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Humana 3Q profit jumps on government programs

(AP) -- Health insurer Humana Inc. rode its strong government business in posting a 65 percent jump in third-quarter profit Monday, as bulging membership and premiums from Medicare Advantage overcame a lackluster ...

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New latent tuberculosis test promises to be cheap and fast

Biomedical engineers at UC Davis have developed a microfluidic chip to test for latent tuberculosis. They hope the test will be cheaper, faster and more reliable than current testing for the disease.

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created May 22, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

ViviSat space vehicles will keep satellites on track

(Phys.org) -- A company that aims to sell satellite protective services is eagerly stating its business case to geosynchronous satellite operators that can benefit from its approach toward orbit mission extension. ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created May 16, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 10 | with audio podcast report

Online video distributors gather to court advertisers

Yahoo Inc. staged its glitzy presentation for advertisers in a theater near Central Park, with appearances by Katie Couric, "CSI" creator Anthony E. Zuiker and, via video, Tom Hanks.

Technology / Internet

created May 01, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Eastman Kodak 1Q loss widens

(AP) -- Eastman Kodak Co. said Friday that its first-quarter loss widened on hefty charges related to its reorganization under bankruptcy protection and a drop in sales.

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created Apr 27, 2012 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

James Webb Telescope spinoff technologies already seen in some industries

A critical component of the James Webb Space Telescope is its new technology. Much of the technology for the Webb had to be conceived, designed and built specifically to enable it to see farther back in time. ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Apr 18, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (17) | comments 5

Designing the interplanetary web

Reliable Internet access on the Moon, near Mars or for astronauts on a space station? How about controlling a planetary rover from a spacecraft in deep space? These are just some of the pioneering technologies ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Apr 16, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Sony moves industry toward the creation of new mass-storage optical disc archive solutions

Sony Corporation today announced that it will be commercializing a next-generation optical disc archive storage system. Sony will also organize an Optical Disc Archive Advisory Group to promote the adoption ...

Electronics / Hardware

created Apr 16, 2012 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Fujitsu develops world's first technology for retrieving 3D CAD models with partially similar shapes

Fujitsu researchers have developed a technology for retrieving partially similar models from stored 3D CAD models.

Technology / Engineering

created Apr 13, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Chips as mini Internets

Computer chips have stopped getting faster. In order to keep increasing chips’ computational power at the rate to which we’ve grown accustomed, chipmakers are instead giving them additional “cores,” or ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Apr 10, 2012 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (15) | comments 16 | with audio podcast

Building lightweight trains

The less trains weigh, the more economical they are to run. A new material capable of withstanding even extreme stresses has now been developed. It is suitable for a variety of applications, not least diesel ...

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created Mar 28, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 0


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