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Next Step is Trademarking "Stream Computing"

Aug 05, 2008

Dell is trying to trademark the term "cloud computing," reports the UK's Channel Register. In the filing, Dell defines the phrase as "Custom manufacture of computer hardware for use in data centers and mega-scale computing environments for others." The application is in the notice of allowance stage.

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Pig Organ Transplants Considered

The Wall Street Journal reports that the US Food and Drug Administration may soon allow clinical trials that involve transplanting pig organs into humans.

'Poo-Bank' Proposal

Harvard Medical School researchers suggest people should bank stool samples when they are young to transplant when they later develop age-related diseases.

Spurred to Develop Again

New Scientist reports that researchers may have uncovered why about 60 percent of in vitro fertilization embryos stop developing.

Science Papers Examine Breast Milk Cell Populations, Cerebral Cortex Cellular Diversity, Micronesia Population History

In Science this week: unique cell populations found within breast milk, 100 transcriptionally distinct cell populations uncovered in the cerebral cortex, and more.