Wall Street Journal: There’s a new parlor game in Washington these days: Trying to figure…
Month: June 2009
Theater owners behind on 3-D projectors (AP)
AP – To hear the folks in Hollywood talk about it, improved 3-D technology and…
Insomniac Flies Resemble Sleep-deprived Humans
Researchers have created a line of fruit flies that may someday help shed light on…
Lightweight Wings For A High-flying Kite
Tensairity elements made of air filled membrane assemblies, rods and cables have already made a…
Semen Quality May Depend Upon Antioxidants In Man’s Diet
A possible relationship between men’s diets and the quality of their semen has long been…
Cell Phone Ringtones Can Pose Major Distraction, Impair Recall
A flurry of recent research has documented that talking on a cell phone poses a…
New Device Detects Heart Disease Using Less Than One Drop Of Blood
Testing people for heart disease might be just a finger prick away thanks to a…
Scientists Create Metal That Pumps Liquid Uphill
In nature, trees pull vast amounts of water from their roots up to their leaves…
‘Gay penguins’ rear adopted chick after hatching egg
A male penguin couple has hatched an egg at Bremerhaven zoo in Germany, the zoo…
Origin of Antarctic ice revealed
The East Antarctic ice sheet was formed against an “Alpine” backdrop 14 million years ago,…