World chemistry year to launch biggest-ever experiment
Schoolchildren around the world are being asked to take part in what organisers hope will be the biggest chemistry experiment of all time.
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Surgeons, CCTV and TV football gain from new video technology that banishes shadows and flare
Researchers at the University of Warwick have developed the world's first complete High Dynamic Range (HDR) video system, from video capture to image display, that will help a range of users including: surveillance camera ...
Computer Sciences
Jan 18, 2011
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Chile Pepper Institute introduces 'NuMex Jalmundo'
Jalapeño fans take note -- a new, jumbo pepper is now available for your eating and cooking pleasure. The New Mexico State University chile pepper breeding program recently announced the release of a large-size jalapeño ...
Plants & Animals
Jan 18, 2011
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Do American consumers with low confidence in the government buy American?
When we don't feel confident about our government, we choose indirect ways of showing support, like buying U.S. based products, according to a new study in the Journal of Consumer Research.
Social Sciences
Jan 18, 2011
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Genetic origin of cultivated citrus determined
Citrus species are among the most important fruit trees in the world. Citrus has a long history of cultivation, often thought to be more than 4,000 years. Until now, however, the exact genetic origins of cultivated citrus ...
Plants & Animals
Jan 18, 2011
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Giant snails monitor air pollution in Russia
A Russian waterworks has recruited giant African snails to act as living sensors to monitor air pollution from a sewage incinerator, the company said Tuesday.
Plants & Animals
Jan 18, 2011
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Breakthrough for more efficient drug development
Developing new drugs is a highly costly and time-consuming process. Of 20 candidates, 19 are normally rejected because they don't work or have unwanted side effects. Now a research team led by Professor Lars Baltzer at Uppsala ...
Biochemistry
Jan 18, 2011
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2 charged with stealing iPad users' information
Federal prosecutors in New Jersey are announcing the arrests of two men accused of stealing e-mail addresses and other information from more than 100,000 Apple iPad users.
Internet
Jan 18, 2011
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More effective and better protection is needed for children online
Present-day technical and legal methods of preventing child pornography offences and online grooming are not sufficiently effective and do not meet their purpose. A thesis from the University of othenburg, Sweden, shows ...
Internet
Jan 18, 2011
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New romaine lettuce lines launched
California and Arizona, the two largest lettuce-producing states, account for more than 95% of the lettuce grown in the United States. Since the early 1990s, the states' lettuce crops have been subject to "dieback", a disease ...
Biotechnology
Jan 18, 2011
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