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By Ewen Callaway Nature magazine By transforming cells from human skin into working nerve cells, researchers may have come up with a model for nervous-system diseases and perhaps even regenerative therapies based on cell transplants. The achievement, reported online today in Nature , is the latest in a fast-moving field called transdifferentiation, in which cells are forced to adopt new identities.

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Uploading your music to the cloud isn't as simple as you might think. As more data is stored online, the cloud takes more and more energy to maintain, forcing companies to get into the business of getting power as cheaply as possible

To better understand how weather will behave in the future, researchers need to understand how weather has behaved in the past [More]

Viewed on a map, South Georgia Island is a speck in the vast Southern Ocean. But new research by the British Antarctic Survey suggests that the waters surrounding the tiny island are home to a disproportionately large slice of marine life. Nearly 1,500 species live off the coast of the former whaling outpost, including many found nowhere else on Earth

Name: Shawn Brixey Title: Arts Chair, Center for Digital Arts and Experimental Media, University of Washington [More]

By Nicola Nosengo of Nature magazine Six Italian seismologists and one government official will be tried for the manslaughter of those who died in the earthquake that struck the city of L'Aquila on 6 April 2009. The seven were on a committee that had been tasked with assessing the risk associated with recent increases in seismic activity in the area. [More]

Square's gone after the clunky old cash register. Now Google's trying to reinvent how we pay for even more things

How many miles will an electric car go on a gallon of gasoline? This is not a trick question.

It's not guesswork. Build solutions not just based on features and functions but in accordance to how your customers use handheld devices in their everyday lives. These days it is rare to find someone who doesn't rely on a smartphone or some kind of handheld device and a slew of mobile apps to stay productive at work, on the road or even in their home.

“If climate change drives temperature up a degree or two,” goes the common dismissal, “how bad could that be?” [More]

By Anna Driver and Braden Reddall DALLAS/SAN RAMON, California (Reuters) - Large blocks of investors in the two biggest U.S. oil companies on Wednesday demanded more disclosure about the environmental risks of extracting oil and gas through hydraulic fracturing

By Marie Maitre DEAUVILLE, France (Reuters) - The European Union called on Thursday for worldwide "stress tests" on nuclear power plants, and said they would discuss stronger global safety standards during meetings with the Group of Eight leaders. [More]

BOSTON--Astronomy is facing a lean decade. That was the message handed down by senior representatives of the federal agencies that fund much of the field's research in the U.S.

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