Experts see impact of museums in science education efforts(AP) -- Three or four times a day, a banana shows up at the Liberty Science Center and complains about a pain in its side. And that means it's time for some visiting kids to dress up like surgeons and scrub nurses, take ... |
Go with your gut -- intuition is more than just a hunchMost of us experience ‘gut feelings’ we can’t explain, such as instantly loving – or hating – a new property when we’re househunting or the snap judgements we make on meeting new people. Now researchers at Leeds say these ... |
![]() NSF-chartered Plane Crashes While Taking Off from Remote Antarctic Field CampA National Science Foundation (NSF)-chartered aircraft operating in Antarctica crashed shortly after take-off earlier this week while providing support to a group of researchers at a remote location on the ... |
![]() IBM Alliances Announce Advancement in High-K/Metal Gate TechnologyIBM and its joint development partners -- AMD, Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing, Freescale, Infineon, and Samsung -- announced an innovative approach to speed the implementation of a breakthrough material ... |
North Atlantic slows on the uptake of CO2Further evidence for the decline of the oceans’ historical role as an important sink for atmospheric carbon dioxide is supplied by new research by environmental scientists from the University of East Anglia. |
Microsoft Outlines BI Strategy, PlatformKatmai, PerformancePoint Server and Excel will play key roles in Microsoft's quest to make business intelligence more ubiquitous. |
![]() Scientists rehearse for Foton missionOver 60 scientists and technicians have taken up temporary residence in ESA's brand new microgravity science laboratory, where, for the coming days, they will rehearse procedures to prepare experiments for ... |
![]() Volcanic Blast Likely Killed and Preserved Juvenile Fossil Plesiosaur Found in AntarcticaAmid 70-mile-an-hour winds and freezing Antarctic conditions, an American-Argentine research team has recovered the well-preserved fossil skeleton of a juvenile plesiosaur--a marine reptile that swam the waters ... |
![]() NASA Unveils Global Exploration Strategy and Lunar ArchitectureNASA on Monday unveiled the initial elements of the Global Exploration Strategy and a proposed U.S. lunar architecture, two critical tools for achieving the nation's vision of returning humans to the moon. |
IBM, Chartered, Infineon And Samsung Announce Process And Design Readiness For Silicon Circuits On 45nm Low-Power TechnoIBM, Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing, Infineon Technologies, and Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. today announced first silicon-functional circuits and the availability of design kits based on their collaboration for 45nm ... |
Researchers remotely unlock mysteries of water on MarsA mission to Mars requires an estimated six-month voyage from Earth, but researchers at the University of Houston and the Lunar and Planetary Institute (LPI) have found a way to study its landscape without having to take ... |
NSA looking at social-networking spacesAmidst the political firestorm generated by revealed wiretapping of domestic phone calls, the National Security Agency has recently been revealed to be funding research to ramp up data-mining efforts to encompass social-networking ... |
NSA datamining pushes tech envelopeAmid the political firestorm surrounding the National Security Agency's use of wiretapping for domestic phone calls, inquiries as to technology as well as legality have become prevalent. |
![]() Study: Industrial noise may harm DolphinsBritish scientists say pile driving and industrial noise may be adversely affecting dolphin behavior, communication and breeding. |
Infineon says 65nm phone chip is availableInfineon Technologies said Friday its pioneering 65 nanometer chips were being released for use in wireless phones. |