Ed Koch remembered as quintessential New York City mayor Feb 5th, 2013 - 02:10h (CET +01.00) NEW YORK (Reuters) - Former New York City Mayor Ed Koch was memorialized on Monday as an in-your-face, wisecracking leader who helped transform the city from a symbol of urban decay to the vital, glittering metropolis it is today. As Koch's cask... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : koch, remembered, quintessential, york, city, mayor, Top Keywords

Why the NYTimes "Green Blog" Is Now Essential Jan 13th, 2013 - 20:00h (CET +01.00) Why the NYTimes "Green Blog" Is Now Essential (Source: Scientific American)... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : nytimes, "green, blog", essential, city, mayor, Top Keywords

With NYTimes environmental desk gone, Green Blog becomes essential Jan 13th, 2013 - 18:00h (CET +01.00) With NYTimes environmental desk gone, Green Blog becomes essential (Source: Scientific American)... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : nytimes, environmental, desk, gone, green, blog, becomes, essential, Top Keywords

U.S. agency backs Apple in essential patent battle Dec 6th, 2012 - 01:20h (CET +01.00) WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Google unit Motorola Mobility is not entitled to ask a court to stop the sale of Apple iPhones and iPads that it says infringe on a patent that is essential to wireless technology, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission said on Wedn... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : agency, backs, apple, essential, patent, battle, becomes, essential, Top Keywords

NASA's Mars rover finds traces of carbon - one essential for life Dec 3rd, 2012 - 23:00h (CET +01.00) SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - - NASA's Mars rover Curiosity, dispatched to look for the chemical ingredients and environments for microbial life, has found traces of compounds containing carbon, an essential building block for life, scientists said ... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : nasa's, mars, rover, finds, traces, carbon, essential, life, Top Keywords

UN pulling out nonessential int'l staff from Syria Dec 3rd, 2012 - 18:40h (CET +01.00) The United Nations says it is pulling out all non-essential international staff from Syria due to security issues in the civil war-struck Arab state. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : pulling, nonessential, int'l, staff, syria, carbon, essential, life, Top Keywords

Analysis: Apple's win dents Android's standard-essential patent hopes Aug 28th, 2012 - 01:50h (CET +01.00) (Alison Frankel writes the On the Case blog for Thomson Reuters News & Insight http://newsandinsight.com. The views expressed are her own.) (Reuters) - Standard-essential patents aren't providing as much leverage in the smart-device wars as ... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : analysis, apple's, dents, android's, standardessential, patent, hopes, life, Top Keywords

Quintessential English style hits London Fashion Feb 21st, 2012 - 03:30h (CET +01.00) LONDON (Reuters) - Traditional English fabrics like felts, velvets, tweed and tartan hit the catwalks as Burberry and McQ by Alexander McQueen revealed their autumn/winter 2012 collections in extravagant shows at London Fashion Week. McQ creative dir... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : quintessential, english, style, hits, london, fashion, hopes, life, Top Keywords

Nuclear power essential to cut emissions: UK expert Oct 5th, 2011 - 21:40h (CET +01.00) Britain's chief scientific adviser voiced concern Wednesday at moves to abandon nuclear power after Japan's Fukushima crisis, saying it remains vital to combat global warming. (Source: AFP)... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : nuclear, power, essential, emissions, expert, fashion, hopes, life, Top Keywords

As therapeutics become personal, patient social networks may become essential Aug 30th, 2011 - 16:20h (CET +01.00) An interesting article in today's WSJ discusses how patients with an exceptionally rare disease – in this case, spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD) – used social networks to find each other, to organize, and ultimately to drive research... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : therapeutics, become, personal, patient, social, networks, essential, life, Top Keywords