A former hedge fund portfolio manager was arrested Tuesday in what prosecutors called perhaps the most lucrative insider trading scheme of all time—an arrangement to obtain secret, advance results of tests on an experimental ...
Business
Nov 20, 2012
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(Phys.org)—Scientists at the University of Glasgow have developed a practical solution to the increasing problem of space debris.
Space Exploration
Nov 20, 2012
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A medical researcher with the University of Alberta and his team just published their findings about their work on developing 'homing beacon drugs' that kill only cancer cells, not healthy ones, thanks to nanotechnology.
Bio & Medicine
Nov 20, 2012
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A study of 263 publicly traded banks approved for the Troubled Asset Relief Program finds that 35 banks may have rejected TARP dollars because of limits the program imposed on CEO pay, researchers report in the Journal of ...
Economics & Business
Nov 20, 2012
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Some grey seal mums adopt risky tactics when it comes to the future of their young, a strategy that can give their pup a real advantage, according to scientists.
Plants & Animals
Nov 20, 2012
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(Phys.org)—One of the major puzzles in astronomy today is the nature of the mysterious force that astronomers have dubbed Dark Energy. And one tool in understanding this force is encoded in the distribution of clusters ...
Astronomy
Nov 20, 2012
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When your neighbor asks to borrow a cup of sugar and you readily comply, is your positive response a function of the give and take that characterize your longstanding relationship? Or does it represent payment –– or prepayment ...
Plants & Animals
Nov 20, 2012
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Flowers need water and light to grow. Even children learn that plants use sunlight to gather energy from earth and water. Members of Professor Dr. Olaf Kruse's biological research team at Bielefeld University have made a ...
Biotechnology
Nov 20, 2012
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Scientists have engineered bacteria that are capable of sacrificing themselves for the good of the bacterial population. These altruistically inclined bacteria, which are described online in the journal Molecular Systems ...
Biotechnology
Nov 20, 2012
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(Phys.org)—Scientists at Imperial College London have developed a system to quickly detect trace amounts of chemicals like pollutants, explosives or illegal drugs.
Nanomaterials
Nov 20, 2012
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