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(Weizmann Institute of Science) Weizmann Institute scientists have discovered a new cellular pathway implicated in Gaucher disease. Their findings may offer a new therapeutic target for the management of this disease, as...

Scientists have discovered a new cellular pathway implicated in Gaucher disease. Their findings may offer a new therapeutic target for the management of this disease, as well as other related disorders.

We had some issues with Huawei's Ascend P6 when we reviewed it last year -- despite a sleek thin design, a gorgeous display and a solid camera, it simply lacked oomph. Now the company has given the handset a slight revis...

Verizon just announced big changes to its Edge early upgrade and payment plan, which allowed customers to upgrade their phones mid-contract after 6 months. Customers can now upgrade their phones after just 30 days, provi...

[From AppleTell] If you could use a slick-looking and working lists, notes, data and outlines app for iOS, MemoZy is well worth checking out, and the price (free) is right.

Astronomers have discovered a distant quasar illuminating a vast nebula of diffuse gas, revealing for the first time part of the network of filaments thought to connect galaxies in a cosmic web. Researchers at the Univer...

What was your favorite space news story of the last week?

The freezing cold leads to some interesting situations. Streets can cleared out or have very little people or traffic on them. Taking your photography into the cold gives you the opportunity to see and shoot something di...

The One Small Step Doormat brings to your doorstep man's first step on real estate that's not on this world. Neil Armstrong justifiably got kudos for taking the first small step that was a giant leap for mankind. However...

Skydog Smart WiFi Router lets you set limits, filter content, control access.

Henrique De Castro has sailed away from the company on one of the biggest golden parachute packages ever. And apart from that, his total compensation was reportedly larger than even Yahoo CEO Mayer's.

There are plenty of tricks to stick to your goals , but what's science got to say about it? Well, apparently, framing your objectives as self-directed questions has a positive impact on how likely you are to follow throu...

Rosetta, the European Space Agency's comet-chasing satellite, is getting a very public wake-up call on Jan. 20. The "Wake Up Rosetta" live stream event will begin at 4:15 a.m. EST.

With Surface Pro 2, Microsoft has made a tablet-hybrid that works. It's powerful, portable, and well-made.

You probably can't hear most of it, but this over one-minute-long recording is proof of the world's longest echo. Set by a group of scientists inside an abandoned wartime fuel bunker, The Independent reports that it was ...

Release follows a Dec. firmware update that was pulled over battery life problems.

When Google announced last week that it had agreed to acquire Nest for more than $3 billion, there appeared to be a general consensus in the tech world: bad news. …

I do love a good Milky Way picture, especially when the composition, the foreground, is something striking or unexpected. Photographer Michael Shainblum (whom you may remember from the time-lapse animations "Existence" a...

cold fjord writes "Reuters reports, 'A blogger is entitled to the same free speech protections as a traditional journalist and cannot be liable for defamation unless she acted negligently, a federal appeals court ruled o...

Johnson & Johnson's popular "No More Tears" baby shampoo can now claim yet another "no more" to its title: formaldehyde. The company told the New York Times that as of this month, it's created a entirely new formula for ...

A lawsuit against battery startup Envia -- from its former CEO and two other former employees -- looks headed for dismissal.