Two IBM discoveries add promise for nano-computing
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Imagine cramming 30,000 full-length movies into a gadget the size of an iPod.

EarthLink Abandons San Francisco Wi-Fi Project
San Francisco’s mayor, Gavin Newsom, remains committed to a plan to roll out a citywide Wi-Fi network despite EarthLink’s decision to bow out of an agreement to build the system.

Damp, Moldy Homes May Cause Depression
But researchers say more study is needed to prove a link.

Study: Ordinary People Have Good Taste, Too
It doesn’t take years of film appreciation classes to recognize a good movie, new research suggests. The results of the study, to be published in the October issue of the Journal of Consumer Research, revealed that when the influence of marketing isn’t present, both regular folks and experts tended to agree on what movies deserved a thumbs-up or an ill-fated thumbs-down.

The Solvable Problem of Organ Shortages
Although willingness to donate organs has risen in recent years, major hurdles remain.

One Species’ Genome Found Within Another
Movement of genes between unrelated groups may happen more frequently than thought, study says

The mystery of accidental Mexican mummies
People who lived in the mining town of Guanajuato, Mexico, more than a century ago left behind a scientific mother lode: their own accidentally mummified bodies.

Neutron accelerator sets world record
OAK RIDGE, Tenn. – The $1.4 billion Spallation Neutron Source facility, though still powering up, has established a new mark as the world’s most powerful accelerator-based source of neutrons for scientific research.