Three Bay Area tech startups announce holiday IPOs
Some of us may still be recovering from our Thanksgiving turkey dinners, but the holiday certainly didn't suck any energy from the IPO market.
Business
Dec 4, 2014
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Huawei Technologies has big plans, faces big questions
Many Americans may not be familiar with Huawei Technologies, but the Shenzhen, China-based company has become one of the largest telecommunications and networking suppliers in the world, competing against the likes of Cisco ...
Business
Dec 4, 2014
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Moon's molten, churning core likely once generated a dynamo
When the Apollo astronauts returned to Earth, they brought with them some souvenirs: rocks, pebbles, and dust from the moon's surface. These lunar samples have since been analyzed for clues to the moon's past. One outstanding ...
Space Exploration
Dec 4, 2014
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Hollywood is giving tech startups the star treatment
Japanese technology entrepreneur Ken Fukazawa was in San Francisco in March when his geeky friends told him about something awesome coming up in Los Angeles.
Business
Dec 4, 2014
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New single-cell analysis reveals complex variations in stem cells
Stem cells offer great potential in biomedical engineering due to their pluripotency, which is the ability to multiply indefinitely and also to differentiate and develop into any kind of the hundreds of different cells and ...
Cell & Microbiology
Dec 4, 2014
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Tone mapping technique creates 'hyper-real' look
A new image processing technique developed by Disney Research Zurich could make high dynamic range (HDR) video look better when shown on consumer-quality displays by preserving much of the rich visual detail while eliminating ...
Computer Sciences
Dec 4, 2014
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Technique captures unique eye traits to produce more realistic faces
The eyes are arguably the most important features of an individual's face, if not a window to the soul, so the use of generic eye models when creating digital faces can have disappointing results. Scientists at Disney Research ...
Computer Sciences
Dec 4, 2014
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A little rest from grazing improves native grasslands
Just like us, grasslands need rest to improve their health. A study just published by Point Blue Conservation Science in the journal Ecological Restoration shows a 72 percent increase in where native perennial grasses were ...
Ecology
Dec 4, 2014
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International Space Station enables interplanetary space exploration
If necessity is the mother of invention, then survival in space breeds many "children." These children are the research and technologies demonstrated aboard the International Space Station. For 16 years, the station has provided ...
Space Exploration
Dec 4, 2014
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Sun emits mid-level flare on Dec. 4, 2014
On Dec. 4, 2014, the sun emitted a mid-level solar flare, peaking at 1:25 p.m. EST.
Space Exploration
Dec 4, 2014
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