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Move to online public notices looms over papers

Technology / Internet

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

(AP) -- The tough economy means the growing suburb of Apex can't replace some computers and police vehicles. So the town's mayor is pleased to save $13,000 by posting public notices of rezoning requests and major land development ...





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Potential new drugs: 970 million and still counting

Potential new drugs: 970 million and still counting

Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry

created Jun 24, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 2

Like astronomers counting stars in the familiar universe of outer space, chemists in Switzerland are reporting the latest results of a survey of chemical space -- the so-called chemical universe where tomorrow’s ...


Scientists launch first comprehensive database of human oral microbiome

Medicine & Health / Other

created Mar 26, 2008 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Scientists know more today than ever before about the microbes that inhabit our mouths. They know so much, in fact, that gathering all of the relevant bits of information into one place when designing experiments can be ...


Web site coordinates Pakistan aid efforts

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created Oct 21, 2005 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A Web site dedicated to Pakistani relief aid was launched Thursday.


Columbia Law School Launches Free Database of U.S. Court Decisions

Columbia Law School Launches Free Database of U.S. Court Decisions

Other Sciences / Other

created Aug 24, 2007 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (6) | comments 0

Aiming to make federal case law fast and easy to search, more accessible to the public – and free – Columbia Law School and the University of Colorado Law School have launched a Web site called AltLaw.org, ...


FDA requires faster food safety reporting

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created Sep 08, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Food makers will be required to alert government officials of potentially contaminated products within 24 hours under a new rule designed to help federal regulators spot food safety issues sooner.


New Stanford list of HIV mutations vital to tracking AIDS epidemic

Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS

created Mar 06, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

In a collaborative study with the World Health Organization and seven other laboratories, researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine have compiled a list of 93 common mutations of the AIDS virus associated ...


Putting pictures into words

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Sep 16, 2008 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Visual images can contain a wealth of information, but they are difficult to catalogue in a searchable way. European researchers are generating and combining scraps of information to create a searchable picture.


Oracle, Sun link up for new product; HP snubbed

Technology / Business

created Sep 16, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- With the fate of its proposed $7.4 billion takeover of Sun Microsystems Inc. uncertain amid antitrust scrutiny, Oracle Corp. is moving ahead with a new product incorporating both companies' technology, and snubbing ...


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EU reveals probe into Oracle's bid

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created Sep 03, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Business software giant Oracle's 7.4-billion-dollar bid for Sun Microsystems is under investigation under EU merger regulations, the European Commission announced on Thursday.


Speeding 'fingertip' discovery -- 20 years of protein info in 1 place

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created Apr 23, 2007 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers at Johns Hopkins took advantage of a new technique that reads the makeup of proteins to identify nearly all chemical changes nature makes by adding phosphate to proteins manufactured in human cells.



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