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New York: Archaeologists have discovered a rare feathered shield, dating back around 1,300 years, in a sealed portion of an ancient temple in Peru. The shield, believed to be made by the Moche people, was found face down on a sloped surface that had been turned into a bench or altar at the site of...
23andMe, the California-based low-cost consumer DNA analysis outfit, wants to take gene sequencing to the masses. Starting this...
New York: Archaeologists have discovered a rare feathered shield, dating back around 1,300 years, in a sealed portion of an ancient temple in Peru. The shield, believed to be made by the Moche people, was found face down on a sloped surface that had been turned into a bench or altar at the site of...
People with brain damage that has left them mute and motionless may be able to communicate with a system that measures the size of their pupils, a new study has found. Individuals suffering from "locked-in syndrome" have lost motor control but remain aware and alert. The rare condition usually...
Pasadena: The NASA rover Curiosity survived its daredevil landing on Mars one year ago Tuesday and went on to discover that the planet most like Earth in the solar system could indeed have supported microbial life, the primary goal of the mission. "The stunning thing is that we found it all so...
(Source: Queensland University of Technology) Robots are coming to a home near you New smart robots can "see" their way around people and places QUT's Robotronica (18 August) features future home and hospital robot helpers Low-cost, high-performance sensors, such as digital cameras,...
(Source: Wuhan Municipal Government) Huawei is building an indium phosphide (InP) laboratory in Wuhan, which will be put into use this month. The InP laboratory will develop the...