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  • Rock-paper-scissors players are natural copycats Wednesday, July 20, 2011 @ 2:44AMPlayers of the game rock paper scissors subconsciously copy each other's hand shapes, significantly increasing the chance of the game ending in a draw, according to new research.
  • Drugs and money: Obama puts myth over science Wednesday, July 20, 2011 @ 2:42AMLike his predecessor, Obama ignores expert opinion on the drug war, economics, Gaza and global warming.
  • Carbon Nation: CO2 Injection Hits the Northwest Wednesday, July 20, 2011 @ 2:30AMWhat sounds like a great fix might not be all it's made out to be. by Camilla Mortensen In 2000, energy giant Cenovus began injecting CO2 into an aging oil field to store carbon and force oil to the surface. Three years later, Cameron and Jane Kerr dug a couple gravel pits on their nearby farm in Saskatchewan, Canada.… [ Read more ] [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
  • Letter: Junk science Wednesday, July 20, 2011 @ 2:23AMOne reader recently reproached the Gazette for not reporting on “the poisonous results of fluoride being put in drinking water.” The only scientific or statistical evidence given is the “Fluoride Action Network.” That website is typical of the one-cause paranoia that prints all information that supports its cause. Others of that ilk were against smallpox vaccination and polio inoculation in the ...
  • Embattled Harvard professor resigns Wednesday, July 20, 2011 @ 2:20AMMarc Hauser, a well-known Harvard psychology professor who has been on leave since an internal investigation found him guilty of eight counts of scientific misconduct, is leaving the university.
  • Colorado Business, 07/20/11 Wednesday, July 20, 2011 @ 2:16AMNOVA Home Loans will sponsor an electronics recycling and paper-shredding event Saturday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. The event will be in the parking lot at 1745 Shea Center Drive in Highlands Ranch.
  • Political editor joins state government Wednesday, July 20, 2011 @ 2:15AMTennessean political editor Clint Brewer has resigned to take a position as an assistant commissioner overseeing communications for the state Department of Economic and Community Development. His resignation is effective immediately.
  • Aberdeen Group Projects Increased Demand for Smart Cards to Continue Wednesday, July 20, 2011 @ 2:13AMNew Study Commissioned by ActivIdentity Points to Sharp Drop in OTP Tokens Deployment; Identifies Smart Cards as Effective Solution to Current Outbreak of Security Breaches
  • Government/Regulations: Related News Wednesday, July 20, 2011 @ 2:08AM7/20/2011 - Obama Administration Steps Up Action Against Unsafe Motor Carriers The U.S. Department of Transportation announced that in the last two years, the Obama Administration has issued as many imminent hazard orders placing unsafe bus and truck companies out of service as in the previous 10 years combined....
  • Sabah taking steps to solve degradation of mangrove areas Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 7:46PMKOTA KINABALU: Participants at the Asian Wetland Symposium have been told that mangrove degradation, erosion and natural loss have occurred in Sabah in the past decades and the Sabah Forestry Department (SFD) is taking necessary actions to deal the problem.
  • Transactis and Data Impact Complete Merger Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 7:32PMTransactis and Data Impact, providers of electronic accounts receivables solutions, have merged. Bac...
  • Artist Sees Cities Once, Draws Detailed Panoramas Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 7:26PMStephen Wiltshire draws detailed, accurate pictures of cities -- after seeing them once.
  • China Should Widen Yuan Daily Trading Band Vs Dollar - Report Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 7:13PMChina Should Widen Yuan Daily Trading Band Vs Dollar - Report
  • Patients Who Use Anti-Depressants Are More Likely To Suffer Relapse Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 7:11PMPatients who use anti-depressants are much more likely to suffer relapses of major depression than those who use no medication at all, concludes a McMaster researcher. In a paper that is likely to ignite new controversy in the hotly debated field of depression and medication, evolutionary psychologist Paul Andrews concludes that patients who have used anti-depressant medications can be nearly ...
  • Knights in shining armour: not so ideal? Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 7:00PMSuits of armour may have made medieval soldiers feel safe, but modern scientists have found that they were so heavy and constricting they were likely to have limited performance and even influenced the outcome of battles.
