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Science & Technology
Sci/Tech - Google News
- Google to launch display glasses in 2012 - Times of India
- Calif. Pledges Better Mobile Privacy Disclosures - ABC News
- Scientists did not break speed of light - it was a faulty wire - Telegraph.co.uk
- Male chromosome is not doomed, say scientists - Telegraph.co.uk
- Ex-Apple Man Streams Flash onto the iPad - Wired News
Library of Congress: What's New in Science Reference
- New Webcast: Malaria & War- The U.S. Antimalarial Program in World War II
- Upcoming Lecture: NASA's Desert RATS
- New Business Reference Guide: The Fashion Industry
- Upcoming Lecture: Author to Discuss Fashion Industry Impresario Eleanor Lambert
- New Science Reference Guide: History of Media Technology and Opera
Engadget
- Qualcomm Atheros flaunts 802.11ac WiFi module for Snapdragon S4
- Harris new rugged tablet brings Honeycomb to your local combat-zone
- Apache outs version 2.4 of its HTTP server six years after last full release
- T-Mobile lost more customers in Q4, will launch LTE in 2013 with AWS spectrum from AT&T
- Samsung's Galaxy S II celebrates 20 million sold, just in time for MWC
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences current issue
- Cortical topography of intracortical inhibition influences the speed of decision making [Neuroscience]
- Compensatory functions of histone deacetylase 1 (HDAC1) and HDAC2 regulate transcription and apoptosis during mouse oocyte development [Developmental Biology]
- Viruses do replicate in cell-free systems [Letters (Online Only)]
- Arabidopsis circadian clock protein, TOC1, is a DNA-binding transcription factor [Plant Biology]
- Reply to Karapetyan: Viral synthesis and assembly is unlikely to occur under cell-free PMCA conditions [Letters (Online Only)]
Lifehacker
- Backpack Hangers, Coin Flips, and Slow YouTube [From The Tips Box]
- Google's Official Chat Extension Frees Chat from Your Browser Tabs, Lets You Start IMs and Hangouts from Anywhere [Instant Messaging]
- Remains of the Day: Mobile App Markets Agree to New Privacy Standards [For What It's Worth]
- How to Disable Ubuntu's Annoying Global Menu Bar [Linux Tips]
- Tomahawk Combines Your Local Music with Spotify, Grooveshark, and Others to Put Virtually Any Song at Your Fingertips [Video]
TechCrunch
- Daily Crunch: True Shred
- Scan Gets $1.7M From Google Ventures And Shervin Pishevar To Make QR Codes Actually Useful
- Ahead Of Funding News, Boku Debuts NFC-Enabled Mobile Payments Platform For Carriers, Merchants And Consumers
- Tencent CTO: Facebook Took a Page From Our Biz Model
- Cloud Security: DataLocker Lets You Encrypt Your Sensitive Dropbox Files For Free
Yahoo! News: Science News
- High season for tornadoes ahead, eyes on Southeast (AP)
- KBR ex-CEO to be sentenced Thurs. in bribery case (AP)
- Obama to address gas prices, pitch energy policy (AP)
- Skywatcher Photos Catch Stunning Northern Lights Display (SPACE.com)
- Tiny 'Soccer Ball' Space Molecules Could Equal 10,000 Mount Everests (SPACE.com)
EurekAlert! - Breaking News
- CT colonography shown to be comparable to standard colonoscopy
- A unique on-off switch for hormone production
- Colon Cancer Alliance and American College of Radiology demand Medicare cover virtual colonoscopy
- Virtual colonoscopy effective screening tool for adults over 65
- How cells brace themselves for starvation
PR-inside.com News
- Glen Prestwich at University of Utah to present at 8th Stem Cell Summit – April 19-20, 2012 in Boston
- DuPont calls for science, collaboration to address food challenges at Gulfood 2012
- Innova Biosciences Launches Unique Covalent Gold Nanoparticle Conjugation Kit
- An Insight into qPCR
- World Market for Nanotechnology: Applications, Markets and Companies
TechCrunch
- Daily Crunch: True Shred
- Scan Gets $1.7M From Google Ventures And Shervin Pishevar To Make QR Codes Actually Useful
- Ahead Of Funding News, Boku Debuts NFC-Enabled Mobile Payments Platform For Carriers, Merchants And Consumers
