In his best-selling book, BrandSimple: How the Best Brands Keep it Simple and Succeed, Allen P. Adamson showed in a straightforward manner how powerful brands get built. In a similarly engaging style, BrandDigital explains that …

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Methane, a potent greenhouse gas, is leaking from the permafrost under the Siberian seabed, a researcher on an international expedition in the region told Swedish daily Dagens Nyheter.

As everyone’s lives across the world are become increasingly interconnected by globalization and new technologies quicken the pace of everything, the answer to that question depends on the fate and paths of the world’s major …

The very concept of crowdsourcing stands at odds with centuries of practice. Yet, for the digital natives soon to enter the workforce, the technologies and principles behind crowdsourcing are perfectly intuitive. This generation collaborates, shares, …

In this important and groundbreaking book, three specialists — all of The Boston Consulting Group (BCG) , one of the world’s leading management consulting firms — present a vast amount of vital information and insightful …

Going Lean introduces the concept of lean dynamics — a proven formula for business improvement that is as compelling as it is timely. Using powerful examples of corporations like Toyota, Wal-Mart, and Southwest Airlines, …

In this provocative book, scientist Vaclav Smil takes a wide-ranging, interdisciplinary look at the catastrophes and trends the next fifty years may bring. This is not a book of forecasts or scenarios but one that …

For today’s kids, technology such as computers, the Internet, cell phones, and satellites is an assumed presence, a fundamental part of everyday life on par with running water and electric lights. Thanks to these advances, …

In Furnace of Creation, Cradle of Destruction, renowned scientist Roy Chester reveals the fascinating history behind the discovery of plate tectonics and tells the intriguing story of one of the great mysteries of our time …

Jim Champy revolutionized business with Reengineering the Corporation. Now, in Outsmart! He’s doing it again. This concise, fast-paced book shows how you can achieve breakthrough growth by consistently outsmarting your competition. Champy reveals the surprising, …

A Declaration of Energy Independence takes a nonpartisan, honest approach to energy issues and answers fundamental questions like whether the price of oil will ever go down; whether global warming is a real threat; and …

Accepting the 2006 TED Prize, Dr. Larry Brilliant talks about how smallpox was eradicated from the planet, and calls for a new global system that can identify and contain pandemics before they spread.

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Tom Albert drove his loaner Chevrolet Equinox like any other car.

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In recent years, Dubai has given world cities a master-class in branding. Dubai Inc’s message has reached around the planet through ads, investments and hype.

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The newspaper industry’s downward spiral is accelerating as the weak U.S. economy depresses already-tumbling advertising revenue and forces more rounds of job cuts and other trims.

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Scientists have developed a simple process for mass producing molecular tubes of identical — and precisely programmable — circumferences. The technological feat may allow the use of the molecular tubes in a number of …

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Scientists have worked out a key mechanism that protects bacteria against stress in a major discovery that could lead to new ways of killing superbugs like C. difficile and MRSA.

MP3… An interview with Charlene Li, one of the premier thought leaders in the area of social computing, a leading analyst at Forrester Research, and author of the book Groundswell: Winning in a …

RealAudio / WindowsMedia… High gas prices and concerns about emissions have many drivers searching for alternatives — including vehicles powered by electricity. A look at new developments in the effort to mass …

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Researchers have come up with a control system that allows a robot to pick up on cues that the leader is about to turn, predict where it is going and follow it.

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Measuring just 2 inches by 2 inches, the Space Cube is roughly the size of a large die. However, the cube is actually a tiny PC, developed by the Shimafuji Corporation in Japan.

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Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have discovered in mice that the brain must create new nerve cells for either exercise or antidepressants to reduce depression-like behavior. In addition, the researchers found that antidepressants …

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Robert Curet, the owner of Little Wonder Studio in Burbank, Calif., has all the high-powered software you’d expect a modern toy developer to use: Rhino 4.0 for industrial modeling, Autodesk 3ds Max for animation, …

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Researchers have transformed ordinary cells into insulin-producing cells in a living mouse, improving symptoms of diabetes in a major step towards regenerative medicine.

