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Photo courtesy of gizmodo.com Study finds HIV drugs could help stop vision loss Drugs used to treat the HIV virus and AIDS could be used to fight against vision loss, a US university study said.
21 ноября 2014
Dancing, talking robots show off at Madrid congress Hundreds of robotics experts and their whirring, flashing robot creations gathered in Madrid for a top world congress on humanoid technology.
20 ноября 2014
Tags on fish may act as 'dinner bell' for seals: study Sound-emitting tags fitted to fish to track their survival may, paradoxically, be alerting predator seals to their whereabouts.
19 ноября 2014
©Reuters Small volcanoes could slow global warming: study Small volcanic eruptions could be slowing global warming by spewing sulfur aerosols that reach the upper atmosphere and reflect sunlight away from the Earth.
19 ноября 2014
©Reuters Lost languages leave a mark on the brain Babies adopted across international borders may not remember the language they heard in their first days, but the words leave a lasting mark on their minds.
18 ноября 2014
Savvy media use turned comet mission into tale of space heroics Rosetta mission had become a tale of heroics in deep space, with the secrets of the Solar System at stake.
18 ноября 2014
Photo courtesy of mk.ru Famous Kazakh astronaut comments on Rosetta mission Famous Kazakh cosmonaut Talgat Musabayev praises the Rosetta mission, which saw a space probe landing on the surface of a comet for the first time in human history.
17 ноября 2014
©REUTERS Obesity costs more than $8 bn in lost US productivity: study Obesity among workers in the United States is costing the nation $8.65 billion a year in lost productivity, according to a study released.
15 ноября 2014
Comet probe uploads last-minute data from 'alien world' Robot probe Philae uploaded a slew of data to Earth from a deep-space comet that it drilled into long after its onboard battery was feared to have died.
15 ноября 2014
Despite landing fumble, comet probe working well Europe's comet probe Philae was "working well" despite a rough-and-tumble touchdown that left it partly shadowed from battery-boosting sunlight.
14 ноября 2014
 ©REUTERS World's oldest people share no genetic secrets: study US scientists said they've found no genetic secrets shared between a group of 17 supercentenarians, or those who have lived beyond 110.
13 ноября 2014
NASA hails comet landing as 'breakthrough moment' NASA hailed the first-ever landing of a spacecraft on a comet as a "breakthrough moment" in the history of space exploration.
13 ноября 2014
SpaceX chief Musk confirms Internet satellite plan High-tech entrepreneur Elon Musk confirmed that he is working on a web of small, low-cost satellites that could provide wireless Internet around the world.
12 ноября 2014
Virus may affect mental abilities: US researchers People with an algae virus in their throats had more difficulty completing a mental exercise than healthy people, and more research is needed to understand why.
12 ноября 2014
Photo RIA Novosti/Boris Babanov Scientists in Kazakhstan suggest turning gas into gasoline Scientists from Kazakhstan say they've created a technology to transform oil-associated gas into gasoline and diesel.
08 ноября 2014
Europe set to make space history with comet landing One of the biggest gambles in space history comes to a climax on Wednesday when Europe attempts to make the first-ever landing on a comet.
08 ноября 2014
©Reuters Google going where no search engine has gone before: Amit Singhal Google search guru Amit Singhal believes the search-engine of the future will be "a perfect personal assistant" -- knowing what you want, when you want it.
05 ноября 2014
Italian physicist Gianotti first woman to lead Cern Italian physicist Fabiola Gianotti was chosen to lead the Cern particle physics research centre, the first woman to head up the globally renowned laboratory.
05 ноября 2014
Probe of US spaceship crash may take a 'year' Authorities who carried out their first full day of investigation into a US spacecraft crash said probing the incident could take a year.
03 ноября 2014
©REUTERS Can you drink too much milk? Study raises questions A study in The BMJ medical journal said Swedes with a high intake of cow's milk died younger -- and women suffered more fractures.
29 октября 2014

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