Judge allows Twitter in Conn. home invasion trial
(AP) -- A judge has rejected a request by a Connecticut man charged in a deadly home invasion to ban the use of Twitter during his trial.
Internet
Feb 22, 2011
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Microsoft to release a free SDK for Kinect this spring
(PhysOrg.com) -- Kinect, Microsoft's attempt to bring motion controls to the Xbox 360 video game console, is soon to have a non-commercial SDK released for it that will hopefully allow third-party developers to create new ...
Nanoparticles increase survival after blood loss
In an advance that could improve battlefield and trauma care, scientists at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University have used tiny particles called nanoparticles to improve survival after life-threatening ...
Bio & Medicine
Feb 22, 2011
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Society may be willing to pay a high price to prevent child abuse and neglect, study suggests
The amount the public will pay to prevent the death of a child may be twice that of an adult, according to a new University of Georgia study that asked 199 individuals how much they would pay to prevent a death from child ...
Social Sciences
Feb 22, 2011
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Feb. 23 NASA mission to tote $28 million CU-Boulder instrument and tiny student satellite
A $28 million University of Colorado Boulder instrument developed to study changes in the sun's brightness and its impact on Earth's climate is one of two primary payloads on NASA's Glory mission set to launch from Vandenberg ...
Space Exploration
Feb 22, 2011
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EU agrees to allow traces of GM crops in EU animal feed
Crops containing tiny traces of genetically modified produce will be allowed to enter the European food chain for the first time under plans approved by EU governments Tuesday and attacked by environmental campaigners.
Other
Feb 22, 2011
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Xoom tablet debuts Feb. 24 with $800 price
US telecom titan Verizon on Thursday will begin selling Motorola Mobility's hotly awaited "Xoom" tablet computer at a price close to that of a top-of-the-line iPad.
Consumer & Gadgets
Feb 22, 2011
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3D nanoparticle in atomic resolution
For the first time, scientists from Empa and ETH Zurich have, in collaboration with a Dutch team, managed to measure the atomic structure of individual nanoparticles. The technique, recently published in Nature, could help ...
Nanophysics
Feb 22, 2011
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'Fingerprints' match molecular simulations with reality
A theoretical technique developed at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory is bringing supercomputer simulations and experimental results closer together by identifying common "fingerprints."
General Physics
Feb 22, 2011
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Compound used to block cholesterol could also kill breast cancer, researcher finds
A University of Missouri researcher believes there could be a new drug compound that could kill breast cancer cells. The compound might also help with controlling cholesterol.
Biotechnology
Feb 22, 2011
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