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May 01, 2012 09:43 AM EDT

Facebook CEO Calls On Members To Flag Organ Donor Status

(Reuters) - Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg said there was a need to raise organ donation awareness and he encouraged the social network's members to speak up if they are donors.

Apr 30, 2012 06:17 PM EDT

Bomb-sniffing dogs enlisted to stem Florida python invasion

Some bomb-sniffing dogs trained to help fight terrorism are turning their olfactory attention toward a different scourge: Burmese pythons in Florida's Everglades National Park.

Apr 27, 2012 01:53 PM EDT

Cybersecurity and International Relations

Experts on cybersecurity and its role in world politics will come together for a "Cybersecurity and International Relations" conference on Thursday, May 3, 2012. The conference is sponsored by the Watson Institute for International Studies and the Department of Computer Science and organized by John...

Apr 27, 2012 12:02 PM EDT

Atomic Clock Comparison via Data Highways

Optical atomic clocks measure time with unprecedented accuracy. However, it is the ability to compare clocks with one another that makes them applicable for high-precision tests in fundamental theory, from cosmology all the way to quantum physics.

Apr 27, 2012 10:31 AM EDT

Researchers Claim Quantum Breakthrough

A tiny crystal that enables a computer to perform calculations that currently stump the world's most powerful supercomputers has been developed by an international team including the University of Sydney's Dr Michael Biercuk.

Apr 27, 2012 07:32 AM EDT

House Passes Cyber Bill Despite Veto Threat

The U.S. House of Representatives passed a cybersecurity bill on Thursday that would allow the government and companies to share information about hacking, but which has raised privacy concerns and a veto threat from the White House.

Apr 26, 2012 05:08 PM EDT

A New Generation of Ultra-small and High-precision Lasers Emerges

Ultra fast, robust, stable, and high precision: these are some of the characteristics of a new laser developed by an international research team. This ultra-small laser paves the way for a new generation of highly powerful, ultra-stable integrated lasers. Professor Roberto Morandotti and his team at...

Apr 26, 2012 01:18 PM EDT

Seeing Inside the Nose of an Aircraft

The planned arrival time, the request to land or the landing direction - this is the kind of information pilots discuss via radio with ground staff in the control tower

Apr 26, 2012 12:26 PM EDT

How Twitter Broke Its Biggest Story, #WeGotBinLaden

Nearly a year after U.S. Special Forces killed Osama bin Laden, the events of May 1, 2011 remain one of the busiest traffic periods in Twitter history. More than 5,000 tweets were sent per second when Twitter became the first source with news of bin Laden's death. But how did the news break and quic...

Apr 26, 2012 12:19 PM EDT

Scientists Predict Paradoxical Laser Effect

Two lamps are brighter than one. This simple truism does not necessarily apply to lasers, as a team of scientists, led by the Vienna University of Technology found out.

Apr 26, 2012 11:53 AM EDT

Trimble Navigation to Buy Google's SketchUp

Trimble Navigation Ltd has agreed to buy SketchUp 3D modeling platform from Google Inc for an undisclosed price, the companies said.

Apr 26, 2012 11:17 AM EDT

EARTH: Mobile Mapping with LIDAR Hits the Road

A new generation of lidar, or Light Detection and Ranging technology, is bringing the laser-based survey method down to Earth. The new technology involves mounting instruments atop cars, boats and even backpacks. These new mobile mapping systems will give geoscientists a whole new way to map and stu...