Science & Technology
Tuesday, 22 May 2012
THE sun and moon aligned over the Earth in a rare astronomical event on Sunday an annular eclipse that dimmed the skies over parts of Asia and North America, briefly turning the sun into a blazing ring of fire.As the eclipse reached its peak, a...
A CHEAP off-patent drug that is commonly used for arthritis could be a wonder treatment for amoebic parasites that infect 50 million people each year, 70,000 of them fatally, a study on Sunday said.Researchers in California found that auranofin, an...
MASSIVE extraction of groundwater can resolve a puzzle over a rise in sea levels in past decades, scientists in Japan said on Sunday.Global sea levels rose by an average of 1.8 millimetres (0.07 inches) per year from 1961-2003, according to data...
Saturday, 19 May 2012
APPLE Inc plans to power its main US data center entirely with renewable energy by the end of this year, taking steps to address longstanding environmental concerns about the rapid expansion of high-consuming computer server farms.The maker of the...
BABIES who are breastfed gain less weight over their first year of life compared to babies fed either breast milk or formula from a bottle, according to a US study.!The report, in the Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, is one piece of...
Thursday, 17 May 2012
FOR the first time, US surgeons have used a new type of operation called nerve transfer to restore hand function in a patient who was paralysed by a neck injury, said a study published Tuesday.The breakthrough surgery worked by taking a non-...
EATING too much sugar can eat away at your brainpower, according to US scientists who published a study Tuesday showing how a steady diet of high-fructose corn syrup sapped lab rats' memories.Researchers at the University of California Los Angeles (...
Wednesday, 16 May 2012
FOR the past three years, the number of digital single-lens reflex (DSLR) cameras carried around has been rather ridiculous.Because of cheaper entry-level DSLRs (or SLRs) from Canon like the 500D and Nikon's D3100, every tourist, blogger-wannabe,...
AMAZON.COM Inc will launch new versions of its Kindle e-reader and tablet, including a monochrome e-reader with front lighting, a source who has seen the prototype told Reuters.The world's largest Internet retailer is aiming to have the new e-reader...
IF THERE'S one thing I love about operating system (OS) updates, it's that they make my devices look and feel brand new.The same can be said for the recent update I had on my previous phone, the HTC Sensation, when it received the official...
THE number of kids treated in emergency rooms after swallowing batteries — or lodging them in their noses and ears — has almost doubled over the past 20 years, a new study suggests.Most of those ER trips are due to button batteries, coin...
TWO Russians and an American yesterday blasted off for the International Space Station (ISS) on a Soyuz rocket in Russia's first manned space launch for almost five months.Russians Gennady Padalka and Sergei Revin and American Joseph Acaba started...
Saturday, 12 May 2012
SOUTH Korea's Samsung Electronics on Thursday unveiled its a new-generation premium television as global manufacturers seek to drive slowing sales with lucrative models.The world's top TV maker will start selling the 55-inch (140 cm) model, which...
MORE than half of the children who took part in a study on exposure to cigarette smoke tested positive for such exposure, despite only a handful of their parents admitting to lighting up, according to a US study.!Parents may think their children are...
Thursday, 10 May 2012
LARGELY preventable or treatable infections with viruses, bacteria and parasites cause about two million new cancer cases and 1.5 million cancer deaths each year.This amounted to about one in six of the 12.7 million new cancer cases reported in 2008...
HALF of drug labels don't have information on the medication's safety and proper dosing in kids, according to a new study from researchers at the US Food and Drug Administration.The finding, from an evaluation of over 500 drug labels in 2009, is an...
Wednesday, 9 May 2012
OFTEN some of us on a tight budget find it hard contemplating between getting a tablet or an ultraportable laptop for on-the-go work computing and entertainment. Imagine you are in a situation where, due to budget constraints, you can only have...
SAMSUNG's S3 was met with more disappointment than excitement upon launch. I asked myself whether it was because consumers' (mine included) expectation became more unreasonable as we become more spoiled for choice, or was it because there was really...
MERE weeks from a multi-billion-dollar debut on the stock market, Facebook has ramped up its focus on mobile lifestyles with the purchase of "social discovery" startup Glancee.Glancee founders behind the smartphone application for finding like-...
ONE in eight older teens has used powerful painkillers when they weren't prescribed and many of them start misusing the medications earlier than was previously assumed, according to new research.The findings are based on two nationally-...
