Nature: Plastic Logic has given up plans to produce its own e-reader. Founded in 2000 as a spin-off from Cambridge University’s Cavendish Laboratory, the company had been working to develop a flexible, rugged product for schoolchildren, but it proved not to be financially viable. According to Indro Mukerjee, Plastic Logic’s CEO, the company will now focus on developing its organic-electronics technology and market that to other companies and e-book makers.
The finding that the Saturnian moon may host layers of icy slush instead of a global ocean could change how planetary scientists think about other icy moons as well.
Modeling the shapes of tree branches, neurons, and blood vessels is a thorny problem, but researchers have just discovered that much of the math has already been done.
January 29, 2026 12:52 PM
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