AFP – Nearly 15 years after an IBM machine defeated world chess champion Garry Kasparov,…
Month: February 2011
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Samsung to Start Making New Exynos Processors Next Month (PC World)
PC World – Samsung Electronics announced a new brand name for a processors used in…
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Choices — not discrimination — determine success for women scientists, experts argue
It’s an incendiary topic in academia — the belief that women are underrepresented in science,…
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Robot therapy can improve arm, shoulder mobility after stroke
Robotic-assisted rehabilitation therapy, combined with standard rehabilitation, can improve upper extremity mobility in stroke patients…
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Unappreciated dynamism of blood cell production
The bone marrow stem cells responsible for generating new blood cells are less fixed and…
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Folic acid may increase the risk of asthma, study suggests
Recent Norwegian research suggests that there may be a connection between high levels of folic…
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Surprising view of brain formation: Discovery of a new mechanism may have implications for a host of diseases
A new study has unveiled a surprising mechanism that controls brain formation. The findings have…
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Los Angeles Basin long overdue for major earthquake: Lake-effect theory sinks, but quake timing questions go on
A chronology of 1,000 years of earthquakes at the southern end of the San Andreas…
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Online Dating for Nerds: Looking for Love in All the Wrong Postings (PC World)
PC World – Valentine’s Day is just around the corner–and if you’re without a special…
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Cisco’s Consumer Business Chief Resigns (PC World)
PC World – The head of Cisco Systems’ consumer products business is leaving the company…