New blood ‘recharges old brain’, mouse study suggests Researchers in the US say they might have discovered how to combat and even reverse some processes of ageing, at least in mice. Injecting the blood of young mice into older rodents … Continue reading →

Active 0day attack hijacking IE users threatens a quarter of browser market Attackers are actively exploiting a previously unknown vulnerability in all supported versions of Internet Explorer that allows them to surreptitiously hijack vulnerable computers, Microsoft warned Sunday. The zero-day … Continue reading →

Engineering students invent virtual fitting room for online shoppers Rice University engineering students Cecilia Zhang, left, and Lam Yuk Wong, have created a virtual fitting room for online shoppers. Their program, which uses Microsoft’s Kinect motion-capture device, turns users into … Continue reading →

Stick-on electronic patches for health monitoring Engineers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Northwestern University have demonstrated thin, soft stick-on patches that stretch and move with the skin and incorporate commercial, off-the-shelf chip-based electronics for sophisticated wireless health … Continue reading →

Prepare to Hang Up the Phone, Forever At decade’s end, the trusty landline telephone could be nothing more than a memory. Telecom giants AT&T T -0.22% and Verizon Communications VZ -0.17% are lobbying states, one by one, to hang up … Continue reading →