Read more… Wind energy over the planet’s oceans is a vastly underutilized renewable resource, according to UC Irvine researchers.

Read more… The vast amount of carbon stored in the arctic and boreal regions of the world is more than double that previously estimated, according to a study published this week.

Read more… Criminals of all kinds are digging tunnels along the U.S. border at a fast and furious pace. Of every tunnel ever discovered by U.S. border patrol agents, 60 percent have been found in …

Read more… Cable TV operators won a key legal battle against Hollywood studios and television networks on Monday as the Supreme Court declined to block a new digital video recording system that could make it …

Read more… Toyota-sponsored researchers in Japan unveiled a brain-machine interface system on Monday that allows a person to use thoughts to direct the motion of a wheelchair.

Read more… DNA testing helps African Americans find their origins

Read more… Tim O’Reilly and John Battelle discussed their vision and nomenclature for the next iteration of the web in a webinar: I believe the recording will be available online sometime this week, slides are …

Read more… Alcohol’s inebriating effects are familiar to everyone. But the molecular details of alcohol’s impact on brain activity remain a mystery. A new study by researchers at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies brings …

Read more… Brazil is best known around the world for soccer, samba music, and supermodels. Now it’s emerging as an attractive destination for investment capital.

Read more… A team led by Yale University researchers has created the first rudimentary solid-state quantum processor, taking another step toward the ultimate dream of building a quantum computer.

Read more… Less than two weeks before President Barack Obama’s visit to Moscow, the United States and Russia cannot agree how to counter the growing threat of cyberwar attacks that could wreak havoc on computer …

Read more… German luxury car maker Daimler launched its first hybrid model last week, almost 10 years after the market leader, Toyota.

Read more… Scott Painter makes his living betting on startup companies, having played a role in launching 29 of them over the years. But with the bad economy choking initial public offerings and acquisitions, Painter …

Read more… Understanding the biology of mental illness would be a paradigm shift in our thinking about mind. It would not only inform us about some of the most devastating diseases of humankind but, because …

Read more… About 10 years ago, biology entered betting season. An upstart scientist named J. Craig Venter jolted the genetics establishment by launching his own gene-sequencing outfit, funded by commercial investment, and setting off toward …

Read more… With a razor-thin margin of seven votes, the House of Representatives passed the first bill to put a fixed and declining cap on U.S. greenhouse gas emissions.

Read more… Wouldn’t it be useful to have a gadget that immediately warned you when the information you just saw on the Internet or heard from a buddy might be baloney? How about a gizmo …

Read more… With sensors driving applications, Tim O’Reilly says the Web is growing up fast as a more sentient platform.

Read more… Finland and China signed high-tech contracts worth $1 billion (euro720,000) and planned new top-level trade talks aimed at further deals worth more than $2 billion, Chinese Vice Premier Li Keqiang said.

Read more… Twitter users shading profile avatars green to show solidarity for protesters in Iran.

Read more… The emerging field of synthetic biology draws on a variety of technologies, including genetic engineering and nanotechnology, to engineer biological systems to perform novel tasks.

Read more… China is aiming to build a huge wind farm in the northwest by 2020 that will have energy capacity similar to the gigantic Three Gorges Dam, a senior official said.

Read more… Britain is hiring former computer hackers to join a new security unit aimed at protecting cyberspace from foreign spies, thieves and terrorists, the country’s terrorism minister said.

Read more… All cell phones will come packed with an RFID chip by next summer — giving your phone the possibility of also becoming the keys to your car or house…

Read more… U.S. seniors performed significantly better than their counterparts in England on standard tests of memory and cognitive function, according to a new study.

Read more… Up to now, the three most important words in real estate have been: location, location, location. But in the current economic climate – and global climate for that matter – those three words …

Read more… Like astronomers counting stars in the familiar universe of outer space, chemists in Switzerland are reporting the latest results of a survey of chemical space — the so-called chemical universe where tomorrow’s miracle …

Read more… Dramatic price fluctuations, increasing demand, the food vs. fuel debate, and other events of the past year may have food producers wondering which way is up.

