Google tests cars that can steer without drivers
Google Inc. is road-testing cars that steer, stop and start without a human driver, the company says.
Engineering
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Officials: wall of Hungary sludge lake will fall
(AP) -- The wall of a reservoir filled with caustic red sludge will inevitably collapse and unleash a new deluge of red sludge that could flow about a half-mile (1 kilometer) to the north, a Hungarian official said Sunday.
Environment
Oct 10, 2010
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Dengue-resistant mosquitoes to be released next year
(PhysOrg.com) -- Every year, dengue fever infects up to 100 million people and kills more than 20,000 of them. In an effort to reduce these numbers, scientists have infected mosquitoes with bacteria that makes them less able ...
Land 'evapotranspiration' taking unexpected turn: Huge parts of world are drying up
The soils in large areas of the Southern Hemisphere, including major portions of Australia, Africa and South America, have been drying up in the past decade, a group of researchers conclude in the first major study to ever ...
Earth Sciences
Oct 10, 2010
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Tsunami risk higher in Los Angeles, other major cities
(PhysOrg.com) -- Geologists studying the Jan. 12 Haiti earthquake say the risk of destructive tsunamis is higher than expected in places such as Kingston, Istanbul, and Los Angeles.
Earth Sciences
Oct 10, 2010
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Thioketal nanoparticles: Researchers develop oral delivery system to treat inflammatory bowel diseases
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University have developed a novel approach for delivering small bits of genetic material into the body to improve the treatment of inflammatory ...
Bio & Medicine
Oct 10, 2010
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Study challenges conventional theory of modern drug design
Scientists from The Scripps Research Institute have uncovered new evidence that challenges the current theory about a process key to the way modern drugs are designed and how they work in the human body.
Biochemistry
Oct 10, 2010
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Discovery paves way for development of efficient, inexpensive plastic solar cells
Physicists at Rutgers University have discovered new properties in a material that could result in efficient and inexpensive plastic solar cells for pollution-free electricity production.
Nanomaterials
Oct 10, 2010
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Scientists watch cell-shape process for first time
Researchers at the Carnegie Institution for Science, with colleagues at the Nara Institute of Science and Technology, observed for the first time a fundamental process of cellular organization in living plant cells: the birth ...
Cell & Microbiology
Oct 10, 2010
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'Leave our geeks alone': British scientists protest cuts
Hundreds of scientists rallied outside Britain's finance ministry on Saturday against planned government cuts they say will harm the country's international reputation as a research hub.
Other
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