Keeping stem cells from changing fates
Johns Hopkins researchers have determined why certain stem cells are able to stay stem cells.
Cell & Microbiology
Sep 9, 2010
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Researchers give robots the capability for deceptive behavior
A robot deceives an enemy soldier by creating a false trail and hiding so that it will not be caught. While this sounds like a scene from one of the Terminator movies, it's actually the scenario of an experiment conducted ...
Robotics
Sep 9, 2010
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Apple publishes guidelines for app approval
(AP) -- Apple Inc. gave software developers on Thursday the guidelines it uses to determine which programs can be sold in its App Store, yet it reserved for itself broad leeway in deciding what makes the cut.
Business
Sep 9, 2010
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A tectonic zip: The predictable events of the February earthquake in Chile
The complex fracture pattern created by the earthquake in Concepcion (Chile) on 27 February 2010 was to a certain extent predictable.
Earth Sciences
Sep 9, 2010
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A closer look at ring opening: Electron diffraction studies of photoswitchable molecules
(PhysOrg.com) -- We use a switch to turn lights off and on; however, light can also act as a switch itself, for example when molecules change their structure upon irradiation. Photoswitchable molecules are potentially interesting ...
Analytical Chemistry
Sep 9, 2010
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New method to help computer vision systems decipher outdoor scenes
Computer vision systems can struggle to make sense of a single image, but a new method devised by computer scientists at Carnegie Mellon University enables computers to gain a deeper understanding of an image by reasoning ...
Computer Sciences
Sep 9, 2010
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Webb telescope's guiding light from Canada received by NASA Goddard
The Canadian Space Agency has delivered a test unit of the Fine Guidance Sensor to the James Webb Space Telescope to NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md.
Space Exploration
Sep 9, 2010
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Fourth warmest U.S. summer on record according to NOAA
The contiguous United States had its fourth-warmest summer (June-August) on record, according to the latest NOAA State of the Climate report issued today. The report also showed the August average temperature was 75.0 degrees ...
Environment
Sep 9, 2010
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World traveling godwits keep a strict schedule
New research has shown bar-tailed godwits are hard-wired to keep to tight schedules for their extraordinary annual 30,000km return journey between New Zealand and Alaska.
Plants & Animals
Sep 9, 2010
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Beam trap full of holes: Researchers develop new surfaces for radar absorption
Swiss researchers from ETH Zurich's Institute for Field Theory and High Frequency Electronics have developed new surfaces for radar absorption. Thanks to this multifaceted application, window panes could even double up as ...
Engineering
Sep 9, 2010
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