Reuters: China should step up its drive to a low-carbon growth model to maintain economic…
Month: April 2010
United Kingdom: ‘I hope I go back to prison’: Meet Britain’s most arrested anti-nuclear weapons activist
Independent (UK): Softly spoken, unassuming and contemplative, Marcus Armstrong doesn’t look like an ex-convict. And…
United Kingdom: Climate row: backing for scientists
Independent (UK): A distinguished panel of independent scientists has given a resounding vote of confidence…
Android-powered HTC Incredible takes flight for Verizon Wireless (Ben Patterson)
Ben Patterson – The ambitiously named Incredible doesn’t quite scale the heights of HTC’s recently…
Nose-dwelling leech species found
A new species of leech, discovered by an international team of scientists, has a preference…
Playing a video game before bedtime has only a mild effect on adolescent sleep
After playing “Call of Duty 4” it took adolescents a median of 7.5 minutes to…
Bio-inspired computer networks self-organise and learn
Powerful computers made up of physically separate modules, self-organising networks, and computing inspired by biological…
Primary cilia formation provides insight into genetic diseases
Scientists have identified a network of genes that initiate and manage cilia formation. Although scientists…
Slobbery kisses from ‘man’s best friend’ aid cancer research
Fido’s wet licks might hold more than love. They could provide the DNA keys to…
Gene responsible for Duchenne muscular dystrophy can be repaired, research shows
Researchers have found that it is possible to repair the defective gene responsible for Duchenne…