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Vendors are rushing to join Amazon, EMC/VMware, IBM, Google, Microsoft, and Salesforce in the cloud, offering businesses new ways to do more with less.

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Researchers at The University of Manchester have produced a ground-breaking new material, graphane, which has been derived from graphene.

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Australia has squandered its solar energy potential as the fossil fuel lobby has corralled successive federal governments into a coal-powered future.

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Even as the U.S. Congress looks for ways to expand President Barack Obama’s $819 billion stimulus package, the rest of the world is wondering how Washington will pay for it all.

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The UK government is failing to support the measures needed to meet its energy saving targets, an expert warns.

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Physicists have brought a science-fiction staple close to reality

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The Davos consensus that generally favored the market over the state seems to be in retreat, and globalization might have reached its high-water mark; clearly, regulation of finance will be tighter.

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A heat wave, which caused transport chaos by buckling rail lines and left more than 140,000 homes without power, is a sign of climate change, the government said.

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As global warming raises concerns about potential spread of infectious diseases, a team of researchers has demonstrated a way to predict the expanding range of human disease vectors in a changing world.

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The world is facing an “enormous” challenge to feed a growing population because climate change is altering rainfall patterns and fresh water is becoming scarcer, the U.K. government’s top scientist said.

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Nowhere has globalization found a more favorable reception than at the annual World Economic Forum, where business and government leaders gather each year.

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Stanford announced a new generation of artificial intelligence technology that continues to inch robotics closer toward self-awareness. Don’t get overly excited yet, though.

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Russia’s Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) will propose to the government the construction of a low-orbit space station to support future exploration of the Moon and Mars, an agency official said.

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EmTech, the emerging technologies conference from MIT’s Technology Review, will begin in New Delhi on March 2. This is the first-ever MIT Technology Review event in India.

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Advertising does not have to cost a lot of money to be effective, according to Chuck Porter, and agencies might do well in this economic climate if they agree to share in the financial …

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Plans to curb climate change by artificially "fertilising" ocean plankton blooms could be boosted by a new study, scientists say.

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Web sites for NBC-owned television stations are tapping technology from an Internet startup to let visitors hone in on their particular neighborhoods.

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The outlook for the Indian software in 2009 is the toughest ever seen and somewhat overwhelming. The industry, for the first time in its history, faces a top-line decline in the first half of …

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The global food crisis has slipped from the headlines. The world can solve it. Will it?

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Chinese businesses are taking a long-term view in Africa, even though China’s multiplying investments on the continent have lost some luster.

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The European Commission wants to build a global carbon trading market as part of a plan to tackle climate change.

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Sir Lancelot Encore spent his first Florida night in the master bedroom – along with nine other dogs, various cats and two humans – oblivious to the sensation he had cause.

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The first comprehensive assessment of the climate cooling potential of different geoengineering schemes has been carried out by researchers at the University of East Anglia (UEA).

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Prime Minister Taro Aso of Japan warned of the risks of a free-wheeling capitalism that he said had contributed to a global crisis.

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Details are scarce, unless Russian is your language of choice, but CNews is reporting that Russia plans to develop its own national operating system. The move is designed to reduce Russia’s need to rely …

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Scientists have succeeded in artificially creating mechanisms analogous to the human body clock in mammalian cell cultures for the first time ever — a first step towards therapeutic use.

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A tiny marine woodlouse known as the gribble could be key to second generation of biofuels.

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The hotel business has collided head-on with the bad economy and the tight credit market.

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The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry announced a plan to inject state funds into ailing companies in exchange for stakes in them.

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Reducing what you eat by nearly a third may improve memory, according to German researchers.

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Using low-lost circuitry based on a Texas Instruments MSP430 microcontroller, researchers at Intel Labs have devised an RF energy-scavenging platform that can harvest 60 microwatts – sufficient to drive many remote sensing applications – …

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Recent action in Congress to reauthorize the U.S. federal nanotechnology research program offers the chance to address the social and ethical issues concerning the emerging scientific field, experts say.

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A team of environmental researchers in the US warns many effects of climate change are irreversible.

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Half of the immune system has a hidden talent, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have discovered.

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Large anti-government demonstrations in Iceland have been mirrored elsewhere in Europe, but the largest economies have been spared.

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Scientists at the University of Glasgow have discovered that the bio-age of a kidney is the biggest factor in predicting how well it might work and how long it might last after transplantation and …

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US President Barack Obama calls for US energy independence, saying global warming and relying on foreign oil posed threats.

