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A man passes through a high-tech explosive-detection machine at John F. Kennedy airport in New York

After foiled US plane attack, scanners revisited

Technology / Other

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As US lawmakers demand to know how a would-be attacker smuggled explosives aboard a plane on Christmas Day, the use of body scanners at airport security points is likely to be revisited.


New Method Tests Severity of Key Citrus Virus

New Method Tests Severity of Key Citrus Virus

Biology / Other

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(PhysOrg.com) -- A new rapid way to test severity of the devastating citrus tristeza virus (CTV) in citrus trees has been developed by Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists in Parlier, Calif. The ...


New form of malaria threatens Thai-Cambodia border (AP)

New form of malaria threatens Thai-Cambodia border

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Dec 28, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- O'treng village doesn't look like the epicenter of anything. Just off a muddy rutted-out road, it is nothing more than a handful of Khmer-style bamboo huts perched crookedly on stilts, tucked among ...


Drug-resistant urinary tract infections spreading worldwide

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Dec 28, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

A sudden worldwide increase in an antibiotic-resistant bacterium is cause for concern, according to a review in f1000 Medicine Reports.


Glider robot a sleek ocean explorer

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Dec 27, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (11) | comments 2

The sea was heaving, the skies gray. The captain of the research ship was worried about the weather. About 120 miles off the coast of Spain, three Rutgers University scientists had a narrow window of opportunity to find and ...


China has been criticised for obstructing the adoption of a key treaty on climate change

China adopts law to boost renewable energy industry

Technology / Energy

created Dec 27, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (8) | comments 1

China's national assembly Saturday signalled the country's commitment to reducing greenhouse gas emissions by adopting a law supporting its renewable energy industry.


Iran to unveil new home-built satellite: report

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Dec 24, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (10) | comments 5

Iran will unveil a new home-built satellite in February, a newspaper reported Thursday, amid Western concerns that Tehran is using its nuclear and space industries to develop atomic and ballistic weapons.


Samsung pays in dispute over Kodak camera patents

Technology / Business

created Dec 23, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Eastman Kodak Co. said Wednesday that Samsung Electronics Co. has agreed to pay the camera maker an undisclosed sum as the two sides try to settle a dispute over patents used in Samsung's camera phones.


Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea (GEBA)

First volume of microbial encyclopedia published

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Dec 23, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (5) | comments 0

The Earth is estimated to have about a nonillion (1030) microbes in, on, around, and under it, comprised of an unknown but very large number of distinct species. Despite the widespread availability of microbi ...


Understanding interaction in virtual worlds

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Dec 23, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (10) | comments 0

New cinema blockbuster, Avatar, leapt to the top of box office charts as soon as it came out — a stunning 3D realisation of an alien world. Our fascination with themes of escape to other fantastic places and the thrill of ...



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