Month: September 2009

Lotus-plant-inspired Dust-busting Shield To Protect Space Gear

A NASA team is developing a transparent coating that mimics the self-cleaning properties of the…

Researchers have long suspected that overweight people tend to have large fat deposits in their…

A new study explores how our brains synthesize concepts that allow us to organize and…

AP – Regulators approved changes to accounting rules Wednesday that in the short term will…

Reuters – Automakers backed calls to ban drivers on U.S. roads from text messaging with…

PC World – Microsoft’s Business Division oversees one of its most successful products, the Office…

NewsFactor – Philips Electronics spin-off IREX Technologies introduced a new e-reader Wednesday that will operate…

Intel on Tuesday demonstrated the first chip based on its Larrabee architecture for graphics-centric coprocessors….

After decades of debate an international body of earth scientists has formally agreed to move…

The human brain consists of about 100 billion neurons, which altogether form about 100 trillion…