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Social welfare cuts ultimately come with heavy price, researchers say

(Phys.org) -- Slashing government funding for Medicaid, food stamps and other programs that serve the poor – while politically popular with some lawmakers and many conservatives – may do more harm ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created May 24, 2012 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (26) | comments 195

Study shows bandwidth caps create user uncertainty, risky decisions

Recently, many U.S. Internet service providers have fallen in line with their international counterparts in capping monthly residential broadband usage. A new study by a Georgia Tech researcher, conducted ...

Technology / Telecom

created May 07, 2012 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (8) | comments 10 | with audio podcast

Revolutionary technology enables objects to know how they are being touched (w/ Video)

A doorknob that knows whether to lock or unlock based on how it is grasped, a smartphone that silences itself if the user holds a finger to her lips and a chair that adjusts room lighting based on recognizing if a user is ...

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created May 04, 2012 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Scientists find identical DNA codes in different plant species

Analyzing massive amounts of data officially became a national priority recently when the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy announced the Big Data Research and Development Initiative. A multi-disciplinary ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Apr 09, 2012 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (6) | comments 7 | with audio podcast

A look at how entrepreneurship and innovation will lead to future job creation in North Africa

It has been nearly a year since an uprising in Tunisia over unemployment and the soaring cost of living ended years of dictatorship. Today, as the county struggles to rebuild, what many do not know is that behind the scenes ...

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created Dec 20, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

UC chemistry research looks to turn food waste into fuel

Three Department of Chemistry undergraduate researchers recently spent time at the Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) University of Science, in Vietnam, working on ways to turn food waste into biodiesel fuel. Cody Nubel, ...

Chemistry / Other

created Nov 09, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

High toxic levels found at school, market neighboring informal e-waste salvage site in Africa

Tests at a school beside an informal electronic waste salvage site in Ghana's capital Accra reveal contamination due to lead, cadmium and other health-threatening pollutants over 50 times higher than risk-free ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Oct 30, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Link discovered between Montana weather, ocean near Peru

A Montana State University researcher who analyzed 100 years of data has found a significant link between extreme Montana weather and the ocean temperatures near Peru.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Jul 22, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Animation pioneer Pixar marks 25 years

Pixar, a pioneer of computer animation that has made a dozen profitable feature films and become one of the most successful studios on the planet, is celebrating its 25th birthday.

Technology / Business

created Jul 02, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

LiquidText software supports active reading through fingertip manipulation of text

Many reading tasks require individuals to not only read a document, but also to understand, learn from and retain the information in it. For this type of reading, experts recommend a process called active ...

Technology / Software

created Jun 28, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast


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