Obama and McCain offer their visions of a scientific America

The group Science Debate 2008 asked the leading presidential candidates to answer questions about science, technology, health and the environment. Here are some of their responses. ...

High grain prices are likely here to stay

An ethanol-fueled spike in grain prices will likely hold, yielding the first sustained increase for corn, wheat and soybean prices in more than three decades, according to new research by...

Low-emission, High-performance Engine For Future Hybrids

In an advance toward introduction of an amazing new kind of internal combustion engine, researchers in China are reporting development and use of a new and more accurate computer model...

3-D Computer Processor: 'Rochester Cube' Points Way To More Powerful Chip Designs

The next major advance in computer processors will likely be the move from today's two-dimensional chips to three-dimensional circuits, and the first three-dimensional synchronization circuitry is now running at 1.4...

Google CEO won't delay Yahoo deal any further

(AP) -- Google Inc.'s chief executive said Wednesday the Internet search leader won't delay its proposed advertising partnership with rival Yahoo Inc. even if government regulators need more time...

The language of luxury

Virtually every population in the world has at least one thing in common: multinational companies are vying for their attention. From General Mills in India to Godiva Chocolate in Paraguay,...

Economic value of insect pollination worldwide estimated at 153 billion euros

House hunting with a mobile phone

If you ride around in the car on weekends trying to find open houses while balancing a newspaper and map on your lap, it may be time to use your...

Best Buy to acquire music-sharer Napster

(AP) -- Napster Inc., the online music community that rose from a dorm room project to became the scourge of the global recording industry, is being purchased by Best...

Avoid coupon redeemers: Their stigma is contagious (unless they're attractive)

Less than 2 percent of Americans use coupons, likely because of fear of being viewed as cheap or poor. A new study in the Journal of Consumer Research demonstrates that...

Why People Ignore Hurricane Evacuation Warnings

Reasons vary from not having the means to flee to 'hurricane fatigue'.

Adam Rutherford: There's a lot of rubbish in cyberspace, but Tim Berners-Lee's idea that you can quality control it is nonsense

Adam Rutherford: There's a lot of rubbish in cyberspace, and in a sense, that's part of its beauty. The idea that you can quality control it is nonsense

Wind-Power Politics

For years, wind-farm projects had stalled in the face of local political opposition. Then an entrepreneur named Peter Mandelstam came up with a new and energizing approach.

Putting A 'Korset' On The Spread Of Computer Viruses: Invention Stays One Step Ahead Of Anti-virus Software

Anti-virus companies play a losing game. Casting their nets wide, they catch common, malicious viruses and worms, but it may take days before their software updates can prepare your computer...

Viability Of Hydrogen Transportation Markets: Chicken Or Egg?

Hydrogen may well be the new gasoline. But where's the nearest "gas" station where you can pull up and refuel your energy-efficient vehicle? Will hydrogen stations be strategically convenient --...

Agencies promote healthy housing

BALTIMORE, Sept. 15 (UPI) -- U.S. health and housing experts are meeting this week to develop the framework for addressing the nation's 6 million substandard housing units.

Web communities for money management, borrowing gain currency

The Internet, which has wrought major changes in the way people conduct their lives, is changing the way people manage their finances and borrow money. What social networking sites like...

Kentucky military school saved by eBay

A listing on eBay might have saved the abandoned 115-year-old Millersburg Military Institute in Bourbon County, Ky. oseph Land, chief of staff of the private United States Army Cadet Corps,...

Vodafone wins Qatar's second fixed-line licence

A consortium including British telecom giant Vodafone has been awarded a licence to operate a second fixed-line service in gas-rich Qatar, the telecommunications regulator said on Monday.

BASF to buy Ciba

German giant snaps up Swiss specialty chemicals firm in a £3 billion deal

Lehman Brothers bankruptcy dents industry hopes

US bank files for bankruptcy, dealing a blow to hopes of an end to the credit crunch.

Pervasive Games Promise To Spice Up Daily Life

In the movie The Game, the character is hounded by villains and left for dead in Mexico in an intense version of an alternative reality game. Minus the Hollywood bravado,...

Young Bell's palsy patient is smiling on the inside

Culver City fifth-grader Kiana Deane tries to help her classmates understand the science behind her limited self-expression -- and struggles to come to terms with her own brand of beauty. ...

Buyers Bemoan Launcher Prices, Availability

Satellite manufacturers claim rocket supply is hampering them.

Vietnam launches locally made ethanol-blended gasoline

Vietnam on Monday launched a locally made ethanol-blended gasoline with the view to "ensure national energy security and reduce the economy's dependence on oil products", said oil giant PetroVietnam.

Yahoo opens its doors to hackers

Hackers armed with laptop computers, camping tents and dreams of software glory invaded Yahoo during the weekend as the Internet pioneer opened its strategy and its doors to outside developers....

Social networking coming to revamped Journal site

(AP) -- The Wall Street Journal is borrowing elements from popular Internet hangouts like Facebook as it seeks to boost usage. WSJ.com, one of the few news sites to...

Program turns to online masses to improve patents

(AP) -- Some of the biggest players in the technology industry complain that the U.S. patent system is broken - putting too many patents of dubious merit in the...