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Change has come to America… but maybe not this year (Times of Malta)
December 5, 2009 – 8:06 am | Comments Off

Mark Micallef looks at the state of play with US climate change politics ahead of talks on a deal on global warming in Copenhagen next week. … Read more

Google adds translation to main search engine (PhysOrg)
December 4, 2009 – 8:25 am | Comments Off

Google has began weaving an automated language translation feature into its universal search service. A new “translated search” tool lets people direct Google to seek results from Web pages written in an array of languages …

Futuristic 48-Core Intel Chip Could Reshape How Computers are Built (PhysOrg)
December 3, 2009 – 11:16 pm | Comments Off

Researchers from Intel Labs demonstrated an experimental, 48-core Intel processor, or “single-chip cloud computer,” that rethinks many of the approaches used in today’s designs for laptops, PCs and servers. … Read more

Mutations link autism, schizophrenia: study (CBC)
December 3, 2009 – 11:13 pm | Comments Off

Bernard Crespi of Simon Fraser University and his colleagues analyzed data on all known genetic variants linked to both conditions. Crespi thinks that autism and schizophrenia are diametric opposites in how they affect gene activity …

10 Web trends to watch in 2010 (CNN)
December 3, 2009 – 11:12 pm | Comments Off

While Web innovation is unpredictable, some clear trends are becoming apparent. Expect the following 10 themes to define the Web next year… Read more

Common weed killer gives male frogs sex change (CBC)
December 3, 2009 – 11:07 pm | Comments Off

A popular weed killer sprayed on cornfields across North America turns male frogs into females even at low levels, Ottawa biologists have found. … Read more

Scientists use virus to kill cancer cells while leaving normal cells intact (PhysOrg)
December 3, 2009 – 11:05 pm | Comments Off

A virus that in nature infects only rabbits could become a cancer-fighting tool for humans. Myxoma virus kills cancerous blood-precursor cells in human bone marrow while sparing normal blood stem cells, a multidisciplinary team at …

Global warming may require higher dams, stilts (PhysOrg)
December 3, 2009 – 11:03 pm | Comments Off

With the world losing the battle against global warming so far, experts are warning that humans need to follow nature’s example: Adapt or die. … Read more

Google property portal threatens online housing market (Daily Mail)
December 3, 2009 – 11:02 pm | Comments Off

Homebuyers looking to buy a property may be able to use Google under radical plans being considered by the world’s most popular website. The American website giant is understood to be planning to launch an …

What Lurks on the Books of Banks (Business Week)
December 3, 2009 – 10:59 pm | Comments Off

Their profits have rebounded, but shaky home-equity and credit-card debt—for starters—could change that. … Read more

Forestry’s Growing Role in Carbon Finance (Business Week)
December 3, 2009 – 10:57 pm | Comments Off

One of the bright spots at the Copenhagen climate change summit could be the establishment of a scheme to protect forests and their carbon-absorbing capacity. … Read more

Why Dubai Matters (Business Week)
December 3, 2009 – 10:56 pm | Comments Off

Sure, it will pay a hefty price for its debt woes. But the city-state’s open economy has attracted legions of foreign investors and serves as a model for its Gulf neighbors. … Read …

Can we go 100% renewable? (BBC)
December 3, 2009 – 8:07 am | Comments Off

Professor David Mackay is the author of a book on sustainable energy. He calculates that even if we covered every available plot, offshore location and tidal estuary with wind, wave and tidal power we may …

Water trucked into drought-hit Australian towns (Space Daily)
December 3, 2009 – 8:05 am | Comments Off

Authorities were trucking water into drought-hit Australian towns, with supply in some places trickling to as little as eight hours, officials said. … Read more

Scientists: Man controlled robotic hand with thoughts (PhysOrg)
December 2, 2009 – 5:59 pm | Comments Off

A group of European scientists announced they successfully connected a robotic hand to a man who had lost an arm in a car accident, allowing him to control the prosthetic with his thoughts and feel …

Schools of the future (AsiaOne)
December 2, 2009 – 6:56 am | Comments Off

A technology sea change is afoot at Crescent Girls’ School (CGS). Last year, the school became one of the select few Singapore schools to embark on FutureSchool@Singapore, an initiative by the Infocomm Development Authority (IDA) …

Men’s genes ‘may limit lifespan’ (BBC)
December 2, 2009 – 6:51 am | Comments Off

Scientists working on mice have highlighted a specific gene that, although carried by both sexes, appears to be active only in males. They believe it allows males to grow bigger bodies – but at the …

RFID Chips: Intelligence Inside Metal Components (RFID Solutions Online)
December 1, 2009 – 10:56 am | Comments Off

Up to now, extreme production temperatures made it impossible to equip metallic components with RFID chips during the operating process. At Euromold in Frankfurt, Fraunhofer researchers present a variation on a process that makes the …

Pork meat grown in the laboratory (PhysOrg)
December 1, 2009 – 10:50 am | Comments Off

Scientists from Eindhoven University in The Netherlands have for the first time grown pork meat in the laboratory by extracting cells from a live pig and growing them in a petri dish. … Read …

Building the “Everything Machine” (GOOD)
December 1, 2009 – 10:44 am | Comments Off

Nanotechnology and exponential manufacturing could help us make whatever humanity needs, atom by atom. Part three in a GOOD miniseries on the singularity by Michael Anissimov and Roko Mijic. … Read more

Toxin sensor made from a ‘biobrick’ takes bronze in international contest (Cornell Chronicle)
December 1, 2009 – 10:42 am | Comments Off

A biosensor made from a common bacterium that can detect toxic metals in water won the Cornell Genetically Engineered Machines (GEM) student project team a bronze metal at a recent competition. … Read more

‘ClimateGate’ (BBC)
December 1, 2009 – 10:36 am | Comments Off

What does the “ClimateGate” affair mean for science? … Read more

Newspaper Congress opens in India (Boston Globe)
December 1, 2009 – 10:34 am | Comments Off

Newspaper executives and editors gathered in India from around the world Tuesday heard calls to seek more payment for their content on the Internet as they decried their industry’s sharply falling advertising revenues. … …

Computer hacker arrested (in real life) for theft of swords and spells in online fantasy game RuneScape (Daily Mail)
December 1, 2009 – 10:31 am | Comments Off

The man was arrested by detectives at his home after hijacking hundreds of accounts to get skills, weapons and gain access to the players’ virtual piggy banks in an online game. … Read more

Copenhagen conference: The countries to watch (Guardian)
November 30, 2009 – 11:58 am | Comments Off

America and China are the big hitters, but other nations also punch above their weight. … Read more