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Computers will see, smell and taste in 5 yearsIBM recently revealed a list of innovations that will mark the era of cognitive systems when computers will, in their own way, see, smell, touch, taste and hear, changing the way people work, live and interact during the next five years. More… |
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Hope as scientists map initial anti-ageing formulaScientists in Hong Kong appear to have mapped out a formula that can delay the ageing process in mice, a discovery they hope to replicate in people. Their finding, published in the December issu More… |
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French, US scientists win Nobel for Quantum workA French and an American scientist won the Nobel Prize on Tuesday for finding ways to measure quantum particles without destroying them, which could make it possible to build a new kind of computer far more powerful than any seen before. More… |
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Japanese, UK scientists win Nobel medicine prizeA British and a Japanese scientist won the Nobel Prize for Medicine on Monday for work on creating stem cells, opening the door to new methods to diagnose and treat diseases. Briton John Gurdon and Japan's Shinya Yamanaka equa More… |
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Experts develop salt-tolerant, high-yield wheatScientists in Australia have crossed a popular, commercial variety of wheat with an ancient species, producing a hardy, high-yielding plant that is tolerant of salty soil. The researchers, who published their More… |
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Scientists detect hints of 'God particle'Scientists said they have gotten even closer to proving the existence of the elusive Higgs boson, the so-called "God particle" that supplies mass to matter and would complete Albert Einstein's theory of the universe. Analyzing data from so More… |
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Computers to assess psychiatric riskComputer programmes can be taught to select between brain scans of healthy young people and scans showing adolescents who are at higher risk of developing mental disorders such as anxiety and depression, scientists said on Thursday. In a More… |
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Scientists find signs of 'god particle'International scientists said on Tuesday they had found signs of the Higgs boson, an elementary particle believed to have played a vital role in the creation of the universe after the Big Bang. Scientists at the CERN physics research centr More… |
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Finding donors for transplants ‘easier now’Identifying a suitable donor for leukemia and lymphoma patients who need bone marrow transplants may be far easier now, according to scientists at the John Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center. Two clinical trials showed transplant results with ha More… |
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Scientists plan library of DNA barcodesEvery species, from extinct to thriving, is set to get its own DNA barcode in an attempt to better track the ones that are endangered, as well as those being shipped across international borders as food or consumer products. Researchers ho More… |
