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MIT Professor Aims Make Solar Energy A Good Choice For Homes

A scientist from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has come out with a new method, aiming to make solar energy a good choice for homes. Any home in the U.S. running off solar panels runs into the problem that once night time [...]

Posted On : Aug, 09 2008 | Comments : 0

Pumped up volume can pump the drinking, say scientists

Men in bars drink more and drink faster when loud music is playing, a French scientist says. And Nicolas Gueguen wants bar owners to turn down the volume as a result, in order to slow down the drinking. That may stand as much chance as as [...]

Posted On : Jul, 19 2008 | Comments : 0

InBev Seeks Ouster of Anheuser Board

Brewer InBev turned up the heat in its hostile, $46 billion bid for Anheuser-Busch, announcing Monday that it will attempt to remove the company's entire board.An alternate board, which would include Adolphus Busch IV, the uncle of Anheuser [...]

Posted On : Jul, 08 2008 | Comments : 0

IBM Teams With Mars To Sweeten Cocoa Research

The computing giant plans to sequence and analyze the cocoa genome, which lies at the heart of all the world's chocolaty goodness. The computing giant is teaming up with confectioner Mars Inc., along with the U.S. Department of Agricultur [...]

Posted On : Jun, 28 2008 | Comments : 0

Researchers Nail A Date To Homer's 'Odyssey'

Two researchers have determined the date that Odysseus returned home to Ithaca. Marcelo O. Magnasco of Rockefeller University in New York and Constantino Baikouzis of the Astronomical Observatory in La Plata, Argentina. The study attempts [...]

Posted On : Jun, 26 2008 | Comments : 0

Researchers confirm age of "Methuselah" tree

Israeli researchers who grew a sapling from a date seed found at the ancient fortress Masada said on Thursday the seed was about 2,000 years old and may help restore a species of biblical trees. Carbon dating confirmed that the seed named [...]

Posted On : Jun, 13 2008 | Comments : 0

Some Shark Populations Collapsing

Some shark populations in the Mediterranean Sea have completely collapsed, according to a new study, with numbers of five species declining by more than 96 percent over the past two centuries. “This loss of top predators could hold s [...]

Posted On : Jun, 12 2008 | Comments : 0

China relocating research centre for giant Pandas

China's most famous conservation and research centre for giant Pandas would be relocated following the damage caused by the devastating earthquake in Sichuan province and the potential risks of landslides from it, a top official said. Wol [...]

Posted On : Jun, 11 2008 | Comments : 0

Nasa's Phoenix Mars lander takes most detailed pictures ever...

Nasa's Phoenix Mars lander has captured the highest-resolution images ever taken of dust and sand on another planet. Phoenix fails to scoop up sample of Martian soil The minuscule specks were collected during Phoenix's dramatic touchdown [...]

Posted On : Jun, 06 2008 | Comments : 0

NASA astronauts prepare for spacewalk

A pair of astronauts from the visiting shuttle Discovery were preparing for a spacewalk on Tuesday to begin installation of Japan's Kibo laboratory on the International Space Station (ISS). Mission specialists Michael Fossum and Ronald Gar [...]

Posted On : Jun, 03 2008 | Comments : 0

Crude Oil Falls After Storm Misses Mexico Field, Investors S...

Crude oil fell after a tropical storm missed Mexico's biggest oilfield and investors reduced holdings of the commodity. Arthur, the first tropical storm of the Atlantic hurricane season, has weakened to a depression and missed Mexico's Ca [...]

Posted On : Jun, 02 2008 | Comments : 0

NASA: Robotic arm key to finding life on Mars

A robotic arm on NASA's Phoenix spacecraft, which landed on Mars Sunday night, is the key to discovering whether the planet can support life. The 7.5-foot long arm has an attached scoop and drill bit that will dig up Martian ice and dust [...]

Posted On : May, 30 2008 | Comments : 0

Brazil court to decide on embryonic cell research

Brazil's Supreme Court started voting on Wednesday on whether to uphold legislation that allows research on embryonic stem cells in the world's largest Roman Catholic country. Eight out of the 11 judges had voted by the time the session wa [...]

Posted On : May, 29 2008 | Comments : 0

After Succesful Landing, Time For Phoenix To Start Digging

This is it! The Phoenix Mars Lander has finally reached its destination, after a successful first-attempt landing in the northern permafrost region of the Red Planet. As it prepares for a three-month journey into the secrets of Mars, scient [...]