Новости за 16.01.2014

The best food in airports, and why good food has found airports.

In recent years, controversy has arisen over perceived conflicts between intellectual property protection and public health, and also over the role of international investment rules that allow corporations to sue governments before international tribunals. A new case combines both issues. Pharmaceutical company Eli Lilly has filed a claim before a NAFTA tribunal, alleging that Canadian court decisions in response to challenges from the Canadian generic drug industry have unfairly invalidated some of the company's Canadian patents. Читать дальше...

Studying alligator foraging behavior in the wild is pretty tough -- they're elusive, often underwater, and prefer to hunt at night. That's why these scientists chose a different approach: they (very carefully) attached a camera to the back of an alligator and let it do the work for them. The results gave them new information about the feeding behaviors of the animals, including the frequency with which they were successful in catching prey. Want to check it out for yourself? Check out the video

Online sales now represent almost half of all Argos' business

Find out how animation company Animal Logic used complex feather and muscle simulation systems to depict the prehistoric animals in Walking With Dinosaurs.

Find out how animation company Animal Logic used complex feather and muscle simulation systems to depict the prehistoric animals in Walking With Dinosaurs.

Find out how animation company Animal Logic used complex feather and muscle simulation systems to depict the prehistoric animals in Walking With Dinosaurs.

Israel’s ambassadors to the countries of Latin America visited three unique sites that feature innovative KKL-JNF water-related and environmental technology

Power, speed and versatility -- those are the buzzwords for the crop of concept cars auto makers are fielding using to whet consumer’s appetites at this year’s the Detroit auto show this week.