Read more… Is Facebook a phenomenon – or a fad? Even as it has grown to more than 200 million users and become the global leader in social-networking Web sites, many…

Read more… The climate could have a direct effect on the speed of "molecular evolution" in mammals, according to a study.

Read more… If you want to get someone to do something, ask them in their right ear, say scientists.

Read more… The nation’s first all-electric car-sharing program debuted at Baltimore’s Inner Harbor, with manufacturer Electrovaya hoping urban residents seeking to go green and curious tourists will take the concept for a spin.

Read more… The world’s 65-and-older population will triple by mid-century to one in six people, leaving the US and other nations struggling to support the elderly.

Read more… Since the times of Adam Smith, economists have had the intuition that prosperity emerges from the division of labor, that is, from the interaction of thousands of individual activities. This idea has been …

Read more… Ministers launch electric and low carbon car trials across the UK

Read more… According to the most recent report on the status of the world’s fisheries by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, fisheries supply at least 15% of the animal protein consumed by humans, …

Read more… Researchers at McGill University have discovered a series of molecular mechanisms that regulate how our brains call up, restore and even change old memories.

Read more… Khoo Teng Chye, the amiable chief of Singapore’s water agency, says he has been sleeping soundly since taking office five years ago.

Read more… The collapse began rather unspectacularly. In 2005, when most of the millions of Pacific oysters in this tree-lined estuary failed to reproduce, Washington’s shellfish growers largely shrugged it off.

Read more… The popularity of social networking and other Web 2.0 phenomena is helping advertisers use consumers to spread the word for them.

Read more… A drought in Tibet has intensified into the region’s worst in three decades, leaving thousands of hectares parched and killing more than 13,000 head of cattle, China’s state media said.

RealAudio / WindowsMedia… The head of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration gives an update on the state of the oceans. She explains how climate change is affecting the Pacific and Atlantic and …

Read more… A study shows US teens are using smart phones and the Internet to cheat at school work or exams.

Read more… Uncertainty over exactly how much aerosols impact on the climate has finally been settled, scientists say.

Read more… The European Commission called for the ICANN Internet body to open up to greater number of countries, loosening the United State’s grip over the private group.

Read more… Shades of Blade Runner or Minority Report. You’re walking down a thronged street, one molecule of personality in a river of prospective consumerism rushing by. To your left, a billboard, advertising a new …

Read more… What will you do when your yoghurt pot starts talking to you? Mass RFID deployment on consumer products prompts EU to prepare legislation The European Commission has announced plans for Europe to play …

Read more… Researchers at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine have successfully edited the genome of human- induced pluripotent stem cells, making possible the future development of patient-specific stem cell therapies. Reporting this week in …

Read more… Most healthy 25 year olds don’t stay up at night worrying whether they are going to develop diabetes in middle age. The disease is not on their radar, and middle age is a …

Read more… How will drier summers affect UK farms?

Read more… The UK government’s detailed projections of climate change impacts, due out today, are said to be "worse than expected".

Read more… China’s authoritarian government has backed away from an order to load Internet-filtering software on every new computer after a major outcry by citizens used to the relative freedom of online life.

Read more… Britain declared a goal to become the world’s "digital capital" by building cutting-edge broadband, telecoms and media infrastructure to cement its role as a "global economic powerhouse".

Read more… Greg Walton has been in charge of the Citizen Lab’s Twitter outreach in Iran, offering access to software that help’s them view banned content. CBC News reached Walton by email to find out …

Read more… The manufacturer of a hydrogen car unveiled in London will make its designs available online.

Read more… Leaders from emerging giants Brazil, Russia, India and China are set to meet for the first summit of their informal BRIC grouping in a show of unity in the face of a sharp …

Read more… Micropayment systems are popping up on a variety of social-networking sites, creating a new form of philanthropy.

