Researchers 'hammer' proteins

Chemistry /

created Apr 17, 2007 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

A team of chemists, led by an ASU professor, has come up with an elegant method for cutting proteins into more manageable pieces for analysis. The method, which uses industrial fillers commonly found in paint and light, could ...


Sharp Develops New Mobile Advanced Super View LCD

Sharp Develops New Mobile Advanced Super View LCD

Electronics / Hardware

created Apr 17, 2007 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Sharp has succeeded in developing a new LCD for mobile equipment such as mobile phones. The new LCD features the industry's highest contrast ratio of 2,000:1, a wide viewing angle of 176 degrees that is top ...


Chromosomes tell tale of patient's risk for new, future cancer

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Apr 17, 2007 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Hodgkin's disease survivors who have greater genetic instability in their white blood cells are two-and-a-half times more likely to develop another type of cancer, researchers from The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer ...


Researchers: Botnets Getting Beefier

Technology / Other

created Apr 17, 2007 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Botnets are moving to more resilient architectures and more sophisticated encryption that will make them even harder to track and fight, researchers say at HotBots, a Usenix event.


Strong marriage helps couples deal with tempermental baby

Other Sciences / Other

created Apr 17, 2007 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Couples with infants who are particularly fussy or difficult typically do just fine as parents – as long as they have a strong marital relationship.


Intel Aims High at IDF

Technology / Semiconductors

created Apr 17, 2007 | popularity 2.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

On the first day of the Intel Developer Forum, the company details several new products on its road map, including its 45-nm "Penryn" processors and its new System on a Chip technology. Intel is working to show that there ...


Apple Final Cut Server to Complement Studio

Electronics / Hardware

created Apr 17, 2007 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Apple this week unveiled a new server intended to complement the company's Final Cut Studio video editing product.


IBM Rolls Out Reconfigured Midtier Systems, New Services

Electronics / Hardware

created Apr 17, 2007 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Using its own off-the-shelf hardware, Big Blue is pre-packaging midtier storage system software and letting customers pick and choose what configurations they want up front.


CA Offers New Database Performance Analysis Tool

Technology / Software

created Apr 17, 2007 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

With the tool, customers can address potential performance issues before they affect their business.


Sage Adds to ACT Product Line

Technology / Software

created Apr 17, 2007 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Sage has launched its Act by Sage Premium Dual Access, a single software license that allows small and midsize businesses, workgroups and sales teams to have constant online/offline access to their databases.


Rotavirus can spread beyond the intestine

Medicine & Health / Research

created Apr 17, 2007 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A new study in PLoS Medicine has shown that children who have rotavirus, a very common cause of diarrhea in children, and who have antigens (protein fragments from the surface of the virus) in their blood, also have infect ...


Research shows how sensory-deprived brain compensates

Medicine & Health / Research

created Apr 17, 2007 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Whiskers provide a mouse with essential information to negotiate a burrow or detect movement that could signal a predator's presence. These stiff hairs relay sensory input to the brain, which shapes neuronal activity. In ...


U.S., Mexico sign nuke smuggling agreement

Other Sciences / Other

created Apr 17, 2007 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

U.S. Secretary of Energy Samuel Bodman and Mexican Minister of Finance and Public Credit Agustin Carstens signed a pact to halt nuclear materials smuggling.


No sign ethnic group genes cause diabetes

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Apr 17, 2007 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

U.S. and Australian scientists have dispelled a 40-year-old "thrifty genotype theory" that certain minority groups are genetically prone to diabetes.


The space shuttle Discovery sits on launch pad 39B at the Kennedy Space Center

NASA Aims for 4 Shuttle Flights in 2007

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Apr 17, 2007 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

NASA has announced a revised launch schedule for the upcoming Space Shuttle missions. The revised schedule follows a review of repairs to the insulation on the Shuttle's external fuel tank, which was damaged ...




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