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Scoreboard shows strong increase of aid in response to the financial crisis but Single Market intact
December 7, 2009 5:54 am | by European Commission | CommentsThe European Commission's latest State Aid Scoreboard shows the financial crisis multiplied the overall aid volume from € 66.5 billion or 0.52% of the EU-27 GDP in 2007 to € 279.6 billion or 2.2% of GDP in 2008. Crisis measures excluded, total aid stood in 2008 at € 67.4 billion or 0.54%...
Statistics Insights for Scientists and Engineers
December 7, 2009 5:52 am | by Curious Cat Science and Engineering Blog | CommentsMy father was a engineer and statistician. Along with George Box and Stu Hunter (no relation) they wrote Statistics for Experimenters (one of the potential titles had been Statistics for Engineers). They had an interest in bringing applied statistics to the work of scientists and...
Unless We Take Decisive Action, Climate Change Will Ravage Our Planet
December 7, 2009 5:52 am | by Curious Cat Science and Engineering Blog | Commentsphoto by John Hunter at Glacier National Park. Tomorrow 56 newspapers, in 45 countries, are taking the unprecedented step of publishing the same editorial. The editorial will appear in 20 languages, as the United Nations Climate Change Conference is set to begin in Copenhagen. Unless we...
Publication in Neuropsychopharmacology Confirms CeNeRx's Novel RIMA Antidepressant TriRima & trade; Selectively and Reversibly Inhibits MAO-A
December 7, 2009 5:52 am | by Brookhaven National Laboratory | CommentsCeNeRx BioPharma, Inc., a clinical stage company developing innovative treatments for diseases of the central nervous system, today announced that a newly published PET imaging study in human subjects confirms that CeNeRx’s novel compound TriRima™ reversibly inhibits MAO-A, an...
Tiny RNA Has Big Impact On Lung Cancer Tumors
December 7, 2009 5:52 am | by Yale University | CommentsResearchers from Yale University and Mirna Therapeutics, Inc., reversed the growth of lung tumors in mice using a naturally occurring tumor suppressor microRNA. The study reveals that a tiny bit of RNA may one day play a big role in cancer treatment, and provides hope for future patients...
Ye Hardware Engineer on Quest for Firmware
December 7, 2009 5:52 am | by Screaming Circuits | CommentsI've been spending some time with the mbed here and I'm convinced that there are a lot of good uses for this little thing. One in particular popped in to my head with a lot of vigor.Back in December of 2008, I listed ten (Octal) things to do to help get through a l
Voltaren Gel (diclofenac sodium topical gel) 1 & #37; - Hepatic Effects Labeling Changes
December 7, 2009 5:50 am | by FDA MedWatch | CommentsCases of drug-induced hepatotoxicity reported, including liver necrosis, jaundice, fulminant hepatitis with and without jaundice, and liver failure.
Microsoft, Yahoo take next step in search alliance
December 7, 2009 5:45 am | by The Associated Press | CommentsMicrosoft Corp. and Yahoo Inc. have signed off on their plan to team up against Google Inc. in the lucrative Internet search market.The step announced Friday seals the terms of a preliminary agreement announced in late July. The 10-year contract was to be signed by late October, but Microsoft...
LDRA Wins Contract in China’s Manned Spacecraft Program
December 7, 2009 5:33 am | CommentsThe China Manned Spacecraft Program (CMSP) selected LDRA, the leading provider of automated software verification tools, and the LDRA tool suite to analyze complex safety-critical applications related to the Tiangong 1 spacecraft, experiments that support the overall mission of CMSP.
Phone thieves targeting more live music gigs
December 7, 2009 5:24 am | CommentsMusic-lovers watching their favorite acts at live concerts are increasingly becoming targets for gangs of mobile phone thieves, British police said on Monday. Detectives warn that they have seen a growing problem of organized criminals at both indoor and outdoor gigs hoping to make off with top-of-the-range phones.
RIM announces Blackberry China distribution deal
December 7, 2009 5:22 am | CommentsDigital China, a Hong Kong-listed information technology company, is to distribute Research In Motion's Blackberry handsets, accelerating RIM's effort to expand into mainland China. The agreement will "help RIM further expand its business in China" by giving it access to Digital China's national distribution network, the two companies said on Monday.
Nobel prize foundation frets over its finances
December 7, 2009 5:19 am | CommentsThe Nobel Foundation might have to reduce the money it awards winners of its prestigious prizes due to the effects of the global financial crisis, its director said on Saturday. The foundation will give 10 million Swedish crowns ($1.5 million) for each prize this year as it has done for most of the last decade. But the downturn could strain resources for future prizes.
You've Got Freedom: AOL ends ties with Time Warner
December 7, 2009 5:17 am | CommentsAOL is shaking loose from Time Warner Inc. and heading into the next decade the way it began this one, as an independent company. Unlike the 1990s, though, when AOL got rich selling dial-up Internet access, it starts the 2010s as an underdog, trying to beef up its Web sites and grab more advertising revenue.
Virgin Galactic to Unveil Commercial Spaceship
December 7, 2009 5:14 am | by Alicia Chang, AP Science Writer | CommentsAfter five years of secret construction, the cloak is coming off a privately funded spacecraft designed to fly well-heeled tourists into space. The long-awaited
Forest-saving deal could lift climate summit hopes
December 7, 2009 4:45 am | CommentsIn a potentially valuable boost to fighting climate change, rich and poor countries are close to an agreement to end the destruction of the world's forests in 20 years, government negotiators said. It depends, however, on whether consensus on an overarching climate accord is reached by the 192 countries at the U.N. climate summit in Copenhagen starting Monday.
