Penn engineers have developed a model that shows while metals tend to be stronger at nanoscale volumes, their strengths saturate at around 10-50 nanometers diameter, at which point they also become…

REDMOND, Washington, March 4 /PRNewswire/ -- - Customers get immediate access to the new service that extends Microsoft Office, provides anywhere access to documents and enables sharing…

Researchers at MIT Lincoln Laboratory have developed a powerful sensor that can detect airborne pathogens such as anthrax and smallpox in less than three minutes. The new device, called PANTHER (for…

In the west, we call valuable ceramic place settings 'china' because high-quality ceramic wares were imported from the east. They were the best and had the highest value. Not really so, at least in…

Testosterone appears to protect people against eating disorders, providing further evidence that biological factors – and not just social influences – are linked to anorexia and bulimia, according to…

Researchers at the University of Minnesota studying bacteria capable of generating electricity have discovered that riboflavin (commonly known as vitamin B-2) is responsible for much of the energy…

SAN RAMON, California, March 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Prodiance Corporation, the leading provider of enterprise spreadsheet management solutions, today announced that it will host an online seminar with…

Two research teams led by Dr. Michael Verkhovsky and Prof. Mårten Wikström of the Institute of Biotechnology of the University of Helsinki have for the first time succeeded in monitoring electron…

Researchers writing in the March issue of Archives of General Psychiatry have discovered evidence linking variation in a particular gene with anxiety-related traits. The team describes finding that…

Older men with lower free testosterone levels in their blood appear to have higher prevalence of depression, according to a new report. Depression affects between 2 percent and 5 percent of the…