07 Nov 02:34
No matter how bad the economy gets, a lot of consumers will still fork over a couple hundred bucks for the latest smartphone. That's the lesson we learned today from the folks over at market research firm IDC. In a new report, IDC says vendors worldwide shipped 43.3 million devices in ...

07 Nov 02:34
Seen "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind"? "Man in the Moon"? How 'bout the previews for Tim Burton's take on "Alice in Wonderland"? Jim Carrey starred in two of those three films (and we think he may've made a fine Mad Hatter over Johnny Depp) and knowing that, it's easy to ...

07 Nov 02:34
After weeks of anticipation, Verizon is slated to officially release the Droid on Friday morning. The Droid smartphone, which is manufactured by Motorola and powered by Googles Android 2.0 operating system, will retail for $199, with a two-year contract and a mail-in rebate. To celebrate the Droid release, Verizon is ...

06 Nov 23:00
[NEWS] LYNBROOK, N.Y., Nov. 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ BioSpecifics Technologies Corp. (Nasdaq: BSTC), a biopharmaceutical company developing first-in-class collagenase-based products, today announced its financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2009. We were extremely happy that, in September of this year, the FDA's Arthritis Advisory Committee unanimously reco

06 Nov 18:00
[NEWS] ROCKVILLE, Md., Nov. 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ Novavax, Inc. (Nasdaq: NVAX) today announced financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2009 and reviewed its recent accomplishments and upcoming milestones. Novavax's net loss for the third quarter of 2009 was $7.5 million, or $0.08 per share, compared to a net loss of $7.8 million, or $0.12 per share, for the same period last year. For the nine-month period ended Sept

06 Nov 17:00
[NEWS]   - quarter-end cash of $13.4 million before milestone -<br /><br /> (all figures are in Canadian dollars unless otherwise noted)<br /> BELLEVILLE, ON, Nov. 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - Bioniche Life Sciences Inc. (TSX: BNC), a research-based, technology-driven Canadian biopharmaceutical company, today announced financial results for its Fiscal 2010 first quarter, ended September 30, 2009. We ended the first quarter of Fiscal 2010 in a strong position, with current

07 Nov 02:18
Puppets with pipettes and singing researchers make lab work swing

07 Nov 02:18
The Caspian tiger may not be extinct, after all

07 Nov 02:18
Nanoparticles can damage DNA even in cells that are not directly exposed to them, says a new study

06 Nov 18:45
A new study reveals that the melody of a newborn's cries seems to be influenced by the sound of the parents' native tongue. The findings suggest that crying infants may be imitating the patterns of the language they heard before they were born.

06 Nov 18:00
Faced with declining fish stocks, many nations are looking for sustainable ways to have their fish and eat it too. But how much fishing is too much? Oceanographer Sylvia Earle discusses this and other topics in her book The World is Blue: How Our Fate and the Ocean's Are One.

06 Nov 17:30
Vast new natural gas fields have opened up thanks to an advanced drilling technique. While natural gas is a cleaner burning fuel than coal or petroleum, extracting it is still hard, dirty work. Some people who live near the massive Barnett Shale gas deposit in north Texas, have complaints. Health and environmental concerns are prompting state regulators to take a closer look.