WASHINGTON – Google plans to warn more than half a million users of a computer infection that may knock their computers off the Internet this summer. Unknown to most of them, their problem began...
(multimedia) A tiny bubble of air is manipulated through a saline solution, directed by heat produced by infrared laser light. Its creators see this most simple of robots as a potentially ground-breaking tool for...
(multimedia) The nuclear submarine USS Miami catches fire at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Maine. Report by Sam Datta-Paulin.
(multimedia) DARPA’s SeeMe program aims to give mobile, US warfighters overseas access to on-demand, space-based tactical information in remote and beyond-line-of-sight conditions. If successful, SeeMe will provide timely imagery to warfighters of their immediate...
A ‘ghost town’ is being built in America to test out the latest technologies such as renewable energies and terrorism security systems. It’ll look just like a city with roads, houses and buildings –...
(multimedia) (CBS News) Is there a cure for blindness near? Ask the scientists in the U.K. who have restored useful vision in two men who had previously been totally blind. During clinical trials at...
An atom-smashing experiment at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) has detected a new subatomic particle—and it’s a beauty. Known as Xi(b)* (pronounced “csai bee-star”), the new particle is a baryon, a type of matter made up...
(multimedia) The House of Representatives was supposed to vote on the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act on Friday. But the vote got bumped to Thursday, and lawmakers passed the bill 248-168. Techdirt reports CISPA...
The workers of the Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant received a very slimy surprise this week when they discovered hoards of jellyfish-like creatures clinging to the structure, leading to the shutdown of the plant....
Details have been emerging of the plan by billionaire entrepreneurs to mine asteroids for their resources. The multi-million-dollar plan would use robotic spacecraft to squeeze chemical components of fuel and minerals such as platinum...