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A snake is probably the last thing you’d ever want crawling around your heart. But in the case of a new American-Israeli invention called the CardioARM, this medical "snake" device may one day save …

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An intercollegiate research project has resulted in the development of materials and mechanical design strategies for flexible electronics suited for use in biomedical devices, among other applications.

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Boffins from Arizona State University have demonstrated a microrefrigerator which effectively cools a PC system by targeting specific chip hot spots.

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In the United States, companies including Caterpillar, Sprint Nextel, and Home Depot announced that they would slash a total of 45,000 jobs.

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A tidal energy project rivalling the cost of the banking bail-out will get money from the taxpayer if it gets the go-ahead, ministers indicated today.

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Today’s world hunger crisis is unprecedentedly severe and requires urgent measures. Nearly 1 billion people are trapped in chronic hunger — perhaps 100 million more than two years ago. Spain is taking global leadership …

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France will guarantee up to €5 billion in loans to help airlines fund the purchase of new aircraft, a move squarely aimed at helping Airbus maintain production during the current credit crunch.

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Farmers in Senegal and elsewhere in West Africa, after investing and borrowing heavily to expand their production, run the risk of being wiped out as global food prices plummet.

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The president’s first moves on environmental regulations signal a sharp change in direction and a bet that stronger emissions standards will yield technology innovation in energy.

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Andrew Miller asks whether open source software can help schools use their budgets more efficiently.

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The Masters of the Universe no longer sit atop the magic mountain when the World Economic Forum gathers in Davos, Switzerland this week.

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As consumers are finding ways to get software, laptops and other products and services at a lower cost, high-margin businesses are hurting.

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Individual nerve cells in the front part of the brain can hold traces of memories on their own for as long as a minute and possibly longer, researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have …

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When researchers analyzed vials of treated wastewater taken from a plant where about 90 Indian drug factories dump their residues, they were shocked. Enough of a single, powerful antibiotic was being spewed into one …

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Global warming may create "dead zones" in the ocean that would be devoid of fish and seafood and endure for up to two millennia, a study published shows.

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Old skills haven’t suddenly become useless with new technologies, just less useful than they would have been 10 years ago. What have we replaced them with?

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It is a dilemma for companies saved by the government: Pressing policy makers risks the appearance of recycling public money to advance a private agenda, while staying on the sidelines could put a company …

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Wal-Mart’s embrace of environmental initiatives pulled much of corporate America, and consumers, along with it.

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More players will join Amazon, EMC/VMware, IBM, Google, Microsoft, and Salesforce in the cloud this year, offering businesses ways to do more with less.

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Today’s inventors need to put together many bits of intellectual property. Too bad they are all patented.

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Barack Obama is the first wired president, ready to exchange e-mail with close friends and advisers. When do the rest of us get to read them.

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Thanks to quantum physics, one atom made to clone another instantaneously over a meter away.

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After back-to-back hospital visits for congestive heart failure, Eva Olweean figured her health was back to normal. But the nurses at her retirement home knew better: Motion sensors in the 86-year-old’s bed detected too …

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President Nicolas Sarkozy on Friday announced new financial aid for French newspapers, but stopped short of the structural overhaul that analysts say is needed to revitalize the ailing sector.

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US regulators have cleared the way for the world’s first study on human embryonic stem cell therapy.

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Among European restaurants, those that do not pass the value test or cannot adapt to the new thriftiness are vulnerable.

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"The string of natural catastrophes that wreaked havoc in 2008, costing the global economy $225 billion and leaving insurers with their second costliest year in history, graphically highlights the …

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By the standards of just about any other country, the latest growth figures in China would be a cause for jubilation. The country clocked 6.8% year-on-year growth for the fourth quarter of 2008 and …

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Zinnov Management Consulting in a study on the R&D offshoring market in China estimated it to be USD 6.4 billion, as opposed to a market of 5.8 billion in India.

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The uncertainties in US market coupled with the not so comfortable noises from new US president about off shoring, means Europe for time being finds itself finally perched atop the agenda for many Indian …

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China is starting to spend hundreds of billions of dollars on infrastructure projects, fearing that widespread joblessness could lead to social unrest.

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In the jungles of Peru, a village finds that creating an international business can also sustain the environment.

