A team of researchers at the RIKEN Plant Science Center and the Institute of Cancer…
Month: July 2010
New pathway to Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s diseases
Researchers have uncovered new clues about the cause of brain cell death in neurodegenerative disorders…
Graphene exhibits bizarre new behavior well suited to electronic devices
Graphene, a sheet of pure carbon, has been touted as a possible replacement for silicon-based…
Google Maps adds “Places” and other top Android Apps of the Week (Appolicious)
Appolicious – It was a pretty good week for the Android Market, with several big…
Fluid FX app for iPad, iPhone will warp your reality (Appolicious)
Appolicious – Salvador Dali and Pablo Picasso would have loved Autodesk’s universal Fluid FX ($1.99)…
‘Nightmare’ start for iPhone 4’s latest launch (AFP)
AFP – Hundreds of New Zealand customers were turned away empty-handed on Friday as the…
Attacking the edges of secure Internet traffic (AP)
AP – Researchers have uncovered new ways that criminals can spy on Internet users even…
More Japan workers lose jobs, factory output falls (AP)
AP – Japan received a sobering reminder Friday of its fragile recovery: The jobless rate…
To make one happy, make one busy
A new study found that people who have something to do, even something pointless, are…
Sensing wind speed with kites
Researchers have developed a way to use a kite itself to measure wind speed. The…