Researchers working in separate sites in Antartica, thousands of miles apart, have found what they believe are the fossilized remains of two species of dinosaurs previously unknown to science.

South Korea’s third-largest credit card issuer fired a quarter of its workforce via mobile phone text messages on Friday, after negotiations with striking unionized workers broke down.

Rat muscle tissue has been used to power tiny robots, a development that could lead to stimulators that help paralyzed people breathe and “musclebots” that maintain spacecraft by plugging holes from micrometeorites.

Miniature sensors similar to those that trigger airbags in cars might soon be implanted in the hearts of people suffering from a kind of heart disease. The sensors would make it easy for doctors to measure blood pressure inside the heart, which at present involves repeated operations.

Imagine driving down a twisty mountain road on a dark foggy night. Visibility is near-zero, yet you still can see clearly. Not through your windshield, but via an image on a screen in front of you.

Such a built-in radar system in our cars has long been in the domain of science fiction, as well as […]

Seamless circular nanorings that self-assemble in a furnace have been developed and could serve as parts for nanoscale sensors and other devices.

There’s a market for software that recognizes your face and fingerprints, but also increasing fear that Big Brother will be the one staring hard at your eyes and nose.

Physicists in Austria say they that have observed events separated by the shortest time interval ever, and plan to use the technique to study atomic phenomena.

As you fasten your seat belt a “welcome aboard” announcement is made by a computer — because there is no captain.
While plane designers dream of a high-tech future, the aerospace industry is debating whether if it will become feasible to fly passengers without pilots.

The case for niche selling is this: The auto manufacturer can shorten product life cycles to the point where it can keep a model going for only 18 to 30 months and still make money. If GM can make Kappa work, the optimistic talk goes, it will have a breakthrough car-building process that could stand […]

In a manner similar to stun guns and “Taser” technology, a ShockRounds(TM) bullet discharges an electrical shock upon impact and disrupts the nervous system. However, the charge is delivered via a modified metal or rubber bullet. It incapacitates the target immediately, although temporarily, via electric shock.

A prototype fuel cell has been developed that uses microbes to generate electricity while cleaning wastewater.
The prototype, developed by researchers at Pennsylvania State University could usher in a “completely new approach” to wastewater treatment, say its inventors.

There is a good chance your kids think more highly of their computer more than they do of you, according to a survey published today.

A car parking space is for sale in central London for $187,500, fueling a favorite obsession of Britons — talking about property prices.

Five billion people — or nearly 80 percent of the world’s population — suffer from tooth decay, the U.N. health agency said Tuesday in a report on oral health.

Hitachi, Ltd has developed a 3D display called Transpost which can be viewed from any direction without wearing special glasses. 3D movies can be seen as floating in the display. Also, 3D movies captured at other places can be shown on the display in realtime.

Cool pictures.

Oral sex can lead to oral tumours. That is the conclusion of researchers who have proved what has long been suspected, that the human papilloma virus can cause oral cancers.

First came paper. Then plastic. Will digital replace them both? No, this isn’t a story about the evolution of shopping bags; it’s about money.

Plenty of online shoppers have used credit cards and online services such as Pay Pal to buy everything from cars to computers to airline tickets. But one issue that has kept the […]

Technical limitations have long frustrated attempts to deliver broadband Internet access over power lines, but the idea is once again sparking interest as its backers tout improvements.

Sometimes a cosmetic change can be the innovation that makes a product catch fire.

My favorite example of “incremental innovation” belongs to Dilbert—the cartoon, not the character. Even before the Internet was a gleam in Jeff Bezos’s eye, Scott Adams—Dilbert’s creator—got his syndicate to agree to attach his e-mail address to the strip.

President Bush’s recently announced initiative to explore and colonize the earth’s moon and Mars elicits a range of responses from excitement to caution to “Give me a break.”
While no money will be budgeted for such a program for several years, the impact on the economy will be substantial when we finally send humans […]

U.S. retail sales over the Internet and other electronic networks surged in the fourth quarter of 2003, making up a record share — almost 2 percent — of total retail sales, the Commerce Department said on Monday.

US scientists are warning of a potentially “serious risk to human health” after the discovery that traditional varieties of major American food crops are widely contaminated by DNA sequences from GM crops.

Mice have been successfully cloned from nose cells, showing that mature nerve cells are capable of producing cloned organisms.

A chap at work was recently the victim of an ATM card skimmer which took his card details, cloned them and allowed the fraudster to take 550 pounds out of his account.