News: Science

• NASA brings chemical sensor to iPhone
  Michael Cooney
  Nov 10 2009

  If you are in need of finding out if there is ammonia, chlorine gas or methane in the air around you, there’s an iPhone app for that. A researcher at NASA's Ames Research Center has developed what ...

  More
• NHS in tough warning to suppliers as delivery deadline looms
  Leo King
  Nov 04 2009

  The NHS has insisted it will stick to its guns and take a tough stance on key suppliers BT and CSC if they do not meet a delivery deadline for a workable patient records system. Last week it ...

  More
• Technology improves dialysis patient outcomes
  Mary K. Pratt
  Nov 02 2009

  Decades ago, Dr. Victor E. Pollak came to an important realization: For all the good they do, doctors fail miserably when it comes to organization. They keep inefficient, inadequate medical records ...

  More
• DEC co-founder writes memoir, traces company's rise and fall
  Jim Duffy
  Oct 22 2009

  Harlan Anderson, who founded Digital Equipment Corp. with Ken Olsen in 1957, has written a new book on his days as a computer pioneer: "Learn, Earn and Return: My Life as a Computer ...

  More
• Anderson's autobiography "Learn, Earn and Return"
  Jim Duffy
  Oct 22 2009

  The following are excerpts from Harlan Anderson's autobiography "Learn, Earn and Return." It was July of 1952, and I had accepted MIT’s offer to come to work in their Digital Computer ...

  More
• Researchers use nanotech to detect early-stage cancer
  Sharon Gaudin
  Oct 16 2009

  Stanford University researchers used nanotechnology and magnetics to create a biosensor that they said should be able to detect cancer in its early stages, making a cure more likely. The sensor, ...

  More
• NASA spacecraft crash into the moon
  Michael Cooney
  Oct 09 2009

  NASA’ Lunar CRater Observing and Sensing Satellites (LCROSS) took dead aim and crashed into the moon around 7:31 am ESD. Watching the results on NASA TV, scientists were pleased with the impact of ...

  More
• IBM using nanotech to read DNA, personalize medicine
  Sharon Gaudin
  Oct 06 2009

  Scientists at IBM are using a combination of nanotechnology and microchips to map out personal genetic code that could make significantly improve the process of diagnosing and treating ...

  More
• IBM aims for personalized medicine with DNA chip
  Agam Shah
  Oct 05 2009

  IBM aims to expand the life span of humans by developing a chip that could make personalized medicine affordable and quick, a company researcher said on Tuesday. The company plans to develop a chip ...

  More
• Nanotech could make humans immortal by 2040, futurist says
  Sharon Gaudin
  Oct 01 2009

  In 30 or 40 years, we'll have microscopic machines traveling through our bodies, repairing damaged cells and organs, effectively wiping out diseases. The nanotechnology will also be used to back up ...

  More