DNA to go: Texas A&M chemical engineer aims for DNA lab-on-a-chip
Apr 21, 2006 |
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When Dr. Victor Ugaz talks about "catch-and-release," he means DNA, not fish. DNA is known to most of us these days through crime shows, but crime scene investigators and police detectives aren't the only ones ...
Obesity doubled in British children
Apr 21, 2006 |
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The British National Obesity Forum announced that childhood obesity has doubled in the past 10 years.
Geologists: Opening of passage may be tied to Antarctic cooling
Apr 21, 2006 |
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Ancient fish teeth are yielding clues about when Antarctica became the icy continent it is today, highlighting how ocean currents affect climate change.
Mobile music a cell-out in India
Apr 21, 2006 |
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Partly helped by illegitimate downloads and partly because it has become an outright fad, mobile music is set to overtake legal conventional music in India in the next few months.
Chinese eating less wild animals
Apr 21, 2006 |
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A poll finds that China's people are far less likely to eat wild animals than they were a few years ago.
Space scientists find that solar wind becomes music in the right hands
Apr 21, 2006 |
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The music of composer and musician Roberto Morales-Manzanares has been inspired by the sea, by wind and wave, by mathematical equations, and now - thanks to his collaboration with space scientists at the University ...
Study says few prisoners contract HIV
Apr 21, 2006 |
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A study refutes the widely held perception that blames U.S. prisons for the spread of the AIDS epidemic, saying very few prisoners acquire the virus.
Wireless World: 'Black hole' of convergence
Apr 21, 2006 |
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For decades, it seems, esteemed techno-sages have been touting the coming of "convergence." Personal computers were said to be poised to merge with home stereo systems -- back in the 1980s. Then set-top boxes were said to ...
In Brief: HP recalls laptop computer batteries
Apr 21, 2006 |
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Hewlett Packard is recalling computer batteries from about 15,700 of its laptop computers as a fire hazard.
Yellowpages to launch new mapping system
Apr 21, 2006 |
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Yellowpages.com announced Friday that it will launch a next-generation mapping service to include road, aerial and birds-eye photo images.
Asia, U.S. high on spam-relaying report
Apr 21, 2006 |
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Asia has the worst record for helping to relay spam, according to a new report from a computer threat solution management firm. Abingdon, U.K.-based company Sophos released a report Thursday that looks at "spam ...
In Brief: Nokia opens joint research center with MIT
Apr 21, 2006 |
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Nokia opened a research center in Cambridge, Mass., in conjunction with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
In Brief: Sony trims PlayStation2 retail prices
Apr 21, 2006 |
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Sony America is cutting the price of its PlayStation2 game system to $130.
In Brief: China wireless standard trial to end in Q3
Apr 21, 2006 |
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Trials of China's TD-SCDMA 3G wireless standard will wrap up in the third quarter, it was reported Friday.
ASTRA telecom satellite safely in orbit
Apr 21, 2006 |
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Signal from ASTRA's latest telecom satellite was acquired late Thursday following launch from Cape Canaveral, Fla.
