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Khosla Ventures has quickly become one of the top venture firms investing in clean technology, and now is looking to invest internationally.

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A new discovery by London biologists may yield new ways of handling the problem of transplant rejection. In a research article published in the November 2008 print issue of The FASEB Journal (http://www.fasebj.org/), the …

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Computer scientists have built a software program that can perform key duplication without having the key. Instead, the computer scientists only need a photograph of the key.

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Biologists today are doing what Darwin thought impossible. They are studying the process of evolution not through fossils but directly, as it is happening. Now, by modeling the steps evolution takes to build, from …

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Clean tech investments surge 55 percent in third quarter as venture capital firms pour $1.6 billion into U.S. sector that sees hottest action in solar.

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Just as dozens of expansion projects are being completed, airlines are cutting back.

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Gene scientists delving into the 5,300-year-old remains of Oetzi the Iceman, the mysterious mummified man found high in the Alps, say he most likely has no modern-day relatives.

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The ancient Phoenicians may be largely forgotten, but they’re not gone. Rome destroyed the Phoenicians’ greatest city – Carthage – centuries ago, but new genetic studies indicate that as many as one in 17 …

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New research from the University of Bristol brings stem cell therapies for heart disease one step closer. The findings reveal that our bodies’ ability to respond to an internal ‘mayday’ signal may hold the …

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As businesses have begun cutting jobs, New York leads all state in number of first-time unemployment claims.

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Game companies and social networks hope digital figures will drive revenues.

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University of Utah scientists successfully created a sensitive prototype device that could test for dozens or even hundreds of diseases simultaneously by acting like a credit card-swipe machine to scan a card loaded with …

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GE Consumer & Industrial announced today that it is introducing a program that will provide the next step in home energy cost savings for consumers while helping utility companies better manage the demand for …

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Amphibians around the world are on the decline from disease. In an article in this week’s issue of the journal Nature, Jason Rohr of the University of South Florida (USF) and colleagues revealed that …

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After years of flooding Americans with credit card offers and sky-high credit lines, lenders are sharply curtailing both, just as an eroding U.S. economy squeezes consumers.

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UC San Diego bioengineers have created the first stable, fast and programmable genetic clock that reliably keeps time by the blinking of fluorescent proteins inside E. coli cells. The clock’s blink rate changes when …

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Nanorobots that are introduced into the body to eradicate tumor cells or clean out clogged arteries are not just science fiction; they are a realistic vision of the technological possibilities of the not-so-distant future. …

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Energy companies must continue to invest despite the downturn, the chief executive of Total, Christophe de Margerie, said.

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A new class of minerals found on Mars suggests liquid water stayed on the planet’s surface a billion years later than first thought.

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A new standard that allows UK firms to measure the size of their products’ carbon footprints is launched.

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The planet is headed for an ecological "credit crunch", according to a report issued by conservation groups.

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New technology lets retailers cater to customer habits.

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Small businesses are upset that banks are still reluctant to lend to them, despite the government bailout.

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The cost-cutting measure makes The Monitor the first national newspaper to essentially give up on print.

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Arctic sea ice thickness "plummeted" last winter, thinning by as much as 49cm in some regions, data shows.

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In a report published by the US Army’s 304th Military Intelligence Battalion and later posted to the Federation of American Scientists website, the U.S. Intelligence community has labeled Twitter, amongst other Web 2.0-like tools, …

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Such a merger would shake up the U.S. industrial landscape and create an automaker with about a third of the U.S. car market by sales.

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Closely integrated into the global financial system, Denmark has discovered that ice-cold credit markets cannot warm up without easing elsewhere. And the same appears true of large countries as well.

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For large companies, the costs associated with malware now amount to an average of more than $125,000 per month. The costs of repairing malware attacks and corporate data leaks have increased along with employee …

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The British government will announce plans to buy a number of electric cars and vans for a new pilot scheme.

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Analysis: Don’t believe the (lack of) hype.

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Scientists who are seeking new sources of clean energy are trying to mimic the way plants and trees do it, by converting sunlight into fuel.

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A nine-person team at Microsoft Research India assesses whether quirky ideas can make technology useful to those who have heretofore lived without it.

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Mumbai, Delhi will be most populated cities after Tokyo by 2025: UN-HABITAT

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The deepening economic crisis may appear to be the perfect storm for environmentalism, but many in and around the green movement contend the opposite, seeing in it a time of opportunity.

