US cities using tech to cull ideas from citizens
(AP) -- In a city of millions, how many people go knocking on the door of City Hall?
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Feb 21, 2011
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Putting your brain in the drivers seat (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- Picture driving your car without ever touching the wheel, driving a vehicle that is so user responsive to you that it is literally jacked into your thoughts. It sounds like the technology of the future, something ...
Tickets, coupons among uses for tap-to-pay phones
(AP) -- Cell phones are usually used to communicate with people far away. This year, they'll get the ability to do the opposite: communicate with things that are close enough to touch.
Telecom
Feb 21, 2011
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BMW launches new electric/hybrid brand
The German luxury carmaker BMW unveiled on Monday its long-awaited new brand, BMW i, with two new models to be equipped with electric and hybrid drive systems from 2013.
Energy & Green Tech
Feb 21, 2011
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Beijing air pollution off the charts, US says
Thick smog blanketing Beijing went "beyond" measurable pollution levels on Monday, the US embassy said, as a Chinese official warned people to stay indoors and avoid outdoor activities.
Environment
Feb 21, 2011
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A wealth of molecules in an extreme galaxy
(PhysOrg.com) -- Arp 220 is the closest galaxy to the Milly Way with an extreme luminosity, defined as being more than about 300 times that of our own galaxy. Some dramatic galaxies have values of luminosity ten times brighter ...
Astronomy
Feb 21, 2011
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The hidden danger of oxygen
(PhysOrg.com) -- New findings from German researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Chemistry and the Paul Scherrer Institute in Switzerland help to explain how toxic and allergy-causing substances in our air are formed. ...
Biochemistry
Feb 21, 2011
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Shear brain power - sheep smarter than previously believed
(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at the University of Cambridge have discovered that sheep are more intelligent than previously believed.
Plants & Animals
Feb 21, 2011
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Seeing the forest through the trees
(PhysOrg.com) -- University of Arizona researcher Brian Enquist and his colleagues have discovered the secret of patterns within individual trees that can be used to describe the structure and functioning of the world's forests.
Ecology
Feb 21, 2011
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Amelia Earhart - DNA research targets mystery
Research set to begin in a Simon Fraser University forensic lab could produce the first DNA profile of aviation's most celebrated woman, Amelia Earhart – and provide new clues about her disappearance more than 70 years ...
Biotechnology
Feb 21, 2011
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