11/03/2011

World's big cities set to become even more crowded

The world's big cities are already bursting at the seams but are set to grow even larger, with experts predicting that some 70 per cent of the world's population will be urban by 2050.

IPad 2 sales start with pre-dawn online orders

(AP) -- Apple Inc.'s updated version of its iPad tablet computer will be available in stores Friday afternoon. But those who can't wait to say they own the gadget were able to beat the crowds by ordering one online before ...

US video game sales up 3 percent in February

U.S. retail sales of video-game hardware, software and accessories edged up 3 percent in February compared with the same month last year, helped in part by strong sales of Microsoft Corp.'s Xbox 360 game system and Kinect ...

Harvard's graphene DNA sequencing licensed

Oxford Nanopore Technologies today announced an exclusive agreement with Harvard University's Office of Technology Development for the development of graphene for DNA sequencing. Graphene is a robust, single atom thick 'honeycomb' ...

Thrill-seeking females work hard for their next fix

It seems that women become addicted to cocaine more easily than men and find it harder to give up. New research published in BioMed Central's open access journal Biology of Sex Differences reinforces this position by showing ...

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