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Yahoo, IBM and H-P win stimulus money for energy projects

Yahoo Inc., International Business Machines Corp. and Hewlett-Packard Co. have won more than $20 million from the federal government's stimulus package to fund energy-efficiency projects, the U.S. Energy Department said Wednesday.

FCC seeks extension for national broadband plan

(AP) -- The chairman of the Federal Communications Commission is asking for a one-month extension on the national broadband plan the agency is required to submit to Congress.

How to encourage big ideas

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study suggests certain types of funding -- which provide more freedom and focus less on near-term results -- lead to more innovative and influential research.

Broadband stimulus moves at dial-up speeds

Mark Morgenthaler wants nothing more than to hire 15 people to help expand his wireless Internet service, Surfnet Communications in the Santa Cruz Mountains. He can't wait to start accepting applications, interviewing candidates, ...

Stimulus grant will improve physics arXiv

(PhysOrg.com) -- Stimulus funding will enhance Cornell's e-print arXiv of scientific papers to help users identify a work's main concepts, see research reports in context and easily find related work.

Obama unveils historic power grid reform

President Barack Obama Tuesday announced the largest modernization of the US electricity grid in history, in a 3.4-billion-dollar bid to launch a new era of renewable energy consumption.

US tops $1 bln in stimulus for clean energy projects

The US government has spent more than one billion dollars on private sector renewable energy projects from the massive economic stimulus program passed seven months ago, officials said Tuesday.

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