Month: June 2017
How Whole Foods-Amazon Deal Could Upend Grocery
Seeing Whole Foods products first in Amazon searches? Breezing through the grocer’s stores with an…
Takata Files for Bankruptcy, Overwhelmed by Air Bag Issues
Japanese air bag maker Takata Corp. has filed for bankruptcy protection in Tokyo and the…
SpaceX Launches 10 Satellites from California Base
A SpaceX rocket carried 10 communications satellites into orbit from California on Sunday, two days…
Does Driving While High Create More Crashes?
In states looking to legalize pot, police and politicians often grapple with the same hard…
Rivals Rev Up as Uber Hits the Skids
As Uber reels from the fallout of a sexual harassment scandal that led to this…
Making ferromagnets stronger by adding non-magnetic elements
Magnetic materials can be functionalized through a thoroughly unlikely method, report researchers: by adding amounts…
Genes, ozone, and autism
Exposure to ozone in the environment puts individuals with high levels of genetic variation at…
The mere presence of your smartphone reduces brain power, study shows
Your cognitive capacity is significantly reduced when your smartphone is within reach — even if…
Fungal toxins easily become airborne, creating potential indoor health risk
Toxins produced by three different species of fungus growing indoors on wallpaper may become aerosolized,…