 NASA presses ahead for Mars rover launch in 2009 15 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | User comments: 1
(AP) -- NASA has decided to press ahead with plans to launch a big new rover to Mars next year. Friday's decision comes after concerns were raised about the budget and technical progress for the Mars Science ... | |
Sinking shares could make Yahoo a target again 15 hours ago | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
(AP) -- When Yahoo Inc. co-founder and CEO Jerry Yang spurned Microsoft Corp.'s rich buyout offer this spring, he promised brighter days in Sunnyvale were just over the horizon. | |
WHO probing deaths from mystery disease in SAfrica 20 hours ago | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 15 vote(s)
| User comments: 2
(AP) -- The U.N. health agency says it is investigating a mystery disease that killed three people in the South African city of Johannesburg. | |
Flexible OLEDs could be part of lighting's future 20 hours ago | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 19 vote(s)
| No comments yet
(AP) -- On a bank of the Mohawk River, a windowless industrial building of corrugated steel hides something that could make floor lamps, bedside lamps, wall sconces and nearly every other household lamp obsolete. It's a ... | |
 Scientists: Virginia shark's pup a 'virgin birth' October 10, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 14 vote(s)
| User comments: 5
(AP) -- Scientists have confirmed the second case of a "virgin birth" in a shark. In a study reported Friday in the Journal of Fish Biology, scientists said DNA testing proved that a pup carried by a female ... | |
 Western group petitions for species protection October 10, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
(AP) -- A tortoise, a hare, a mouse and a half-dozen mussels are some of the creatures that a conservation group hopes to save through a "Western Ark" project aimed at petitioning the government for federal ... | |
Despite IBM profits, a tech gloom still looms October 09, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
(AP) -- Even after IBM Corp. surprised Wall Street with a healthy profit in the third quarter and a reaffirmation of its earnings outlook for the rest of the year, the broader technology sector dived again Thursday. There's ... | |
Satellites collect data on sea temperatures, reefs October 09, 2008 | User rating: 3.2 / 5 after 5 vote(s)
| No comments yet
(AP) -- Satellites are helping scientists expand a virtual network to watch for increases in ocean temperatures that can damage or kill the fragile ecosystems of coral reefs worldwide. | |
 Review: Tiny flash drives improve their security October 09, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
(AP) -- Flash memory drives, the size of your thumb, are dirt cheap and offer gigabytes of storage. It's tempting to fill one of them with important computer files, clip it to a key chain and hit the road. | |
1 in 4 US teen girls got cervical cancer shot October 09, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | User comments: 2
(AP) -- About one in four teen girls last year got the groundbreaking vaccine that prevents cervical cancer, federal health officials reported Thursday. | |
Micron Tech cuts global work force by 15 percent October 09, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
(AP) -- Micron Technology Inc. will close a factory and cut about 15 percent of its work force around the world as part of a restructuring of its computer memory chip operations. | |
 Sony, Microsoft virtual communities to start October 09, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
(AP) -- Video game rivals Sony and Microsoft are going head-to-head in virtual worlds for their home consoles later this year. | |
 Scientist warns cash woes 'devastating' to science October 09, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 8 vote(s)
| User comments: 10
(AP) -- Famed scientist Richard Leakey warned that the worldwide credit crisis will be "just devastating" to scientific research in coming years, as endowment interest income drops and companies cut donations. | |
Court wrestles with case on Navy sonar, whales October 09, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
(AP) -- The Supreme Court appeared divided Wednesday over how to resolve a long-running dispute over whether environmental laws may be used to limit the Navy's use of sonar to protect whales. | |
IBM 3Q profit a positive sign for tech sector October 09, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
(AP) -- For the second time this year, IBM Corp. offered an early peek at its quarterly results, showing in a surprise announcement that it was still plenty prosperous in the third quarter despite the worsening economic ... | |
Pages: 1
Next »
PhysOrg Video
- Nobel Prize For Chemistry Awarded , October 9
- Nobel Prize For Chemistry Awarded , October 9
- Chinese Zodiac - Part I , October 5
- How To Make An Apple Pie , October 5
- Chinese Zodiac - Part II , October 5
- CHEF'S CORNER: OKTOBERFEST , September 30
- PhysOrg Video »
Most popular stories
-
World first for sending data using quantum cryptography,
October 08, 2008
-
NASA Spacecraft Finds the Sun is Not a Perfect Sphere,
October 02, 2008
-
Musicians use both sides of their brains more frequently than average people,
October 02, 2008
-
New study proves that pain is not a symptom of arthritis, pain causes arthritis,
September 29, 2008
-
Broken symmetry: Answering the solace of quantum,
October 07, 2008
- Most popular »
News Pix
-
Odyssey,
18 hours ago
-
Venus Express searching for life – on Earth,
18 hours ago
-
Lava pours out of Montserrat,
October 09, 2008
-
Liquid Mirror Telescopes on the Moon,
October 09, 2008
- More news pix »
PhysOrg Forum
Video
Editorials
Free Magazines
Free White Papers
PhysOrg Jobs
Newsletter
Goto Archive
Suggest a story idea
Send feedback
