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Studies touting China's treatments for Internet overuse may lack validity

(Phys.org) -- Excessive Internet usage has been linked to an array of problems, from structural changes in the brain to depression, poor social skills, violent outbursts and sexual promiscuity. In China, concerns ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Apr 27, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Asimov's robots live on twenty years after his death

Renowned author Isaac Asimov died 20 years ago today. Although he wrote more than 500 books, the robot stories he began writing at age 19 are possibly his greatest accomplishment. They have become the starting ...

Electronics / Robotics

created Apr 09, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Study reports novel drug technology that boosts therapeutic proteins

(PhysOrg.com) -- A Miller School-led research team has created a groundbreaking drug technology platform that enables the body to increase its protein levels, a novel invention that potentially could usher in treatment for ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Mar 25, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Stanford scholar chronicles evolution of Chinese love through texts

This is a love story: A young Chinese man, Bohe, and a young Chinese woman, Dihua, have just been betrothed. Both of them are amenable to the parentally arranged match. Unfortunately, before they have the ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Feb 14, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Status update: Facebook to go public, raise $5B

(AP) -- Facebook made a much-anticipated status update Wednesday: The Internet social network is going public eight years after its computer-hacking CEO Mark Zuckerberg started the service at Harvard University.

Technology / Business

created Feb 01, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Energy efficiency paves way to a low-carbon future, but barriers persist

Former Secretary of Defense William Perry, now a Stanford University professor emeritus of management science and engineering, lists biomass, plug-in hybrid cars, nuclear power, more natural gas and energy ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Jan 19, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Infrared detector unmasks cocaine addicts

A research group at ETH Zurich is currently developing an infrared measuring technique to enable the detection of cocaine and its metabolites in saliva. The initial steps towards a portable measuring device ...

Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry

created Jan 11, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 4

Sun sets on oil wells

Nobel Prize winner George Olah and Surya Prakash of USC Dornsife have found new traction in their methanol economy concept with their latest publication, the Open Fuel Standard Act of 2011 and the new discoveries ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Nov 10, 2011 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 6

As technology evolves, will PCs be left behind?

Steve Jobs' bombshell resignation as CEO. Hewlett-Packard's abdication of its multibillion-dollar PC group. Google's $12.5 billion purchase of Motorola Mobility. Dell's wobbly sales forecast.

Technology / Business

created Sep 12, 2011 | popularity 2.6 / 5 (7) | comments 18

Review: New BlackBerrys improved, but lackluster

Well before the iPhone, BlackBerry gained its "CrackBerry" nickname for its seemingly vital place in users' lives. Lately, however, the surging popularity of Apple's gadget and smartphones running Google's ...

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Aug 18, 2011 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 2


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