Sound waves are commonly used in applications ranging from ultrasound imaging to hyperthermia therapy, in which high temperatures are induced, for example, in tumors to destroy them. In 2010, researchers at Caltech led by ...
General Physics
Nov 19, 2012
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The North American Oak Skeletonizer, a very small moth, has invaded North West Europe since 1989, and feeds commonly on planted Northern Red Oaks in the Netherlands, Belgium and adjacent Germany. This is only the second North ...
Ecology
Nov 19, 2012
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(AP)—Canada's largest telecommunications company, BCE Inc., resubmitted a bid to the country's broadcast regulator to buy Astral Media Inc. for $3.38 billion, the companies said Monday.
Telecom
Nov 19, 2012
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Australia banned supertrawlers fishing in its southern waters for two years on Monday, saying there was uncertainty about the impact of such large vessels on species such as dolphins and seals.
Ecology
Nov 19, 2012
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Intel CEO Paul Otellini is retiring in May, giving the world's largest maker of microprocessors six months to find a new leader as it confronts two major challenges: a shaky economy and a shift toward mobile devices that ...
Business
Nov 19, 2012
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An international research team led by Nanjing Agricultural University and BGI, has completed the first genomic sequence of pear by an approach using the combination of BAC-by-BAC strategy and next-gen sequencing. The pear ...
Biotechnology
Nov 19, 2012
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Printed electronics and related advanced manufacturing technologies have the potential to be a $45 billion global industry, according to business analysts.
Engineering
Nov 19, 2012
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Humans are much more inclined to cooperate than are their closest evolutionary relatives. The prevailing wisdom about why this is true has long been focused on the idea of altruism: we go out of our way to do nice things ...
Social Sciences
Nov 19, 2012
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Researchers at the Tokyo Institute of Technology, NASA's Johnson Space Center, Lunar Planetary Institute, and Carnegie Institute of Washington report on geochemical studies that help towards settling the controversy that ...
Space Exploration
Nov 19, 2012
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(Phys.org)—Australian cities can keep their native wildlife – but only if they can kick their habit of urban sprawl.
Ecology
Nov 19, 2012
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