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Shai Agassi didn’t grow up dreaming of revolutionizing the auto industry by replacing gasoline-burning cars with electric ones. "I wasn’t a greenie. I didn’t do cars," he said. "None of these things happened from …

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The infection seems to be the first step of a multistage attack, but experts do not know the form it will take.

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New technique can move fragile quantum data between atoms without destroying it.

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Trees in the western USA and Canada are dying twice as quickly as they did just 30 years ago, with rising average temperatures almost certainly to blame, researchers reported.

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Worried by a rapid decline in orders for personal computers, Microsoft initiated the first broad layoffs in its history.

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Most animals, including humans, have functionally lopsided brains. Some things are processed in the left hemisphere, others on the right side. While some of the differences are learned and others inherited, the spectrum of …

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Japanese researchers said Thursday they had identified a gene that transports nicotine through tobacco plants, a discovery that could pave the way to cigarettes free of the carcinogen.

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China’s economic growth slumped to 9 percent for 2008, according to numbers released by the government — in line with expectations, but still the slowest rate the nation has seen in seven years.

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The smallest mechanical switch plus an electronic switch of a type never seen before. That’s how one young physicist sums up the results of his PhD research on electric current through atoms and molecules. …

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Hybrid cars now produced by Toyota, Honda and other mainstream automakers are veritable gas hogs, says Felix Kramer, founder of California Cars Initiative. Not that he doesn’t appreciate the technology that has led to …

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American and European buyers are pulling their import orders from country after country, causing layoffs and factory closings.

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$7000 tax break pondered ‘Leccy Tech Presumably choosing to do it not because it is easy but because it is hard – well, hard-ish – the Obama White House yesterday declared that it “hopes” …

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Singapore lowered its 2009 growth forecast for the second time in three weeks, illustrating the speed at which the global economy is deteriorating.

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Google is abandoning its attempt to sell print advertising on behalf of the struggling newspaper industry because the 2-year-old program wasn’t paying off.

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In keeping with the theme that swept President Obama into the Oval Office, change has come to the official White House Web site.

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Exciting research into blood clotting by British Heart Foundation (BHF) researchers working at the University of Bristol will take us a step closer to better heart attack prevention and treatment. Blood clots can be …

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Experts and lawmakers are growing more and more concerned that the United States relies far too much on medicine from abroad, and they are calling for a law that would require that certain drugs …

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Algae is a livid green giveaway of nutrient pollution in a lake. Scientists would love to reproduce that action in tiny particles that would turn different colors if exposed to biological weapons, food spoilage …

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A report suggests that we’e moving towards a global skin colour. Our writer applauds breaking down race barriers.

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Vestas boss claims wind energy is not just more carbon efficient than coal and nuclear, it uses far less water too The case for switching to wind energy to cut carbon emissions is well …

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New sensor could be used to detect disease

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Wikia co-founder Angela Beesley says that wikis could learn a trick or two from Facebook.

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The smallest mechanical motor yet designed could be used in tiny robots for surgical procedures.

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Governments in Europe are now moving more forcefully to take control over banks and their lending policies. But it will cost taxpayers hundreds of billions more.

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The number of foggy, misty and hazy days is diminishing across Europe, amplifying warming, say scientists.

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Electronic systems designed to perform simple functions, such as monitor the temperature on a yogurt pot, mustn’t cost much: This is where printed electronics are at an advantage. Researchers are now significantly improving the …

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Not long ago cancer medicine in the U.S. passed a hopeful milestone: for the first time, the incidence rates for both new cases and deaths in men and women declined, according to an annual …

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The world is at risk of a "damaging spiral" of de-globalisation if countries do not co-ordinate their responses to the worldwide economic downturn, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said.

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Spain’s credit rating was downgraded Monday by Standard & Poor’s, the agency, as the country’s first recession in 15 years swells the budget deficit.

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New research strengthens the link between water pollution and rising male fertility problems. The study, by Brunel University, the Universities of Exeter and Reading and the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, shows for the …

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China plans to complete its own satellite navigation system by 2015, making it independent of foreign technology such as the US-developed Global Positioning System (GPS), state media said

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The tinder is dry for a flareup of trade and currency disputes between Washington and Beijing. It is not inevitable that it will catch fire, but the risks of policy missteps are growing.

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Like consumers and homeowners, American corporations binged on easy credit when times were flush, racking up huge debts. Now the bills are due, and paying them back will not be easy, or cheap.

