Southend beaches lose blue flag status

Southend beaches lose blue flag status 2:10pm Thursday 23rd May 2013 in News NONE of Southends beaches will be flying Blue Flags as a mark of water quality this summer. Changes in the criteria by whichthe Keep BritainTidy organisation judges the nations beaches mean all seven in the borough have lost out. Leisure bosses are blaming the news on tougher rules and heavy rain, which washed debris and waste into the estuary during the winter. Continue reading

Quantam research will yield 'super-computers': Nobel winner

David Wineland has cautioned that such a super-computer was still a “long, long way” off. AFP Wednesday, Oct 10, 2012 WASHINGTON – David Wineland, who won Tuesday the Nobel Prize for work in quantum physics with Serge Haroche of France, said our limited computers will “eventually” give way to super-fast, revolutionary ones Continue reading

Quantum research will yield 'super-computers': Nobel winner

David Wineland, who won the Nobel Prize for work in quantum physics with Serge Haroche of France, said our limited computers will “eventually” give way to super-fast, revolutionary ones. Continue reading

Poll: Economy, health care top issues in 3 battleground states

(CBS News) A majority of voters in the crucial battleground states of Florida, Wisconsin and Ohio say the economy and health care are “extremely important” issues with regard to how they will cast their votes this fall, according to a new Quinnipiac University/CBS News/New York Times poll. Continue reading