Decline In Cigarette Smoking Offset By Increase In Cigars, Snuff And Other Tobacco Products

While trends in cigarette smoking and sales have declined in the US for the past decade, sales of non-cigarette tobacco products have been on the rise. Researchers found that 30...

'Saucy' Software Update Finds Symmetries Dramatically Faster

Computer scientists at the University of Michigan developed open-source software that cuts the time to find symmetries in complicated equations from days to seconds in some cases.

Scenes of nature trump technology in reducing low-level stress

Technology can send a man to the moon, help unlock the secrets of DNA and let people around the world easily communicate through the Internet. But can it substitute for...

Risk-of-death charts show smokers should beware

WASHINGTON (AP) -- If you smoke, start thinking of yourself as a decade older than you really are. A 55-year-old man who smokes has almost the same chance of dying...

Many Swedes Swallowing Higher Food Prices With a Shrug

Price increases, smaller portions, and supply shortages aren't dulling the appetites of many affluent Europeans. Part of Global Food Crisis: A Special News Series.

Simulations means 'smarter traffic decisions'

Kyoto University and IBM's Tokyo Research Laboratory have developed a system that can simulate urban transport situations encompassing millions of individual vehicles in complex traffic interactions. A simulation can predict,...

Apple Previews Mac OS X Snow Leopard to Developers

Apple today previewed Mac OS X Snow Leopard, which builds on success of OS X Leopard and is the next major version of the world`s most advanced operating system.

Is it a good idea to let drug stores pass along prescription information for bulk mailings?

Hungry Venezuelans Reaping Bounty of Oil Revenue

Government-subsidized shops fueled by record oil revenues are easing the food burden of the poor in politically fragile Venezuela. Part of Global Food Crisis: A Special News Series.

EU pushes open-source standard as 'smart business'

(AP) -- The EU's top antitrust official called Tuesday on member governments to use open-source software, an apparent jab at Microsoft Corp.'s proprietary technology.

Industrial dye holds the key to advancing spintronics

Commonly used industrial dyes hold the key to advancing the new science of 'spintronics', say researchers working on a new a £2.5 million study.

Computer model may predict disease timing

BOSTON, June 10 (UPI) -- U.S. and Canadian health scientists say they've created a weather model that might help predict the timing and intensity of infectious diseases.

YouTube Pranksters Pay Price -- On YouTube

A Florida judge ordered them to post an apology after they'd videoed themselves throwing soda through the drive-through window of a fast food eatery and put the video on the...

Dartmouth launches network security study

A team of Dartmouth researchers is preparing to launch a project that examines the campus wireless computer traffic in an effort to learn how the network is used and how...

Taking a Cue from Breath Fresheners, a New Method for Taste Testing

Using the same concept behind commercial breath-freshening strips, a Temple University researcher has developed a new, easier method for clinical taste testing, created taste strips similar to breath-freshening strips, but...

Location can increase gambling risk

Research has proved that people who live in neighbourhoods with good access to gaming venues are more likely to develop gambling problems.

Internet fraud on rise

The number of Internet fraud victims is on the rise, often as a result of people not keeping up to date with the latest scams, a new study has found.

NY AG: 3 net providers to block Web sites with child porn

(AP) -- Internet providers Verizon, Sprint and Time Warner Cable have agreed to block access to child pornography and eliminate the material from their servers, New York's attorney general...

Iraq puts forward ambitious higher education plan

Iraq has put science and technology at the centre of a proposed five-year, US$1 billion higher education plan.

Japan's NEC offers to repair defective computers

Japan's NEC Corp. said Tuesday it is offering to repair some of its laptop computers for free because they could start emitting smoke and a smell resembling melting plastic, the...

Nepalese cavalry to be relocated

Nepal's Supreme Court orders the relocation of the cavalry, in a fresh blow to the abolished monarchy and pro-royal army.

From Gridiron To Battlefield?

Could the same technology that protects players on the gridiron help American soldiers stay safe in Iraq? Kimberly Dozier look at how football helmets are being explored as potential combat...

Bionic hand wins top tech prize

The world's most advanced commercially available bionic hand has won the UK's top engineering award.

Thinking ahead: Bacteria anticipate coming changes in their environment

A new study by Princeton University researchers shows for the first time that bacteria don't just react to changes in their surroundings -- they anticipate and prepare for them. The...

JumpTV, NeuLion to merge

Canadian internet television broadcaster JumpTV Inc. will merge with NeuLion Inc., a U.S. company controlled by Charles Wang, the firms said Monday.

New way to halt computer worms is created

COLUMBUS, Ohio, June 9 (UPI) -- U.S. computer scientists say they might have developed a method of combating the most dangerous form of computer virus -- the worm.

Some retailers give vinyl records a spin

(AP) -- It was a fortuitous typo for the Fred Meyer retail chain. This spring, an employee intending to order a special CD-DVD edition of R.E.M.'s latest release "Accelerate"...

HP, Acer settle patent infringement claims

(AP) -- Computer maker Acer Inc. said Monday that it has settled a yearlong patent infringement battle with rival Hewlett-Packard Co.