When a successful gadget is launched, expect a knock-off to follow. So it goes with two photo-themed products, one that mimics a hit from last year and another familiar to our popular culture. But should we embrace these ...
Consumer & Gadgets
Mar 4, 2009
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It seems everyone is on Facebook these days: your co-workers, your best friend from third grade, your mom. Facebook usage has exploded in the past year, with the site claiming its fastest-growing demographic are adults ages ...
Internet
Mar 4, 2009
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The first virtual reality headset that can stimulate all five senses will be unveiled at a major science event in London on March 4th.
Hi Tech & Innovation
Mar 4, 2009
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The latest Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) developed by NASA for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), called GOES-O, arrived this morning by a C17 military ...
Space Exploration
Mar 4, 2009
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Three specific biomarkers provide an accurate indication of the severity of Chikungunya fever (CHIKF), which is emerging as a threat in South-East Asia, the Pacific and Europe, according to research conducted in Singapore.
Cell & Microbiology
Mar 4, 2009
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Most college students will admit to searching their couch cushions for extra coins to do laundry. But Jon McKinney's cushion hunt isn't about finding money. He wants to help epidemiologists identify what's triggering diseases ...
Engineering
Mar 4, 2009
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Ben-Gurion University of the Negev engineers have developed a technique to "denature" plutonium created in large nuclear reactors, making it unsuitable for use in nuclear arms. By adding Americium (Am 241), a form of the ...
Engineering
Mar 4, 2009
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Only 57 percent of Mexican-American students graduate from high school, and 11 percent receive college degrees, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. In a new study, a University of Missouri researcher found that perceived ...
Social Sciences
Mar 4, 2009
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MIT engineers are using carbon nanotubes only billionths of a meter thick to stitch together aerospace materials in work that could make airplane skins and other products some 10 times stronger at a nominal increase in cost.
Nanomaterials
Mar 4, 2009
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Research into RNA, a molecule found in every cell of our bodies, could lead to remarkable advances in the treatment of diseases such as cancer and diabetes, a meeting organised by the European Science Foundation was told.
Cell & Microbiology
Mar 4, 2009
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