  • Disgraced cognition researcher resigns from Harvard Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 6:56PMMarc Hauser, found guilty by Harvard of scientific misconduct, will focus on work with at-risk teens
  • Please Don't Quote Me Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 6:50PMDespite a multitude of problems the past few years, the stress of weekly deadlines, covering a wide territory, drumming up business and subscriptions, printing three to four other newspapers and jobbing plus the constant details of publishing and pressure no wonder John Howlett’s health was in decline.
  • Quantum crypto for consumer GPON Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 6:49PMIt can be done, say Irish researchers Get ready to add another gadget to your Jetsons want-it-one-day list: personal quantum encryption.…
  • Canada's food producers develop taste for success Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 6:43PMFrom giants like McCain and Maple Leaf to mom-and-pop operations, the food sector is now Canada’s largest manufacturing industry by sales
  • Packaging Corp Beats Estimate Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 1:40PMNet income came in at 39 cents per share compared with 38 cents per share in the year-earlbeating the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 34 cents.
  • Smelling Bacteria Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 1:38PMBacteria make a lot of smells, mostly ones that we’d rather not think about. [More]
  • Add Patience to a Leap of Faith to Discover Cancer Signatures Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 1:37PMThere have been few successes in the brave new world of cancer research: the quest for genetic signatures.
  • Toronto stock market higher amid rising commodities, positive earnings Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 1:37PMTORONTO - Oil and mining stocks helped push the Toronto stock market higher Tuesday amid rising crude and copper prices while some strong U.S. earnings reports helped briefly divert investor attention from government debt worries.
  • Survey shows parents to hold line on back-to-school shopping Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 1:22PMAlmost two-thirds of U.S. shoppers plan to spend the same or less this back-to-school season as last year, a survey showed, in an early sign that retailers may not get a huge boost from the second-biggest selling season of the year.
  • Author to speak in Williston Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 1:17PMWhile attending a funeral in Butte, Mont. in 1997, Christy Leskovar learned a startling secret: decades earlier, her great-grandmother Sarah had been arrested for murdering her great-grandfather Arthur Hughes on their ranch near Forsyth.
  • Exclusive: Americans to stay thrifty this back-to-school Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 1:17PMBy Dhanya Skariachan
  • Juvenile Diarrhea Virus Analyzed Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 1:11PMRice University scientists define structure of astrovirus Rice University scientists have defined the structure -- down to the atomic level -- of a virus that causes juvenile diarrhea. The research may help direct efforts to develop medications that block the virus before it becomes infectious. The new paper by Professor Yizhi Jane Tao, postdoctoral researcher Jinhui Dong and their colleagues ...
  • 'Meow meow' drug now UK clubbers' favourite Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 1:02PMMephedrone, the former "legal high" sometimes referred to as "meow meow", has become the clubbing scene's favourite drug in Britain, a recent research project shows.A new paper published in the online version of the Journal of...
  • Gold Vaults Above $1,600 per Ounce on Dollar, Debt Worries Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 12:59PMGold vaulted past $1,600 an ounce Monday, driven by worries about the federal debt limit and ongoing problems in Europe.
  • Stolen spirits brought home to be at rest Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 8:48AMArnhem Land elders have reburied the bones of their ancestors, writes Lindsay Murdoch.
  • Key Challenges for Pharma Medical Affairs Functions Include Budget & Headcounts Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 8:30AMThe Medical Affairs function arguably plays the most critical role in a biopharmaceutical organization with heavy responsibilities across areas such as clinical development, KOL development, scientific publications, and medical education.
  • Cascades Completes the Acquisition of Papersource Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 8:30AMCascades Inc. , a leader in recovery and in green packaging and tissue paper
  • New Graphene Discovery Boosts Oil Exploration Efforts, Could Enable Self-Powered Microsensors Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 8:24AMResearchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have developed a new method to harvest energy from flowing water. The research team demonstrated how the flow of water over surfaces coated with the nanomaterial graphene could generate small amounts of electricity.
  • Local family helps honeybees thrive Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 8:23AMLocal beekeeper Alfred Brigham, 38, is keeping his family tradition alive in order to do the same for the Island’s bee population. Beekeepers in western countries have been reporting the die-off of honeybees for several years. In addition to his hives on his property on Smith Street, he said he helps out the other Islanders [...]
  • Orient Paper Wins Motion to Dismiss Complaint Filed by Tribank Capital Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 8:22AMOrient Paper, Inc. , a leading manufacturer and distributor of diversified paper products in northern China, announced today that on July 18, 2011, United States District Court Judge Manual Real granted Orient Paper motion to dismiss the complaint filed against the Company by Tribank Capital Investments, Inc.
