In the supercomputer universe, bragging rights go to the machine packed with the most number-crunching speed. And a spirited competition has raged for several years now between the U.S. and Japan for leadership in high-performance computing.

The age-old argument over the best way to cook the perfect boiled egg could be a thing of the past thanks to a new hi-tech ink logo being printed on shells.

Skywalker jets has set the bar for future jet pack designs. With a weight of around 90 pounds, and the size of your average back pack, this unit can be carried in cars or vans.

Parents are going to ludicrous lengths to take the bumps out of life for their children. However, parental hyperconcern has the net effect of making kids more fragile; that may be why they’re breaking down in record numbers.

The recently concluded World Cup proved to be a catalyst for the mobile TV efforts of 3 Italia, the Italian mobile media company that is part of Hutchison Whampoa’s global collection of 3G carriers. According to 3 Italia’s CEO, the company signed up over 111,000 subscribers in six weeks after the June 5th launch, which […]

Men who are hungry find larger women more attractive, a study has found.

Inside a sprawling warehouse on the outskirts of Vicksburg, Mississippi, a 15,000-square-foot model of New Orleans is getting very, very wet. Since February, researchers with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers have been re-creating Hurricane Katrina’s wrath in miniature. Their goal has been to emulate the size and speed of the storm’s waves to understand […]

The car industry in China kept a very fast growth in the first six months of 2006. Both the output and sale were over 3.5 million, and car prices have been going down steadily.

Authorities and experts in Nanjing, capital of East China’s Jiangsu Province, are calling for more attention to the sexual needs of migrant workers due to an increase in the number of rape cases.

U.S. researchers say they’ve identified a protein in nerve cells that acts as a kind of gatekeeper for chronic pain.

Japanese technician Hiroshi Ichigaya has invented what he calls the world’s first air-conditioned shirt.