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Spotlight Stories Headlines
- Researchers find key genetic trigger of depression- Smelling the light: 'What if we make the nose act like a retina?'
- What did T. rex eat? Each other
- America's new wonder: a record-breaking bridge
- Climate change may alter natural climate cycles of Pacific
- Key difference in how TB bacteria degrade doomed proteins
- Scientists discover new species in one of world's deepest ocean trenches
Space & Earth news
Crocheted coral exhibit carries environmental warning
From afar, a casual viewer could mistake the coral reefs on display at Washington's Natural History Museum for the real thing, but in fact, it's colorful crochet artwork with an environmental message.
Climate change may alter natural climate cycles of Pacific
While it's still hotly debated among scientists whether climate change causes a shift from the traditional form of El Nino to one known as El Nino Modoki, online in the journal Nature Geoscience, scientists now say that El Nino Modoki affects long-term changes in currents in the North Pacific Ocean.
Technology news
Canadian smarter-car research network established at McMaster University
A $16.6-million national research network to tackle the technological challenges related to the growing complexity of automotive software systems will be led by McMaster researchers and located at McMaster Innovation Park. Network partners include Industry Canada, General Motors of Canada, IBM Canada, Malina Software Corp of Ottawa, Centre de Recherche Informatique de Montréal, and six other Canadian universities.
US studying Australian Internet security program
(AP) -- The government is reviewing an Australian program that will allow Internet service providers to alert customers if their computers are taken over by hackers and could limit online access if people don't fix the problem.
'Fallout: New Vegas' takes post-apocalypse play to Sin City
As luck would have it, Las Vegas was spared from the nuclear bombs responsible for the radioactive wasteland known and loved by fans of "Fallout" videogames.
Twitter cuts off celebrity-tracker JustSpotted
Twitter on Friday said it cut celebrity-tracking service JustSpotted off from a pipeline of "tweets" that could be tapped to map the whereabouts of stars.
Tablet computer sales to hit 208 million in 2014
Sales of tablet computers like Apple's iPad are expected to soar from nearly 20 million units this year to 55 million next year and over 208 million in 2014, market research firm Gartner said Friday.
Roku creator has track record of tech-industry vision
As the last century waned, scarcely a day passed without someone showing up in our newsroom offering a demonstration of a new dot-com service or consumer device. E-commerce sites for T-shirts and sandals, search sites paying jackpots to lucky users, you name it.
World's longest cable car line opens to Armenia
Armenia on Saturday launched the world's longest cable car line, a 5.7-kilometre (3.5-mile) engineering feat that spans a spectacular gorge to the country's ancient Tatev monastery.
Yahoo! summit focuses on battling cyber bullies
Educators, police and non-profit groups gathered at Yahoo! on Friday to collaborate on battling cyber bullies and other dangers faced by children on the Internet.
Discovery of GPS tracker becomes privacy issue
(AP) -- Yasir Afifi, a 20-year-old computer salesman and community college student, took his car in for an oil change earlier this month and his mechanic spotted an odd wire hanging from the undercarriage.
Privacy a Facebook priority, says director Zuckerberg
User privacy is the priority of Internet social networking site Facebook, which has come under fire from users for its privacy settings, the company's director of market development said on Sunday in Dubai.
America's new wonder: a record-breaking bridge
America's greatest technological achievement, the Hoover Dam, now has a soaring companion piece, a massive looming bridge held up by the longest arch in the Western Hemisphere.
Medicine & Health news
Celebs, big donors push Africa's war on malaria
(AP) -- It had been a long and difficult journey, fully deserving of the marching band and choirs that greeted the convoy when it finally rolled into this village deep in the African bush.
Cancer activist's approach: Real, a bit irreverent
(AP) -- Lindsay Avner is no shrinking violet. She's a bright pink whirlwind, with a closet full of dresses cut from that very color and a cancer-fighting organization she named for it.
FDA approves Botox for migraine headaches
(AP) -- Federal health officials approved the wrinkle-smoothing injection Botox for migraine headaches on Friday, giving drugmaker Allergan clearance to begin marketing its drug to patients with a serious history of the condition.
Researchers find key genetic trigger of depression
Yale University researchers have found a gene that seems to be a key contributor to the onset of depression and is a promising target for a new class of antidepressants, they report Oct. 17 in the journal Nature Medicine.
Smelling the light: 'What if we make the nose act like a retina?'
(PhysOrg.com) -- Harvard University neurobiologists have created mice that can "smell" light, providing a potent new tool that could help researchers better understand the neural basis of olfaction.
Biology news
UN meeting aims to set species-saving goals
(AP) -- An international conference aimed at preserving the planet's diversity of plants and animals in the face of pollution and habitat loss begins Monday in Japan, facing some of the same divisions between rich and poor nations that have stalled U.N. climate talks.
Key difference in how TB bacteria degrade doomed proteins
(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory and Stony Brook University have discovered a key difference in the way human cells and Mycobacterium tuberculosis bacteria, which cause TB, deliver unwanted proteins — marked with a "kiss of death" sequence — to their respective cellular recycling factories. This critical difference, described in a paper published online October 17, 2010, in the journal Nature Structural and Molecular Biology, may help scientists design drugs to disable the bacterial system while leaving normal human protein recycling centers intact.
Scientists discover new species in one of world's deepest ocean trenches
Scientists investigating in one of the world’s deepest ocean trenches -- previously thought to be void of fish -- have discovered an entirely new species.
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