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Who would like to bid the highest amount for the exclusive global rights to the new domain suffix, .dubai, under ICANN’s latest policy? Such a suffix will create a powerful domain root that will …

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Expansive American dreams about renewable energy are bumping up against the reality of a dated power grid.

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The acquisition of Imperial Energy by ONGC is the second Indian takeover of a British company in as many days, and reflects a phenomenon sometimes referred to as "the Empire strikes back.&quot.

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Britain to be biggest country in EU by 2060 according to survey of demographic trend.

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A shoe which stays dry by repelling water has been launched.

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Having a tough time finding a job? Maybe you’re just not looking in the right place.

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Early stone tools developed by modern humans were no more sophisticated than those used by the Neanderthals, research suggests.

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Most freshwater in all of New Zealand’s major catchments will be fully allocated in just four years.

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Noel Sharkey: There’s no doubting that patients need human contact, but in many situations, robot technology is the most effective option.

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Leaving coal behind will be problematic.

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Inspired by high oil prices, a dramatic rise in the value of old plastic is encouraging waste companies across the world to dig for buried riches in rotting garbage dumps.

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Upscale brands like BMW , Saab, and others are cutting back on leasing for some of the same reasons Chrysler quit leasing outright, effective Aug. 1. Ford Motor and General Motors have also said …

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In possible climate change preview, rising sea buries Ghanaian coastal village.

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Engineers have created a tiny motorized positioning device that has twice the dexterity of similar devices being developed for applications that include biological sensors and more compact, powerful computer hard drive.

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Modified car crosses Europe fuelled on fat alon.

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Scientists are advancing slowly toward one of the most audacious goals humans have ever set for themselves: creating artificial life.

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Senior homeowners sometimes need to tap the value of their house to pay sudden expenses. Several financial institutions offer a new alternative to often pricy reverse mortgages or other home loans.

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A team of researchers sorting through satellite images of cows in 300 pastures makes a surprising discovery: Cows tend to face either magnetic north or south when grazing or resting.

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The campaign has all but christened a new era by seizing the medium itself. The network pageantry has been replaced by the network effect – a huge pipe directly to his supporters, no intermediation …

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Moving away from the reliance on high energy prices is no longer a pipe dream.

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Possible steps include financing small farmers and shunning commodity futures.

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Climate change could release unexpectedly huge stores of carbon dioxide from Arctic soils, which would in turn fuel a vicious circle of global warming, a new study warned.

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The leading consumer technology companies are revamping their audio and video equipment for a future centered around the Internet, a world in which even kitchen appliances can communicate with each other over a wireless …

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The integrated market spreads prosperity linking cotton farmers in Texas to textile mills in China but it also spreads hurt when times go bad.

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Why machines might be about to outsmart humans.

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Europe is facing a demographic crisis caused by a declining and ageing population and it will be impossible to prevent some rural areas becoming completely deserted, German population experts have said.

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Imagine juicing up your laptop computer or cell phone without plugging them into an electrical socket. That’s a luxury that could be provided by wireless power transmission, a concept that has been bandied about …

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Teens are historically difficult to reach, but small businesses are finding some success online through Facebook and "preward" gift cards.

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As much as half the water used to grow food worldwide is lost due to waste, experts said at a Stockholm conference that wrapped up Friday, pointing out that the squandered resources are a …

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A major voting machine maker has cautioned its customers in 34 states to look out for a programming error that may cause votes to be dropped.

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A group at the University of Washington has developed software that for the first time enables deaf and hard-of-hearing Americans to use sign language over a mobile phone. UW engineers got the phones working …

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Melting Arctic Ocean opens shipping frontier in nation’s northernmost waters.

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Researchers at the University of Michigan, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory and the University of California at San Diego have made a big step towards quantum computing by trapping the spin of one electron in …

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Intel Corporation’s chief technology officer took a fascinating look at how technology will bring man and machine much closer together by 2050.

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Comcast has been ordered to stop slowing internet connections while Canada awaits word on whether the same fate awaits Bell.

