New findings are accelerating efforts to eradicate worm infections that afflict a third of the…
Month: May 2009
Stronger Material For Filling Dental Cavities Has Ingredients From Human Body
Scientists are reporting development of a new dental filling material that substitutes natural ingredients from…
Is Vitamin D Deficiency Linked To Alzheimer’s Disease And Vascular Dementia?
There are several risk factors for the development of Alzheimer’s disease and vascular dementia. Based…
Oldest Evidence Of Leprosy Found In India
Anthropologists have recently reported on the analysis of a 4000-year-old skeleton from India bearing evidence…
Zune HD Will Challenge iPod Touch with OLED, Xbox Ties
Microsoft’s Zune is evolving, the company said Tuesday. One branch of that evolution is a…
Free Help for Implementing FOSS in the Enterprise
There are clearly more reasons these days than ever before for companies to adopt free…
The Blood and Guts of Biometric Systems
When biometric security devices began appearing nearly a decade ago, they were often touted as…
Does $200M Deal Indicate Problems at Facebook?
A Russian investment group on Tuesday paid $200 million for 1.96 percent of Facebook, valuing…
Microsoft Ready To Bing the Search-Engine Competition
Microsoft may call its new search engine Bing as it gets ready to replace Windows…
Nearly One Million Californians Seek Medical Care In Mexico Annually
Driven by rising healthcare costs at home, nearly one million Californians cross the border each…