WiPeer, for direct communication Between computers
The software, called WiPeer, connects computers in a range of tens of meters (up to 200 meters), without the need for an intermediary; in...
3,000 HIV-negative candidates for HIV vaccine clinical trial
A large-scale clinical trial of a candidate HIV vaccine--which previously showed promise in smaller studies in the United States and elsewhere--has now opened in...
Scientists Discover New Compound That Kills Drug-Resistant Malaria
Scientists at the Centre for Molecular Design and Preformulations, at Toronto General Hospital created a chemical compound in their laboratory that can bind itself...
Computer reads anyone’s lips in a variety of languages
George Bush Snr may not have been as quotable as his son, but the now-famous soundbite, 'Read my lips: no new taxes', probably helped...
Dental Researchers Test No-Needle Anesthesia, No-Drilling Cavity Care
Imagine having a decayed tooth repaired, painlessly, without drilling or shots of anesthesia to numb the area. Wishful thinking? Not if two studies being...
Africa Technology : cellphones as a walkie-talkie.
Jolt for the Big Guys
Because SA cellphone operators have slashed their data rates voice calls using PTT could cost as little as 2,5c/minute....
Oxford University researchers : Blacks & whites, common ancestor
Oxford researchers have used new dating techniques on a human skull to help find out where our most recent common ancestor came from.
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