Hawaiki’s plan to build a 14,000km trans-Pacific submarine cable edges closer thanks to a multi-million dollar deal signed in Australia.
TPG Telecom said it will buy Australia-US and Australia-New Zealand capacity on the cable. Both parties are coy about the financial details, however TPG said...
New US-led research has brought closer the day when a genetic test can predict whether children with asthma are likely to grow out of it by the time they become adults. The study, led by researchers from Duke University in North Carolina, is published in the 28 June online issue of The...
Prometheus, the mythological figure who stole fire from the gods, was punished for this theft by being bound to a rock. Each day, an eagle swept down and fed on his liver, which then grew back to be eaten again the next day.
Modern scientists know there is a grain of truth to the tale, says...
A study led by researchers from Plymouth University Peninsula Schools of Medicine and Dentistry has for the first time revealed how the loss of a particular tumour suppressing protein leads to the abnormal growth of tumours of the brain and nervous system. The study is published in Brain: A...
When Minnesota Twins relief pitcher Glen Perkins talked to Big League Stew for the Answer Man segment, our own David Brown noted that Perkins "engages fans like few other pro athletes on Twitter." Now Perkins has proven just that.
This story starts when Alex Berg, a college student and Twins...
Twice in the past five seasons, college basketball's defending national champ has missed the NCAA tournament.
Kentucky continues to edge closer to joining 2008 Florida and 2010 North Carolina in ignominy.
A 72-62 loss at Georgia on Thursday night almost certainly leaves the Wildcats outside...
Indulge me for a moment by comparing the profiles of the following two teams.
Team No. 1 has rolled up a gaudy 25-4 overall record and has won 17 of 18 games against the 15th rated league in the RPI. It is No. 27 in the RPI even though its most notable wins of the season came against Ole Miss...
When we're faced with things that seem threatening, whether it's a hairy spider or an angry mob, our goal is usually to get as far away as we can. Now, new research suggests that our visual perception may actually be biased in ways that help motivate us to get out of harm's way. Our bodies help...
A team in Israel believes the hope of a cure for malaria is a step closer after discovering a genetic cloaking device that the parasite uses to evade the immune system and establish infection. They suggest a treatment that interferes with the DNA of the cloaking device could give the immune...
The Big Ten has been a big mess most of the season, starting with the conference's best team being ineligible to play in the conference championship game or a bowl game.
The conference race started to get some clarity this week, but there's still plenty to be decided.
In the Leaders...
links to Mexico? Knowing his grandad or dad or whoever was Mexican, does it mean that he understands you a bit more? Just wondering if that does help you want to vote for him? I'm not trying to raise any confrontations, just curious.
A University of Adelaide researcher has published results that suggest a possible new mechanism to control multiple sclerosis (MS). Dr Iain Comerford from the University's School of Molecular and Biomedical Science earned a three-year fellowship from MS Research Australia to work on this...
Researchers in the biological sciences department in the Faculty of Science at the University of Calgary have revealed how white blood cells move to infection or inflammation in the body; findings which could help lead to developing drug therapies for immune system disorders. The research is...
A team of bioengineers has taken a step closer to the day when it will be possible to regenerate new organs from patient's own cells. The researchers have "printed" 3D patterns of blood vessel networks out of sugar that allow tissue to grow around them and then dissolve, leaving behind a...
One thing we're sure True Blood fans know? Waiting sucks. A lot.* Luckily, the season-five premiere of the HBO hit series is a little over a week away, and we've got three...
Chemical sensors are exceedingly good at detecting a single substance or a class of chemicals, even at highly rarified concentrations. Biological noses, however, are vastly more versatile and capable of discriminating subtle cues that would confound their engineered counterparts. Unfortunately...
The fabrication of implantable electronics has begun at the University of New South Wales ahead of planned patient tests of a functional bionic eye next year.
the former (Leibniz) would have lik? How might it be argued that Leibniz's position is closer to Spinoza's than the former (Leibniz) would have liked to believe?
It sounds like Elton John's hope for Justin Timberlake to play him in his biopic is more than just wishful thinking these days. Sir Elton's husband, David Furnish, tells me the...
I like China so much but is disappointed in mainland China because they've been abolishing almost all of the great classical Chinese's things such as traditional character, Confucianism etc thanks to PRC's cultural revolution.
The only thing that makes Taiwan having lesser ancient China's feel...