books will soon get to look through a much bigger catalog and help decide what their local branch might carry.

Technology / Internet

created Jan 25, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Managing research information: one size does not fit all

Research councils, publishing houses, libraries and learned societies need to tailor their efforts to help physical scientists gather, manage and share research information.

Other Sciences / Other

created Jan 25, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Kremlin TV to air Julian Assange's new show

(AP) -- Wikileaks founder Julian Assange's new talk show will be broadcast on RT, the Kremlin-funded English-language television station said Wednesday.

Technology / Internet

created Jan 25, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Homeless heavy drinkers imbibe less when housing allows alcohol

A study of a controversial housing project that allows chronically homeless people with severe alcohol problems to drink in their apartments found that during their first two years in the building residents cut their heavy ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jan 19, 2012 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

White House concerned over online piracy bills

(AP) -- The Obama administration raised concerns Saturday about efforts in Congress that it said would undermine "the dynamic, innovative global Internet," urging lawmakers to approve measures this year that balance the ...

Technology / Internet

created Jan 14, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

India 'won't sign binding emissions pact': minister

India said Tuesday it would reject any global pact legally binding it to cut greenhouse gas emissions as such a move could stifle economic growth needed to eradicate poverty.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Dec 27, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 14

White House takes tax fight to Twitter

The White House has taken its battle with Republican lawmakers over a crucial tax extension to Twitter, inviting Americans to weigh in on what the extra $40 per paycheck means to them.

Technology / Internet

created Dec 21, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Neanderthal home made of mammoth bones discovered in Ukraine

(PhysOrg.com) -- Up till recently, most researchers studying Neanderthals had assumed they were simple wanderers, hiding out in caves when the weather got bad. Now however, the discovery of the underpinnings ...

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Dec 19, 2011 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (22) | comments 46 | with audio podcast report

Cuba, US scientists kick off cooperation meeting

Scientists from the Cuba and United States will Monday begin a five-day meeting aimed at exploring opportunities for cooperation on range of research fields, including biological and environmental sciences, and science policy, ...

Other Sciences / Other

created Dec 12, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Justice Dept looking into e-book sales practices

(AP) -- The Justice Department is looking into possible anticompetitive practices involving e-book sales.

Technology / Business

created Dec 08, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

EU in antitrust probe of Apple, e-book publishers (Update)

The European Union's antitrust watchdog is probing whether Apple helped five major publishing houses illegally raise prices for e-books when it launched its iPad tablet and iBookstore in 2010.

Technology / Business

created Dec 06, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Piracy vs. an open Internet

To avoid the reach of U.S. copyright laws, numerous online pirates have set up shop in countries less willing or able to enforce intellectual property rights. Policymakers agree that these "rogue" sites pose a real problem ...

Technology / Internet

created Nov 29, 2011 | popularity 2 / 5 (4) | comments 2

Internet has become 'surveillance machine': Assange

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange blasted the mainstream media, Washington, banks and the Internet itself as he addressed journalists in Hong Kong on Monday via videolink from house arrest in England.

Technology / Internet

created Nov 28, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 8

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