Nobel Prize honors super-strong, super-thin carbon
NEW YORK -- It is the thinnest and strongest material known to mankind - no thicker than a single atom and 100 times tougher than steel. Could graphene be the next plastic? Maybe so, says one of two scientists who won a Nobel Prize on Tuesday for isolating and studying it. feeds.washingtonpost.com |
UBS Plans 'Transparency Report'
UBS is set to give shareholders more insight into how it nearly collapsed in 2008, but the bank's efforts to quell fury with former managers may fall short of some investors' expectations. online.wsj.com |
Iran Releases American Imprisoned for 2 Years
U.S. Businessman Reza Taghavi Is Free From Tehran's Evin Prison and Expected to Be Escorted From Country Soon feeds.cbsnews.com |
Video: Fox Hires Axed NPR Newsman
Longtime NPR news analyst, dismissed for a remark he made about Muslims, has reportedly signed a two million dollar contract with Fox News. feeds.cbsnews.com |
Experts predict more terror plots in U.S.
Americans should expect more terrorist plots such as the foiled attempt by a Somalia-born citizen to bomb Portland, Ore., security analysts ... rssfeeds.usatoday.com |