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The local food movement has been all about buying seasonal food from nearby farmers. Now, thanks to the Web, it is expanding to include far-away farmers too.

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After years of futile efforts to stop digital pirates from copying its music, the music business has started to copy the pirates.

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Companies with shaky credit are especially vulnerable as their debts come due, and are likely to be among the earliest of many expected defaults this year.

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A Glasgow team is to launch a major trial to assess whether stem cells can be used to treat stroke patients, the BBC learns.

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Experiments at Johns Hopkins have found that the gradual maturing of embryonic cells into cells as varied as brain, liver and immune system cells is apparently due to the shut off of several genes …

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The money business as we have come to know it, with its lush salaries, big-swinging risk-takers and ultrathin capital cushions, is a goner.

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World trade, a booming source of growth for most of the past five years, is suddenly shriveling.

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Light bulb makers have revamped some plants, shuttered others and invested enormous sums of money in preparation for a technological shift that they believe will revolutionize the industry.

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The European Commission threatened to review its entire relationship with Russia and Ukraine unless there is a breakthrough this weekend.

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The long-standing, politically sensitive wealth gap between China’s citydwellers and its farmers is widening as the economy slows, foiling pledges by its communist leaders to help the countryside catch up.

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Losses have become so large that the U.S. government may have no choice but to take majority stakes in some banks.

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Toyota Motor Corp., the world’s largest car maker, said it would cut output at several North American plants over the next few months in a bid to cut its vehicle inventory in half.

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An invisibility cloak for visible light could be made within six months, say scientists from Duke University, who, in a new paper published today in Science, explain how to hide objects from a dramatically …

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HSBC Holdings Plc , the biggest investor in China among global banks, is sticking to its bet on the world’s fastest-growing major economy as rivals sell out and analysts say the lender may need …

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A 258-page bill proposed by House Democrats as a way to counter the economic downturn spends billions on clean electricity generation, better battery technology, and broadband deployment.

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Plumes of methane in the atmosphere of Mars provide evidence of the possible existence of microbes living below the Martian surface that produce the gas as some do on Earth, U.S. scientists said

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Selecting certain varieties of some common crops could help curb the rise in global temperatures, research suggests.

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A flood of data is emerging from genome research, including sequence data on proteins. To help science keep pace with this flow of knowledge, computer scientists, biophysicists and biochemists across the world have been …

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China said it would lower taxes on car purchases and subsidize vehicle purchases for farmers to prop up the steel and automobile industries.

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Diana Felber brought her groceries to the checkout and counted out her cash — purple, blue and green bills that are good only at businesses in western Massachusetts.

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Edison Electric Institute, an industry association for electric utilities, backs specific targets on greenhouse gas emissions and names viable short-term technology fixes. The industry association of U.S. electric utilities published what its members say …

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Starbucks has launched its first coffee to be made with beans grown in China, the company said.

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China leapfrogged over Germany to become the world’s third-largest economy in 2007, sooner than predicted, underscoring how quickly the concentration of global economic power has shifted.

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Jacob Rosen, associate professor of computer engineering at the Jack Baskin School of Engineering, University of California, Santa Cruz, is developing a wearable robotic "exoskeleton" that could enable a person to lift heavy objects …

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South Korean researchers have found a new way to make flexible, stretchable electrodes that could lead to electronics that fold or could be worn.

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China’s fast-growing population of Internet users has risen to 298 million after passing the United States last year to become the world’s largest, a government-sanctioned research group said.

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China’s BYD Auto announced plans to enter the US market in 2011 with a range of electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles.

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Gulf states like the United Arab Emirates, Qatar and Saudi Arabia are making a push to become the Silicon Valley of alternative energy.

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African farmers and climate change are combining to damage soil at a rate that may plunge the continent, home to about 1 billion people, into chaos as food production declines.

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Scientists study the genetics of the extinct Tasmanian tiger, using DNA extracted from preserved hair.

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Tiny robots that aid surgical procedures and medical checkups currently are the focus of intense research and study. In fact, some of these small-scale devices already are in practical use.

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The World Bank urged China Monday to raise water prices to encourage people to use less water and to promote efficiency in a bid to prevent a "severe water scarcity crisis."

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Discovery could allow for direct delivery of treatments.

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Patients who’ve had a stroke and were rehabilitated using a robot to navigate virtual reality environments walked faster and a greater distance following physical therapy compared to those trained with the robot alone, according …

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Can a Green New Deal revive the global economy?

