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EU lawmakers approve new price cap on text message

Technology / Telecom

created Apr 22, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- EU lawmakers voted Wednesday for a new price cap that will cut the cost of sending text messages from abroad by nearly two-thirds.





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Tackling climate change with new permits to pollute

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jan 06, 2009 | popularity 2.1 / 5 (7) | comments 15

A new way to reduce carbon dioxide emissions and tackle climate change had been unveiled by leading economists.


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EBay cuts auction listing fees for casual sellers

Technology / Internet

created May 12, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- The online marketplace eBay is eliminating some upfront fees to attract more sellers who occasionally auction off items.


Massachusetts may drop from CO2 pact

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created Dec 02, 2005 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Massachusetts may drop out of pact that calls for freezing power plant carbon dioxide emissions at their current levels, state sources said.


MIT analysis shows how cap-and-trade plans can cut greenhouse emissions

Space & Earth / Environment

created Nov 13, 2008 | popularity 1 / 5 (9) | comments 7

Researchers at MIT's Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research have produced a report concerning key design issues of proposed "cap-and-trade" programs that are under consideration in the United States as a way ...


Common weed could provide clues on aging and cancer

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Oct 26, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

A common weed and human cancer cells could provide some very uncommon details about DNA structure and its relationship with telomeres and how they affect cellular aging and cancer, according to a team led by scientists from ...


European system for cutting CO2 emissions is working well: Lessons to be learned for US, globe

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jun 10, 2008 | popularity 3 / 5 (18) | comments 5

In a bid to control greenhouse gas emissions linked to climate change, the European Union has been operating the world's first system to limit and to trade carbon dioxide. Despite its hasty adoption and somewhat rocky beginning ...


Experts say cap and trade not enough

Space & Earth / Environment

created Apr 13, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (39) | comments 8

A team of researchers at Carnegie Mellon University report in a new policy brief that cap and trade climate policies alone will not be sufficient to put the nation on track to achieve a 50 to 80 percent reduction in greenhouse ...


Professor calculates a cooler planet

Other Sciences / Mathematics

created Oct 20, 2009 | popularity 2.9 / 5 (9) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Some people fight global warming by driving fuel-efficient cars. Others weatherproof their houses or plant trees. Princeton's René Carmona does math. As the United States and other countries around ...


A cell's 'cap' of bundled fibers could yield clues to disease

A cell's 'cap' of bundled fibers could yield clues to disease (w/ Video)

Biology / Biotechnology

created Dec 02, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

It turns out that wearing a cap is good for you, at least if you are a mammal cell.


Whose Internet is it, anyway?

Whose Internet is it, anyway?

Technology / Internet

created Sep 28, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (8) | comments 3

(PhysOrg.com) -- Last week, the new chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, Julius Genachowski, broke with precedent by proposing federal rules that enforce Net neutrality -- the principle that ...



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