Home / Author Archives: Philippe Matthews (page 929)

Author Archives: Philippe Matthews

Feed Subscription

Opinion: Match Play offers snapshot of golf scene

The PGA Tour could have skipped the West Coast swing and gone straight to the Match Play Championship, which provided a perfect snapshot of everything going in the world of golf.

Read More »

Recovery Hangs in Delicate Balance

After so much negative news regarding the economy, the last few days’ reports on Warren Buffet’s letter to shareholders were a breath of fresh air. A few encouraging statements from the world’s most famous investor were enough to alter the rhetoric of America’s media. Buffet isn’t the only one feeling optimistic these days

Read More »

Scientists unravel the mysterious mechanics of spider silk

Scientists now have a better understanding of why spider silk fibers are so incredibly strong. Recent research, published by Cell Press on February 15th in Biophysical Journal, describes the architecture of silk fibers from the atomic level up and reveals new information about the molecular structure that underlies the amazing mechanical characteristics of this fascinating natural material.

Read More »

Is the BlackBerry PlayBook Ideal for Business?

If Apple is correct that 88 percent of Fortune 500 companies have tested or deployed its iPad tablet in some fashion then there's a hungrier appetite for tablets in the business world than previous believed. And if anyone could make a serious dent in the small-to-medium business and enterprise space, it's Research in Motion (RIM), the makers of the popular BlackBerry smartphone.

Read More »

How the TED Fellows Program Develops Leaders

What do a German designer who finds ways to make animal superpowers available for humans, a young MIT professor designing structural components that can self-assemble into entire buildings, and a Bahraini youth activist trying to protect and promote the rights of ethnic minorities in the Middle East have in common? They're all TED Fellows this year. TED first began experimenting with a fellowship program in 2007, when organizers decided to bring emerging leaders to their event in Africa.

Read More »

Old Hollywood Beauty With Natural Formulas

From the beginning, True You Cosmetics was a labor of love. The cosmetics line was created my Jessica Truesdale, a sociology major at Spelman College who started doing make-up artistry at age nine, and began developing the blueprint for her line in high school.

Read More »
Scroll To Top