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Companies are getting comfortable announcing news in virtual worlds, pushing their messages onto iPhones and asking for feedback to the CEOs’ blogs. Why?

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GM, like other American automakers, tied its fortunes to the SUV, a product line that may be the industry’s undoing.

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Pilot seaweed and algae farms are needed to assess Scotland’s marine biomass potential, according to experts.

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The party’s over as America falls off its bar stool. Economic upheaval will see Asia in general, and China in particular, just keep powering on.

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Islamic banking has already been integrated into the English and German banking systems and efforts are under way to allow Muslims in France to bank and invest under regulations that conform to Shariah, the …

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Scientists have grown new prostate glands in mice, in another advance for stem cell technology.

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In a finding worthy of a science fiction novel, U.S. scientists reported they could selectively erase specific memories in mice without affecting recall of other events.

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A team of scientists at UC-Berkeley have successfully stored and retrieved information using the nucleus of an atom. A paper outlining the achievement entitled "Solid-state quantum memory using the 31P nuclear spin" appears in …

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Enbridge Inc. and FuelCell Energy have opened a power plant in Toronto that converts waste energy into electricity in what the companies are calling the first operation to pair fuel cells with an emission-free …

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A fervent proponent of deregulation during his tenure at the Fed, Alan Greenspan said "I have found a flaw" in free markets, which would have a severe impact on the U.S. economy.

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Daimler, Fiat and Hyundai Motor added to the gloom surrounding automakers with bleak forecasts for next year.

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Web 2.0 could change beyond recognition with mapping of skills and needs of users

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A US firm unveiled plans to build a massive one-billion-dollar (667 million US) charging network to power electric cars in Australia as it seeks cleaner and cheaper options to petrol.

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From pacemakers constructed of materials that so closely mimic human tissues that a patient’s body can’t discern the difference to devices that bypass injured spinal cords to restore movement to paralyzed limbs, the possibilities …

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Scientists at the Gladstone Institute of Neurological Disease (GIND) have identified a new strategy to destroy amyloid-beta (AB) proteins, which are widely believed to cause Alzheimer’s disease (AD). Li Gan, PhD, and her coworkers …

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Twenty-one companies are seeking permission to build 34 new power plants, from New York to Texas.

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Want to lose weight? Try eating. That’s one of the strategies being developed by scientists experimenting with foods that trick the body into feeling full.

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Growing inequality in US cities could lead to widespread social unrest and increased mortality, says a new United Nations report on the urban environment. In a survey of 120 major cities New York was …

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Samsung Electronics has dropped its $5.9 billion bid for SanDisk. Companies worldwide are scrapping plans to merge and acquire although their targets are cheaper as stocks tumble.

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In June the state of Florida made an unusual announcement: it would sue the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers over the corps

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Wal-Mart announced in Beijing that it would require manufacturers supplying goods for its stores to adhere to stricter ethical and environmental standards, the latest effort by the big retailer to answer criticism of its …

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Leslie T. Chang’s deeply affecting book tells the story of the invisible foot soldiers who made China’s stirring rise possible: the country’s 130 million migrant workers.

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Engineers at Panasonic will showcase their new reduced size methanol fuel cell at the Hydrogen Energy Advanced Technology Exhibition 2008 in Fukuoka, Kyushu, Japan.

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Successful people say inspiration isn?t all luck. Equally important is having an open mind, especially in tumultuous times.

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Russia, Iran and Qatar made the first serious moves Tuesday toward forming an OPEC-style cartel on natural gas, raising concerns that Moscow could boost its influence over energy markets spanning from Europe to South …

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Smaller may not be better in the overall hotel world, but, at least in Europe, smaller is cheaper. In an effort to cater to the most budget-minded travelers, hoteliers there have introduced sub-budget hotel …

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McGill University researchers have discovered a new state of matter, a quasi-three- dimensional electron crystal, in a material very much like those used in the fabrication of modern transistors. This discovery could have momentous …

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Two teams of scientists from Harvard-MIT Division of Health Science and Technology (HST) at Brigham and Women’s Hospital have developed a new self-assembling hydrogel drug delivery system that is biocompatible, efficient at drug release, …

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A Dutch court has convicted two youths of theft for stealing virtual items in a computer game and sentenced them to community service.

