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Scientists: Fight flaws with laws
News Software makers should be legally liable for security holes in their products, according to a group of US scientists. The National Academy of Sciences is recommending that policy-makers create laws that would hold companies accountable for security...
[January 24, 2002, 11:53]
Scientists 'teleport' atomic particles
News Teleportation -- "sending" atoms, or at least their properties, through space without any physical movement -- is possible, according to scientists at the National Institute for Standards and Technologies.
[June 18, 2004, 12:05]
Scientists develop 3D nanomaterial
News While two-dimensional freestanding membranes of nanowires have been available, the scientists said their 3D rendering of thermally stable nanomaterial is a chemistry breakthrough. The scientists figured out a way to make the nanomaterial less...
[August 23, 2006, 9:20]
Scientists' plea for Bletchley Park
News Scientists and researchers are pleading for the future of Bletchley Park, the home of the codebreakers who famously broke German codes in World War II as well as creating the first programmable electronic computer, Colossus.
[July 24, 2008, 15:04]
A Year Ago: Scientists give parrot a Web browser
News The MIT scientists says that by clicking on the mouse the parrot can bring up the image of another African Grey parrot, an owl, his owner, and a car. The scientists say the experiment is not just a gimmick.
[July 7, 2001, 6:30]
Scientists' goals for the Large Hadron Collider
News The goal of the scientists working at the Large Hadron Collider is to recreate what the universe was like just nanoseconds after it began. The particle physics at the core of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) may be daunting for those who last...
[September 29, 2008, 12:02]
Scientists develop flexible paper battery
News Scientists in upstate New York have produced an energy source made out of paper which could power computers and other electronic devices. Led by Victor Pushparaj at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York, the scientists have...
[August 17, 2007, 15:09]
Scientists protest EU software patents
News A group of high-ranking scientists from around Europe is petitioning the European Parliament to prevent the patenting of algorithms and software ideas, the latest twist in the European Commission's attempts to create a unified patent regime across...
[April 28, 2003, 12:10]
Scientists give parrot a Web browser
News The MIT scientists says that by clicking on the mouse the parrot can bring up the image of another African Grey parrot, an owl, his owner, and a car. The scientists say the experiment is not just a gimmick.
[July 7, 2000, 9:07]
Scientists find no link between mobiles and ear tumours
News Scientists looked to see whether these people had a history of greater than average mobile phone use compared to a control sample of 86 other individuals. Despite these findings, the scientists have recommended that more research is carried out...
[April 23, 2002, 17:21]
Linux helps British scientists decode human DNA
News The Linux operating system has helped scientists in Cambridge to decode the 34 million chemical 'letters' that constitute a human chomosome. Scientists at the Sanger Centre in Cambridge are expected to announce any day that chromosome 22, an...
[June 16, 2000, 10:23]
A Year Ago: Scientists move closer to quantum computing
News Scientists at National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in Colorado have moved a step closer to developing the technology that would make quantum computers possible. Colorado institute increases control over atoms
[January 21, 2001, 6:03]
UK scientists take first steps towards leukaemia vaccination
News A group of UK scientists believe they may have taken the first major steps towards finding a way of vaccinating against leukaemia. The possibility of a cancer vaccine on the shelves within the next few years is being hailed as a major breakthrough...
[December 23, 2002, 16:12]
Scientists investigate water power for mobiles
News Canadian scientists have developed a method of generating electricity from water for use in small devices, paving the way for devices such as water-powered mobile phones. The technology is based on the interaction between liquids and solids on a...
[October 20, 2003, 9:45]
Japanese scientists want to build robot child
News The project will put the country at the forefront of a lucrative new industry, as well as benefit the economy through products spun off from robot research, argue the scientists. Japanese researchers are pressing the government to invest in an...
[August 26, 2003, 10:05]
British scientists create atom-thick transistor
News British scientists have created what they claim is the world's smallest transistor, measuring one atom in thickness and 10 atoms in width. The researchers, from the University of Manchester, published a paper in the journal Science last week, in...
[April 21, 2008, 14:17]
Environmental Scientists Join Forces Against Climate Change With Integrated Platform
White Papers The aim of the project Grid ENabled Integrated Earth system model (Genie) is to consolidate the work of scientists and researchers operating in different areas of Earth system study. The people involved in Genie use applications based on Windows...
[August 13, 2007, 8:09]
Scientists produce "stress-free" mouse
News The mouse can be mass-produced relatively cheaply, say the scientists, who are currently looking for a manufacturer to team up with. The mouse looks ordinary enough, but the exterior conceals a super-sensitive internal mechanism that can pick up...
[March 21, 2000, 11:25]
UK scientists complete Grid foundations
News British scientists on Monday announced the completion of one of the building blocks for large-scale data sharing over the Grid -- a proposed network of computers seen as the 21st century's successor to the Internet.
[July 22, 2002, 12:45]
Intel Technology Powers Cutting-Edge Research for Leading Scientists at Erlangen University
White Papers Erlangen University needs a powerful HPC platform with the availability and flexibility to respond effectively to scientists' demanding priorities. The university's ten-year old legacy system was beginning to hinder the researchers, who wanted to...
[April 25, 2007, 1:00]
