A research team has fully characterized a key chemical reaction that affects the formation of…
Month: October 2010
Newly discovered regulatory mechanism essential for embryo development and may contribute to cancer
Researchers have identified a mechanism controlling the function of a protein that binds to DNA…
Trapped Mars rover finds evidence of subsurface water
The ground where NASA’s Mars Exploration Rover Spirit became stuck last year holds evidence that…
Dazzboard takes music collections to Facebook (AFP)
AFP – Digital media sharing star Dazzboard on Thursday began letting Facebook users show their…
Video appearing to show 1928 cell phone goes viral (AP)
AP – Charlie Chaplin’s status as an extraordinary talent was already known. A new Web…
Chinese Supercomputer Blazes Path to Glory
China has unveiled the world’s fastest supercomputer, the Tianhe-1A, at a high-performance computing conference in…
PayPal and other top Android apps of the week (Appolicious)
Appolicious – PayPal is paving the road to mobile money’s future, with a number of…
Year-long opiate substitution for drug misusers has 85 percent chance of cutting deaths
Giving people opiate substitution treatment to help with their drug addiction can lead to a…
Smaller is better in the viscous zone
Being the right size and existing in the limbo between a solid and a liquid…
Tumor suppressor acts as oncogene in some cancers, researchers find
Researchers have found that a molecule long believed to be a beneficial tumor suppressor —…