- Tencent CTO: Facebook Took a Page From Our Biz Model
- Cloud Security: DataLocker Lets You Encrypt Your Sensitive Dropbox Files For Free
Union of Concerned Scientists
- Scientists Who Had Emails Stolen Ask Heartland Institute to End Attack on Climate Science
- Three Years into Obama’s First Term, Pressure to Politicize Science Persists
- Documents Show Direct Link Between Corporate Money, Anti-Science Campaigns
- Girl Scouts Fighting for Deforestation-Free Cookies Win United Nations Award
- Union of Concerned Scientists Gives Monsanto an ‘F’ in Sustainable Agriculture
9rules Technology Community
NewsTrust - Sci/Tech - Most Recent Stories
Scientific American
PLoS Biology: New Articles
- Neural Mechanisms Underlying Motivation of Mental Versus Physical Effort
- Anything You Can Do, You Can Do Better: Neural Substrates of Incentive-Based Performance Enhancement
- Patterns of Gene Flow Define Species of Thermophilic Archaea
- Enzyme Inhibitor May Offer Dual Protection against Brain Disease
- Har Gobind Khorana (1922–2011): Pioneering Spirit
ScienceDaily: Latest Science News
- Scientists create potent molecules aimed at treating muscular dystrophy
- Phobia's effect on perception of feared object allows fear to persist
- Low levels of fallout from Fukushima, U.S. study finds
- For disaster debris arriving from Japan, radiation least of the concerns
- Is there a general motivation center in the depths of the brain?
Scientific American
Ars Technica
- "Unethical" HTML video copy protection proposal draws criticism from W3C reps
- 500,000 zombie PCs imperiled as expiration of court order approaches
- White House announces new privacy "Bill of Rights," Do Not Track agreement
- Exposed: YouPorn passwords in all their plain-text glory
- Adobe lays out the future for Flash: a platform for the next 5-10 years
Wikio - Sciences
- Clammed up: Digging for local, sustainable protein on a muddy beach (Grist)
- An online and open excercise in stylometry/textometry: Crowdsourcing the Gleick “Climate Strategy Memo” authorship (Watts Up With That?)
- Black hole clocks fastest wind ever recorded by NASA (CNET News.com)
- The Sky Is Falling, Scientists Report (Universe Today)
- President Promises Massive Nuclear Buildup If Reelected ...... Putin, that is (Atlas Shrugs)
Wikio - Technology
- Forgotten Apple founder takes to Facebook to explain his decision to quit after 12 days (The Next Web)
- Boku targets carriers with in-store payment system (GigaOM)
- Scan Gets $1.7M From Google Ventures And Shervin Pishevar To Make QR Codes Actually Useful (TechCrunch)
- Boku brings NFC to all mobile phones to launch a more ‘complete’ payment platform (The Next Web)
- Ahead Of Funding News, Boku Debuts NFC-Enabled Mobile Payments Platform For Carriers, Merchants And Consumers (TechCrunch)
Christian Science Monitor | Science
- Will men go extinct? New research says it's unlikely.
- NASA's dazzling northern lights launch aims to study 'space weather'
- Black hole produces 'cosmic Category 5 hurricane'
- Elephants in Arabia? Scientists find prehistoric footprints.
- Climategate sequel? Scientist lies to get Heartland Institute documents.
Lifehacker
- Backpack Hangers, Coin Flips, and Slow YouTube [From The Tips Box]
- Google's Official Chat Extension Frees Chat from Your Browser Tabs, Lets You Start IMs and Hangouts from Anywhere [Instant Messaging]
- Remains of the Day: Mobile App Markets Agree to New Privacy Standards [For What It's Worth]
- How to Disable Ubuntu's Annoying Global Menu Bar [Linux Tips]
- Tomahawk Combines Your Local Music with Spotify, Grooveshark, and Others to Put Virtually Any Song at Your Fingertips [Video]
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Newsvine - science
- High season for tornadoes ahead, eyes on Southeast
- Faster than Light Measurement a Dud, Faulty Cable to Blame
- Texas drought could close 1 of 5 state hatcheries, may mean fewer fish for sportsmen this year | The Republic
- Satellite reveals that cloud tops are dropping closer to Earth
- Colorful Peruvian lizard surprises scientists
