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Agricultural pest management program efficiency challenged by information diffusion barriers among farmers

While international pest management programs have long relied on farmer cooperation to spread pest control information at larger scales, a study by French researchers published in the open-access journal PLoS Computational Bi ...

Biology / Ecology

created Oct 13, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Cold War's nuclear wastes pose challenges to science, engineering, society

Seven papers published in the current issue of Technology and Innovation, Proceedings of the National Academy of Inventors report on efforts by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to ensure continued safe and secure storag ...

Technology / Other

created Oct 12, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2

Android suited up for C-level security

(PhysOrg.com) -- Android is enterprise-ready, with this week's announcement of a new security platform for Android, from Motorola Mobility's subsidiary, 3LM (stands for Three Laws Mobility). This is a potential ...

Technology / Software

created Oct 11, 2011 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (6) | comments 0 | with audio podcast report

Removal of restrictions can decrease music piracy

Contrary to the traditional views of the music industry, removal of digital rights management (DRM) restrictions can actually decrease piracy, according to new research from Rice University and Duke University.

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created Oct 07, 2011 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (11) | comments 9 | with audio podcast

One-quarter of takeout eateries accept online orders

A new Cornell study finds that about one-quarter of U.S. takeout restaurants surveyed accept online orders.

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created Oct 07, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Cook has deep shoes to fill at Jobs-less Apple

The death of visionary Steve Jobs has left huge shoes to fill at Apple, with agile competitors mounting a continuous assault on the company's hit iPhones, iPads and other groundbreaking products.

Technology / Business

created Oct 06, 2011 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Biologists fish for reasons behind endangered grouper's comeback

In the waters along Florida's east and west coasts, Florida State University marine biologists are collecting new data on the once severely overfished Atlantic goliath grouper, a native species that is making ...

Biology / Ecology

created Oct 06, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Jobs and his celebrity: A love-hate relationship

(AP) -- It was the 1980s, relatively early in his career, and Steve Jobs was traveling in Japan. In a hotel lobby, a gaggle of girls came up and asked for his autograph.

Technology / Business

created Oct 06, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Why Apple falls after new product announcements

(AP) -- Here's a market riddle for you: Why does Apple's stock fall on the same day the company reveals a new product?

Technology / Business

created Oct 05, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Q&A: Amazon executive on Kindle Fire's 'amazing experience'

Amid a crowd of camera-wielding reporters and bloggers crowding around his Kindle Fire, Amazon.com Inc. Kindle Vice President Dave Limp answered a few questions about the new device at the company's launch ...

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Sep 29, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0