IBM to help small businesses compete for contracts
(AP) -- Tech giant IBM Corp. is trying to help small businesses get supply contracts with blue chip companies in a variety of industries.
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Women more likely than men to accept global warming
Women tend to believe the scientific consensus on global warming more than men, according to a study by a Michigan State University researcher.
Social Sciences
Sep 14, 2010
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Global fisheries research finds promise and peril
Global fisheries, a vital source of food and revenue throughout the world, contribute between US$225-$240 billion per year to the worldwide economy, according to four new studies released today. Researchers also concluded ...
Ecology
Sep 14, 2010
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Outsmarting killer bacteria: Next generation of antibiotics to combat drug-resistant 'superbugs'
Antibiotics can work miracles, knocking out common infections like bronchitis and tonsillitis. But according to the Center for Disease Control, each year 90,000 people in the U.S. die of drug-resistant "superbugs" -- bacteria ...
Biochemistry
Sep 14, 2010
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Human impacts on the deep seafloor
Scientists have for the first time estimated the physical footprint of human activities on the deep seafloor of the North East Atlantic. The findings published in the journal PLoS ONE reveal that the area disturbed by bottom ...
Environment
Sep 14, 2010
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Chandra finds evidence for stellar cannibalism
Evidence that a star has recently engulfed a companion star or a giant planet has been found using NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory. The likely existence of such a "cannibal" star provides new insight into how stars and ...
Astronomy
Sep 14, 2010
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GOES-13 sees system 92L looking more like a tropical depression
GOES-13 captured a look at System 92L this morning as it continues moving through the central Caribbean, and it's looking more and more like a tropical depression.
Earth Sciences
Sep 14, 2010
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Microsoft tops Yahoo! in search in August: Nielsen
Microsoft's Bing and other Internet search services overtook Yahoo! for the first time to become the number two search engine in the United States in August, The Nielsen Co. said Tuesday.
Internet
Sep 14, 2010
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Ending the oceans' 'tragedy of the commons'
Leading international marine scientists are proposing radical changes in the governance of the world's oceans to rescue them from overfishing, pollution and other human impacts.
Ecology
Sep 14, 2010
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Nokia chairman expected to stay on until 2012
(AP) -- Nokia Corp. says board chairman Jorma Ollila has signaled readiness to stay on at the helm of the world's leading handset maker until 2012.
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Sep 14, 2010
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