Until now it's been thought that human stem cell lines are all identical and possess the same ability to differentiate, or change into more specific cell types. But new research from McMaster University has shown there are ...
Cell & Microbiology
Oct 19, 2010
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The theory that later Neanderthals might have been sufficiently advanced to fashion jewellery and tools similar to those of incoming modern humans has suffered a setback. A new radiocarbon dating study, led ...
Archaeology
Oct 19, 2010
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Satellite TV without having to set up a receiver dish. Digital radio on your mobile phone without your batteries quickly running flat. The advanced calculations needed for these future applications are made possible by a ...
Computer Sciences
Oct 19, 2010
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Researchers at the Planetary Science Institute have found a new explanation for how seas and lakes may have once developed on Mars.
Space Exploration
Oct 19, 2010
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Fujitsu Laboratories Limited today announced the development of security technology that enables confidential data to be safely shared among different computing clouds.
Computer Sciences
Oct 19, 2010
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Hollywood movie studios aren't the only ones embracing 3-D technology. Researchers at Idaho National Laboratory and the Center for Advanced Energy Studies are using a new 3-D computer-assisted virtual environment -- or CAVE ...
Computer Sciences
Oct 19, 2010
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Change has been the norm for Wisconsin's forests over the last 50 years, and the next 50 are unlikely to pass quietly.
Ecology
Oct 19, 2010
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At the 6th Annual AMD Technical Forum & Exhibition (TFE) 2010, AMD today showcased for its ecosystem partners the first public demonstration of the forthcoming AMD Fusion Accelerated Processing Unit (APU) codenamed “Llano”, ...
Hardware
Oct 19, 2010
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Among those celebrating the breakthrough of the longest rail tunnel in the world on October 15th 2010 were Empa engineers and researchers. Their task was to ensure that the tunnel remains dry for the next hundred years – ...
Engineering
Oct 19, 2010
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For certain kinds of cancer, the most effective therapy does not use x-rays or gamma rays but beams of ions, the electrically charged cores of atoms, including hydrogen ions (protons) and heavier ions such as carbon and neon.
General Physics
Oct 19, 2010
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