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An hour’s drive north of Jeddah on the Red Sea coast, 8,000 workers toil under the relentless summer sun building what Saudi Arabia hopes will be the key to its social and economic future.

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Nissan Motor will begin exporting passenger cars over the next few months from China, as a growing number of global industry giants tap their output in the world’s second-largest auto market to supply export …

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Emissions trading will force a third of Australian businesses to go under unless the scheme is fundamentally redesigned, says the Business Council of Australia.

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Book publishing could keep itself vital by taking a page from Web 2.0 technologies, but it has a long way to go. Here are some lessons.

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An influx of workers from China is receiving a mixed reception in Africa, where people both admire and resent the hard-working newcomers’ pursuit of wealth.

The Internet and the widespread availability of sophisticated digital design tools are radically changing best practice in product and service development. What was until recently a process concentrated within producer firms is now becoming democratized …

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Chemists have described the first identification of a specific "odor profile" for skin cancer, a discovery that could form the basis of a rapid, non-invasive test for diagnosing the most common type of cancer …

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Deep hot wet cracks = green dreams Google, the company which has conscripted everyone on the internet to be its Web 2.0 free-content providers, has decided to give something back. The firm will spend …

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Scientists say they’ve found an efficient way to make red blood cells from human embryonic stem cells, a possible step toward making transfusion supplies in the laboratory.

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Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg is seeking to put wind turbines on New York City?s bridges and skyscrapers and in its waters as part of a push to develop renewable energy.

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Interconnected market bubbles, first in stocks and then in housing, convinced Americans that they were richer then they were, and could borrow and spend freely. That conviction will have to go for stock markets …

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Not a day passes when we don’t get a little bit older. However, the exact processes involved in human aging are still puzzling. Scientists working with Lenhard Rudolph and Hong Jiang from the Max …

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Fleets of inexpensive, pint-sized spacecraft are one giant leap closer to lift off. Researchers here at the 236th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society describe a new, razor thin temperature-regulating film that brings …

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Downsizing, offshoring, and a widening gulf between techies and management — is IT at the breaking point?

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University of Virginia researchers have a plan to greatly increase algae oil yields by feeding the algae extra carbon dioxide (the main greenhouse gas) and organic material like sewage, meaning the algae could simultaneously …

It’s not enough anymore to be smart, hard-working, and able to show results. At this level, everybody is smart, hard-working, and able to show results. Now it’s a game for grown-ups. What really sets you …

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While conventional banks worldwide are nursing losses of more than $400 billion from the credit crisis, Islamic banks are virtually unscathed.

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Computers, databases and networks have connected us like never before, but at what cost?

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A severe drought makes Spain’s environmental debate more heated than ever, Sue Lloyd-Roberts reports.

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The probability is growing that the global economy not just the United States will experience a serious recession. Recent developments suggest that all Group of Seven economies are already in recession or are close …

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Investment managers say economic growth in the emerging world will drive commodity prices upward after the current correction.

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With inflation rising across the Gulf region, Saudi Arabia’s perennial problem of an unequal distribution of wealth has never been so obvious.

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A boom in mobile use across the region has attracted a flurry of investment from Africa and abroad. As competition heats up, the mobile business is turning into a bonanza for advertising agencies, too.

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On June 26, John Millen learned how difficult it is to keep a bicycle safe from Toronto thieves. That was the day he took his custom bike up the elevator to the fourth floor …

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How a battle over the ranking of St. Émilion chateaux may change the way we value wine.

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Parts of Indiana already may be feeling the pain of a doctor shortage expected to hit the nation in the coming years.

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On the Normandy coast, France is building its first nuclear reactor in 10 years.

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Leading figures put the case for and against the internet corporation.

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In a step toward the type of future pictured in the hit film "Iron Man," a firm in the Netherlands is letting people fabricate items designed in three-dimensions on the Internet.

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Michigan State University scientists, armed with a half-million-dollar federal grant, are creating an easily accessible, Web-based genomic database of information on crops that can be used to make ethanol.

