Hulu booms, but its owners aren't wholly pleased
Pioneering Internet television service Hulu recently celebrated its third anniversary in a fitting locale: under the roller coaster at the Santa Monica Pier.
Business
Apr 14, 2011
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Sky's no limit in high-flying goose chase
Jessica Meir turns around and looks at the gaggle of geese behind her and asks "Are you guys ready?"
Plants & Animals
Apr 14, 2011
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Apple soars in China as other US retailers falter
While many Western retail giants have failed to translate their American success in this booming economy, Apple is winning simply by being Apple.
Business
Apr 14, 2011
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Google's rapidly rising expenses crimp 1Q earnings (Update)
Google is helping the economy and hurting its stock. The company is hiring so many employees for projects outside its thriving search advertising business that its expenses are growing much faster than its revenue.
Business
Apr 14, 2011
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Highest percentage of Americans in 4 decades say financial situation has gotten worse
A recently released report of the General Social Survey, conducted by NORC at the University of Chicago, shows that for the first time since 1972, more Americans say that their financial situation has gotten worse in recent ...
Economics & Business
Apr 14, 2011
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New global portal for cyber-physical systems research launched
Vanderbilt's Institute for Software Integrated Systems (ISIS) has built and will operate a Web-based collaboration platform for the new National Science Foundation-funded Cyber-Physical Systems Virtual Organization. The CPS-VO ...
Computer Sciences
Apr 14, 2011
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People who overuse credit believe products have unrealistic properties
A University of Missouri researcher says people who overuse credit have very different beliefs about products than people who spend within their means. Following a new study, Marsha Richins, Myron Watkins Distinguished Professor ...
Economics & Business
Apr 14, 2011
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Researchers 'brighten' the future of OLED technology
Chlorine is an abundant and readily available halogen gas commonly associated with the sanitation of swimming pools and drinking water. Could a one-atom thick sheet of this element revolutionize the next generation of flat-panel ...
Engineering
Apr 14, 2011
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NASA pioneer honored; says he regrets shuttle end (Update)
(AP) -- One of the giants of American space exploration said Thursday he regrets the coming end of the shuttle program and believes NASA's workhorses for the past three decades could be modernized to allow them to carry ...
Space Exploration
Apr 14, 2011
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New DNA nanoforms take shape
some no larger than viruses—have been constructed through a revolutionary technique known as DNA origami. Now, Hao Yan, Yan Liu and their colleagues at Arizona State University's Biodesign Institute have expanded the ...
Bio & Medicine
Apr 14, 2011
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