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The biggest question is what price level is the cartel prepared to defend.

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Recent discoveries of water and Earth-like soil on Mars have set imaginations running wild that human beings may one day colonise the Red Planet. However, the first inhabitants might not be human in form …

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Those on Wall Street who point to history as their best guide are breathing a little easier as early signs emerge of a thaw in credit markets frozen by the biggest financial crisis in …

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A rise in carbon emissions is not the only threat to the planet. Changes to the nitrogen cycle, caused in large part by the widespread use of fertilizers, are also damaging both water quality …

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Space debris increased by a record 20 percent last year, continuing a trend that could make travel in Earth

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Why a low-carbon vision is key for economic upturn

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India takes a giant leap with the launch of a lunar mission that will boost its space programme into the same league as regional powerhouses Japan and China.

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When John McCain’s bid for the Republican presidential nomination was in the doldrums last year — short on cash and with top aides jumping ship — his campaign strategists turned to YouTube.

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New Zealand gave the green light for clinical trials involving the transplantation of pig cells into humans in a potential breakthrough treatment of diabetes.

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A group of scientists and researchers fascinated with the human genome said Monday they will post online their most private personal information – their medical records and DNA sequence of some of their own …

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The technology is the same as that of the simple inkjet printer found in homes and offices, but Japanese scientist Makoto Nakamura is on a mission to see if it can also produce human …

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The United States is poised to become the world’s largest user of solar power in the next decade, experts say, thanks in part to Silicon Valley innovation and the country’s vast land area and …

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A £350m project is beginning to attract more students to maths and science university courses.

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The U.S. federal government’s rapidly mounting expenses are overwhelming the federal budget and increasing an already swollen deficit.

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Jack Ganssle, chief engineer at The Ganssle Group, has been developing embedded systems since the early 1970s.

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Nuclear engineering professors say that after years of vacant seats in their classrooms, their courses are filling up.

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Ten years ago, evolutionary biologist John Maynard Smith had called artificial life a "fact-free science," but today, that has changed. Scientists are now on the verge of creating synthetic cells, and pieces of the …

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You might expect to see slack soft drink sales, more frequent car thefts and meaning-laden songs at the top of the pop charts during a recession.

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Policies aimed at improving the environment are often put on hold during financial turbulence, and this time looks no different.

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The chairman of the Federal Reserve, Ben Bernanke, said Monday that he supported a second round of spending measures to help stimulate the U.S. economy.

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The government in Madrid is appealing to government in the Middle East to buy the public debt that Spain plans to issue to pay for its banking-support package, the industry minister, Miguel Sebasti

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A spacecraft designed to map the outer edges of our solar system is in orbit high above the Earth after a successful launch Sunday, NASA said

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Rising drilling costs are affecting economic viability

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At the Web 3.0 conference in Santa Clara October 16th and 17th we dived into some fascinating glimpses of the future. Web 3.0 isn’t just a suffix upgrade, rolling over from the increasingly fuzzy …

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Unemployed worker Wang Wenming was angry at his boss for shutting down a massive Chinese factory this week that made toys for Mattel Inc., Hasbro Inc. and other American companies.

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Gov. Charlie Crist’s challenge to become the nation’s alternative energy leader has taken a significant step forward following the release of what could be a template for the state’s energy future.

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Owning an electric vehicle requires more than global-cooling ambitions. It takes guile, planning, sharp vision, a silver tongue – and a 50-foot extension cord. Steve Bernheim knows accessible outlets like a firefighter knows hydrants. …

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The sharp increases in commodity prices that triggered food riots this year have been all but erased amid the recent financial turmoil, but officials now fear donors will forget that the problem goes much …

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There is little doubt that Brazil, Russia, India and China will see a significant economic slowdown in 2009, but they will probably avoid a deep recession of the sort that looks inevitable in the …

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The global financial crisis comes from a conjunction of three major trends, common to many countries and to a wide variety of financial institutions.

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Alumni of Treasury secretary Henry Paulson Jr.’s old firm, Goldman Sachs, are key to the U.S. government response to the financial crisis.

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Decisive moves that led the international move to stem the panic in the financial markets have earned Europe a bit of respect in the United States.

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Winter is coming. The economy is in crisis. People are fearful. So why should they hope oil prices don’t fall too far?