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Carnegie Mellon University researchers are urging companies to embrace new methods for following the trail of dangerous carbon emissions that are responsible for much of the world’s global warming threats.

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For more than 160 years, the fate of British explorer Sir John Franklin and his men has remained locked in the frozen Arctic, but warming temperatures are threatening to change that.

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Here’s a mind-bending idea: The U.S. military is paying scientists to study ways to read people’s thoughts. The hope is that the research could someday lead to a gadget capable of translating the thoughts …

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The magazine industry, already facing a decline in newsstand sales and falling ad revenue, is being besieged by a new foe: digital piracy.

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With the price of oil still above $100 a barrel, everything from wood chips to chicken fat is being scrutinized as an alternative to traditional fuel. But when it comes to airplanes, finding the …

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The conflict in the Caucasus may be an omen. Will nationalism kill globalization – again?

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In the warm, bubbling pools of Mono Lake in California, scientists have isolated a bacterium that fuels itself on arsenic.

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The world’s No.1 wind turbine maker said Friday that its order backlog had ballooned, sending its shares up nearly 8 percent despite profit coming in slightly below expectations.

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Online video games and key events in them worlds could soon be preserved in a project that aims to archive the history of these virtual worlds.

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Home equity loans, once seen as the borrowing of last resort, have grown a thousandfold since the early 1980s, their image transformed by ubiquitous ad campaigns from banks.That growth has been a boon for …

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What’s it going to take to see more innovation around solar, biofuels and electric vehicles in this country? Several leaders from the state’s clean tech industry share their thoughts.

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Scientists are advancing slowly toward one of the most audacious goals humans have ever set for themselves: creating artificial life.

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Latest technology to help troops on the battlefield

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A majority of the nation’s population will consist of ethnic and racial minorities in a little more than a generation, according to new Census Bureau projections, a transformation occurring faster than anticipated a few …

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A robot controlled by rat brain cells could help the study of diseases such as Alzheimer’s that wipe out memories.

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A U.S. organization of mechanical engineers predicts nanotechnology and biotechnology will soon dominate the world’s development.

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The same materials that may lead to cloaking devices could one day help to speed up the web.

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The market for sport utility vehicles is starting to look a lot like the housing market, spreading pain to consumers, automakers and dealers.

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Gluing sensors to the heads of wild elephant seals could help researchers understand why the Southern Ocean is warming so rapidly.

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The Georgian Embassy in the United Kingdom has accused Russia of launching a cyberwar against the country’s websites to coincide with military action in the breakaway region of South Ossetia.

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The automaker is studying a plan to export its U.S.-made trucks and SUVs to other markets.

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Researchers have discovered an unusual molecule that is essential to the atmosphere’s ability to break down pollutants, especially the compounds that cause acid rain. It’s the unusual chemistry facilitated by this molecule, however, that …

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Robert Gilliland didn’t think much about carpooling until gas prices got out of control. Now, he’s happy to trade his motoring freedom for $120 in weekly savings.

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Japanese researchers say they have developed a rubber that is able to conduct electricity well, paving the way for robots with stretchable "e-skin" that can feel heat and pressure like humans.

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New data could help Canada stake claim to a highly disputed area of the Arctic seabed, according to scientists.

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Researchers at UC Berkeley have invented a light-deflecting technique that could one day render objects invisible. The breakthrough, reported by two teams of scientists in the laboratory of UC Berkeley Professor Xiang Zhang, in …

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Crude prices have backed off last month’s run toward $150 a barrel. But they persist above $110 a barrel, a level that was hard to fathom even a year ago. The end of cheap …

The Dubai Waterfront is the largest waterfront development in the world. The project is a conglomeration of canals and islands studded with luxury hotels and homes. It is expected to house 400,000 people and transform …

In Groundswell, two top analysts from Forrester Research show you how to turn the force of customers connecting to your advantage. With twenty-five vivid cases from around the world — from health care to retail …

A proven strategy for dominating markets developed over fifteen years, Tuned In reveals the secrets that separate market leaders from followers and failures. It shows how to stop wasting time and money trying to be …

MP3… where to look for innovation, how to increase your odds of success and how to handle an innovation that’s a paradigm shift — solving a problem that people don’t know they have. [Daxle …

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A team of scientists say they have found a revolutionary way to harness solar power so that its energy can be stored for use when the sun is not shining.

