PHONES, PAPER ‘CHIPS’ MAY FIGHT DISEASE
A chemistry professor at Harvard University is trying to shrink a medical laboratory onto a piece of paper that’s the size of a fingerprint and costs about a penny. George […]
A chemistry professor at Harvard University is trying to shrink a medical laboratory onto a piece of paper that’s the size of a fingerprint and costs about a penny. George […]
Microfinance, something now fairly common and even mainstream in 2010, was a novel concept when we first wrote about Kiva in 2005. At that time, you could only lend to […]
It was a winning night for “Precious” at the 41st NAACP Image Awards. The heart-wrenching tale of an illiterate and abused teen who finds hope in a Harlem classroom was […]
The Walt Disney Family Museum in San Francisco pays tribute to creator of Mickey Mouse, other cartoon stars. Visitors to the Walt Disney Family Museum in San Francisco will not […]
Jazz icon Herbie Hancock has rounded up another all-star cast for the multimedia follow-up to his Grammy-winning tribute to Joni Mitchell. “The Imagine Project” aims to unite “a myriad of […]
Russia’s influence on Pablo Picasso was celebrated at a new Moscow exhibit on the Spanish painter, sculptor and co-founder of the Cubism movement. Picasso paintings of bulging-eyed women and sculptures […]
When you smoke you inhale over 4000 chemicals. That’s the straight up message to be carried in ads that will start on Sunday and run nationwide for more than three […]
Every Tuesday you will find 70-year-old Precious Dlamini under a tree, weighing children and babies from her local community as she monitors their health and nutrition. Though she may not […]
The Sri Lankan government says that it is concerned about the welfare of sea turtles which live and breed on the island’s southern coastline. The authorities say turtle hatcheries are […]
A micro-ear could soon help scientists eavesdrop on tiny events just like microscopes make them visible. Initially, researchers will use it to snoop on cells as they go about their […]