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In the global financial crisis, perhaps no community of the affluent has fallen as hard, or as fast, as the brash Kremlin-connected insiders whose wealth was tied up in the overlapping bubbles of the …

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Now that the big five investment banks have been shut down, sold off or turned into more staid bank holding companies, there is one big risk-taking banker left in the United States: the federal …

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Silicon Valley insiders call it the O"Reilly Radar: Tim O"Reilly"s uncanny ability to spot a technology revolution before it happens. But lately the entrepreneur, investor and book publisher has been busier trying to incite …

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Italy to launch pioneering carbon-neutral farm

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Unlike the frugal generations before them, young Indians have been consuming without much concern about the future. But amid a global financial crisis, a certain caution has set in.

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U.S. broadcasters have blasted the country’s regulators for favouring a plan that could open up unused airwaves for wireless internet services.

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It’s called "buckypaper" and looks a lot like ordinary carbon paper, but don’t be fooled by the cute name or flimsy appearance. It could revolutionize the way everything from airplanes to TVs are made.

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The population of West African chimpanzees in Ivory Coast has fallen by about 90% in less than 20 years, a study suggests.

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Energy spans the entire company, from engineers to treasury, Dan Reicher says. "We’re joined at the hip on energy."

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A US patient left in a coma-like state after a road accident recovered the ability to speak after repeated exposure to a magnetic field.

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Microprocessors capable of "stealing" and harnessing energy from the environment can help address power scarcity, says expert in embedded systems.

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The open-source movement worked wonders for software. Can it do the same for diabetes and other illnesses?

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Germany’s lower house of parliament has overwhelmingly approved a rescue package for the country’s financial markets.

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Logic gates built from a DNA-like molecule could one day be used to detect diseases and instantly manufacture drugs within the body

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China Premier Wen Jiabao pledged to help Pakistan overcome its economic troubles, Chinese state media reported, although details of the assistance were not disclosed.

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Producers and company executives are becoming increasingly nervous that oil’s rollercoaster ride undermines the stability of energy markets.

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But analysts say countries have learned from the Great Depression that new tariffs would only make things worse.

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House prices across much of the country are likely to fall through late 2009, economists say.

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One the most audacious ideas of the Web 2.0 boom that people could lend money to other people over the Internet and cut out banks, is experiencing a squeeze.

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Latching on to a trend in the wireless industry, AT&T Inc. said Wednesday it has started an initiative to encourage manufacturers to create more non-phone gadgets that connect to its wireless network.

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An experimental device that connects to individual neurons in the brain has enabled monkeys to overcome wrist paralysis, a development researchers say could help people with spinal injuries.

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If the banks don’t return to health in a few years, the U.S. government could end up barely breaking even – or losing money.

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A free nationwide wireless Internet network has moved one step closer to becoming a reality in the United States following a key finding by the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC).

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The pro-regulation climate in Washington will probably spill over from the financial sector into other areas, including health care and consumer protection.

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Increasing numbers of people are using prescription drugs to boost alertness and brain power, raising safety and ethical concerns, say experts.

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The challenge posed by climate change could be resolved by a peaceful switch to a low-carbon economy, or alternatively inflict stresses that could include war and desertification of swathes of the US and Australia, …

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Merger talks between the two U.S. automakers are a gut-punch to a city reeling from scandal and a downturn.

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UK researchers are using microscopic "nanoprobes" to find new drugs to tackle antibiotic resistance.

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The financial crisis and a deepening economic downturn are threatening to delay efforts to deal with another pressing global crisis: climate change. Hopes for action had been running high since both Republican John McCain …

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An experiment takes place at Berkshire’s University of Reading to see if robots are capable of intelligent thought.

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Attempts to tackle global warming are being made more difficult by the spreading economic crisis even as Democratic congressional leaders say it’s still a top goal for next year.

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Stefan Buchberger, from the University of Applied Arts, Vienna, Austria, has been chosen winner of the Electrolux Design Lab 2008 competition for inventing Flatshare. Flatshare is a modular fridge with individual compartments for people …

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India is making final preparations for its first mission to the moon, officials said over the weekend.

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Today’s economy is tough for both job-seekers and employers alike. Mistakes are costly and time-consuming for both parties. Employers have tighter budgets for finding and interviewing candidates, and candidates need every tool available to …

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Exchange-traded funds that focus on alternative energy have proliferated and many of them have been mirroring the sharp swings in the oil markets.

