Crop Scientists Say Biotechnology Seed Companies Are Thwarting Research

University agricultural scientists are protesting what they say are unreasonable restrictions on the industry’s genetically modified crops.

Recording industry website hacked over Pirate Bay trial: report

Pirates on Thursday hacked the website of IFPI, the organisation representing the interests of the recording industry, to criticise a trial against file-sharing site The Pirate Bay, reports said.

Sweet potato takes a ride on space shuttle

Because of the distinct lack of grocery stores in outer space, scientists are looking for ways to provide food for long-term space missions.

Is Sprint Poised For A Comeback?

When Larry Magid met Sprint CEO Dan Hesse last week in California, two women at the next table treated him like a celebrity. Magid wouldn't go that far, but he...

Facebook: Relax, We Won't Sell Your Photos

On an otherwise placid holiday weekend, one blog's commentary on a change to Facebook's terms of service created a firestorm of banter on the Web: does the social network claim...

Microsoft push into mobile just beginning

Microsoft's mobile efforts are facing a critical stretch. After a lull in activity, the company this week formally announced a marketplace for mobile applications, a new backup-and-restore service and the...

New working-class task force faces broad challenges, labour expert says

A task force launched by President Obama to boost America's middle class will have to help retool beleaguered U.S. workplaces facing their most sweeping changes since World War II, a...

How do secure mother-child attachments predict good friendships?

Preschool children who are securely attached to their mothers form closer friendships in the early grade-school years for a number of reasons, according to a new University of Illinois study...

Court Upholds the City’s Rule Requiring Some Restaurants to Post Calorie Counts

An appellate court rejected the New York State Restaurant Association’s argument that posting calorie counts violated First Amendment rights of restaurants.

'Joy of Cooking' geting fatter

ITHACA, N.Y., Feb. 17 (UPI) -- The average calorie count per recipe in "The Joy of Cooking" has jumped an average of 63 percent over the past 70...

Using Personal Digital Assistants To Track TB Data

In a project launched in Lima, Peru, researchers found that equipping health care workers with PDAs to record data dropped the average time for patients' test results to reach their...

Virtual Library Of Medieval Manuscripts Created

Employing a web application which promotes the use of computer technology in humanities research and instruction, a new Catalogue of Digitized Medieval Manuscripts allows users to search for manuscripts according...

Engineering Graduate Student Narrows Gap Between High-resolution Video And Virtual Reality

A graduate student has found a way to optimize virtual reality environments for high resolution video.

I Want Cotton Candy

Inspiration comes from the strangest places -- such as carnival food. Researchers are using cotton candy to create synthetic tissue, since the spun sugar fibers are similar in size to...

Liberty Media deal staves off Sirius bankruptcy

(AP) -- Facing a likely bankruptcy, Sirius XM Radio Inc. found a savior in Liberty Media Corp., which will lend $530 million to the satellite radio provider and block...

Recession could lengthen the twilight of dial-up

(AP) -- With the costs of home-schooling a special-needs child, Arlene Dawes of Raleigh, N.C., says dial-up Internet is more attuned to her budget than broadband. Chuck Hester says the...

Bertie the robot gets to grips with hand game

London's Science Museum unveiled a new member of staff Tuesday -- Berti the robot, who entertains visitors by playing rock-paper-scissors with them.

Zimbabwe appoints new science minister

Zimbabwe's new science minister is in post, and has promised to tackle his nation's poor research centres and decimated scientific workforce.

Scientists shun La. in creationism flap

BATON ROUGE, La., Feb. 17 (UPI) -- A professional organization of scientists says it will not hold its convention in New Orleans because of concern over Louisiana law...

Greedy Routing Enables Network Navigation Without a 'Map'

(PhysOrg.com) -- How does an e-mail get routed so quickly to its recipient's inbox, or a search query generate relevant Web pages from servers from around the world? Navigating the...

Canada warns of counterfeit toothbrushes

OTTAWA, Feb. 17 (UPI) -- Health Canada says counterfeit toothbrushes are being sold, falsely labeled as Colgate and Oral B products.

How it works and why it's done

Geoblocking is a technique for making sure only the people within, or sometimes outside, a specific region can view online content such as a video stream. It's the result of...

New products show rivals playing catch-up with Apple

If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, there can be no higher tribute to the influence of US technology group Apple than a walk around the Mobile World Congress...

NY governor proposes Internet tax on downloads

New York Governor David Paterson has proposed a tax on Internet downloads, a spokesman said Monday, in a move that has raised eyebrows because it could apply to everything from...

Product launches muted at wireless show

(AP) -- The softness in the market for new mobile phones showed clearly Monday in a thin array of new product rollouts at the GSMA Mobile World Congress trade...

Sleeping Lenovo laptops to get BlackBerry e-mail

(AP) -- Even with it is turned off, a new ThinkPad laptop will be able to talk to a BlackBerry phone so their owner will be able to read...

Cheap food 'damages the environment'

Greener pesticides, better farming practices help reduce US pesticide use

Although few consumers realise it, fruits, veggies, and other agricultural products marketed in the United States today are grown on farms that use less pesticide than 30 years ago, according...