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Rescuing male turkey chicks

Chemistry / Biochemistry

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

A novel approach to classify the gender of six-week-old turkey poults could save millions of male chicks from being killed shortly after birth, according to Dr. Gerald Steiner from the Dresden University of Technology in ...


Poultry and diabetics at risk from gas gangrene bug

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Mar 30, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Gas gangrene, the notorious infectious disease of two world wars can still be a problem today. Professor Richard Titball of the University of Exeter, told the Society of General Microbiology Meeting at the International ...


Landmark Study Finds Industrial Chicken Breeds Seriously Lack Genetic Diversity

Biology /

created Feb 19, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- Commercial chicken breeds used to produce meat and eggs around the world have lost at least half of the genetic diversity once present among their ancestors, according to a study conducted by an international ...





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Tech blog, Singapore startup feud over tablet PC (AP)

Tech blog, Singapore startup feud over tablet PC

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created 12 hours ago | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(AP) -- About 18 months ago, a technology blogger got fed up with the industry and forged an alliance with a startup to make his dream computer. It almost worked.


The 'sci' behind the 'fi'

The 'sci' behind the 'fi'

Other Sciences / Other

created 13 hours ago | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 0

As the voyagers of the Starship Enterprise boldly went to explore new worlds week after week on Star Trek, they used a host of futuristic technologies — including tricorders, holodecks, teleportation systems ...


Horizontal string trimmer reduces labor costs, increases peach size

Horizontal string trimmer reduces labor costs, increases peach size

Biology / Other

created 13 hours ago | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

As consumer demand for premium fruit increases, growers are being challenged to bring consistently high-quality fruit to market. And to boost their bottom line, orchard owners are experimenting with new techniques ...


The government has said it aims to raise 250 billion rupees from the sale of pan-India 3G spectrum

India 3G auction to be held on schedule: minister

Technology / Telecom

created 15 hours ago | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

India's long-awaited auction for third generation (3G) mobile telecom services will be held on schedule next month, a minister said Friday, dismissing media speculation of a delay.


Globalive to launch mobile phone service in Canada

Technology / Telecom

created 15 hours ago | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- The Canadian government said Friday that it has approved a request from Egyptian-backed telecom Globalive Wireless Management Corp. to launch its mobile phone service in Canada.


The future of organic ornamental plants

The future of organic ornamental plants

Biology / Other

created 16 hours ago | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Whether plants are grown for food or ornamental use, conventional agricultural production methods have the same environmental impact. Pesticides, herbicides, and chemical fertilizers can find their way into ...


Patenting melon juice? Not if India gets its way...

Technology / Business

created 19 hours ago | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Fed up with foreign companies patenting traditional medicine from India, the country's top scientific body is compiling a giant database of everything from yoga positions to medicinal fruit juice.


Bones of T. rex to make museum debut in Oregon

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created 21 hours ago | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- The skeleton of a Tyrannosaurus rex will make its museum debut at the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry along the banks of the Willamette River.


Nine gaming predictions for 2010

Technology / Software

created Dec 11, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 1

The end of the year offers a chance to look back on all that's come and gone in the past 12 months. It also offers a chance to use that knowledge of the past to bet on the outcome of the next 12 months for fun and profit.


Wind turbines off the coast of Spain

Clean energy to grow into 1.6 trillion euros industry: WWF

Space & Earth / Environment

created Dec 10, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (7) | comments 1

The clean energy technology sector will grow into a 1.6 trillion-euro (2.4 trillion-dollar) industry by 2020, becoming the third largest industrial sector after automobiles and electronics, WWF said Friday.



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