Science & Technology
Tuesday, 14 May 2013
HE'S less than two weeks old, but he has the telltale signs of a baby in pain: a sore on his chin where he's rubbed the skin raw, along with a scratch on his cheek. He suffers from so many tremors that nurses watch him around the clock in case he...
Monday, 13 May 2013
USING a simple smartphone application to photograph one's meals is a useful slimming aid for the overweight, according to an experiment reported on Sunday.The app, designed by British doctors, aims at promoting "food memory" so that people...
SAMSUNG Galaxy S4's tagline "The next big thing is here" is a telling pitch. The Galaxy is the world's second best-selling phone, behind the iPhone. And the latest version unabashedly claims that bigger is better. But considering the S4...
THE road has gotten bumpier for electric cars.In the US, Coda Automotive, one of what had been a promising crop of electric car startups, filed for bankruptcy protection this month, and said it would reorganise around the electric storage market....
Friday, 10 May 2013
WHEN Michael Gore stands, it's a triumph of science and engineering. Eleven years ago, Gore was paralysed from the waist down in a workplace accident, yet he rises from his wheelchair and walks across the room with help from a lightweight...
FISH oil supplements rich in omega-3 fatty acids are not beneficial for patients at high risk of cardiovascular troubles and already being medicated, a study found Wednesday.Previous clinical trials have suggested that these supplements could reduce...
BUZZ Aldrin, the American astronaut who was the second man to walk on the Moon, said Wednesday that the United States must lead the way toward building a permanent settlement on Mars.Speaking at a conference of space experts in the US capital, the...
Thursday, 9 May 2013
A COMMUNITY group that raised US$1.3 million ($1.6 million) in a six-week online fundraising effort has purchased a laboratory once used by visionary scientist Nikola Tesla. "We're feeling very excited and gratified that we've reached this...
LANDING astronauts safely on Mars is one of the biggest technological hurdles for any future manned mission to the Red Planet, even more complicated than last year's daring rover touchdown.NASA dazzled observers by landing the one-ton Curiosity...
OUR Ice Age ancestors in Europe, 15,000 years ago, may have used words we would recognise today, according to a new study out this week in a US journal.Words that sound alike in related languages are generally assumed to have come from a common...
Wednesday, 8 May 2013
A 70-MILLION-year-old dinosaur skeleton from the Gobi Desert that was smuggled to the United States in pieces and auctioned for more than US$1 million was returned on Monday by the US government to Mongolia.The huge Tyrannosaurus bataar's skull was...
BEFORE, in order to take better quality photos, you need to ditch your smartphone and take out a proper camera. The times have really changed.Compare an image taken by your smartphone with an image you took with your digital camera years ago and you...
COMPUTER files to create a handgun almost entirely from parts made with a 3D printer went online Monday, alarming gun control advocates after it was successfully test-fired by its inventor.The single-shot .380-calibre Liberator bears a vague...
IT USED to cost an arm and a leg to own a full frame DSLR camera. That has changed as the Canon Eos 6D is paving the way for affordable full-frame cameras.Priced at RM6,399 ($2,600) for the body alone, the 6D does not come cheap but that at least...
MICROSOFT recently released a significant security feature in Windows Vista. In the Windows Vista Enterprise and Ultimate editions, BitLocker was introduced and is being included in Windows 7 as well as Windows 8. What is this so-called feature and...
MEN who are bashful about needing help in the bedroom no longer have to go to the drugstore to buy that little blue pill. In a first for the drug industry, Pfizer Inc. told The Associated Press that the drugmaker will begin selling its popular...
OLYMPUS OMD E-M5 has quickly been adapted by photographers around the world, and more often now, you see the OMD E-M5 being listed among the heavy hitters Canon and Nikon in photography competitions (globally/regionally).One of the greatest...
Tuesday, 7 May 2013
MILLIONS of birds that stop at coastal wetlands during annual migrations could die as rising sea levels and land reclamation wipe out their feeding grounds, researchers warned yesterday.The study into the migratory habits of shorebirds predicted...
IT'S mystifying how hair something that doesn't have any real biological function, save perhaps to act as a filter for parts of the human body can affect a person so emotionally and mentally.Too much hair, or the lack of it, can be a real cause...
Monday, 6 May 2013
CREATINE, a supplement favoured by bodybuilders, modestly boosted muscle strength in patients with fibromyalgia, Brazilian researchers report.Apart from helping with muscle weakness, though, the treatment had little effect on other symptoms of the...
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