The race to find out what’s killing the rare gharial croc
Month: December 2008
Microsoft Admits Cashback Outage to Irate Users
Microsoft has rolled out a partnership with eBay to give consumers instant cash rebates. But…
Place Of Birth Contributes To Asthma Disparity
Public health researchers report the possible role of nativity (place of birth) on asthma prevalence…
Speed Matters For Ice-shelf Breaking
It won’t help the Titanic, but a newly derived, simple law may help scientists improve…
New RNA Processing Mechanism And New Class Of Small RNAs
Scientists report their discoveries of a previously unknown mechanism in the nucleus that processes non-coding…
Young Gymnasts Suffering New Types of Injuries, MRI Shows
Adolescent gymnasts are developing a wide variety of arm, wrist and hand injuries that are…
Rare Mineral Can Track Ancient Climates, And Foretells Major Meltdown
By discovering the meaning of a rare mineral that can be used to track ancient…
Nintendo DSi Sells 500,000 Units in Japan (PC World)
PC World – Sales of Nintendo’s new DSi handheld passed the half million mark during…
Netbooks Dominate Cyber Monday on Amazon (PC World)
PC World – Netbooks dominated the Computers & PC hardware bestsellers list on Amazon.com on…
Nokia Calls N97 an ‘Advanced Mobile Computer’
Nokia on Tuesday released its N97 smartphone, describing it as “the world’s most advanced mobile…