LiveNetMedia.com - Science http://www.livenetmedia.com/ en-us In an effort to compete with Skype, the team behind Google has unveiled a new service which allows Gmail users to make free phone calls. CNET's Molly Wood reports.
Reported by CBS News Wed, 01 Sep 2010 22:55:01 +0000 Using functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI), researchers have shown that depressed patients had an abnormal activation of the medial prefrontal cortex.
Reported by IndiaVision Wed, 01 Sep 2010 22:45:34 +0000 Discovery of a scalpels and skulls at an early Bronze Age settlement called Ikiztepe in Turkey, has indicated that people at the time performed brain surgeries.
Reported by IndiaVision Wed, 01 Sep 2010 22:45:34 +0000 Jamaica's Dustin Brown has no coach, no extra money, no major financial backing and no experience in front of huge crowds like the one that will watch him play Britain's Andy Murray at the US Open.
But the 25-year-old German-born standout has no lack of confidence in facing the Scotsman after taking his first Grand Slam triumph on Wednesday, ousting Spain's Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo 6-4, 7-6 (8/6),... Wed, 01 Sep 2010 22:40:38 +0000 A furor has broken out among biologists over ant specialist E.O. Wilson's latest attack on a concept used to explain the origins of self-sacrifice in the dog-eat-dog world of evolution. The debate centers around an idea called kin selection, which biologists use to understand altruistic behaviors such as honeybee workers raising the queen's young but never [...]
Reported by Wired Wed, 01 Sep 2010 22:40:38 +0000 Exploratory drilling by a Scottish oil firm was halted after four Greenpeace protesters scaled the rig and suspended tents from its underside.
Reported by NYTimes.com Wed, 01 Sep 2010 22:40:38 +0000 Chizuko Kuwamoto and Diego Ortega can barely understand each other, but no words can bring them closer than the sultry language of the tango, a shared passion that got them top prize in the 2010 Mundial de Tango.
"She speaks very little Spanish. I speak very little Japanese. And we communicate by touch, sharing our feelings when we dance,... Wed, 01 Sep 2010 22:15:18 +0000 At an annual music-themed event Wednesday, Apple CEO Steve Jobs unveiled an updated streaming TV device, funky new iPods -- and a social network that's all about music.
Reported by FOXNews.com Wed, 01 Sep 2010 22:15:18 +0000 They have more antioxidants and vitamin C than their conventional counterparts, and tasters prefer one organic variety above all others tested, a study says. But some scientists aren't convinced.
Reported by L.A. Times Wed, 01 Sep 2010 22:01:28 +0000 The theory that a space impact was responsible for extinction of at least 17 groups of large animals including mammoths and great bears, can be discounted, claims a new study.
Reported by IndiaVision Wed, 01 Sep 2010 21:47:35 +0000 WASHINGTON, Sept. 1 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- NASA has been ranked fifth in the Partnership for Public Service 2010 ratings for the "Best Places to Work in the Federal Government." (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20081007/38461LOGO)(Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20081007/38461LOGO)The 2010 survey is the fifth conducted by the partnership since 2003. Wed, 01 Sep 2010 21:46:42 +0000 A new "smart materials" process -- Multiple Memory Material Technology -- promises to revolutionize the manufacture of diverse products such as medical devices, microelectromechanical systems (MEMS), printers, hard drives, automotive components, valves and actuators. The breakthrough technology will provide engineers with much more freedom and creativity by enabling far greater functionality to ... Wed, 01 Sep 2010 21:35:54 +0000 A new study may change the way clinicians make treatment decisions for their patients who smoke. The findings suggest that current treatment theories that maintain any smoking after the planned target quit day predicts treatment failure need to be expanded to take into account a more dynamic quitting process. Wed, 01 Sep 2010 21:35:54 +0000 A team of physicists from Germany has developed a versatile biophysical model system that opens the door to studying phenomena such as the seemingly choreographed motion of hundreds or thousands of fish, birds, or insects, and probing their underlying principles. Using a combination of an experimental platform and theoretical models,... Wed, 01 Sep 2010 21:35:54 +0000 A new study examined the effects of stress on the meal patterns and food intake of animals exposed to the equivalent of everyday stress on humans. The results suggest that, not only does stress have an impact on us in the short term, it can cause metabolic changes in the longer term that contribute to obesity.
