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Daily Scientific News and Medical News Help to STM Industry Professionals
By John Craig · 15 years ago
Overall Scientific Technical Medical publishing industry grew 4.4% to $14.7 billion in 2007 (Source: Simba). With the emergence of technology enabled business models, the publishing industry has witnessed intense competition, in recent years.
Technological innovation ...
Heartland Breach Bad As Tylenol Poisonings?
By Anthony Freed · 15 years ago
Heartland Payment Systems stock (HPY) was hit hard in the wake of what is being described as the biggest single breach of consumer and financial data security ever. The company issued statements Friday (1/23) in ...
NASA Confirms Liquid Lake on Saturn Moon
By Mejo John · 15 years ago
NASA scientists have concluded that at least one of the large lakes observed on Saturn's moon Titan contains liquid hydrocarbons, and have positively identified the presence of ethane. This makes Titan the only body in ...
Did Palmetto GBA Broke the Medicare Payment System?
By Marion Duffey · 15 years ago
It all started on September 1, 2008 when Palmetto GBA took over the Medicare contract from NHIC to process claims and payments for providers. This marked the beginning of a plethora of problems and massive ...
Why They Talked, and What They Want
By Bill Murphy Jr · 15 years ago
A great gulf exists between American military and civilian societies. But paradoxically, it can be hard to tell young veterans of our wars in Iraq and Afghanistan from their peers who haven't served. As I ...
Business.gov: Your Tax Dollars at Work
By Charles Cooper · 15 years ago
It isn't often that this page has something good to say about the Federal Government, but the Small Business Administration (SBA) has always held a place of esteem in as much it is one of ...
Free STM news service for professionals in the scientific and medical industry
By John Craig · 15 years ago
STM publishing market grew 4.4% to $14.7 billion in 2007 (Source: Simba). There are hundreds and thousands of publishers who compete for a share of this market pie. Thanks to the emergence of technology enabled ...
Debunking the Myth of the Oil Crisis
By Robin M Mills · 15 years ago
The opening years of the 21st century are marked by milestones in the world of oil: the war in Iraq, the Shell reserves downgrade, Hurricane Katrina, and the breaking of the once unthinkable $100 per ...
The Mythos of the Large Hadron Collider
By Maanna Stephenson · 15 years ago
Billions of years from now, a father and his young daughter may be enjoying the twinkling beauty of a clear summer night when she asks, "Dad, how did all those stars get there?" To which ...
How Gentrification Saved Harlem
By Judith Matloff · 15 years ago
Recently homeowners in my corner of Harlem held a soiree in someone's garden. We form a warm group of 130 people who represent the changing neighborhood -- black old-timers with a growing number of whites. ...
The Explosion of Hurricane Gustav
By Mark Boardman · 15 years ago
Hurricane Gustav is the 3rd of the 2008 hurricane season, and as it heads out into the Gulf of Mexico it is already being described as this years’ Katrina.
Hurricane Gustav formed on the 25th ...
Freedom and its Price in the Georgian Conflict
By Joseph Gill · 15 years ago
Normally the articles I write deal with sports, photography, or sports memorabilia preservation. Now, given that the Beijing Olympics are in progress, the general assumption is that I have an unlimited number of topics to ...
The Myth of the Oil Crisis
By Robin M Mills · 15 years ago
There are some things most people today know about oil.
* Global oil output is going to plummet
* Prices are going to rise forever
* The transition to alternative energy will be long and ...
A powerful strategy to bring down the Crude Oil prices
By Sudhir Goyal · 15 years ago
All of us are hit hard by high and rising Crude Oil prices. Since the grains are being used to produce bio-fuels, food prices too has risen sharply. Due to rise in both food and ...
Philosophy and Ideas: Media Exposed
By Donald Winchester · 15 years ago
When we read the news, we expect the papers to tell us what they see. This may have been the case decades ago, according to Guardian journalist Nick Davies, but is no longer true. In ...
Are Meat and Milk From Cloned Animals Really Safe To Eat?
By Sandy Powers · 15 years ago
Are Meat and Milk From Cloned Animals Really Safe To Eat?
By Sandy Powers
The cloning process for cattle is almost identical to human embryo cloning techniques. The process, known as somatic cell nuclear transfer, ...
I Think The Dogs Knew All Along
By David Chaves · 15 years ago
Another 10 years of drought conditions in Los Angeles has brought back the very good but very unwelcome idea of recycling wastewater into drinking. It’s been given the unpleasant name "toilet to tap" by mainstream ...
What’s News At Atlantic City This Summer?
By David Kaleky · 15 years ago
Given the nature of problems that seem to have beset the U.S economy of late, it is only natural that Atlantic City feels the brunt of these economic downturns to a certain degree. In addition ...
Comrade Lenin: Alive and Well
By Daniel Silva · 15 years ago
The New Russia may have finally embraced free-market capitalism, but Vladimir Lenin, founder of Soviet communism and one of the great murderers of the twentieth century, still casts a long shadow across the Russian landscape. ...
Biofuels Are A Potential Low Carbon Energy Source.
By Christopher West · 15 years ago
Biofuels were invented by Nazi Germany prior to WWII; check any book on history and you will see. Germany is land-locked country with no oil fields. Biofuel is a contentious subject. The amount of land ...