Calif. pledges better mobile privacy disclosures
(AP) -- Mobile applications seeking to collect personal information will have to forewarn users as part of an agreement reached in California.
Internet
Feb 22, 2012
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HP CEO pleads patience as earnings fall 44 pct
(AP) -- Hewlett-Packard Co. CEO Meg Whitman pleaded for patience Thursday as she described operational challenges and other internal problems that contributed to a decline in earnings at one of the world's largest technology ...
Business
Feb 22, 2012
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Immigration chief seeks to reassure Silicon Valley
(AP) -- The Obama administration's top immigration official said Wednesday he wants to keep more foreign-born high-tech entrepreneurs in the U.S. But to make that happen, he said he needs those entrepreneurs to turn their ...
Other
Feb 22, 2012
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Scientists create potent molecules aimed at treating muscular dystrophy
While RNA is an appealing drug target, small molecules that can actually affect its function have rarely been found. But now scientists from the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute have for the first time designed ...
Biochemistry
Feb 22, 2012
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Climate change affects bird migration timing in North America
Bird migration timing across North America has been affected by climate change, according to a study published Feb. 22 in the open access journal PLoS ONE.
Ecology
Feb 22, 2012
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Ancient rock art found in Brazil
Researchers have discovered an extremely old anthropomorphic figure engraved in rock in Brazil, according to a report published Feb. 22 in the open access journal PLoS ONE.
Archaeology
Feb 22, 2012
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Plastic nanoparticles affect behavior and fat metabolism in fish
Nanoparticles have many useful applications, but also raise some potential health and ecological concerns.
Bio & Medicine
Feb 22, 2012
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Chronic stress in elephants can affect long-term behavior
Stress is known to lead to short-term escape behavior, and new research on elephants in South Africa shows that it can also cause long-term escape behavior, affecting the extent that elephants use their habitat. The work ...
Plants & Animals
Feb 22, 2012
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Faster than light neutrinos? More like faulty wiring
You can shelf your designs for a warp drive engine (for now) and put the DeLorean back in the garage; it turns out neutrinos may not have broken any cosmic speed limits after all.
General Physics
Feb 22, 2012
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Researchers build first physical 'metatronic' circuit
(PhysOrg.com) -- The technological world of the 21st century owes a tremendous amount to advances in electrical engineering, specifically, the ability to finely control the flow of electrical charges using increasingly small ...
General Physics
Feb 22, 2012
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