Charissa Echavez

How To Slice A Pizza Using Math

Medicine & Technology Jan 14, 2016

Pizzas are usually cut into triangles or small squares and sometimes considered as a reward for a long, tiring day. However, mathematicians from UK see it more as a pie equation that needs a solution, thus ditching the conventional slicing technique and introducing a whole new way to cut it into pieces.

Researchers Target Cure For Alzheimer's Disease To Be Out By 2025

Jan 14, 2016

After succeeding breakthroughs, researchers claimed that they are now in the era of great optimism. Scientists devoted to researching a cure for Alzheimer's disease predicted that the anti-dementia progression drug will be available within a decade.

VLC Debuts In Apple TV

Jan 13, 2016

Users can now save themselves from the hassle of converting videos to make them compatible with Apple TV following the arrival of VLC.

Stanford Researchers Create Lithium-Ion Batteries That Prevent Fire

Jan 13, 2016

Researchers from Stanford University address battery-heating issues by creating lithium-ion batteries that automatically shut down when they become too hot and revive again when they cool off.

Iceman Mummy Suggests New Clues For Hybrid Bacteria Strain, Migration Pattern

Jan 13, 2016

A mummified corpse known as the Iceman, otherwise Oetzi, is giving researchers an insight on stomach infection as well as its possible migration route.

Tesla's Elon Musk: Apple's Electric Car Venture Is An 'Open Secret'

Jan 12, 2016

Although the company did not officially announced, hiring a thousand engineers to do the job is quite difficult to hide.

Exercise Is The Best Way To Relieve Back Pain, Study Says

Jan 12, 2016

An emerging study debunks previous notion that rest is the best way to treat back pain but , in fact, exercise is the most effective way to alleviate pain.

US Reports Its First Case Of Zika Virus

Jan 12, 2016

United States reports its first case of Zika virus that just returned for a recent trip in Latin America.

NASA's Kepler Mission Discovers 100 Alien Planets And Earth-Like Habitable Planet

Jan 11, 2016

The University of Arizona confirms this information during the 227th American Astronomical Society conference in Kissimmee, Florida.

Single Mothers Do Not Get Enough Sleep, Survey Says

Jan 11, 2016

The survey suggests that single parents are in need of more naps than couples.

US Company To Develop Gene-Based Cancer Blood Test

Jan 11, 2016

A U.S. medical company reveals it is launching the "holy grail" of blood tests that can diagnose cancer even before patients have manifested its symptoms through liquid biopsy.

CES Features Robots With Butler-Like Services

Jan 10, 2016

The recently concluded CES 2016 not only featured smartphones and driverless cars but also new-age digital butlers that will surely make every user's life easier.