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A Japanese company unveiled a wearable airbag for the elderly that pops out when they fall.

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Australia will set up a A$100 million (US$80 mln) carbon capture research institute aimed at fighting climate shift and with ambitions of becoming the world hub for the technology, the government said

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The melting of the polar ice cap in recent years is decades ahead of model predictions, raising concern that climate change is proving worse than expected.

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Sadville gets RFID enabled Students at the University of Arkansas have created a couple of full-sized hospitals inside Second Life to experiment with the use of RFID tagging in medical environments, and ride on …

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A pilot in which homes had food waste collected separately and composted is hailed a success by government advisers.

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Mass-produced hydrogen fuel-cell cars have been promised for a decade. Where are they? DURING a keynote address at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas in January, the boss of General Motors (GM), Rick …

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Guyana’s president on forests’ role to curb climate shift.

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Harry Kazazian built his business on sleeping bags that are made in China and shipped across the ocean to the United States, but he realized recently that the math doesn’t work anymore.

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Although readers keep shifting to the Internet, Esquire magazine’s editor is sure print isn’t dying, and he aims to prove it Monday by unveiling a 75th-anniversary issue with a cover that features electronic ink.

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The former UK chief scientist says the climate challenge is so great, it demands the most brilliant minds tackle it.

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Even closely related plants produce their own natural chemical cocktails, each set uniquely adapted to the individual plant’s specific habitat. Comparing anti-fungals produced by tobacco and henbane, researchers at the Salk Institute for Biological …

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The recent creation of AXI, LLC is an alliance between Allied Minds, Inc. a seed investment company and the University of Washington. The alliance came about because of Professor Rose Ann Cattolico PhD, an …

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Trying to begin a career as a graphic designer and build a portfolio, Evan Stremke joined CrowdSpring, a Chicago-based online marketplace for creative services. No conventional help-wanted Web site, CrowdSpring is part of a …

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In some nations, the poor used to sustain themselves on less expensive soy products, which provide protein on the cheap. Not any more. The cost of tempeh and tofu has doubled to record highs, …

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Down syndrome may result from early developmental changes in embryonic stem cells, according to researchers who hope the genetic findings could lead to therapeutic clues.

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U.S. giants are rushing to partner with Indian and Chinese companies tapping their brainpower and saving millions of dollars in the search for breakthrough treatments.

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Already struggling with an economy on the brink of recession and a record budget deficit, Britain’s government is facing another problem: how to stop an exodus of British companies fleeing the local tax regime.

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The U.S. retailer, which has about 2.1 million employees worldwide, is now looking to expand into Southeast Asia as American consumers are squeezed by a soft housing market and tighter access to credit.

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Canada’s Arctic ice shelves have lost a colossal area this year, scientists report, with one 50 sq km shelf breaking off completely.

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M2Z is a small wireless start-up with a big goal: free broadband for the masses. The free service, if it launches, would run at 768 kilobits a second, 10 times faster than dial-up. Big …

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The search giant hopes to loosen Microsoft’s grip on Web browsers, which it fears Microsoft could leverage to promote its struggling search and advertising business.

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From fuel-efficient stoves for displaced Congolese families to drought-resistant cashew trees in Brazil, some aid agencies offering carbon offset schemes want to marry emissions savings with help for people living with climate change.

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Rivers in Australia’s most important farming region are in critical condition thanks to the long-running drought, with no sign of an end to the ‘big dry,’ officials said.

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U.S. airlines had hoped for a fresh start in September, with streamlined schedules and smaller fleets that were meant to help them cope better with the high cost of jet fuel.

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Australia’s potential to become to the global uranium market what Saudi Arabia is to oil is under threat of legislation that would outlaw uranium mining in Western Australia.

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The slowdown in auto sales promises tougher times for an industry leaning on the two most populous countries to pick up the slack in the West.

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Around the world, speculators are increasingly looking to water as a new profit engine as supplies dwindle, caught between booming populations demanding more access and climate warming threatening its availability.