13/03/2014

India's Infosys sees weaker sales, shares tank

Shares of Indian outsourcing giant Infosys slid almost nine percent Thursday after the firm warned that quarterly revenues may be weaker-than-expected following project cancellations.

More testing needed to learn impact of soil radioactivity

Further investigations of soil are needed to understand any possible impacts posed by small amounts of radioactivity, following the testing of a soil sample near Kilby Park in the Fraser Valley, according to the Simon Fraser ...

The structural insecurities underlying the internet

Most people would agree with the principle that good foundations are essential to any structure that is intended to last. But what if when you started building, you didn't envisage how large, complex or essential your structure ...

Student researchers developing realistic prosthetic finger

We use our hands so often during the day, it's easy to take for granted just how complex our fingers are. Graduate students in the University of Hartford's prosthetics and orthotics program understand these complicated mechanics. ...

Explainer: How astronomers find exoplanets

Astronomers didn't know, 20 years ago, whether planets existed around any stars other than the Sun. All that changed in 1995 with the discovery of an exoplanet orbiting the star 51 Pegasi. And by the beginning of 2014, more ...

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