Need To Know The Structure Of A Molecule? Google It.

Need To Know The Structure Of A Molecule? Google It.

Need To Know The Structure Of A Molecule? Google It.

Posted: 05 Mar 2012 10:42 PM PST

Dr. Aurora Clark has applied Google's PageRank algorithms in a way that allows scientists to uncover the structure of molecules.


Pharma's Free Ride in Healthcare Reform

Posted: 05 Mar 2012 10:20 PM PST

You may recall that last year the DOJ agreed to a settlement with for $500 million. Basically?? needed to avoid criminal prosecution for actively helping Canadian Pharmacies advertise to American consumers more effectively with AdWords. ??That alone probably woudn?t have raised any eyebrows except that the profits were being siphoned away from American pharmaceutical companies ...


Lady Gaga Lends Her Voice to Fight Bullying

Posted: 05 Mar 2012 10:08 PM PST

There has been a lot of work over the past few years to combat online and offline bullying and schools, in communities and even at the White House which, last??year hosted an anti-bullying??summit attended, by both the President and the First Lady. But Michele Obama isn't the only famous ?lady? working to combat bullying. At??,??last ...


Party for baby whose birth saved father from Japan tsunami

Posted: 05 Mar 2012 11:00 PM PST

Hiromi Sato holds her son next to her husband during a photo opportunity at their home in MinamisanrikuMINAMISANRIKU (Reuters) - Searching through piles of bodies after Japan's March 11 tsunami, Kenji Sato was struck by the thought -- he could easily have been one of them, had it not been for his son born earlier that day. In a fortunate twist of fate, Sato, a wiry descendant of fishermen in his coastal hometown of Minamisanriku, took time off from work to see his third child, Haruse, born at a hospital in a nearby port city. Hours later, the only thing left of the nursing home where he would usually have been was a skeleton of steel pillars. ...

VIDEO: Prince Harry arrives in Jamaica

Posted: 05 Mar 2012 09:51 PM PST

Prince Harry has arrived in Jamaica on a Caribbean tour to mark his grandmother's Diamond Jubilee.


Party for baby whose birth saved father from Japan tsunami

Posted: 05 Mar 2012 11:00 PM PST

MINAMISANRIKU (Reuters) - Searching through piles of bodies after Japan's March 11 tsunami, Kenji Sato was struck by the thought -- he could easily have been one of them, had it not been for his son born earlier that day.

Afghan artists use graffiti to depict war, oppression

Posted: 05 Mar 2012 10:31 PM PST

KABUL (Reuters) - Encased in a head-to-toe burqa, the image depicts a distraught woman slumped on a cement stairwell, the work of Afghanistan's first street artists who use graffiti to chronicle violence and oppression. The female-male duo surreptitiously spray-paint the crumbling and dilapidated walls of buildings in the capital Kabul, abandoned and destroyed during 30 years of war that still rages today. Talking of her woman on the steps, Shamsia Hassani, 24, said: "She is wondering if she can get up, or if she will fall down. Women in Afghanistan need to be careful with every step they ...


To some working poor in India, home is parking lot

Posted: 05 Mar 2012 09:58 PM PST

In this photo taken on Jan. 19, 2012, Indian squatters sit together in a rented blanket after waking up at Park No. 2 near Jama Masjid in New Delhi, India. For thousands of people struggling at the bottom of India's working class, the Meena Bazaar parking lot and the handful of places like it scattered across New Delhi are cheap refuges in a city where many migrants can't even afford to rent slum shanties. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer)There is almost no movement in the pre-dawn cold, when the winter fog sits low over the old city and the only light comes from distant street lamps. The parking lot is silent, except for the occasional hacking cough.

NKorea stages live-fire drills amid tensions

Posted: 05 Mar 2012 09:54 PM PST

In this Sunday March 4, 2012 photo, North Korean journalists interview a North Korean soldier during military exercises at a military base on North Korea's southwest coast, opposite South Korea's Baengnyeong Island. (AP Photo/Kim Kwang Hyon)North Korean troops have been conducting live-fire drills near an island that was the site of a deadly artillery exchange less than two years ago. Meanwhile their government is criticizing the U.S. and South Korea for conducting their own joint military exercises.

Philippine quake cracks buildings, injures 9

Posted: 05 Mar 2012 09:18 PM PST

A moderately strong earthquake cracked buildings and knocked televisions and glassware from tables Tuesday in a central Philippine province, injuring at least nine people and sending others rushing outside in panic, officials said.


