ScienceDaily (Oct. 6, 2010) — Chemists at Vanderbilt University have created a new class of liquid crystals with unique electrical properties that could improve the performance of digital displays used on everything from digital watches to flat panel televisions.
The achievement, which is the result of more than five years of effort, is...
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Shares of Adobe Inc. jumped more than 8% late Thursday afternoon on a report of a secret meeting the company held with executives of Microsoft Corp. Adobe (ADBE 27.09, -1.60, -5.57%) shares were last up $2 at $27.73 -- coming off their lowest level in 15 months. The New York Times reported on its Bits blog that...
In April's London Marathon, 69-year-old Anthony Gaskell's time of 3:05:00 set a world record for his age group.
The only problem was that Gaskell took a 10-mile shortcut. Six weeks later, after the deception had been discovered and investigated and his time disqualified, he told reporters that he...
New York's Mayor Michael Bloomberg, with the encouragement of both city and state health commissioners, is seeking to bar the use of food stamps for buying soda and other sweetened drinks.
Bloomberg is asking the U.S. Department of Agriculture, which controls the food stamp program, for permission to institute a two-year ban that would...
