Just like teenagers at a prom, proteins are tended by chaperones whose job it is to prevent unwanted interactions among immature clients. And at the molecular level, just as at the high school gym level, it's a job that usually ...
Cell & Microbiology
Dec 28, 2009
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(AP) -- More eBay shoppers have used cell phones to make purchases this holiday season than in past years. And it's not just to buy the hot toy du jour, Zhu Zhu Pets.
Internet
Dec 28, 2009
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(AP) -- AT&T Inc. suspended online sales of iPhones to New Yorkers over the weekend for unknown reasons, then abruptly started selling them again just as mysteriously on Monday.
Business
Dec 28, 2009
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Two consumer groups urged the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) on Monday to block Internet search and advertising giant Google's proposed purchase of mobile advertising company AdMob.
Internet
Dec 28, 2009
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Two New York City high school students exploring their homes using the latest high-tech DNA analysis techniques were astonished to discover a veritable zoo of 95 animal species surrounding them, in everything from fridges ...
Cell & Microbiology
Dec 28, 2009
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A protein complex mutated in human disease removes excess signaling molecules to prevent them from damaging cilia, say researchers from UMass Medical School. The study will be published in the December 28 issue of the Journal ...
Cell & Microbiology
Dec 28, 2009
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Japanese researchers said Monday they had developed a "hummingbird robot" that can flutter around freely in mid-air with rapid wing movements.
Robotics
Dec 28, 2009
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Three graduate students in paleontology blew dust off dinosaur toes found in 1924 to discover that something didn't quite add up. After examining a few more fossilized bones, they concluded that a 1970s reclassification ...
Archaeology
Dec 28, 2009
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Though there are no plans to investigate whether Saturn's moon Titan has a Santa Claus, NASA's Cassini will zoom close to Titan's north pole this weekend.
Space Exploration
Dec 28, 2009
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(PhysOrg.com) -- "Terra firma." It's Latin for "solid Earth." Most of the time, at least from our perspective here on the ground, Earth seems to be just that: solid. Yet the Earth beneath our feet is actually in constant ...
Earth Sciences
Dec 28, 2009
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