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Gender wars: Men, women more different than thought

WASHINGTON (AFP) - Mars and Venus are much further apart than previously thought -- and we're not talking about planets.In research published Wednesday, three European psychologists, using a new model for analyzing personality differences between men and women, claimed the gap between the genders ha

Jan. 5, 2012

Now you see it, now you don't: Time cloak created

WASHINGTON (AP) -- It is one thing to make an object invisible, like boy wizard Harry Potter's mythical cloak. But scientists have made an entire event impossible to see. They have invented a time masker.(Cornell University)Think of it as an art theft that takes place before your eyes and surveillan

Jan. 5, 2012

Now you see it, now you don't: Time cloak created

AIDS vaccine made by J&J protects monkeys in study as human trials begin

An experimental vaccine developed by a Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) unit and the U.S. military protected monkeys against an animal version of the AIDS virus, a study found. Monkeys that got the vaccine were as much as 83 percent less likely than those that got a dummy shot to become infected with simian

Jan. 5, 2012

Samsung plans NAND flash plant in China

Korea’s Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest chipmaker, is seeking to build a new plant in China to produce high-tech NAND flash memory chips, the Seoul government said Wednesday.The move that could lead to technology leaks was filed by Samsung on Dec. 6 and was approved Wednesday by a government committee on industrial technology security, according to the Ministry of Knowledge Economy.“The Ministry of Knowledge Economy made the decision after holding two industrial technology security

Jan. 4, 2012

Strange crystals said from outer space

PRINCETON, N.J. (UPI) -- It turns out unusual crystals found in Russia weren't formed on Earth, researchers say, but rather came from outer space.The so-called quasicrystals, with an unusual structure somewhere between crystals and glass, had only been previously created in laboratories before they

Jan. 4, 2012

Downturn in DRAM prices comes to a halt

Prices of dynamic random access memory chips paused their falling trend in December on the back of seasonal demand, snapping a long losing streak, industry data showed Wednesday.According to DRAMeXchange Technology Inc., the average price of the benchmark DDR3 2 gigabit, 256Mx8 1333 megahertz device was set at US$0.88 in the second half of last month, unchanged from two weeks ago.The Taiwan-based company, Asia’s largest operator of a semiconductor spot market, compiles chip prices twice a month.

Jan. 4, 2012

Korean panel makers to outperform peers

HONG KONG (Yonhap News) ― South Korean panel makers will likely outperform their foreign peers in 2012 because of higher profit margins, J.P. Morgan Securities said Wednesday. Amid a prolonged downturn in demand for liquid crystal display panels from the TV industry, display makers have been suffering a supply glut in the industry, which, as a result, weighed down display panel prices.J.P. Morgan predicted Samsung Electronics Co. and LG Display Co., along with Japan’s Sharp Corp., will be the ou

Jan. 4, 2012

Will Kakao Talk launch Internet calls in Korea?

Telecoms watch mobile messenger’s move to offer mobile voice service in Japan this yearLocal telecoms are keeping a close watch on the country’s top mobile messenger Kakao Talk as it plans to launch mobile Internet call services in Japan early this year.In a recent interview with The Korea Herald, Lee Sir-goo, who jointly heads Kakao Talk with chief executive Lee Jae-beom, said the company plans on featuring the service for the first time in Japan.“We’re not gearing up to launch the service in K

Jan. 4, 2012

Will Kakao Talk launch Internet calls in Korea?

Samsung, Apple eat into RIM’s market share

Research In Motion Ltd.’s BlackBerry smartphone, which lost its No. 4 spot to Apple Inc. in the U.S. in the first half, fell further behind the iPhone maker and market leader Samsung Electronics Co. after new models failed to attract enough users.RIM’s share of U.S. mobile-phone subscribers in the three months through November dropped to 6.5 percent from 7.1 percent in the previous quarter, research firm ComScore Inc. said. Samsung increased to 25.6 percent from 25.3 percent, and Apple consolida

Jan. 4, 2012

Calories, not protein, boost body fat: study

People who eat too much of a high-calorie, low-protein diet tend to gain more body fat than people who overeat high amounts of protein, US researchers said Tuesday.A study published in the January 4 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association included 25 people in Louisiana who agreed t

Jan. 4, 2012

Calories, not protein, boost body fat: study

World-first hybrid shark found off Australia

SYDNEY, Jan 3, 2012 (AFP) - Scientists said on Tuesday that they had discovered the world's first hybrid sharks in Australian waters, a potential sign the predators were adapting to cope with climate change.The mating of the local Australian black-tip shark with its global counterpart, the common bl

Jan. 4, 2012

World-first hybrid shark found off Australia

Chinese firm makes Steve Jobs action figure

source: inicons.com source: inicons.comA China-based company plans to begin shipping a realistic-looking Steve Jobs action figure in February.It remained to be seen whether Apple will take to the courts to block In Icons from selling the 30.4-centimeter (one foot) tall dolls crafted in the imag

Jan. 4, 2012

Chinese firm makes Steve Jobs action figure

Hormone linked to Alzheimer's diseases: study

A hormone found in body fat could develop the risk of dementia and Alzheimer's disease in older women, a study found."It is well established that insulin signaling is dysfunctional in the brains of patients with AD, and since adiponectin enhances insulin sensitivity, one would also expect beneficial

Jan. 3, 2012

Critics assail crime laws aimed at people with HIV

NEW YORK (AP) -- A man in Texas is serving a 35-year prison sentence for spitting at a police officer _ because he has the virus that causes AIDS and his saliva was deemed a deadly weapon. In Michigan, an HIV-positive man who allegedly bit a neighbor during an argument faced a bioterrorism charge. C

Jan. 3, 2012

Critics assail crime laws aimed at people with HIV

NASA marks 2012 with twin probes in moon orbit

LOS ANGELES (AP) _ NASA kicked off the new year with a pair of probes circling the moon in the latest mission to understand how Earth's closest neighbor formed.There was no champagne popping in the mission control room at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory when the Grail spacecraft arrived back-to-b

Jan. 2, 2012

Viagra may help treat heart failure

BOCHUM, Germany, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- Sildenafil, the active ingredient in Viagra, may ease heart symptoms because it makes stiffened cardiac walls more elastic, U.S. and German researchers say.Dr. Wolfgang Linke of the Ruhr-Universitat Bochum Institute of Physiology, in cooperation with colleague

Jan. 2, 2012

Samsung chief, son to attend CES 2012

Samsung Electronics chairman Lee Kun-hee will attend the annual consumer electronics show in Las Vegas next week to examine the global trend in consumer electronics for this year, an industry source said Sunday.Lee will be accompanied by his son Jae-yong, president of Samsung Electronics Co., and several other executives of the world’s biggest manufacturer of memory chips and flat-screen TVs, the source said.Lee Kun-hee last visited the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas in 2010 while Jae-yo

Jan. 1, 2012

Britain releases UFO sighting and policy files

Jan. 1, 2012

As sales soar, experts warn about energy drinks

Jan. 1, 2012

Hard year for AT&T after iPhone loss

Jan. 1, 2012