Instagram, the photo-sharing app that was created for mobile phones, is expanding to the Web.

Technology - Internet

Nov 05, 2012 not rated yet 0

Google announced that it will let users of its online social network have verified accounts with names or brands in a manner similar to that offered at Facebook and Twitter.

Technology - Internet

Aug 14, 2012 not rated yet 1

Researchers at the RIKEN Omics Science Center (OSC) have successfully developed and demonstrated a new experimental technique for producing cells with specific functions through the artificial reconstruction of transcriptional ...

Biology - Cell & Microbiology

Mar 14, 2012 not rated yet 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A robust new technique for screening drugs' effects on zebrafish behavior is pointing Harvard University scientists toward unexpected compounds and pathways that may govern sleep and wakefulness ...

Biology - Cell & Microbiology

Jan 14, 2010 5 / 5 (1) 0 |

It's illegal for businesses and law enforcement to profile a person based on their race, gender, or ethnicity, yet millions of Americans are being profiled every day based on their online consumer behavior and demographics.

Technology - Other

Dec 06, 2010 4.5 / 5 (2) 1 |

(PhysOrg.com) -- New and better ways of measuring high-tech energy consumption could lead to significant environmental and economic gains, a study from The Australian National University has found.

Technology - Computer Sciences

Feb 08, 2012 not rated yet 0

Invasive species which have the potential to destroy biodiversity and influence global change could be tracked and controlled in the same way as wanted criminals, according to new research from Queen Mary, University of London.

Biology - Ecology

Feb 10, 2012 4 / 5 (1) 0

(AP) -- Google co-founder Larry Page has ruminated about his past year as CEO and mused about the challenges ahead in an unusual dispatch that he shared Thursday.

Technology - Internet

Apr 05, 2012 not rated yet 0

Poachers could be tracked down through tests for human DNA on deer remains, according to research led by scientists at the University of Strathclyde.

Biology - Biotechnology

Sep 09, 2011 5 / 5 (1) 0

Campaigners are stepping up efforts to curb online tracking of Internet use by firms that deliver adverts tailored to the specific interests of consumers, as polls reveal widespread unease with the practice.

Technology - Internet

Nov 08, 2009 5 / 5 (4) 1

Olive trees in the Garden of Gethsemane come from cuttings of a tree dating back to when Jesus is believed to have prayed on the hill in Jerusalem before his death, scientists said on Friday.

Biology - Plants & Animals

Oct 19, 2012 3 / 5 (4) 0

(Phys.org) -- Racial profiling has gained national attention in recent years, and a Kansas State University researcher is finding that it can involve an additional factor: gender.

Other Sciences - Social Sciences

Jun 21, 2012 not rated yet 1

(AP) -- A company that processes credit card transactions said Monday that as many as 1.5 million card numbers were compromised in a data breach early last month.

Technology - Business

Apr 02, 2012 not rated yet 0

In the largest, most comprehensive genetic analysis of childhood-onset inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), an international research team has identified five new gene regions, including one involved in a biological pathway ...

Medicine & Health - Genetics

Nov 15, 2009 4.3 / 5 (3) 0

(AP) -- In a counter-punch to the world's biggest online hangout, a small Web company called Power.com has sued Facebook, saying it doesn't follow its own policy of giving users control over their content.

Technology - Internet

Jul 10, 2009 2.3 / 5 (3) 1