Reported by Science Daily Wed, 01 Sep 2010 21:35:54 +0000 New research shows that mentally stimulating activities such as crossword puzzles, reading and listening to the radio may, at first, slow the decline of thinking skills but speed up dementia later in old age.
Reported by Science Daily Wed, 01 Sep 2010 21:35:54 +0000 Significant differences in knee alignment and muscle activation exist between men and women while kicking a soccer ball, according to a new study. Data reveal that males activate certain hip and leg muscles more than females during the motion of the instep and side-foot kicks -- the most common soccer kicks -- which may help explain why female players are more than twice as likely as males to ... Wed, 01 Sep 2010 21:35:54 +0000 NASA and NOAA's latest Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite, GOES-15, has successfully completed five months of on-orbit testing and has been accepted into service. The satellite has demonstrated operational readiness of its subsystems, spacecraft instruments and communications services. Wed, 01 Sep 2010 21:35:54 +0000 Worldwide semiconductor revenue is expected to grow 31.5 percent this year to 300 billion dollars, technology research firm Gartner said Wednesday.
Gartner also forecast computer chip revenue of 314 billion dollars in 2011, a 4.6 percent increase over this year. Worldwide semiconductor revenue totaled 228 billion dollars last year.
Wed, 01 Sep 2010 21:35:54 +0000 "Kicking like a girl" is a real phenomenon and may explain why females are more likely to suffer knee injuries in sports such as football, US researchers said Wednesday.
The researchers found significant differences in knee alignment and muscle activation between men and women while kicking a ball.
The study appearing in the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery offers a possible explanation on why ... Wed, 01 Sep 2010 21:35:54 +0000 American star sprinter Tyson Gay put Jamaican rival Nesta Carter in his place on Wednesday when he easily beat him in the 100 metres race at the Zagreb Grand Prix meeting.
The 28-year-old American got a poor start but still timed a meet record 9.92 seconds while Carter - who on Sunday had equalled Gay's fastest time of the year of 9.78sec - was second well back in 10.07sec.
Wed, 01 Sep 2010 21:35:54 +0000 Apple CEO Steve Jobs announces in a media event that new software will allow iPhone users to take sharper images. Jobs also previews the next iOS release, version 4.2.
Reported by CBS News Wed, 01 Sep 2010 21:35:54 +0000 A hurricane warning was issued for North Carolina on Wednesday as Hurricane Earl barreled toward the East Coast packing winds of 125 mph.
Reported by FOXNews.com Wed, 01 Sep 2010 21:35:54 +0000 When it comes to the mechanics of the human immune system, we are all more alike than previously thought, according to a new study.
Reported by Science Daily Wed, 01 Sep 2010 21:26:33 +0000 A popular drug that is used by millions of diabetics around the world significantly decreases tobacco-induced lung tumors in mice, a study published Wednesday found.
Researchers led by Philip Dennis, a senior investigator at the National Cancer Institute (NCI), gave the diabetes drug metformin to mice which had been exposed to a carcinogen derived from nicotine.
Reported by France 24 Wed, 01 Sep 2010 21:05:10 +0000 A captured Mexican drug kingpin admitted to "investments" in Colombia and said he had received trailers full of dollars from the United States, in a first interrogation video released here.
US-born Edgar Valdez, alias "the Barbie" for his fair complexion, was captured this week, in a major coup for the Mexican government as it struggles to contain raging drug violence.
Wed, 01 Sep 2010 21:05:10 +0000 By ARTHUR MAX 2010-09-01T20:43:10Z
AMSTERDAM (AP) -- Greenpeace said about 500,000 Facebook users have urged the world's largest online social network to abandon plans to buy electricity from a coal-based energy company for its new data center in the U.S....
Reported by AP Wed, 01 Sep 2010 21:05:10 +0000