Cambridge, Massachusetts - Researchers at MIT who succeeded last year in creating a material that could trap light and stop it in its tracks have now developed a more fundamental understanding of the process. The new work - which could help explain some basic physical mechanisms - reveals that this behavior is connected to a wide range of other seemingly unrelated phenomena.

Washington, DC - A fast-paced game app where players pretend they are baggage screening officers operating airport x-ray scanners has provided researchers with billions of pieces of data in record time, according to an article published by the American Psychological Association.

Imperial, California - The brilliant minds at Psiphon Inc. have enabled the Psiphon app for Android* tablets powered by Intel® Atom™ Processors. This advanced application allows users to access the Internet and to bypass firewalls that inhibit access to online content.

Los Angeles, California - To the extent that their heinous behavior can be understood, murders, wife beaters, gang bangers and other violent criminals are acting out of a breakdown of morals, right? Not so fast, say social scientists from UCLA and Northwestern University.

New York, New York - Score of Tylenol lawsuits  filed on behalf of individuals who allegedly suffered acetaminophen-induced liver damage due to their use of the over-the-counter medications continue to move forward in the U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania, Bernstein Liebhard LLP reports.

Chicago, Illinois - “A lament under the fire of guns,” opened Bryan W. Brickner, “as one is besieged by ruins, blood and death, is an effort of human illumination.”