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3 win medicine Nobel for discovering brain GPS
U.S.-British scientist John O Keefe and Norwegian married couple May-Britt Moser and Edvard Moser won the Nobel Prize in medicine on…
Facebook steps up battle on ´fake likes´
Facebook said Friday it has stepped up its battle against spammers who promise to deliver "likes" to its members, and…
EU clears Facebook’s $19 bn buyout of WhatsApp
European Union regulators on Friday cleared the buyout of the WhatsApp mobile messaging service by Facebook, despite opposition by telecom…
Nasa Curiosity rover drills first hole on foothills of Mount Sharp on the red planet
Nasa's Curiosity rover has just drilled its first hole in the foothills of Mount Sharp, the 5-kilometre-high mountain on Mars…
Black holes in space supposedly a mathematical impossiblity: Study
Black holes — the most dense objects in the universe that do not even let light escape - do not…
New fabric may lead to ‘active clothing,’ wearable robots
Researchers are developing a robotic fabric that moves and contracts and is embedded with sensors, an approach that may lead…
Coming soon: Space travel in a balloon
A Chinese entrepreneur plans to set up a commercial space project to fly travellers in a manned capsule above the…
Power boost for next gen mobile devices
Scientists have developed a new technology that could lead to gen-next wearable computers with self-contained power sources and smartphones that…
Turmeric could potentially help brain heal itself
A spice commonly used in curries could help the brain heal itself, new research has suggested. A report in the…