(AP) -- Should the government be allowed to track a person's movements based on cell phone records, without evidence of criminal wrongdoing?

Technology - Telecom

Feb 12, 2010 5 / 5 (11) 43

(PhysOrg.com) -- An Environmental Working Group (EWG) team has released a consumer guide on the radiation levels emitted by over 1,000 cell phones sold in the U.S. The guide is the most comprehensive ever ...

Electronics - Consumer & Gadgets

Sep 10, 2009 4.4 / 5 (12) 10

Researchers at Emory University School of Medicine have determined the structures of two enzymes that customize histones, the spool-like proteins around which DNA coils inside the cell.

Biology - Cell & Microbiology

Dec 20, 2009 5 / 5 (6) 1

Toyota Motor Corp. and BMW Group are working together on next-generation batteries for green vehicles called "lithium-air" as their collaboration, first announced in late 2011, moves ahead in fuel cells, ...

Technology - Energy & Green Tech

Jan 24, 2013 3.8 / 5 (8) 42

Scientists from Sydney's Garvan Institute of Medical Research have published a paper, online today in Nature Cell Biology, describing gene expression in a prostate cancer cell: more sweeping, more targeted and more comple ...

Medicine & Health - Cancer

Feb 23, 2010 5 / 5 (5) 0 |

(Phys.org) —Opening the door to more sophisticated investigation of sperm locomotion and biophysics, researchers from UCLA's Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science have identified previously ...

Biology - Cell & Microbiology

Apr 22, 2013 5 / 5 (4) 0 |

Johns Hopkins researchers have discovered a new energy-making biochemical twist in determining the lifespan of yeast cells, one so valuable to longevity that it is likely to also functions in humans.

Biology - Cell & Microbiology

Mar 24, 2009 4.5 / 5 (4) 0

Hikers know that moss on a tree trunk always points north. According to new research by Israeli and German scientists, this ancient plant may also provide a new "compass" for stem cell research, telling scientists how better ...

Biology - Biotechnology

Sep 29, 2009 5 / 5 (3) 0

People with higher levels of folate in their red blood cells were more likely to have two tumor-suppressing genes shut down by methylation, a chemical off switch for genes, researchers report in the December issue of Cancer ...

Medicine & Health - Cancer

Dec 22, 2010 4.7 / 5 (3) 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- The increasing antibiotic resistance of bacteria is a serious problem of our time. Hospital germs in particular have developed strains against which practically every current antibiotic is ineffective. In ...

Nanotechnology - Bio & Medicine

Oct 05, 2009 4.3 / 5 (3) 0

For cooperation to persist in the often violently competitive realm of bacteria, cheaters must be kept in line.

Biology - Evolution

May 26, 2011 5 / 5 (2) 0 |

Scientists at Fox Chase Cancer Center have discovered a new mechanism used by cells in the body to turn on silenced genes. This process is critical in preventing the development of cancer -- suggesting the possibility of ...

Biology - Cell & Microbiology

Jun 30, 2011 5 / 5 (2) 0 |

(AP) -- San Francisco's mass transit system prepared for renewed protests Monday, a day after hackers angry over blocked cell phone service at some transit stations broke into a website and posted company ...

Technology - Internet

Aug 15, 2011 2.5 / 5 (4) 0

The likelihood of becoming seriously ill from cholera depends on your blood group. It is possible to find a new remedy for the feared illness by studying the molecular structure in the toxin in the cholera ...

Chemistry - Biochemistry

Aug 27, 2012 5 / 5 (2) 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Approximately 1.6 million people die worldwide every year as a result of pneumococcal infection, which causes grave illnesses, including pneumonia, meningitis, and middle-ear infections. Children ...

Chemistry -

Jan 28, 2009 4.5 / 5 (2) 0