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Brain scans reveal which alcoholics at greatest risk of relapse
May 1, 2013 3:02 pm | by Yale UniversityYale University | CommentsEven the most experienced counselors have difficultly spotting a recovering alcoholic in danger of relapse. Brain imaging scans might do a better job, new Yale research suggests....
Blackbaud 1Q profit beats Street, revenue up
May 1, 2013 1:57 pm | by The Associated Press | CommentsBlackbaud Inc. said Wednesday that its net income fell 4 percent in the first quarter, hindered in part by a larger interest expense. Its adjusted results beat analysts' estimates. Its stock was up 3 percent in afternoon trading. The software and services provider to the nonprofit sector earned...
Kodak to exit bankruptcy a different company
May 1, 2013 12:02 pm | by The Associated Press | CommentsEastman Kodak plans to emerge from bankruptcy protection by the end of September after shedding most of the businesses that turned it into an American icon. The reorganized Kodak will focus instead on commercial imaging and printing, where it believes it can once become profitable, according to...
Goldman Sachs strikes deal to buy Ebix
May 1, 2013 11:53 am | by The Associated Press | CommentsGoldman Sachs & Co. plans to buy Ebix Inc. and take it private in an $820 million deal that includes debt, the insurance technology provider said Wednesday. Ebix, based in Atlanta, provides software and e-commerce services to the insurance industry. Its board accepted the Goldman Sachs offer....
A Text Message A Day Keeps the Asthma Attack Away
May 1, 2013 11:14 am | by Georgia Tech | CommentsSimply sending children with asthma a text message each day asking about their symptoms and providing knowledge about their condition can lead to improved health outcomes. In a study by the Georgia Institute of Technology, pediatric patients who were asked questions about their symptoms and provided information...
Carnegie Mellon develops zooming technique for entering text into smartwatches
May 1, 2013 11:07 am | by EurekAlert! | CommentsTechnology blogs have been abuzz that smartwatches may soon be on their way from companies such as Apple, Google, Samsung and Microsoft. But as capable as these ultra-small computers may be, how will users enter an address, a name, or a search term into them?
People may welcome talking tissue boxes and other smart objects
May 1, 2013 10:57 am | by EurekAlert! | CommentsAs sensors and computers increasingly become smaller and cheaper, smart objects will appear in more homes and offices and not be hidden or shielded from interacting with people, according to the researchers. For example, smart refrigerators could talk or send tweets to signal when certain food items are almost out...
The case for optimism about a renewable energy future
May 1, 2013 10:54 am | by Massachusetts Institute of Technology | CommentsProfessor Eric Martinot, the senior research director with the Institute for Sustainable Energy Policies in Tokyo, told students and faculty at a seminar on April 18 that renewables have become “mainstream” and are “a major part of our energy system.”Martinot just completed a two-year project entitled the Renewables Global Futures Report — a compilation of 170 face-to-face interviews conducted with industry executives, CEOs of ...
China automaker to open electric bus plant in CA
May 1, 2013 10:42 am | by JOHN ROGERS, Associated Press | CommentsA Chinese company whose mantra is Build Your Dreams plans to build all-electric buses in California's Mojave Desert. Lancaster Mayor R. Rex Parris and officials of BYD Automotive scheduled a news conference Wednesday to announce plans to open the first Chinese-owned vehicle manufacturing plant in the United States.
Researchers track evolution of Philly's odd accent
May 1, 2013 10:07 am | by JOANN LOVIGLIO, Associated Press | CommentsWill Philly no longer be a place where residents drink wooder and root for the Iggles? Gid eowt! A University of Pennsylvania linguistics professor says the Southern-inflected sound of the Philadelphia dialect is moving toward a more Northern accent.
Russia charging NASA $70 million per rocket seat
May 1, 2013 10:01 am | by Marcia Dunn, AP Aerospace Writer | CommentsNASA is paying $424 million more to Russia to get U.S. astronauts into space, and the agency's leader is blaming Congress for the extra expense. NASA announced its latest contract with the Russian Space Agency on Tuesday. The $424 million represents flights to and from the International Space Station aboard Russian Soyuz spacecraft....
IBM makes tiny movie by pushing molecules around
May 1, 2013 9:52 am | CommentsScientists have taken the idea of a film short down to new levels. Molecular levels. IBM says it has made the tiniest stop-motion movie ever - a one-minute video of individual carbon monoxide molecules repeatedly rearranged to show a boy dancing, throwing a ball and bouncing on a trampoline.
Finding a gecko in the crowd
May 1, 2013 12:00 am | by Massachusetts Institute of Technology | CommentsKeeping track of individuals in an endangered population of animals is a cumbersome and time-consuming task. Conservationists physically tag animals in the wild to better follow them over time. But tagging can be intrusive for many species, and difficult to accomplish in larger populations. As an alternative, scientists have photographed animals in their natural environments and catalogued the images, along with information such as in...
Apple sells $17 billion in bonds in record deal
April 30, 2013 8:59 pm | by The Associated Press | CommentsApple Inc. sold $17 billion in bonds Tuesday in a record deal spurred by the company's plan to placate its frustrated shareholders. The Cupertino, Calif., company sold the bonds in its first debt issue since the 1990s to raise money to pass along to shareholders through dividend payments and...
NCR posts 1Q profit, revenue above expectations
April 30, 2013 8:50 pm | by The Associated Press | CommentsNCR Corp. posted first-quarter profit and revenue that topped Wall Street's expectations Tuesday thanks to strength in its hospitality and retail divisions. NCR, which makes ATMs, self-service checkout machines and airport check-in-kiosks, also raised its profit outlook for the year. Its shares...
