Brown University biochip may lead to saliva glucose detector

Brown University researchers have created an experimental biochip that may one day test for miniscule levels of glucose in saliva rather than requiring diabetics to suffer repeated and painful finger pricks, lead scientist Domenico Pacifici told Mass High Tech in an interview.

Subatomic Inferno Under the Alps: A Tour of the Large Hadron Collider

GENEVA — The elevator buttons in front of me, hand-labeled in black marker, speak volumes: "Sky," says one, the other, "Hell." Sky is the Swiss-French border, pastoral Geneva countryside in the shadow of soaring Alpine mountains.

Real Estate Weekly – 1/13/12: C&W handles sale of 4 buildings in Md. and N.J.

C&W handles sale of 4 buildings in Md. and N.J. Cushman & Wakefield Inc. arranged the sale of the I-95 Net Leased Industrial Portfolio, comprised of four buildings totaling 950,868 square feet in Maryland and New Jersey. The four properties, which were 100 percent leased at the time of sale, were acquired by SK Realty Management from [...]

Mars-bound NASA rover aiming for an August landing

A NASA spacecraft hurtling toward Mars prepared to fire its thrusters Wednesday to put itself on course for an August landing.