From a recent article published by the University of Texas at Austin we found out that avatars that people are using to recognize each other on the Internet in a funnier way can affect uses negatively. This is the result of a research conducted by a professor at the university and reveals that our self-representations...

A new complex software was launched to help biologists and cancer researchers identify and evaluate markers in tissue samples. It was developed by Cambridge Research & Instrumentation, in short CRi, and it’s called inForm. The image analysis software is powered by the Machine Learning System and...

Professors Hélène Bierne and Pascale Cossart from the Pasteur Institute teamed up with the French National Center for Scientific Research and the French Agricultural Research Institute and discovered a new protein called BAHD1, which is in charge with the DNA structure changes and silencing the genes’...

ScienceDaily informs us about the discovery of a new method of creating better fuel cells that would eliminate the need for using fossil-based fuels for fields like home heating, transportation and remote emergency. The new solution was presented by chemists Jeff Hurd, from the University of Calgary,...

Honda Research Institute USA, the University of Louisville and the Purdue University conducted a research in the nanotechnology field demonstrating that microscopic carbon nanotubes that are 100,000 times thinner than a human hair can be used for faster electricity transport over greater distances, consuming...

Telegraph.co.uk informs us about a new intelligent project sponsored by the European Union with about £10 million, which involves monitoring the online communication channels to detect abnormal behavior sources that could evolve in violence. This is called the Project Indect and is based on artificial...

Researchers at the IMEC and the Holst Center detailed an innovative system that could solve the sleep disorder problem that many people suffer from. ScienceDaily wrote about a miniaturized wireless sleep staging system that can be used from the comfort of your home, while providing early screening of...

Orbcomm is a New Jersey-based global satellite data communications company specialized in developing and providing Machine-to-Machine communication solutions, while SpaceX, also known as Space Exploration Technologies, is a corporation headquartered in California, focused on developing launch vehicles...

The researchers at the Mind Research Network published the results of a scientific study that investigates whether practice increases gray matter thus making the brain efficient. The tools used by the scientists were the well-known Tetris game and brain imaging. The study lasted for three months, in...

Finally, the solution to asteroids hitting Earth in the far future, which all of us have seen in science fiction movies, is being developed by scientists and engineers at the Stevenage space company EADS Astrium. The British specialists there are working on a big plan to stop and remove asteroids years...