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Boost Business Agility for IBM WebSphere
Take a look at this white paper to learn how new changes to IBM WebSphere should make you excited. Boost business agility and get closer to the web.
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Algae: Another way to grow edible oils
Solazyme already converts algae into transportation fuel. Coming up next: Food oils that are healthier than canola oil.
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GeneTree sprouts genealogy branches
James Lee Sorenson oversees a social-networking genealogy Web site, tapping into what he calls the most viral network today--the family.
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Traveling exhibit offers 'CSI' experience
Visitors to a Boston science museum solve simulated crimes through lab experiments, 'morgue' visits and computer analysis.Photos: Exhibit lets you star in 'CSI'
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Temporary parks dominate parking spaces across the U.S.
reporter's notebook On the third-annual PARK(ing) Day, urban parking spaces across the country were commandeered and turned into small oases.Photos: Put up a PARK(ing) lot
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This is your brain on video games, ads
It may sound like science fiction, but one company is helping market researchers track how the brain responds to content like games and ads.Photos: Scanning brain waves
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Global warming could make faucets run dry, expert says
If global warming persists, don't expect to take many long showers, Nobel Prize winner says.
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A nonskid surface, courtesy of geckos
Microfibers being developed by university researchers could prevent loose change, or possibly you, from sliding down walls. Photos: Stuck like a gecko
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Google's Schmidt pledges Arduino and Raspberry Pi teaching kits
Google is to provide more than a hundred trainee computer science teachers in the UK with Arduino or Raspberry Pi kits as teaching aids,
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IEEE releases new standard for body area network
After five years of work, the IEEE announced a new standard, IEEE 802.15.6, for wireless communications supporting ultra-low power devices operating in or around the human body.
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Artist thinks 'science' and 'tech' with varied works (images)
U.K.-based artist Luke Jerram's work isn't limited to pieces based on science and tech, but he's certainly a fan. Data visualization, microbiology, optics, sound: He's created beautiful works that...
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Yahoo! and the Cult of the Engineer...
There's enormous focus on the "engineer" in culture of Silicon Valley. Engineers are the top dogs in most companies.
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Google Earth as censored by the ever-artsy Dutch (images)
Most countries blur, pixelate, or whitewash sensitive areas in the name of national security, but the design-conscious Dutch dress things up a bit.
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Super Moon, meteor shower set to dazzle
On May 5-6 the full moon will appear larger because it's closer to Earth than any other time of the year.
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Is STEM education declining in the U.S.?
Is STEM education declining in the U.S., and to what effect?
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Art and science of the human brain (images)
London exhibit called "Brains: The mind as matter" explores the long, complex history between humans and their gray matter -- how the brain's perceived, studied, and sometimes misunderstood.
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Green gaming for Earth Day
It’s hard to argue about the evils of gamification when it’s being used to inspire people and corporations to act responsibly, whether that’s to improve your waistline, learn basic...
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China launches rare earth industry group as the West complains about export quotas
China sits on 36 percent of the known rare earth reserves in the world and accounts for over 90 percent of the total trading volume.
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The millionth image taken from the ISS -- and more (photos)
From his perch 240 miles above the Earth, astronaut Don Pettit has been shooting up a storm -- and making history in the process.
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CSC pulls NHS workers, but talks 'going well'
CSC said it remains confident that the Lorenzo patient record system in the U.K. is viable in the long run.
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CSC's talks with U.K.'s NHS hung up
The CSC project with the NHS has been repeatedly pilloried in the U.K. for various implementation issues.
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