Jul 13 2008
Businesses are missing out on the huge potential that social networks present, a leading information technology company has warned. Researchers for Gartner found that huge opportunities for improving the management of large firms exist.
Jul 13 2008
The quest for a way to artificially recreate photosynthesis may be a step closer, thanks to a breakthrough by a team of Chinese researchers, who are investigating the use of carbon ‘nanotubes’. The key step, which is carried out...
Jul 12 2008
An exciting piece of solar research from MIT was published today in Science. Researchers at the university have created a new way to harness solar power that should hopefully reduce the cost of installations massively by using normal windows as solar...
Jul 12 2008
Children between the ages of seven and 12 appear to be naturally inclined to feel empathy for others in pain, according to researchers at the University of Chicago, who used functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) scans to study responses in...
Jul 11 2008
U.S. scientists are developing a “Gene Wiki” with the aim of fostering a flexible, organic archive of human genetic information. The project exists within Wikipedia, and is expected to speed up the process of deciphering genome...
Jul 10 2008
Yahoo Inc. will introduce a tool for Web developers Thursday that is designed to expand the scale of its struggling search business and help create new competitors to Google Inc. The company said the free tool will allow developers to build customized...
Jul 10 2008
Theoretical physicists from Lancaster University in the UK have designed a nanomotor that operates by a novel mechanism: an electron wind. As Steven Bailey, Ilias Amanatidis, and Colin Lambert explain in a recent issue of Physical Review Letters, the...
Jul 10 2008
An Indian woman has become the world’s oldest mother after giving birth to twins - at the age of 70. Omkari Panwar and her 77-year-old husband, Charan Singh, already had two grown-up daughters, and five grandchildren, but were desperate for a son...
Jul 9 2008
Advanced humanoid robot Asimo just got a new superpower – it can understand three humans shouting at once. For now the modified Asimo’s new ability are being used to judge rock-paper-scissors contests, where three people call out their choices...
Jul 9 2008
ScienceDaily (July 7, 2008) — Chemists in Japan report development of the world’s first DNA molecule made almost entirely of artificial parts. The finding could lead to improvements in gene therapy, futuristic nano-sized computers, and other...