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Oil produced from algae could soon start fuelling our cars and even be baked into our birthday cakes.

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China’s exports and imports shrank at an accelerating rate last month, a trend likely to set off more job losses in the country’s export-oriented coastal regions.

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The Toyota Prius, which currently dominates the U.S. hybrid car market, will face its most serious challenger this year as Honda introduces the Insight hybrid.

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Biomedical models simulate the human body.

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Children may not like it but a British technology firm has invented an electronic babysitter — a wristwatch-like device that lets parents know where their children are at all times.

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German audio equipment maker Blaupunkt and Australia’s miRoamer have teamed up to produce the first Internet car radio, giving drivers access to tens of thousands of Web radio stations.

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Research by a Harvard University physicist has sparked debate about the environmental cost of Google searches.

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The offering from the Japanese automaker would beat the Chevrolet Volt to the market.

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A look at the machinery to be revealed at the Detroit auto show suggests that the era of the electric automobile has finally arrived.

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Chrysler recharged its surprising leap into the electric car race when the ailing automaker announced plans to add the Jeep Patriot small SUV to its stable of proposed electric vehicles.

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Starved of gas following Russia’s dispute with Ukraine, Slovakia has announced plans to restart a Soviet-era nuclear reactor in defiance of the European Union, to the fury of its neighbor Austria.

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Amena Schlaijker makes her students cluck like chickens, mimic a toothbrush, jump up and down or pretend to die an agonizing death. The aim is to make budding business leaders think outside the box. …

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Ford and other carmakers are betting billions on electric cars despite questions about consumer demand.

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In a recent paper about social privacy Google researchers caution that the expansion of the social Web and our growing involvement with it is compromising our privacy while offering the false sense of security …

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Urban institutions rethink their missions in a push for survival.

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A South Korean blogger pleaded not guilty Saturday to charges that he spread false economic information on the Internet, a news report said, in a case that drew heated debate over freedom of speech.

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The head of AT&T Inc.’s consumer business said Friday that he believes there may be room for phones in the company’s lineup that can receive new digital broadcasts from local TV stations, if a …

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Buttery Christmas cookies, eggnog, juicy beef roast, rich gravy and creamy New York-style cheesecake. Happy holiday food unfortunately can send blood cholesterol levels sky high.

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Wu Yulu has burned down his house, sprayed himself with battery acid, driven his wife to contemplate divorce and openly admits he loves a few contraptions made from scrap metal more than his own …

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A combination of drugs could trick the body into sending its repair mechanisms into overdrive, say scientists.

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Japanese researchers on Friday unveiled a robot suit designed to help reduce the heavy burden of harvesting as the nation’s farm industry faces an ageing, shrinking workforce.

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A tiny beating "heart in a dish" has been grown by Israeli scientists in a world first which will offer hope to millions of cardiac patients.

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Under the plan, bankruptcy judges will be allowed to alter home loans in an effort to prevent foreclosures.

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TV stations in 22 U.S. cities announced Thursday that they will start broadcasting their signals this year in a format designed to be received by mobile devices like cell phones, MP3 players, GPS units …

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Higher global temperatures forecast for the rest of this century will lead to major disruptions in the world food supply unless farmers can adapt to the changing climate, U.S. researchers say.

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Zune-phone free future Steve Ballmer has stressed the relevance of both Windows and the PC in an increasingly fragmented world of computing devices and web access, while introducing the next version of Windows..

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Continental Airlines is the latest to to test-fly a jet biofuel, this time with a product derived partially from algae.

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Lowers already lowered outlook. In a sign of the times even chip giant Intel is hurting after it announced that expects fourth-quarter revenue for fiscal 2008 to fall 23 percent compared to a year …

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A strange little ritual used to go along with Polaroid cameras. The shooter would grab the print as it came out of the camera and wave it in the air, as if that would …

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Australia’s military has warned that global warming could create failed states across the Pacific as sea levels rise and heighten the risk of conflict over resources, a report said.

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American economists and politicians across the political spectrum say Congress should spend whatever it takes to rescue the economy.

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China has bought more than $1 trillion in American debt, but as the global downturn has intensified, Beijing is starting to keep more of its money at home, just as the United States plans …

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Mice exposed to low temperatures develop more blood vessels in their adipose tissue and metabolise body fat more quickly, according to a new study from Karolinska Institutet. Scientists now hope to learn how to …

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US taxpayers open empty wallets. An IT think tank is urging Congress to devote $30 billion (£20 billion) toward the IT industry, saying such a move will create or retain nearly 1 million jobs.

