Japanese
researchers have discovered a way to make rechargeable batteries more effective for less money by using the
sucrose found in common sugar. Not only would this
ideally make the latest battery-powered technology more accessible to more
people, but the availability of sugar would promote a much more sustainable tech
industry.
Currently,
the popular choice for rechargeable batteries is lithium-ion, but mining the rare
lithium metal has become a problem in places like Bolivia, Chile, Argentina,
and China where...
Wednesday, 3 October 2012
Are you an internet addict? Psychologists are working to find out how much online time is too much
It's
official. After months of debate and study, the next edition of the Diagnostic
and Statistical Manual for Mental Disorders (DSM) will include "internet use
disorder" as an area "recommended for further study." The fifth
edition of the DSM, the standard for classifying and diagnosing mental illness,
is due out in May 2013, and the consideration of including internet addiction
has raised many eyebrows. This doesn't mean you'll...
Permira takes the lead in Ancestry sale talks: sources
NEW
YORK (Reuters) - Permira Advisers LLP has
emerged as the front-runner to take genealogy website Ancestry.com
Inc private,
two people familiar with the matter said, in a deal that could top $1.5
billion.
Ancestry is
focusing its discussions on Permira after
it asked the private equity firm and
its competitors - Hellman & Friedman LLC and TPG Capital LP -
to improve on their offers, the people said. Talks with Permira could still
fall apart and there is no certainty a deal...
Google withdraws U.S. patent complaint against Apple
WASHINGTON
(Reuters) - Google subsidiary Motorola
Mobility has
dropped a complaint of patent infringement against Apple without
explanation.
In a brief
filing with the International Trade Commission on Monday, Motorola Mobility said it
was dropping without prejudice a complaint that Apple had infringed on seven Motorola patents.
Apple did
not return telephone calls seeking comment...
Samsung allowed to sell Galaxy Tab in U.S. as court lifts ban
(Reuters)
- A U.S. court removed a temporary sales ban against Samsung
Electronics Co Ltd's Galaxy Tab 10.1
won by Apple Inc in
a patent dispute, allowing the South Korean company to sell the product in the
United States.
While the Galaxy 10.1 is an older model, the lifting of
the ban could still help Samsung in the run-up to the pivotal holiday shopping
season.
"We are
pleased with the court's action today,...
Space station may move to avoid passing junk
HOUSTON
(AP) — The
International Space Station may
have to move to avoid some space junk.
NASA said debris from an old Russian satellite and a
fragment from an Indian rocket could come too close to the station on Thursday.
The station would be moved Thursday morning if necessary, NASA said Wednesday.
There are
three astronauts living at the orbiting outpost.
Space junk
moves so fast that it can puncture the station. Engineers try to give debris a
wide berth whenever something comes close. NASA said it didn't know...
Buddhist statue found by Nazis made from meteorite
BERLIN
(AP) — An ancient Buddhist statue that
a Nazi expedition brought back from Tibet shortly
before World War II was carved from a meteorite that crashed on Earth thousands
of years ago.
What sounds
like an Indiana Jones movie plot appears to have actually taken place,
according to European researchers publishing in the journal Meteoritics and
Planetary Science this month.
Elmar
Buchner of the University of Stuttgart...
Mars rover Curiosity finds signs of ancient stream
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The NASA rover Curiosity has
beamed back pictures of bedrock that suggest a fast-moving stream, possibly
waist-deep, once flowed on Mars — a find that the mission's chief scientist
called exciting.
There have been previous signs that water existed on the red
planet long ago, but the images released Thursday showing pebbles rounded off,
likely by water, offered the most convincing evidence so far of an ancient
streambed.
There...
Study: Fraud growing in scientific research papers
WASHINGTON
(AP) — Fraud in scientific research, while still rare, is growing at a
troubling pace, a new study finds.
A review of retractions in medical and biological
peer-reviewed journals finds the percentage of studies withdrawn because of
fraud or suspected fraud has jumped substantially since the mid-1970s. In 1976,
there were fewer than 10 fraud retractions for every 1 million studies
published, compared with 96 retractions per million in 2007.
The study
authors aren't quite sure why this is happening. But they and outside...
Skydiver aims to break sound barrier in free fall
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP)
— His blood could boil. His lungs could overinflate. The vessels in his brain
could burst. His eyes could hemorrhage.
And, yes, he
could break his neck while jumping from a mind-boggling altitude of 23 miles.
But the risk
of a gruesome death has never stopped "Fearless Felix"Baumgartner in
all his years of skydiving and skyscraper leaping, and it's not about to now.
Next Monday
over New Mexico,
he...
Skydiver aims to break sound barrier in free fall
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP)
— His blood could boil. His lungs could overinflate. The vessels in his brain
could burst. His eyes could hemorrhage.
And, yes, he
could break his neck while jumping from a mind-boggling altitude of 23 miles.
But the risk
of a gruesome death has never stopped "Fearless Felix"Baumgartner in
all his years of skydiving and skyscraper leaping, and it's not about to now.
Next Monday
over New Mexico,
he...
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