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Army Personnel Show Increased Risk For Migraine; Condition Underdiagnosed, Mistreated
Two new studies show that migraine headaches are very common among US military personnel, yet the condition is frequently underdiagnosed. The studies, appearing in Headache, the peer-reviewed journal of the...
MIT software aims to thwart cyber hackers
(PhysOrg.com) -- In response to the chronic cyber threat of hackers, MIT Lincoln Laboratory researchers are developing a software tool to identify the most vulnerable points in a computer network....
NASA wants students to choose sciences
WASHINGTON, Aug. 28 (UPI) -- The U.S. space agency and the Challenger Center for Space Science Education say they will work together to encourage students to focus on...
New concepts in contraception
Latest research into dual-purpose contraceptives and non-hormonal contraception will be presented tomorrow at a major scientific conference in Melbourne.
From papyrus to the web: photographs of Dead Sea Scrolls to go online
Hi-tech project could take five years and cost millions of dollars
Stuck Pin Delays Shuttle's Trek to Launch Pad
A stuck metal pin prompted delay for shuttle Atlantis' launch pad move.
Homeland Security Phones Hacked
A hacker broke into the Homeland Security Department phone system and racked up $12,000 in calls to the Middle East and Asia. In all, over 400 calls were made on...
Oil Companies Bid Millions To Tap Gulf
Energy companies placed $487.3 million in winning bids for the right to drill in the western Gulf of Mexico, knowing they may get a chance later to explore in other...
YouTube User Wins Copyright Spat
In the first ruling of its kind, Judge Jeremy Fogel held that copyright owners must consider fair use before sending takedown notices.
Bugs In New iPhone Bugging Users
Many are complaining that the highly-hyped device has been letting them down, doing things such as dropping calls and loading Web pages slowly. Woes have also been reported with Nanos...
Is Your Gas Pump Ripping You Off?
When you fill up your gas tank, are you actually getting all the fuel you pay for? That's the question our CBS News Investigative Unit and some affiliate reporters set...
Microsoft Taps Seinfeld As New Pitchman
Microsoft is trying to increase their cool quotient by placing comedian Jerry Seinfeld in ads with company chairman Bill Gates. Seinfeld will reportedly be paid $10 million.
National Library of Medicine Accepts First Online Video Journal for Indexing in MEDLINE and PubMed
National Library of Medicine (NLM) at the National Institute of Health (NIH) has accepted Journal of Visualized Experiments (JoVE) for indexing in the official repositories of the scientific literature MEDLINE...
The world is becoming a happier place
Economic growth in developing countries has translated into big increases in happiness, but people in richer countries have seen much more modest improvements
Scientific wiki solves the 'who wrote what' problem
Reporting in Nature Genetics, and working in conjunction with Society in Science, the ETH Zurich-administered fund that is dedicated to exploring new avenues in the relationship between science and society,...
Do the locomotion
Rail travel produces more than a third less emissions than road transport #20; even though trains carry 7% of traffic, they emit just 0.2% of the carbon monoxide, 2% of...
Indiana U researchers launch social networking and research management tool for scientists
Indiana University researchers have introduced Laboratree, a web-based solution to the complex problems of scientific collaboration.
ConocoPhillips sells remainder of gas stations
NEW YORK (AP) -- ConocoPhillips will sell the remainder of its gas stations in the United States, the company said Wednesday, though Conoco, Phillips 66, and...
Brian Greene to Launch Perimeter Institute's Public Lecture Series
Dr. Brian Greene, noted professor and award-winning writer, will launch the highly anticipated seventh season of Perimeter Institute's Public Lecture series on Wednesday, September 3.
"Grease to Greece" racers cross Europe on cooking oil
ATHENS (Reuters) - Fuelled only by used cooking fat, eight teams completed a 2,500-mile car rally from London to Athens on Wednesday in a bid to promote awareness of cheap...
Dell unveils new PCs targeting emerging markets
(AP) -- Dell Inc. unveiled four low-cost computer models for China, India and other emerging economies Wednesday in a new bid to tap the potential of high-growth markets outside...
Panama introduces ICT access law
Panama's president, Martín Torrijos, has signed a law to increase access to information and communication technology (ICT) in the country.
Taiwan cracks major hacking ring, data on president stolen
Police in Taiwan have arrested six people suspected of stealing personal data from state firms, including information about the island's current and former presidents, officials said Wednesday.
Telecom complaints body gets full-time boss
Howard Maker, a former banking services ombudsman, has been named the head of the Commissioner for Complaints for Telecommunications Services.
Best Western rebuts claims of massive data breach
(AP) -- Did a computer intrusion at a Best Western hotel in Germany open the door for a hacker to steal the records of 8 million customers and pull...
Broadcom co-founder apologizes after plea deal
(AP) -- Broadcom Corp. co-founder Henry Samueli has apologized for lying to the Securities and Exchange Commission during its probe of stock options backdating at the chip maker.
Laptop with bank details of over a million Britons sold on eBay
The British government began an investigation Tuesday into how a computer containing highly sensitive bank information of over a million people was sold via online auction site eBay.
This Pill Will Change Your Life
Along with flying cars and underwater bubble cities, pills curing every ill are a staple of science fiction. But while aero-autobahns and submerged metropolises have not moved any closer to...