MP3… It would be easy to dismiss Tim’s advice as lunacy if it weren’t for his impressive list of achievements. Tim used his time-saving technique to learn six languages, become a National Chinese kickboxing …

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A new environmentally-friendly milk bottle is set to go on sale in supermarkets throughout the UK.

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When the new Tata Ultra Mega power plant in western India is fired up in 2012, it will be one of the world’s 50 largest greenhouse-gas emitters. And the World Bank is helping to …

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The newest pharmacist at Magnolia Pharmacy can count pills, fill vials, and label prescriptions faster than anyone else on staff. And the newest member of the pharmacy can fill 150 prescriptions an hour.

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Knol, Google’s new site where experts share knowledge on a variety of topics, has rekindled fears among some media companies that Google is edging in on their turf.

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Hopes languished last September when a promising candidate HIV vaccine failed to work. Despite this setback, many researchers still believe immunization is possible, and a new study suggests they’re correct-at least at the cellular …

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From his office overlooking the runways of one of the nation’s busiest airports, Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport Chief Executive Jeffrey Fegan sees the slowdown coming this fall.

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Water companies are bidding for inflation-busting price rises that could see annual bills jump by 40 per cent over five years.

MP3… Michael Raynor is a best-selling author and the Distinguished Fellow with Deloitte Research; in this interview he talks about innovation strategy and frameworks. [iinnovate]

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Invisibility devices, long the realm of science fiction and fantasy, have moved closer after scientists engineered a material that can bend visible light around objects.

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Scientists are hoping to cure leukemia, asthma and rheumatoid arthritis after a breakthrough discovery.

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The price on goods in the U.S. supermarket may be the same, but check the contents.

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It turns out that dull tasks really do numb the brain. Researchers have discovered that as people perform monotonous tasks, their brain shifts towards an at-rest mode whether they like it or not.

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Innovations in Israel show how other water-starved countries could solve their food crises.

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University researchers ask the Forestry Commission if they can plant genetically modified trees on its land.

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Scientists have devised a cheap and simple method of turning water into rocket fuel using solar power.

Charles Halpern is a social entrepreneur with a remarkable record of institutional innovation. With wit and self-deprecating humor, he describes his journey and the teachers and colleagues he encountered on the way — a cast …

Lee Siegel argues that our ever-deepening immersion in life online doesn’t just reshape the ordinary rhythms of our days; it also reshapes our minds and culture in ways with which we haven’t reckoned. The Web …

Dan Roam argues that everyone is born with a talent for visual thinking, even those who swear they can’t draw. As a consultant, he’s shown Microsoft, eBay, and Wells Fargo how to solve problems with …

Few of us are born networkers, but anyone — introvert, extrovert, or in-between — can learn to master this important skill. And as you build your networks and the connections between members multiply, you’ll find …

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Yahoo Inc. will let its Web visitors decline ads targeted to their browsing habits, becoming the latest Internet company to break from a common industry practice as Congress steps up scrutiny of customized advertising …

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How do you prevent pathogens and other mobile pests like moths and weevils from contaminating the food supply? Infrared heat has been attracting attention as one technology that can kill salmonella on almonds and …

MP3… Sun. moon and sky dresses… the first foldable, hi-res paper computer… the interactive styrofoam gadget design workbench… billboards that look back… surveillance technologies… and more. [Spark]

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Scientists have achieved a significant breakthrough in creating in the lab a set of new stem cell lines that can make it possible to explore 10 different genetic disorders, including muscular dystrophy, juvenile diabetes, …

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A major study exploring how science can enhance global food-crop production has been launched by the Royal Society, the UK’s national academy of science, recently.

