A "Sputnik moment" or a "kaputnik" one for U.S. science? With a federal budget battle showdown under way, science looks like collateral damage, say former federal officials, with proposed cuts to research that they consider ...
Other
Mar 8, 2011
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Passive news reporting that doesn't attempt to resolve factual disputes in politics may have detrimental effects on readers, new research suggests.
Social Sciences
Mar 8, 2011
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The public library has long attracted avid readers with an unrivaled pitch: Check out a best-selling book for free and renew it multiple times.
Internet
Mar 8, 2011
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The Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) may possess the secret to baking perfect buns every time. Its researchers have developed a production-line system that automatically inspects the quality of sandwich buns exiting ...
Engineering
Mar 8, 2011
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Scientists in Israel and California have developed an instrument for rapidly analyzing molecular interactions that take place viruses and the cells they infect. By helping to identify interactions between proteins made by ...
Analytical Chemistry
Mar 8, 2011
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(AP) -- Government officials are handing out $9 million to help schools extend wireless Internet connections beyond the classroom.
Telecom
Mar 8, 2011
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Is there a huge difference between $100-a-barrel oil and $98 oil? Obviously not much, but it's a psychological barrier. So when West Texas crude oil prices dipped below the magic $100 mark on a recent morning, Wall Street ...
Energy & Green Tech
Mar 8, 2011
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Google's investment arm on Tuesday joined Sequoia Capital and cloud computing star Salesforce in backing online marketing and Web analytics startup HubSpot.
Internet
Mar 8, 2011
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Why should we care about butterflies and moths? Thanks to butterflies, bees, birds, and other animal pollinators, the world's flowering plants are able to reproduce and bear fruit. That very basic capability is at the root ...
Plants & Animals
Mar 8, 2011
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(PhysOrg.com) -- It took nearly a decade before University of Maryland researchers were allowed to talk about their work identifying the anthrax strain used in the 2001 deadly letter attacks. But now, they and the other key ...
Cell & Microbiology
Mar 8, 2011
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