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Facebook Lite On its Way

(PhysOrg.com) -- The social networking site Facebook has begun testing a simpler, no-frills alternative to its regular interface. The cleaner, uncluttered interface is particularly aimed at entry-level users ...

Technology / Internet

created Sep 15, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (4) | comments 1 weblog

Research provides new insights into antibiotics and pig feeds

Antibiotics in pig feed increased the number of antibiotic resistant genes in gastrointestinal microbes in pigs, according to a study conducted by Michigan State University and the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Jan 16, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Yahoo! accuses Facebook of patent infringement (Update)

Yahoo! filed suit against Facebook in a California court on Monday accusing the social networking giant of infringing on 10 patents held by the Internet pioneer.

Technology / Business

created Mar 12, 2012 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Process could improve economics of ethanol production

(PhysOrg.com) -- Iowa State University's Hans van Leeuwen has moved his research team's award-winning idea for improving ethanol production from a laboratory to a pilot plant.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created May 20, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

Voice command-based robot feeding arm unveiled (w/ video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- Eating a good meal is one of the few things in life that is both absolutely necessary, and extremely pleasurable at the same time. But what would you do if you could not pick up the knife ...

Electronics / Robotics

created Mar 22, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast weblog

Research offers means to detoxify mycotoxin-contaminated grain intended for ethanol, animal feed

Using barley as the raw material for ethanol production results in an additional product – dried grains for animal feed. But the presence of a fungal pathogen sometimes found in barley can result in a lethal toxin, called ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Sep 12, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Soybean adoption came early by many cultures, archaeologists say

Human domestication of soybeans is thought to have first occurred in central China some 3,000 years ago, but archaeologists now suggest that cultures in even earlier times and in other locations adopted the ...

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Nov 17, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Thrips show altered feeding behavior

(PhysOrg.com) -- Thrips — tiny insects that pierce and suck fluids from tomatoes, grapes, strawberries and hundreds of other plant species — show altered feeding behavior when they're infected with ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created May 26, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

8 species of wild fish have been detected in aquaculture feed

Researchers from the University of Oviedo have for the first time analysed a DNA fragment from commercial feed for aquarium cichlids, aquaculture salmon and marine fish in aquariums. The results show that ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Apr 25, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Fish weight-watchers

(PhysOrg.com) -- Telling your partner to watch her weight is not recommended-unless you're a male cleaner fish, reports a new study in Proceedings of the Royal Society B.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Jun 15, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Faster websites, more reliable data

Today, visiting almost any major website -- checking your Facebook news feed, looking for books on Amazon, bidding for merchandise on eBay -- involves querying a database. But the databases that these sites ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Oct 14, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Test Run Under Way for Amtrak's 'Beef Train'

(PhysOrg.com) -- In an effort to create a greener train, Amtrak has unveiled the Heartland Flyer, which is designed to run on a special biodiesel blend that includes beef byproducts. The idea is to reduce ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created May 01, 2010 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (6) | comments 20 | with audio podcast weblog

How fruit flies taste water

(PhysOrg.com) -- The ability to detect water and regulate water intake is essential for all animals because if cells have too little or too much water the consequences for the animal can be disastrous. It ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Apr 08, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast report

Scientists find natural way to curb your greed

(PhysOrg.com) -- University of Manchester scientists have discovered a naturally-occurring appetite suppressant that could be used to make a diet drug without side effects.

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Jul 05, 2010 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (11) | comments 13 | with audio podcast

Facebook patents social networking update feeds

Facebook has won a US patent on news feeds behind the kinds of real-time updates that make social-networking websites a hit with users.

Technology / Internet

created Feb 26, 2010 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 7