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For clean hands, don't rub, scrub with a paper towel
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-9-18 20:00)
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Rubbing your hands under a warm-air dryer leaves them more coated with germs than before you washed them
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World's smallest fridge could chill quantum computers
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-9-18 18:00)
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A quantum trick could pave the way for an atomic-scale fridge? it could brush absolute zero to keep quantum computers running smoothly
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Today on New Scientist: 17 September 2010
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-9-18 2:00)
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All today's stories on newscientist.com at a glance, including: trapping light on a curve, how antibiotics play hell with your gut flora, and playing pinball with Uranus
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New pi record exploits Yahoo's computers
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-9-18 0:56)
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A new calculation of pi and a separate result involving Rubik's cube both exploit the computational power of networks belonging to search engines
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Cousin virus suggests HIV may be deadly for millennia
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-9-18 0:44)
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Simian immunodeficiency virus, which does not cause AIDS but gave us HIV, seems far older than we thought– dashing hopes that HIV might weaken soon
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Zeros to heroes: Rogue brain-killing proteins
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-9-18 0:34)
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Before winning his Nobel prize, Stanley Prusiner was ridiculed for suggesting that something he called a prion caused spongiform brain diseases
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What caused San Francisco's gas pipeline explosion?
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-9-17 23:15)
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Last week's explosion of a high-pressure gas pipeline in San Bruno, California, raises troubling questions about ageing US infrastructure, says Jeff Hecht
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Hello stranger, your driving stinks
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-9-17 23:15)
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A smartphone app that recognises vehicle number plates allows drivers who have never met to communicate, says Duncan Graham-Rowe
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It ain't over till the fat Klingon sings
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-9-17 22:52)
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Trekkies-cum-opera enthusiasts, your day has finally arrived: Klingon opera has come to Earth, says David Shiga
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Antibiotics play hell with gut flora
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-9-17 21:49)
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Each round of antibiotics may be a roll of the dice that could lead to lasting changes in a person's gut microbes
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