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EBay was once an online juggernaut and Amazon.com its weaker rival. Things have changed.

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Here are nine geek hotels offering futuristic conveniences and tech amenities at a reasonable rate–sometimes in luxury.

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Flooding, rationing, refugees, power failures … but we’ll all be happier. Experts were asked to imagine our country in 42 years … Environment Editor Rob Edwards looks at their predictions.

The Web 3.0 world of “pandemic economics” is a new economy that will function outside the traditional laws of commerce, free from today’s impediments to business growth, and in a world where every person is …

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Southern Australia’s 12-year drought is officially the worst on record, the Australian newspaper said, citing the Bureau of Meteorology.

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China’s central bank has pledged to continue international cooperation to tackle the global financial crisis and maintain market stability, according to state media.

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The shift could draw hundreds of millions of farmers more firmly into China?s city-centered market economy.

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Google mounted another effort to transform its popular YouTube video sharing service into a profit engine, by presenting full-length TV shows from CBS replete with prominently displayed advertising.

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Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said that his government would go ahead with a plan to spend budget money to buy shares on the Russian stock exchange, starting Monday, in the hope of lifting the …

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One of the jewels in China’s cultural crown, the sprawling complex in the heart of the capital already gets tens of thousands of real-life visitors each day.

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A bug which lives entirely on its own without oxygen and in complete darkness could offer clues to life on other planets.

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A hydrogen energy research centre, described as the first of its kind in the UK, opens near Swansea, Wales.

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Patients on the waiting list for a heart transplant soon may have more options thanks to a new device being developed by the Texas Heart Institute in collaboration with two University of Houston professors.

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How severely retirees will be affected by the continuing financial crisis and subsequent "credit crunch" depends to a considerable extent on the kinds of retirement plans they rely on for retirement income, according to …

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The Alberta government is partnering with multinational conglomerate General Electric to improve water treatment and reuse in the province’s oilsands projects, which consume enormous volumes of fresh water to produce oil.

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A Google-sponsored satellite has beamed its first picture back to Earth in a successful test of a camera that will supply images for the Internet giant’s free online map and navigation services.

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Skin could be damaged by prolonged, close-up exposure to low-energy bulbs, health experts have warned.

The age of the faceless corporation is over. In the new business era of the twenty first century, great brands and products must evoke a dynamic personality in order to attract passionate customers. Although many …

Brands are dead. Advertising no longer works. Weaned on TiVo, the Internet, and other emerging technologies, the short-attention-span generation has become immune to marketing. Consumers are “in control.” Or so we’re told. In Buying In, …

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Every day this week, regulators have had to halt trading on Russia’s main bourses, the world’s hardest-hit stock markets during the current crisis.

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Two Silicon Valley biotech companies and Microsoft are assisting researchers in a 20-year, landmark study involving up to 10,000 participants to determine how people use the information they get from the growing and controversial …

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The deregulation and use of derivatives long had a great supporter in the person of Alan Greenspan.

The perfect bedside companion for every bird-watcher and nature lover. Peter Tate has published several books on ornithology. In Flights of Fancy he has collected the stories that have most intrigued him over a lifetime …

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The UK’s existing water policy will fail to cope with future extreme weather events, a National Trust report warns.

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The world’s fishing fleets are losing billions of dollars each year through depleted stocks and poor management, according to a UN report.

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A pair of Penn State researchers has developed a statistical approach, called Automatic Linguistic Indexing of Pictures in Real-Time (ALIPR), that one day could make it easier to search the Internet for photographs. The …

What will the financial landscape be months or years from now? How will technology affect your company and your industry? What factors will shape the demand for your product or service? Understandably, it is imperative …

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Fast forward to 2050 and review the last 100 years.

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While China cut rates twice in three weeks, speculation is also swirling that Beijing could chip in with a vote of confidence by pledging to hold onto its vast dollar assets.

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Virtual worlds reach out to new audience via the web and social networking.

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Miles below us, deep within Earth’s crust, life is astir. Organisms there are not the large creatures typically envisioned when thinking of life. Instead, thriving there are microbes, the smallest and oldest form of …

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Frozen arctic soil contains nearly twice the greenhouse-gas-producing organic material as was previously estimated, according to recently published research by University of Alaska Fairbanks scientists.

