An Alzheimer’s vaccine that caused serious side effects in humans has worked in monkeys for the first time, providing a new model for researchers to use in improving its safety and effectiveness.

Pretending to be stuck in traffic during a mobile phone call could become much easier using software that generates fake background noise.

Smokers are up to four times more likely to go blind in old age, according to research.
A study in the British Medical Journal says cigarettes increase the chances of developing age-related macular degeneration.

A chance discovery has transformed an engine intended for speedboats into a powerful firefighting tool that douses flames with jets of water mist.

The vacuum in the capital funding market leaves a huge gap. Attorney Karl Dakin, a startup expert working with the DaVinci Institute, is testing one possible solution: a “new seed capital fund model.”

The engines of Colorado’s job creation have gone silent.

R&D purse strings remain tightly drawn. In 2004, total U.S. R&D expenditures are expected to reach $284 billion, a rise of just 1.3 percent in inflation-adjusted dollars. Of this sum, money earmarked for Colorado is notably absent. This is an alarming reality as the state’s economic doldrums […]