Picture a mad scientist in his laboratory, cackling with glee as he tries to unlock…
Month: November 2008
Free to Be … Mac and PC
I’m a PC. For a long time I was fine with that. My computers booted…
Shuttleworth in No Hurry to Make a Profit
South African Internet billionaire Mark Shuttleworth has enough cash to pump into his software company,…
Election Night TV: Networks Aim to Dazzle With Gadgetry
It’s election night, and CNN anchor Wolf Blitzer is in New York talking to an…
Google patches Android security flaw (CNET)
CNET – Google has begun distributing a patch to its Android mobile phone operating system,…
Persistent Bacterial Infection Exploits Killing Machinery Of Immune Cells
A new study reveals an important and newly discovered pathway used by disease-causing bacteria to…
New Method Provides Panoramic View Of Protein-RNA Interactions In Living Cells
Scientists have developed a genome-wide platform to study how specialized proteins regulate RNA in living,…
Skin Cancer: Designer Molecule Tackles Malignant Cells By Two Completely Different Routes
By playing it safe and using a two-pronged attack, a novel designer molecule fights malignant…
Detecting Tiny Twists With A Nanomachine
Scientists have developed a nanoscale spin-torsion oscillator that can measure miniscule amounts of twisting or…
Bacteria Shown To Cause Blood Clots: Bacterial Clotting Depends On Clustering
Bacteria can directly cause human blood and plasma to clot — a process previously thought…