By building thin, flexible silicon electronics on silk substrates, researchers have made electronics that almost completely dissolve inside the body. So far the research group has demonstrated arrays of transistors made on thin films of silk... more »

Life insurance and annuities are protected against carrier insolvency by State Guaranty Associations. Annuities are not FDIC insured, but each insurance company is licensed and regulated in states in which it conducts business... more »

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Annuities have a reputation for being complicated financial instruments. This is not unjustified, but the features and details inside annuity contracts are there for a reason... more »

Apple's Magic Mouse might be slick, but Microsoft is also working on five new designs. Last week Apple released the Magic Mouse, a new computer mouse with a "multitouch" interface that responds to movement of fingertips across its surface in addition to conventional click-and-drag actions. Archrival Microsoft isn't ready to launch a competing .. more »

Aviva is an international financial group, based in Great Britain, who specializes in long-term savings, fund management and general insurance... more »

AnnuityRates.com offers high-quality annuity rate comparisons from leading insurance companies. Our licensed experts can hook you up with a free annuity rate report, fast... more »

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Review of the top 10 life insurance companies of 2009: New York Life, State Farm, Mass Mutual, Geico, Metlife, ING, Nationwide, Prudential, John Hancock, and Pacific Life... more »

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Of the half-dozen major types of life insurance, the two oldest and most popular are term and whole life insurance. These two represent the two approaches or schools of thought in dealing with mortality risk... more »

Retrieving information from the Web when you're on the go can be a challenge. To make it easier, graduate student Pranav Mistry has developed SixthSense, a device that is worn like a pendant and super­imposes digital information on the physical world... more »

Level term life insurance is the most popular variant of term insurance. Term insurance is the oldest and least expensive form of life insurance... more »

Complete Genomics, a Silicon Valley based startup that promises super-cheap sequencing, announced on Monday that it had raised $45 million in its latest round of venture funding. The announcement follows a similar one from Pacific Biosciences, another Silicon Valley startup, which recently raised an additional $69 million... more »

List of up-to-date ratings of the best life insurance companies. Objective company ratings from A.M. Best, Moody's, Standard and Poors, and Fitch... more »