Most clinical studies on vitamins flawed by poor methodology

Research at Oregon State University has identified one of the ways in which vitamin D can help protect against respiratory infections. Credit: Oregon State University.  Most large, clinical...

Hubble sees a stellar "sneezing fit"

Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, Acknowledgement: Gilles Chapdelaine Look at the bright star in the middle of this image. It appears as if it just sneezed. This sight will...

Sleep and vigilance surprising new findings in the neurology

Sleep spindles during NREM sleep in CaV3.1+/+ (WT) and CaV3.1−/− (KO) mice. (A) Sample traces show the raw (upper trace) and filtered (lower trace) EEG signals recorded during...

People worldwide may feel mind-body connections in same way

Maps of bodily sensations associated with different emotions. Hot colors show activated, cool colors deactivated regions. Credit: Lauri Nummenmaa, Enrico Glerean, Riitta Hari, and Jari Hietanen. Many phrases...

Boots Industries unveils BI V2.0 for 3D printing

Boots Industries is a Quebec City, Canada, company that was founded in 2012 with a mission to spread the excitement of a printing technology that may allow everyday...

NSA seizes full control of targeted iPhones via DROPOUTJEEP malware

The NSA developed in 2008 a software program for iPhones that can selectively and stealthily deliver data from iPhones to the NSA. The program is called DROPOUTJEEP. News...

Slow eating can lead to less hunger later on

Image Credit: Levranii / ShutterstockYou’ve probably been told to slowly chew your food slowly during mealtime, and a new study published in the Journal of the Academy of...

El Salvador Volcano eruption prompts evacuation

El Salvador’s Chaparrastique volcano also known as the San Miguel Volcano erupted suddenly on Sunday, causing local authorities to start evacuating thousands of residents within a two-mile radius....

NSA spying reached next level, targets hardware end users

A new examination of the seemingly bottomless well of Snowden documents describes an internal NSA catalog of dead ringers for consumer hardware that the NSA can deploy on...

Russian firm developing visual display that uses water vapor

Image Credit: Displair Could television sets and computer monitors one day be replaced by visual displays created using mist? That’s the goal of one Russian firm that has...

Chromebooks gobbled 21% of notebook sales in 2013 tips NPD

Several years ago, the netbook boomed and grabbed a significant portion of the computer market thanks to its lower price. One of the most costly parts of a...

New version of Soyuz successfully launched saturday

Image Credit: Russian Federal Space Agency After numerous delays earlier in the week, Russia successfully launched the Soyuz-2.1v, an upgraded version of its venerable series of spacecraft, at...

Facebook is no longer cool in the eyes of teenagers: EU survey

Image Credit: Thinkstock Since Facebook‘s “birth” in 2004, millions of users have logged on to the social media site. In fact, nearly half a million log on every...

NASA’s Flexible rover could be used on future mission to Titan

NASAWhile it might look like a squishable mess of ropes and tent poles, NASA’s proposed “Super Ball Bot” could hold the key to making landing a rover on...

Pigs glow green in dark, thanks to cytoplasmic injection reproductive technique

A handout photo shows fluorescent green pigs in a Taipei lab. (Reuters/STR New) Along with red, green is the color of this holiday season. And bright green is...

Genetic discovery points the way to much bigger yields in tomato, other flowering food plants

A mutation in the hormone that controls flowering postpones when a plant stops producing flowers, yielding many more fruits. Credit: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Every gardener knows the...

Human brain development is a symphony in three movements

Credit: Shutterstock The human brain develops with an exquisitely timed choreography marked by distinct patterns of gene activity at different stages from the womb to adulthood, Yale researchers...

Retrieving an asteroid

An image of the asteroid Tempel 1 taken during the Deep Impact visit. Tempel 1 is about five kilometers across. CfA astronomers have estimated the size of the...

How to make UEFI Bootable USB Flash drive to install Windows 8.1

Rufus is a small utility that creates bootable USB flash drive for all Windows versions. What makes Rufus different is that it offers 3 different partition scheme to...

HTC One update status page explains why updates take forever

The HTC One was among the top Android smartphones in 2013, and that’s thanks in part to the company’s new focus on OS updates. The HTC One launched...

NASA continues work on Orion Spacecraft as engineers pivot to 2014

Image Caption: The Delta IV Heavy Lift rocket that will be used for Orion’s first mission, Exploration Flight Test-1, is in the final assembly area at United Launch...

Cyberwar, high-tech weapons take center stage in defense budget

July 17, 2007: Capt. Jason Simmons and Staff Sgt. Clinton Tips update anti-virus software for Air Force units to assist in the prevention of cyberspace hackers at Barksdale...