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Stories for October 10th 2013

• Thursday, October 10th 2013 - 00:48 UTC

  Brazil wants to catch the spies and will host global summit on Internet governance next April

  

  Brazil, which has slammed massive US electronic spying on its territory, said on Wednesday it would host a global summit on Internet governance in April. President Dilma Rousseff made the announcement after conferring in Brasilia with Fadi Chehade, chief executive of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN).

• Thursday, October 10th 2013 - 00:42 UTC

  Noble in chemistry for three scientists who developed computer simulation programs

  

  This year's Nobel Prize in Chemistry has gone to three scientists who developed computer programs that have become as important to chemists as test tubes. These programs accurately simulate how large, complex molecules behave and this work is central to drug discovery, materials science and much more.

• Thursday, October 10th 2013 - 00:35 UTC

  Obama nominates ‘pro-jobs’ Yellen to head the Federal Reserve

  

  President Barack Obama has nominated Federal Reserve Vice-Chair Janet Yellen to run the world's most influential central bank and urged the Senate to confirm her without delay. Yellen, an advocate for aggressive action to stimulate US economic growth through low interest rates and large-scale bond purchases, would replace Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke, whose second term ends on January 31.