  • Study shows new evidence of age-related decline in the brain's master circadian clock Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 8:15AM( University of California - Los Angeles ) A new study of the brain's master circadian clock reveals that a key pattern of rhythmic neural activity begins to decline by middle age. The study may have implications for the enormous number of older people who have difficulty sleeping and adjusting to time changes.
  • Dignity Of Malaysians Depends On Status Of Malay Language - Prof Dr Teo Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 8:11AMKANGAR, July 19 (Bernama) -- A higher social status should be given to the Malay language as the dignity of Malaysians depends on the status of the language, which symbolises the sovereignty of the nation and its leaders, according to a socio-linguistics professor.
  • Gold Pulls Back, Rumors of Greek "Non Default" But Eurozone Still "Near Death" Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 8:06AMSPOT MARKET gold bullion prices dropped back to $1600 per ounce Tuesday morning in London – a 0.6% drop from yesterday's all-time high – while stock and commodity markets recovered some of the past week's losses as Europe looked ahead to this week's emergency EU summit.
  • Press Release Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 8:00AMAlnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. Posted on:19 Jul 11 “These new data reflect our continued and broad-based commitment to developing novel approaches for the systemic delivery of RNAi therapeutics.
  • Light propagates as if 'space is missing' Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 1:32AMDevice that transmits light with zero-phase delay could boost optoelectronics
  • Big Bend & Florida News Briefs Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 1:07AM• TALLAHASSEE
  • University tuition fee hike will hit 100,000 of this year's unlucky students Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 1:03AMNumber expected to miss out on a university place this summer pushed up by coalition's reneging on Labour intake pledge More than 100,000 students will face a double disappointment when they fail to find a place at university this summer and are hit with the prospect of trebled tuition fees when they try again in 12 months' time. Official figures reveal the size of the group who will fail to ...
  • Turning lemons into lemonade Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 1:02AMPORT ROYAL - When pictures of Daniel Freed were taken in the womb, doctors noticed that his kidneys weren't developing as they should be.
  • Are private universities the way forward? Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 1:01AMAs private providers eye up opportunities in the UK, economist Morton Schapiro says other universities can learn from them On the face of it, US universities are booming. The most competitive can afford to be more selective than ever before. And in the country that invented mass higher education, there is now a place at university for virtually anyone who graduates from high school. Of course ...
  • Quantum Entanglement Breakthrough Could Yield Faster Quantum Computing Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 12:51AMOne of the primary goals of quantum computing research is the development of a consistent "quantum speedup" -- a process that, in MIT Professor Scott Aaronson's words, means to "solve some actual computational problem faster using quantum coherence." In order to achieve such a speedup, it's necessary to take advantage of the ability of qubits (the basic unit of information in quantum computing ...
  • The Royal Society of London announces the 2011 Copley Medal winner Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 12:41AMPlate tectonics makes the Earth move for all of us Surprising as it sounds today, plate tectonic theory was highly controversial at one time. But even as a child, it made sense to me. I clearly remember looking at a map of the world on my classroom wall when I began attending school and being fascinated to see that the continents really do fit together just like the pieces of the jigsaw puzzles ...
  • Passive smoking can damage the DNA of sperm, study in mice suggests Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 12:41AMIf the same is true for human sperm, men could pass genetic defects caused by passive smoking to their children Passive smoking may cause mutations in the DNA of sperm, according to a study in mice. The finding suggests that men exposed to second-hand smoke could pass on any resulting genetic abnormalities to their children. Men who smoke are known to be at higher risk of developing ...
  • Cameron to fly home as corruption storm builds Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 2:41PMLONDON (Reuters) - David Cameron cut short a trip to Africa and will fly home on Tuesday to defend himself from a scandal that has battered Rupert Murdoch's media empire, forced British police chiefs to resign and raised doubts about the prime minister's judgment.
  • Could Cat Litter Mineral Be Edible? Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 2:40PMNot yet, but further examining the mineral could open the door to creating synthetic materials that mimic its absorbing qualities.
  • Fitch Confirms S-T 'F1+' Rating on State of California GO CP Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 2:39PMThe rating action referenced in Fitch Ratings' July 14, 2011, 2011 press release is effective today .