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Oklahoma’s Corporation Commission is rethinking how electric utilities are compensated for fuel costs

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Business has long stood on the solid foundation of "left-brain dominance." But processes and logic are easily duplicated and even digitized. Globalization is shipping left-brain activities across the world. It’s not hard to replicate …

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Researchers announced that they have sequenced the mitochondrial DNA of a Neanderthal, using genetic material recovered from a 38,000-year-old bone.

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Japan’s growing elderly population and shrinking work force could devastate the economy. A new proposal seeks to have immigrants make up 10 percent of the population in 50 years’ time, a radical idea in …

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The first flights have been conducted of an autonomous unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) to monitor UK farmland.

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Scientists have shown how bacteria could be used as a future fuel. The research, published in the journal Bioinformatics, could have significant implications for the environment and the way we produce sustainable fuels in …

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By taking a new tack in fighting the disease, a tiny Singapore startup may have the jump on Big Pharm.

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Imagine an edible optical sensor that could be placed in produce bags to detect harmful levels of bacteria and consumed right along with the veggies. Or an implantable device that would monitor glucose in …

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US scientists have discovered people who can "hear" what they see.

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An algorithm for spam recognition inspired by the immune system will be presented at the first European conference on Artificial Life (ALIFE XI).

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A Nomura Holdings Inc. unit plans to study exporting water from Japan to Australia for agricultural and industrial use as that nation recovers from its worst drought on record, two people familiar with the …

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Only 13 percent of Russian land is used for agriculture, compared with a world average of 38 percent.

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The alleged ring included members from the United States, China, Ukraine and Belarus, and focused on major U.S. retail chains like OfficeMax, Barnes & Noble, Sports Authority and T.J. Maxx.

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His company’s gadgets are barely known abroad. But Aigo CEO Feng Jun, a boyishly exuberant walking advertisement for the fast-growing Chinese electronics maker, is out to change that.

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Legends of the airline industry caught up in wave of failures that has affected carriers around the world.

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It can scale mountains in a single bound and wend its way down the most wretched roads. It is the mighty cell phone signal — and the latest hope for bringing financial services to …

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A shift from poverty-driven to industry-driven deforestation threatens the world’s tropical forests but offers new opportunities for conservation, according to an article coauthored by William Laurance of the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Panama. …

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The new floors being offered in several hotel chains offer female guests a variety of amenities ranging from yoga mats to Victoria’s Secret robes.

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Cars stuck in traffic or on slippery roads will be able to communicate with other vehicles in a bid to cut down on traffic jams and road accidents, under European Commission plans unveiled

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Luke Skywalker, eat your heart out. Emotiv’s elegant, lightweight EPOC headset is a piece of cutting-edge technology that grants Yoda-like telepathic powers, allowing players of computer games to move items on screen with merely …

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Researchers are collecting vast amounts of diverse genomic data with ever-increasing speed, but effective ways to visualize these data in an integrated manner have lagged behind the ability to generate them.

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Researchers at Durham University have drawn up the first ever ‘Arctic Map’ to show the disputed territories that states might lay claim to in the future.

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The company is introducing a free service called Insights for Search. The tool is intended for marketers, but it allows anyone to track the popularity of various words and phrases that people type into …

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A new low cost platform for swarm robotics research which makes it possible to produce robots for as little as £24 (US$46) each will be presented tomorrow at the first European conference on Artificial …

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The emerging science of nanomedicine has researchers rushing to make smaller and smaller particles in an effort to infiltrate the microscopic world of cells, strands and proteins that keeps our body functioning.

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Most cancer tumors that have clear borders and are well defined have traditionally been treated successfully by surgical removal. But not all cancers respond to conventional surgery. More importantly, conventional surgery brings risks of …

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The security breaches indicate that little progress has been made in defusing the threat of botnets, networks of infected computers that criminals use to send spam, steal passwords and do other forms of damage.

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Even if no new reactors are built, getting rid of the country’s nuclear waste will cost $96.2 billion and require a major expansion of the planned Nevada waste dump beyond limits imposed by Congress, …

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The tradition dates back to the Old West: A cowboy gently soothes his cattle with a simple song.

