Employers' tracking of workers raises privacy concerns

Newer technologies allow employers to turn their employees’ smartphones into mobile time clocks, which employers can monitor and compare with other data to verify that employees actually worked the hours they’ve claimed.

Young entrepreneurs CUE up to boost healthcare and save planet

Teams bidding for glory in Cambridge University Entrepreneurs’ £1k challenge in February are set to unveil game-changing technologies worth billions in potential revenue but carrying the promise of priceless benefits for humanity. Read more...

Mars Science Lab Detects Solar Burst's Effects

[ Video 1 ] | [ Video 2 ] The largest solar particle event since 2005 hit the Earth, Mars and the Mars Science Laboratory spacecraft travelling in-between, allowing the onboard Radiation Assessment Detector to measure the radiation a human astronaut could be exposed to en route to the Red Planet. On Sunday, a huge coronal mass ejection erupted from the surface of the sun, spewing a cloud of ...

SwRI-led RAD measures radiation from solar storm

The largest solar particle event since 2005 hit the Earth, Mars and MSL travelling in-between, allowing the onboard Radiation Assessment Detector to measure the radiation a human astronaut could be exposed to en route to the Red Planet.

Mars-bound instrument detects solar burst's effects: RAD measures radiation from solar storm

The largest solar particle event since 2005 hit Earth, Mars and the Mars Science Laboratory spacecraft traveling in-between, allowing the onboard Radiation Assessment Detector to measure the radiation a human astronaut could be exposed to en route to the Red Planet.