Three More Chemical Elements Now Have Names
Three more elements in the periodic table finally have names, with Rontgen and Copernicus getting their due.
Alex Knapp, Forbes StaffThree more elements in the periodic table finally have names, with Rontgen and Copernicus getting their due.
Alex Knapp, Forbes StaffFujitsu has announced that it's offering a commercial supercomputer, which is capable of scaling to processing faster than the world's fastest supercomputer.
Alex Knapp, Forbes StaffEighteen months after the ACCORD (Action to Control Cardiovascular Risk in Diabetes ) trial found no benefit for the addition of fenofibrate to simvastatin in patients with type 2 diabetes, the FDA has issued a safety communication. The FDA changed the label for Trilipix (fenofibric acid, Abbott) and is notifying healthcare professionals that the drug "may not lower a patient's risk of having a heart attack or stroke." The information about ACCORD has been added to the Important Limitations of Use[...] read »
What do schistosomiasis, cysticercosis, and lymphatic filariasis have in common? read »
If you run a company's website, two of your biggest concerns are keeping it secure and making it run faster. And thanks to Incapsula, both of those improvement opportunities are in reach. read »
The number of surveys these days about social media are doing my head in. Every 24 hours, there’s yet another one released – usually courtesy of some very self-interested party. And always with the same core message: that social media will just keep on growing and growing. read »
In an advance peek I received of an article to appear in Nature tomorrow, Hubble Telescope astronomer Mario Livio reports he has gotten to the bottom of the mystery I wrote about this past summer: was the Belgian priest and astronomer Georges Lemaître's breakthrough paper on the expansion of the universe censored in translation? read »
Following coronary revascularization patients are more likely to undergo cardiac stress testing if their physician has a financial interest in the test, according to a new study published in JAMA. read »
Over the years, I've known many entrepreneurs whose good ideas, often small ones, could never get funded. The venture capital system and angel investors are right for some kinds of new businesses, but what about start-up financing for the rest of us? read »