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- 2009 PC Energy Report Quantifies Financial and Carbon Savings for PC Power Waste in the US, UK and Germany

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According to an international study released today by 1E and the Alliance to Save Energy, nearly a third of all workplace PCs in Germany are not regularly powered down at night. The 2009 PC Energy Report, which examines workplace PC power consumption in the Germany, the UK, and the US, found that German businesses are wasting EUR918,840,000 million to power machines that are not in use. In 2009, these unused PCs are expected to emit 2,596,932 metric tons of carbon dioxide emissions into the air, roughly the equivalent impact of 475,629 cars.

One of the largest health threats facing our society today is not some super-virus spread from birds, or a tropical parasite spread by mosquito. Instead, it is the increasing resistance of common bacteria to antibiotics and even severe antibacterial treatment. Antibiotics have allowed us some amount of freedom from harmful bacterial infections, diseases and death, but as our antibiotics become overused, and ineffective against infection, our freedom from disease is significantly limited.

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Energy Efficiency was the buzzword of 2008, and rightfully so. With high energy prices and the green movement in full swing, it made both economic and social sense to invest in energy saving technologies. Entering 2009, however, the world finds itself in a different economic situation. Energy prices have declined, and the financial crisis leaves companies with little or no capital to spend on investments. In light of these new economic conditions, it is questionable whether the trend toward energy efficiency will continue. However, Frost Sullivan believes that the demand for energy efficiency in buildings will remain a powerful driver in the short and medium term future.

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"Are you confused by all the talk about DNA and genes? We can help," claims the University of Utah. There is now no excuse for not knowing what stem cells do, what messenger RNA is, why SNPs are important, or about any other hot topic in the news about the latest biomedical research. University scientists are getting into the online communication game, although in many cases they are doing it awkwardly. What else do you expect from a bunch of pointy-headed, tweed-wearing, absent minded nerds?

Research by Michigan State University scientists is helping shed light on neutron stars, city-sized globs of ultra-dense matter that occasionally collapse into black holes.

A team led by Betty Tsang, a professor at MSU’s National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, has had some success in measuring a key nuclear quality that may make it easier to describe the outer crusts of such stars. 

If physicists lived in Flatland—the fictional two-dimensional world invented by Edwin Abbott in his 1884 novel—some of their quantum physics experiments would turn out differently (not just thinner) than those in our world.

The distinction has taken another step from speculative fiction to real-world puzzle with a paper from the Joint Quantum Institute (JQI) reporting on a Flatland arrangement of ultracold gas atoms. The new results, which don’t quite jibe with earlier Flatland experiments in Paris, might help clarify a strange property: “superfluidity.”

Dale Deutsch, Ph.D., Professor of Biochemistry and Cell Biology at Stony Brook University and colleagues discovered a new molecular mechanism for the processing of endocannabinoids, brain compounds similar to THC, the active ingredient in marijuana, and essential in physiological processes such as pain, appetite, and memory.   Reported online this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), the finding could pave the way for new medicines for pain, addiction, appetite control and other disorders.

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- Shutterstock Expands Services to Appeal to Rapidly Expanding Base of Subscribers in Russian-Speaking Countries

Shutterstock(R) (www.Shutterstock.com) announced today that its website is now available in Russian. This newly translated site makes it easier for the creative community in Russian-speaking countries to access Shutterstock's extensive collection of royalty-free photos, vectors, and illustrations.

In addition to offering the website in Russian, Shutterstock also has a dedicated Russian-speaking support team available to answer any questions subscribers may have.

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Uncertainty around today's economy has left some workers feeling uneasy about their jobs. Career experts from CareerBuilder are offering tips to help workers make themselves indispensable at the office and to help them find a job if they have experienced a layoff.

The important thing is to be prepared and stay productive within your organization, said Johan Hjelte, Managing Director of CareerBuilder.se. If you've experienced a layoff, don't get discouraged. It may take longer to find a job, but there are still organizations out there hiring.

Top medical experts Professor Louis Appleby and Baroness Susan Greenfield are backing a campaign about the health benefits of reading.

A nationwide survey commissioned by the National Year of Reading(1) to explore the importance of reading in everyday life confirmed that reading can have real benefits for your health, as well as for your social circumstances, with 86% of respondents confident that reading improves their mood.

Celebrities including Richard Judy, Lorraine Kelly, Terry Wogan, Roger Moore, John Humphrys, Sophie Dahl and Kenny Logan have all shown their support and shared their personal `feel good' reads.