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The ripple of global economic downturn continues to impact the foundation of outsourcing industry, both near and long-term. Service providers are experiencing impact of sluggish growth, decreased margins and employee downsizing.

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Barack Obama delivered a stark assessment of the economy, saying that his administration would be forced to impose tighter discipline on government.

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China’s most popular search engine Baidu apologized Wednesday for hosting links to pornographic content after it was criticized by the government, saying it was sorry for the negative impact on society.

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A debate in the United States persists over the most effective form of stimulus and what role tax cuts should play.

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Although jet fuel prices have dropped, industry executives say they are determined to become less dependence on a single source of fuel if prices rise again.

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The collapse in commodity prices is helping Beijing further its domestic agenda, with support for sectors tailored to speed up plans to overhaul operations rather than to rescue ailing companies or prop up prices.

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A spreading pandemic of myopia among the world’s urban children may be avoided if children spend at least two to three hours each day outdoors.

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Cyber attacks pose the greatest threat to the United States after nuclear war and weapons of mass destruction — and they are increasingly hard to prevent, FBI experts said.

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Apple said it would begin selling song downloads without anticopying measures and change its pricing structure.

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Gazprom, the Russian gas monopoly, halted nearly its entire export of natural gas to Europe in an escalation of a dispute with Ukraine.

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How FBI technology is driving a medical advance.

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The collapse of the U.S. new-car market dragged on in December, raising questions of whether the auto industry will ever again have sales levels that it took for granted just a few years ago.

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Congressional aides also expect Obama to submit an international tobacco control treaty to the Senate for ratification.

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China faces surging protests and riots in 2009 as rising unemployment stokes discontent among migrant workers and university graduates, a state-run magazine said in a blunt warning about unrest in this sensitive year.

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The currency’s quickening slide is piling pressure on the currencies of countries like Ukraine, Kazakhstan and Latvia.

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As mass-produced electric cars come closer to reality, their makers are trying to polish the image of what experts say could be a hard sell in the current recession.

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Google’s book search may allow writers to make money from titles that had been out of commercial circulation for years.

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Short-term thinking and increasing risk aversion have stifled the tech center’s spirit. But innovators still lurk there, if you look for them.

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After one of the worst holiday seasons in decades, businesses are doing whatever they can to clear their shelves and make way for spring merchandise.

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Adults with diabetes may find their mental abilities slowing down soon after the disease appears, a study suggests.

Robert Brunner founded Ammunition LLC to create and communicate great ideas through products, brands, and their surrounding experiences. Formerly a Pentagram Partner, he served as Director of Industrial Design for Apple, and established its pioneering …

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President-elect Barack Obama and congressional Democrats are considering growing government-assisted health care insurance and unemployment compensation as they begin work on a two-year economic recovery package.

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Capital availability is the key question for emerging markets in 2009. Those who have it should do well. As for those who don’t – it may be better not to ask.

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The general wisdom is that innovation leads to automation, which leads to fewer workers. Not so.

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The developer Sean Dunne, who became a symbol of the country’s boom, faces a foundering economy.

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Washington area is home to creative efforts to move government toward virtual worlds.

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This could be the year we grow our own limbs, map our own DNA and get to know our virtual selves. Here are some of the concepts and inventions you’ll be buzzing, blogging and …

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An indicator of the economic doldrums in South Korea: Seoul’s obsession with plastic surgery is waning, and once-crowded clinics are closing.

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Toyota Motor is secretly developing a vehicle that will be powered solely by solar energy in an effort to turn around its struggling business with a futuristic ecological car, a top business daily reported.

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The Russian energy monopoly shut the entire flow of natural gas intended for Ukraine’s domestic consumption after negotiations over prices and transit fees unraveled.

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The globalization of the Web means that companies have to find ways to reach out to consumers in their native languages, a costly and time-consuming endeavor.

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As concern about American student debt rises, promotional deals universities have made with banks are causing alarm.

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In the last two weeks, Chinese officials have announced a series of measures to help exporters.

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Short-term thinking and increasing risk aversion have stifled the tech center’s spirit. But innovators still lurk there, if you look for them.

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Informal groups of enthusiasts may be the key to what makes a new product the next big thing.