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Task force recommends reducing global harvest of 'forage fish'

A task force that conducted one of the most comprehensive analyses of global "forage fish" populations issued its report this week, which strongly recommends implementing more conservative catch limits for these crucial prey ...

Biology / Ecology

created Apr 03, 2012 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Patch for flaw in key Internet protocol

(PhysOrg.com) -- A flaw was found in November in a key Internet protocol that encrypts most sensitive online transactions and communications, including credit card and banking transactions. A patch has now ...

Technology / Internet

created Jan 15, 2010 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (15) | comments 4 | with audio podcast report

Blue Ribbon Task Force: Preserving our digital knowledge base must be a public priority

Addressing one of the most urgent societal challenges of the Information Age - ensuring that valued digital information will be accessible not just today, but in the future - requires solutions that are at least as much economic ...

Technology / Other

created Mar 02, 2010 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Study says cyberspace not so dangerous, but authorities urge caution, vigilance

Maybe the Internet isn't just one massive predator preyground after all. Maybe our children are much safer in cyberspace than we thought.

Technology / Internet

created Jan 18, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Regulation blocking genetically engineered food animal development, report finds

(PhysOrg.com) -- A cumbersome and time-consuming federal regulatory process is stifling commercial investment in the development of genetically engineered animals for food and has serious long-term implications ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Jun 30, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2

Texas wetland restoration could be model for Gulf

(AP) -- Brown pelicans, long-necked egrets, flamingo-like roseate spoonbills and squawking seagulls fly lazily around a Texas Gulf Coast island. Nearby, a toddler-aged wetland seeded with marsh grass completes ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jun 30, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

US creates task force to crack down on IP crime

The US Justice Department announced the formation of a task force on Friday to crack down on intellectual property crime.

Technology / Internet

created Feb 12, 2010 | popularity 2.3 / 5 (3) | comments 5

Targeted strategies needed to find, prevent and treat breast cancer among Mexican-origin women

Specific prevention and education strategies are needed to address breast cancer in Mexican-origin women in this country, according to a study at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, which was published online ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Sep 01, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Task force: Screen kids, obesity treatment works

(AP) -- An influential advisory panel says school-aged youngsters and teens should be screened for obesity and sent to intensive behavior treatment if they need to lose weight - a move that could transform how doctors deal ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jan 18, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New working-class task force faces broad challenges, labor expert says

A task force launched by President Obama to boost America's middle class will have to help retool beleaguered U.S. workplaces facing their most sweeping changes since World War II, a University of Illinois labor expert says.

Other Sciences / Other

created Feb 17, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0