Chantal Abergel and Jean-Michel Claverie Electron microscopy image of a Pandoravirus particle. The virus is 1,000 times bigger than the flu virus and has nearly 200 times as many genes. There was...
Vitamin D deficiency may lead to physical problems in older age - CBS News
Not getting enough vitamin D may lead to problems with completing everyday tasks later on in life. A new study in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism revealed that older people with...
'iKnife' device analyzes surgical smoke to ID cancers - Los Angeles Times
A new device that analyzes the smoke that arises when an electrosurgical tool slices through or cauterizes flesh may help physicians determine, during a surgery, whether tissues they're removing are cancerous...
Health officials across North Texas seek source of parasite outbreak - WFAA
by JANET ST. JAMES WFAA Posted on July 19, 2013 at 9:47 PM McKINNEY -- Health officials confirm even more patients have been sickened this week by the food-borne parasite cyclospora. Counties...
Overweight? Maybe You Really Can Blame Your Genes - New York Times
Boston Children's Hospital The mouse at left is missing a gene that controls how quickly calories are burned. The two other mice are its siblings. The mice were eating their usual chow and exercising...
Giving McDonald's eaters calorie guides did not curb bad eating habits - CBS News
Educating people on the number of calories they should eat may not help them make better choices. A new study published July 18 in the American Journal of Public Health showed that providing people...
Moto X: What we know so far - CNET
Google's Eric Schmidt has been seen using the Moto X. (Credit: Getty Images) Though we have an invitation to the official Moto X unveiling, Motorola and Google haven't revealed any official specs...
FCC Backs Plan to Update a Fund That Helps Connect Schools to the Internet - New York Times (blog)
Nathan Lambrecht/The Monitor, via Associated Press The McAllen Independent School District in McAllen, Tex., gave a number of its students iPads and iPod Touch devices last year. WASHINGTON — The...
Plex for Google TV refreshed with dynamic layout, more big screen love - Engadget
After launching a brand new Android app, Plex is now giving its Google TV app more room to roam inside your HDTV. An update allows you to dynamically switch your layout to a "TV style" to better take...
Apple Buys Locationary to Help Address Maps Woes - eWeek
Apple, which has said its Maps app is "not there yet," has bought Canadian startup Locationary to change that. Apple has purchased Locationary, a Toronto-based map-focused startup that specializes...
Hot startup Uber trying to be cool again with ice cream truck - CNET
Uber rolls out its on-demand treats service again -- and this time it's doing it globally. July 18, 2013 10:57 AM PDT A scene from Uber's ice cream truck promo video. (Credit: Screenshot...
The 3 Most Exciting Words in Science Right Now: 'The Pitch Dropped' - The Atlantic
Aaaaaaaaaaand ... DROP! (Trinity College/Chris Heller) In 1944, a colleague of Ernest Walton, the first person in history to successfully smash an atom, began an experiment of a decidedly larger...
Rocket Engine Pulled From the Ocean Definitely Belonged to Apollo 11 - Wired
The serial number identifying the engines as coming from Apollo 11. Kansas Cosmosphere and Space Center On the eve of the 44th anniversary of Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walking on the...
Red Planet Riviera: Ancient Mars Ocean Found? - Discovery News
With the help of rover Curiosity, we now know that ancient Mars had large quantities of liquid water flowing across its surface. However, evidence for large bodies of water — i.e. oceans — has been...
Griffith Observatory makes the most of photo shoot from Saturn - Los Angeles Times
About 300 visitors gathered on the lawn of Griffith Observatory in Los Angeles Friday afternoon to wave at the Cassini spacecraft as it took their picture from nearly 900 million miles away. The observatory...
Amazon scores victory against Pinterest over control of .pin - CNET
Pinterest loses its fight to keep Amazon from controlling the new top-level domain .pin. July 18, 2013 4:55 PM PDT Amazon.com, which earlier this week lost its bid to control the domain...
'Intelligent' knife detects cancer - BBC News
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Curiosity team: Massive collision may have killed Red Planet - Register
Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Backup/Recovery Dual tests by instruments on the Curiosity rover, combined with data from the first Viking probes and Mars meteorites that have fallen to Earth, suggests...
Google Shares Drop as Shift to Mobile Curbs Ad Prices - Bloomberg
You need to enable Javascript to play media on Bloomberg.com Play Google $9.56-a-Share EPS Misses Analysts' Estimate Google Inc. (GOOG) shares fell in extended trading after the owner...
New WHI Analysis: This Time Estrogen Saves Lives - MedPage Today
ADVERTISEMENT Register Today Earn Free CME Credits by reading the latest medical news in your specialty. Sign Up OB/Gyn Published: Jul 18, 2013 By Charles...
Gut microbes keep species apart - Nature.com
Closely-related organisms are often considered different species if they cannot produce viable offspring by interbreeding — and in the case of two wasp species, that barrier may lie at least in part...