An autism study using functional magnetic resonance imaging has identified a pattern of brain activity…
Month: December 2010
Wireless firms playing bigger role in Linux (Reuters)
Reuters – Contributions from wireless companies to the Linux operating system have increased rapidly, underlining…
SAP Launches HANA for In-memory Analytics (PC World)
PC World – The first version of SAP’s HANA (High-Performance Analytic Appliance) software is now…
FCC preparing to vote on network neutrality rules (AP)
AP – Federal regulators are moving ahead with a plan to prohibit phone and cable…
Dwolla a new player in electronic money transfers (AP)
AP – Just as plastic rendered paper checks nearly obsolete, gadgets may soon do the…
China arrests hundreds of hackers, says situation “grim” (Reuters)
Reuters – China has arrested more than 460 hackers from start of this year to…
Social support is most effective when provided invisibly
New research shows how social support benefits are maximized when provided “invisibly” — that is…
Arsenic-polluted water toxic to Bangladesh economy
Economists have found that exposure to arsenic in rural Bangladesh, in addition to the longer-term…
SRC-1 controls liver’s ‘sweet spot’ for glucose production
SRC-1 (steroid receptor coactivator) orchestrates glucose production in the liver, regulating the activity of a…
How some microorganisms bore their way into carbonate substrates: Implications for coral reefs and mussel aquaculture
Geo-microbiologists have solved a long-standing conundrum about how some photosynthetic microorganisms, endolithic cyanobacteria, bore their…