Bob Iannucci, David Pogue, Timothy Chou, and Christy Wyatt are among the academic, research, media, and industry visionaries slated to speak at "The Mobile Future: Technology Revolutionizing Our Lives."

Charles Taylor, a 76-year-old McGill professor and one of the co-chairmen of the Bouchard-Taylor Commission, has won the Kyoto Prize in Arts and Philosophy. The prize, which is often referred to as the "Japanese Nobel", consists of a gold medal and 50 m

The Smithsonian Institute's Asian Pacific American Program has received a $100,000 grant from the Verizon Foundation to create an online "virtual village" where visitors can experience Asian Pacific American history and culture.

LOS ANGELES----Disney announced a major Research and Development initiative to engage top technology universities to conduct research and development for its Parks & Resorts division, Disney Media Networks, ESPN, Walt Disney Feature Animation, Walt Disney

Whoever penned the old adage "a watched pot never boils" surely never tried to heat up water in a pot lined with copper nanorods. A new study from researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute shows that by adding an invisible layer of the nanomateria