MP3… In Marybeth Hicks’s parenting world, “geeks” stands for “genuine, enthusiastic, empowered kids.” She doesn’t mind if the acronym sounds cute. Just don’t call it cool. Cool is killing our kids’ spirits, she …

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Almost half of the world’s primate species are facing extinction, a major global assessment warns, with habitat loss the main threat.

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It might be time to focus on scientists rather than speculators.

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An international team of researchers combined an X-ray laser and a lens-less pinhole camera to demonstrate the world’s smallest and highest-resolution holograms of micron-size objects at nanometer resolution.

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Americans work longer hours than ever. That not only hurts women’s careers but also widens the gender gap and threatens to trigger a resurgence of the traditional homemaker/breadwinner family structure in dual-earner households, says …

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Last year at this time, wheat was less than $4 a bushel. Last week, it was more than $8. Though farmers are happy with wheat prices, the enthusiasm is tempered by skyrocketing prices for …

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Mayor Chuck Reed is betting that San Jose, Calif., can become the world’s clean-tech capital, whether in spite of or helped by a stagnating economy and high energy costs.

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For those of you spending your workdays posting videos of the cat to YouTube or trading messages with friends on Facebook, you

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The China that greets the world next month for the 2008 Summer Olympic Games wasn’t imaginable 40 years ago.

Slackonomics makes the case that In a global marketplace in which an ever-widening income gap encourages average Americans to live beyond their means, it may be up to a generation of “slackers” to bring our …

In this Revised and Expanded edition of The Coming China Wars, Peter Navarro has thoroughly updated his bestselling book on the threats now posed by the dramatic rise of China as an economic and military …

RealAudio / WindowsMedia… A discussion about the benefits, limitations, and long-term safety of deep brain stimulation and brain pacemaker implants in patients with neurological disorders. [Diane Rehm]

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With the U.S. economy struggling, homeowners with better credit are now falling behind on their payments in growing numbers and delinquencies among prime loans, which account for most of the $12 trillion market, have …

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A new technology called Slydial lets callers dial a mobile phone but avoid an unwanted conversation or unwanted intimacy on the other end.

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Like everything else done for the Olympics, China’s quest to clear up notoriously polluted skies in time for opening ceremonies this week has been marked by gargantuan effort.

Ever feel like you’re floating down the river of life, just hoping that everything turns out OK? Let Managing Brand You help you plan for something much, much better. This inspiring, practical book draws on …

With the precision of an economist and the narrative deftness of a storyteller, syndicated columnist Loretta Napoleon examines how the world is being reshaped by dark economic forces, creating victims out of millions of ordinary …

RealAudio / WindowsMedia… After seven years of negotiations, the Doha Round of World Trade Organization talks collapsed this week. A look at the split between established and rising powers over protecting interests …

MP3… Every walk of life has its lingo. Its buzzwords and catchphrases. American business has its own colorful menagerie of slang, and always has — from bulls and bears, to bootstraps, and 800-pound …

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US researchers have come up with a pill that promises to give a typical junk-food snacking couch potato the silhouette of an athlete and the endurance of a marathon runner.

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A Web site that makes criminal records available from across the United States has drawn the attention of privacy advocates and those who believe a delicate social balance could be disrupted.

Lucas Conley lifts the veil on an unchecked phenomenon and requires us to consider the grave ramifications of our branded world. As hilarious as it is frightening OBD: Obsessive Branding Disorder skillfully reexamines our buying …

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NASA will fly two nanosatellites as secondary payloads aboard the SpaceX Falcon 1 rocket planned for launch in August or September.

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Mike Baker considers the big picture of where schools should be heading in the future.

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Infections following treatment in clinics, retirement homes, and long-term care facilities are a grave problem for patients, and resistant germs can be particularly devastating.

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Rapid investment in low carbon energy catapults China to second place in the global renewables ranking, a report shows.

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Judged by the astonishing increase in journal papers written by scientists in China, there can be little doubt that China is finding its place as one of the world’s scientific power houses. Michael Banks, …

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