Afghan artists use graffiti to depict war, oppression

Posted: 05 Mar 2012 10:31 PM PST

KABUL (Reuters) - Encased in a head-to-toe burqa, the image depicts a distraught woman slumped on a cement stairwell, the work of Afghanistan's first street artists who use graffiti to chronicle violence and oppression.

Obama assures Netanyahu on efforts to stop Iran’s nuclear program

Posted: 05 Mar 2012 08:09 PM PST

President Obama sought to convince Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday that he would not allow Iran to develop a nuclear weapon, but their meeting concluded with U.S. officials unsure whether the president had succeeded in persuading the Israelis to hold off on unilateral military action.

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Noose tightens around Iranian oil exports

Posted: 05 Mar 2012 06:04 PM PST

International sanctions on Iran are starting to pinch, and Tehran is scrambling to hang on to buyers for its crude oil exports.

In January, China, South Korea and Singapore sharply cut their oil purchases from Iran. Last month, Shipping Corp. of India canceled an Iranian shipment because its European insurers refused to provide coverage for the tanker, according to Lloyd's List. And Japanese oil refiners have asked for clauses to be added to oil-purchase contracts so they can back out if they can't obtain tanker insurance.

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Adobe Lightroom 4 Introduces Video-Editing Capabilities, Ships Wednesday for $149

Posted: 05 Mar 2012 09:03 PM PST

Adobe unveiled the latest rendition of its popular photo-management software Lightroom on Wednesday, introducing a host of new features designed to appeal to professional and amateur photographers alike, including a cleaned-up user interface and video-editing capabilities. Some of the latest functionality have been around since Adobe unveiled Photoshop Lightroom 4 Beta in January. The software ...


India Vote: Congress Headed to Defeat

Posted: 05 Mar 2012 10:56 PM PST

Early results in India's state assembly elections suggest the Congress party is headed to defeats in Uttar Pradesh and Punjab, a blow to the party's ambitions of gaining momentum as a critical legislative season approaches.


Gandhi's Congress flops in Indian state elections

Posted: 05 Mar 2012 10:32 PM PST

Rahul Gandhi watches the ICC Cricket World Cup semi-final match between India and Pakistan in MohaliNEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's Congress party trailed in fourth place as vote counting neared its end in Uttar Pradesh Tuesday, a bitter election blow to Rahul Gandhi who had staked his political future on reviving his party's fortunes in the populous northern state. Gandhi, scion of the Nehru-Gandhi dynasty that has ruled India for most of its 65 years of independence, had campaigned tirelessly to revive his center-left party in a politically crucial state where it has not held power for 22 years. ...

Thousands flee in Australia floods

Posted: 05 Mar 2012 09:19 PM PST

CANBERRA (Reuters) - Floods across eastern Australia forced more than 13,000 people to evacuate their homes on Tuesday after record-high summer rains drenched three states over the past week, swelling rivers and forcing dams to overflow. In the worst-hit state of New South Wales, authorities ordered 8,000 people to leave their homes in the inland city of Wagga Wagga, where flood waters were expected to breach an 11-metre levee and swamp houses and the main business district. ...


China: US must build trust on Taiwan, Tibet issues

Posted: 05 Mar 2012 10:25 PM PST

China's Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi gestures during a press conference at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, Tuesday, March 6, 2012. Yang said Tuesday that Beijing and Washington need to build more trust, though he suggested the onus is on the U.S. to respect Chinese interests on issues such as Taiwan and Tibet. (AP Photo/ Vincent Thian)China's foreign minister said Tuesday that often fractious ties between Beijing and Washington are steadily improving, but that more trust is needed and the onus is on the U.S. to respect Chinese interests on issues such as Taiwan and Tibet.

Biden: US remains opposed to drug legalization

Posted: 05 Mar 2012 08:23 PM PST

U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, left, shakes hands with Enrique Pena Nieto, former governor of the State of Mexico and current presidential candidate for the Institutional Revolutionary Party, PRI, Mexico City, Monday, March 5, 2012. Biden is on a one-day official visit to Mexico. (AP Photo/Alexandre Meneghini)Vice President Joe Biden said Monday that Mexico's three main presidential candidates share a vision of continued close cooperation with Washington, and used his brief visit south of the border to also knock down talk of drug legalization in the region.

Vote counting starts in 5 key Indian state polls

Posted: 05 Mar 2012 08:08 PM PST

Election officials across five Indian states Tuesday began counting votes in crucial provincial elections that are being seen as a test of strength for the country's ruling Congress party.


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