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The government pledged hundreds of billions of dollars in credits, guarantees and cash to restore confidence. Spain mounted a separate rescue of its own banking sector.

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A clever trick borrowed from jellyfish earns two Americans and one Japanese scientist a share of the chemistry Nobel Prize.

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Car buyers are being forced to put more money down or make all-cash deals because of the tight credit markets, hurting already sluggish auto sales.

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Scientists at the world-leading Department of Genetics at the University of Leicester – where the revolutionary technique of genetic fingerprinting was invented by Professor Sir Alec Jeffreys- are developing techniques which may one day …

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Google Inc., the leader in online search and advertising, is muscling in on video game territory — though it won’t exactly be in the form of a shoot ‘em up game.

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Airlines and hotels are reporting sharp declines in sales.

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Complete Genomics Inc., a third-generation human genome sequencing company, has announced its formal launch as the world’s first provider of large-scale human genome sequencing services. The company, which was established in March 2006, has …

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People in their 20s Generation Y are changing residential real estate in Atlanta. Gen Y is "our largest current clientele. It’s our largest future clientele," said Patrick O’Donnell, a partner in the Lane Co., …

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Iceland took control Tuesday of one of its largest banks, pegged its currency to a basket of other units and said that it was seeking a 4 billion-emergency loan from Russia as it struggles …

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A robotic suit that reads brain signals and helps people with mobility problems will be available to rent in Japan for $2,200 a month starting Friday — an invention that may have far-reaching benefits …

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A robot that reconstructs itself after exploding. It sounds like an unstoppable cyborg played by a certain state governor, but the ckBot has a long way to go before it can come close to …

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Emerging markets took one of their biggest collective tumbles in a decade as stock markets from Mexico to Indonesia to Russia were gripped by fears of a collapse.

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Beekeepers had it easy when cattle roamed freely across the flower-filled meadows of Argentina’s Pampas plains. But a boom in soy farming has changed all that.

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How a cell assembles its internal machinery required for cell movement has been revealed for the first time. The discovery is fundamental to the understanding of how a cell responds to its external environment.

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By tracing the progression of mobile electronics offerings in the automobile, using a through line from the past to present, may help us better understand the road ahead.

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Zeno, a toy robot that may be available for around $300 in 2010, is designed to fend off future robots that are psychotic and lack sympathy for humans. Wired.co.

In Insatiable Curiosity, Nowotny explores the strands of the often unexpected intertwining of science and technology and society. Uncertainty arises, she writes, from an oversupply of knowledge. The quest for innovation is society’s response to …

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State-owned Dubai developer Nakheel said on Sunday it planned to build a 1,000-metre high tower amid tightening global financing conditions, which have delayed its proposed real estate investment trusts.

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The world is at the dawn of a new urban era with half of humanity now living in cities and towns. It is predicted that by the year 2050, some six billion people will …

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America will send a new generation of explorers to the moon aboard NASA’s Orion crew exploration vehicle.

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When the next president takes office, Americans should not be surprised when he spells out the ramifications of being a debtor nation.

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Engineers long have known that great ideas can be lifted from Mother Nature, but a new paper* by researchers at Yale University and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) takes it to …

For philanthropists of the past, charity was often a matter of simply giving money away. For the philanthrocapitalists — the new generation of superrich who are giving away billions — it’s like business. Successful entrepreneurs …

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The author Thomas Friedman calls for government-led action to clean up the environment.

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In the past two weeks, the business world has endured bank failures, collapsing markets, congressional quagmires and multibillion-dollar bailouts. What better time to sit down with someone like Lenny Mendonca, a longtime business leader …

When it comes to communicating with an ever-evolving audience, today’s organization has more than enough tools to get the job done — blogs, podcasts, social networks, search advertising, and much more. Yet the combination of …

MP3… In The Coming Convergence Stanley Schmidt lays out the accelerating technological trends in nanotechnology, biotechnology, information technology and cognitive science, and how their convergence into new metasciences will bring about dramatic risks …

MP3… Dr. J. talks with Susan Anderson, professor of philosophy at the University of Connecticut and collaborator with Michael Anderson on a project on programming ethics into artificial intelligence. [Changesurfer Radio]

MP3… Nick O’Neill speaks with Charlene Li about her new book, Groundswell, Winning in a World Transformed by Social Technologies. [Social Times]