Environmental Defense is praising the U.S. Senate's Thursday passage of a reform amendment to the multi-billion-dollar Water Resources Development Act.

Space & Earth - Environment

Jul 20, 2006 2 / 5 (4) 0

Just over a year after the Department of Homeland Security announced it would create a position for a cybersecurity czar, the Cyber Security Industry Alliance is lobbying for DHS to finally install someone into the job.

Technology - Internet

Jul 20, 2006 1 / 5 (4) 0

Nanoparticles – while possessing some amazing properties of strength and power – are also delicate little things, when it comes to manipulating them for use in nanodevices. Many scientists consider that ...

Nanotechnology - Nanophysics

Jul 20, 2006 4.1 / 5 (44) 0

(AP) -- Amnesty International accused Yahoo, Microsoft and Google on Thursday of violating human rights principles by cooperating with China's efforts to censor the Web and called on them to lobby for the release of jailed ...

Technology - Internet

Jul 20, 2006 4.8 / 5 (13) 0

The ability to spot venomous snakes may have played a major role in the evolution of monkeys, apes and humans, according to a new hypothesis by Lynne Isbell, professor of anthropology at UC Davis. The work is published in ...

Biology -

Jul 20, 2006 3.8 / 5 (4) 0

Researchers at Rice University's Laboratory for Nanophotonics (LANP) have unveiled the "nanoegg," the latest addition to their family ultrasmall, light-focusing particles. A cousin of the versatile nanoshell, nanoeggs are ...

Nanotechnology - Nanomaterials

Jul 20, 2006 2.9 / 5 (16) 0

Far above the heads of Earthlings, arrays of single-cell creatures are circling Earth in nanostructures. The sample devices are riding on the International Space Station (courtesy of Sandia National Laboratories ...

Nanotechnology - Bio & Medicine

Jul 20, 2006 4.3 / 5 (7) 0

Just as the flu can spread from human to human, a well-engineered computer virus can transfer from machine to machine--with a bad outbreak affecting tens of thousands, or even millions, of systems. Indeed, ...

Technology - Software

Jul 20, 2006 2.4 / 5 (31) 0

We might be more responsive to robots designed to look human rather than mechanical, but other factors may determine what causes us to accept or shun these virtual humans.

Technology - Other

Jul 20, 2006 4.7 / 5 (30) 0

A survey of people in eight U.S. states vulnerable to hurricanes suggests people are wary of seeking safety in designated hurricane shelters.

Space & Earth - Environment

Jul 20, 2006 2 / 5 (1) 0

Skype has teamed up with its hardware providers on a menu of cell phones that can accommodate Skype's Internet calling system via WiFi.

Technology - Business

Jul 20, 2006 1.8 / 5 (5) 0

Telecom analysts said Thursday that this could be the year the industry ships 1 billion wireless handsets in a single year.

Technology - Telecom

Jul 20, 2006 1 / 5 (3) 0

Downloading cellular content like ringtones, games and wallpaper is getting easier, and for that you have a Swedish 15-year-old to thank.

Technology - Telecom

Jul 20, 2006 1.8 / 5 (4) 0

China will host an international forum next month on the technical standards for the nation's third-generation wireless communications network.

Technology - Telecom

Jul 20, 2006 1 / 5 (3) 0

The European Space Agency says Hans Schlegel of Germany will fly on the October 2007 space shuttle mission to the International Space Station.

Space & Earth - Space Exploration

Jul 20, 2006 1.5 / 5 (2) 0