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Eco-friendly building techniques don't have to significantly raise construction costs
Home builder Lance Schmidt hears it all the time: Green building costs more. But he and his colleagues are out to prove otherwise.
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Nov 09, 2009 |
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Consumers don't always equate higher prices with quality
(PhysOrg.com) -- A new Cornell study finds that while higher prices may generate a more positive view of products, a higher price tag doesn't mean consumers will necessarily buy them.
Other Sciences / Economics & Business
Oct 14, 2009 |
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Great white sharks tagged for first time off Mass.
(AP) -- Massachusetts officials are using high-tech tags to track the movements of two great white sharks near Cape Cod - the first time the fearsome fish have ever been tagged in the Atlantic Ocean.
Sep 06, 2009 |
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Tracking trash
(PhysOrg.com) -- What if we knew exactly where our trash was going and how much energy it took to make it disappear? Would it make us think twice about buying bottled water or "disposable" razors?
Jul 15, 2009 |
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Chips in official IDs raise privacy fears
Climbing into his Volvo, outfitted with a Matrics antenna and a Motorola reader he'd bought on eBay for $190, Chris Paget cruised the streets of San Francisco with this objective: To read the identity cards ...
Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation
Jul 11, 2009 |
5 / 5 (5) |
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AP proposes new article formatting for the Web
(AP) -- The Associated Press is proposing that publishers attach descriptive tags to news articles online in hopes of taming the free-for-all of news and information on the Web and generating more traffic for established ...
Jul 10, 2009 |
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Sugarcoating fruit fly development
Proteins are the executive agents that carry out all processes in a cell. Their activity is controlled and modified with the help of small chemical tags that can be dynamically added to and removed from the protein. 25 years ...
May 29, 2009 |
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Ecologists put price tag on invasive species
Invasive species can disrupt natural and human-made ecosystems, throwing food webs out of balance and damaging the services they provide to people. Now scientists have begun to put a price tag on this damage. In a study ...
Apr 20, 2009 |
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Startup embeds Web photos with shopping links
(AP) -- Inspiration comes in many forms, and in the case of James Everingham, it appeared as a pair of knockoff Christian Dior shoes.
Apr 12, 2009 |
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'Unfunded liabilities' a financial myth, expert says
A growing chorus of complaints about the U.S. government’s “unfunded” debts may be unsettling, but no cause to become unnerved, a University of Illinois tax expert says.
Other Sciences / Economics & Business
Apr 01, 2009 |
2.3 / 5 (9) |
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Health care overhaul cost may reach $1.5 trillion
(AP) -- Your lungs may work just fine, but the estimated price for universal health care could take your breath away. Health policy experts say guaranteeing coverage for all Americans may cost about $1.5 ...
Mar 18, 2009 |
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Tailor-made recombinant proteins in mammals
A new way to direct chemical modifications to specific sites on recombinant proteins - including the monoclonal antibodies so important in the pharmaceutical industry - has been developed by Carolyn Bertozzi ...
Biology /
Feb 09, 2009 |
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Electronics from the printer
(PhysOrg.com) -- Electronic systems designed to perform simple functions, such as monitor the temperature on a yogurt pot, mustn’t cost much: This is where printed electronics are at an advantage. Researchers ...
Jan 05, 2009 |
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