Finnish company MyOrigo has unveiled what it describes as “the first motion-controlled smartphone”, launching ‘mydevice’, a device enabling consumers to make calls, search the web, schedule meetings, take pictures, send emails and view and edit documents in a “completely intuitive way.”

MyOrigo claims ‘mydevice’ will stand out through a number of usability factors. ‘Motion Control’, for […]

The idea that women are hunting for rich husbands while men choose wives for their beauty is a long way from the truth, suggests a new study.

While some celebrity marriages may fit this pattern, most men and women are seeking a mate who is similar to them in qualities such as income, beauty, and desire […]

Stem cells may be present in the amniotic fluid that cushions a baby in its mother’s womb, suggests a new study.

If these cells prove to have the power to differentiate into different tissue types, they may provide a solution to the ethical dilemma associated with using human embryonic stem cells (ESCs), say reproductive scientists.

Markus Henstschläger […]

The signs of a travel uptick are tentative but promising. Lufthansa registered a slight rise in passengers in May from the year before. Thomas Cook, Europe’s second-largest tourism company, based in the Frankfurt suburb of Oberursel, says bookings are up 8% since major fighting ended in Iraq. And Paris-based Club Med eked out a first-half […]

Marijuana does not substantially harm thinking skills of long-term recreational users, according to researchers at the University of California San Diego.

They analyzed 15 previously published research studies, and the only side effect found was a minimal reduction in learning and memory.

UCSD researchers evaluated the neurocognitive abilities of 704 cannabis users and 484 nonusers. In […]

AIDS research could shift into a higher gear thanks to an advance that for the first time allows HIV to fully replicate inside mouse cells.

Researchers at the University of California, San Francisco added a human protein called hp32 to mouse cells to help HIV properly assemble its genome into viral particles. The team is now […]