By Sinead Carew
Analysts are calling Motorola’s promise to introduce advanced devices in time for the holiday season, based on Google’s Android operating system, as the company’s last chance. In a research report entitled “Last Hurrah†Nomura analyst Richard Windsor put it bluntly:
I think if Android fails to deliver the needed revenue and profit recovery, [...]
By Rafael Nam - Analysis
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Asian shares and investment grade bonds look very cheap on paper, but may not yet attract foreign investors, suggesting there is more downside to markets before a solid recovery.
The worst global crisis in a lifetime has shown up Asia’s vulnerability as a region built on trade, with [...]
By Fredrik Dahl and Parisa Hafezi
TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran said it had launched a domestically made satellite into orbit for the first time on Tuesday, prompting further concern among Western powers and in Israel over Tehran’s nuclear ambitions.
Iran said the launch of the Omid (Hope) research and telecom satellite was a major step in its [...]
Cardiff University researchers who are part of a British-German team searching the depths of space to study gravitational waves, may have stumbled on 1 of the most important discoveries in physics according to an American physicist
Cardiff University researchers who are part of a British-German team searching the depths of space to study gravitational waves, may [...]
Scientists at the Universities of Bath and Leeds have discovered a chemical that stops stem cells from turning into other cell types, allowing researchers to use these cells to develop new medical treatments more easily.
Stem cells have the ability to develop into many other cell types in the body, and scientists believe they have huge [...]
Researchers at the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), part of the National Institutes of Health, and Duke University have discovered a cause of airway irritation and wheezing after exposure to ozone, a common urban air pollutant. Using an animal model, the researchers were also able to identify several ways to stop the airways [...]
Hypersensitivity to perfumes is the most common contact allergy in adults. Research at the University of Gothenburg has demonstrated that even natural aromatic oils, which many deem harmless compared to synthetic perfumes, may cause allergic reactions.
Roughly one in five adults in northern Europe is believed to suffer from contact allergy to one or more chemicals. [...]
‘Before the Big Bang’ and ‘Anticipating A New Golden Age’ are now available to view online
Roger Penrose on “Before the Big Bang” and Frank Wilczek on “Anticipating A New Golden Age” Are Now Available to View Online
Sir Roger Penrose and Prof. Frank Wilczek share their scientific views in two new presentations, now viewable online.
“Before [...]
GREENBELT, Md. — Earth’s magnetic field, which shields our planet from particles streaming outward from the Sun, often develops two holes that allow the largest leaks, according to researchers sponsored by NASA and the National Science Foundation.
“The discovery overturns a long-standing belief about how and when most of the solar particles penetrate Earth’s magnetic field, [...]
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - A Belgian baby bought over the Internet for adoption by a Dutch couple must be placed in the temporary care of the Dutch authorities, a court ruled on Thursday.
According to media reports, the couple bought the boy in July from a Belgian couple in Ghent. One TV report said between 5,000 and [...]