An international group of researchers has identified genes that disable HIV-1, suggesting a new strategy for battling the virus that causes AIDS.

A rapid increase in our knowledge of alien worlds has dramatically changed the way scientists are interpreting the famous Drake equation. Source: Astrobiologists Revise the >>>

The first global autonomous car racing championship will start in 2016, the creators of Formula E have announced Source: RoboRace: Formula E announces 300kph autonomous >>>

Hervé Falciani sentenced in his absence for financial espionage by federal court for exposing wrongdoing at HSBC’s private Swiss bank Source: HSBC whistleblower given five >>>

The first prototype of a sodium-ion battery has just been revealed by the RS2E, a French network bringing together researchers and industrial actors. This technology, >>>

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A solar cell is basically a semiconductor, which converts sunlight into electricity, sandwiched between metal contacts that carry the electrical current. Source: New technology makes >>>

The study, by Harvard University in Massachusetts, compared Apple’s results with similar searches for the term ‘Samsung Galaxy slow’, and found the term was unaffected >>>

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