Read more… Many of the world’s great rivers are becoming less so. Yet in the Midwest, the wet is getting wetter. So says a study that finds global climate change shifting weather and water patterns …

Read more… Free high-def TV is just one benefit of Friday’s shift to digital broadcasting. A bonus may be free electricity for everyone — a tiny…

Read more… Conservation feels the world’s financial squeeze

Read more… A team of Scripps Research scientists has created a new analog to DNA that assembles and disassembles itself without the need for enzymes. Because the new system comprises components that might reasonably be …

Read more… In what’s predicted to become the Google of digital dictionaries, a new website marries the definitions of 1.7 million words with relevant information, images and multimedia plumbed from Web 2.0.

Read more… The global crisis means China and other emerging market powers will overtake developed world economies even more quickly, the Goldman Sachs economist who coined the BRIC concept told Reuters.

Read more… The French government kickstarted plans for a so-called carbon tax on energy-hungry products, to be rolled out by 2011 as part of France’s efforts to slash global warming emissions.

Read more… An Internet-based lending service is about to include needy entrepreneurs in the United States for the first time.

Read more… By mid-century, people may be fleeing rising seas, droughts, floods and other effects of changing climate, in migrations that could vastly exceed the scope of anything before, says a major new report. The …

Read more… In Washington state, oysters in some areas haven’t reproduced for four years, and preliminary evidence suggests that the increasing acidity of the ocean could be the cause. In the Gulf of Mexico, falling …

Read more… Researchers at the University of Twente (UT) have developed a new type of resin that can be broken down by the body. This new resin makes it possible to replicate important body parts …

Read more… Solar-powered cell phone prototypes and rumors abound, but Nokia has a battery-less alternative power source for our cell phones lined up: radio waves. The company told MIT’s Technology Review that it is working …

Read more… Should you take tuna off the menu before it’s too late?

Read more… Crisis-hit airlines said that a plan to cap the growth of the industry’s emissions by 2020 was ambitious and costly but agreed on the urgency of fighting climate change.

Read more… Policymakers must consider more than just "tailpipe emissions" when considering the impacts of transport, say researchers.

Read more… When mothers become infected with influenza during their pregnancy, it may increase the risk for schizophrenia in their offspring. Influenza is a very common virus and so there has been substantial concern about …

Read more… UK scientists develop a portable microwave scanner to help police identify individuals carrying concealed guns and knives.

Read more… True/Slant talks to Jennifer Preston, the New York Times ‘ newly appointed web 2.0 czar.

Read more… Ask someone about the future of journalism, and it’s likely that most people will point to something like E-Ink or perhaps the Amazon Kindle — high-fidelity readers that use millions of embedded, magnetically …

RealAudio / WindowsMedia… The genetic material in our cells make us who we are. But since 1982, the U.S. Patent and Trade Office has issued tens of thousands of patents to private companies …

Read more… A shoe-maker and a technology company are teaming up to develop footwear with a built-in GPS device that could help track down "wandering" seniors suffering from Alzheimer’s Disease.

Read more… Vertical greenhouses that grow organic fruit and vegetables smack in the middle of crowded cities where land is scarce may soon be a reality, a Swedish company developing the project said.

Read more… No matter how good a search engine is, it is sometimes necessary to change the search terms to get the information you need. But what if you did not have to change the …

Read more… Boys who carry a particular variation of the gene Monoamine oxidase A (MAOA), sometimes called the ‘warrior gene,’ are more likely not only to join gangs but also to be among the most …

Read more… A team of physicists and engineers at Bristol University has demonstrated exquisite control of single particles of light – photons – on a silicon chip to make a major advance towards long-sought-after quantum …

Read more… Internet advertising revenue is down 5 percent. The decline in the first quarter of 2009 represents the first year-over-year decline in seven years as the recession takes its toll even on the hardiest …

Read more… Japan’s Mitsubishi Motors Corp. rolled out its first zero-emission electric minicar, hoping to capture a slice of the fast-growing market for environmentally friendly vehicles.

Read more… Dubbed "An Inconvenient Truth for fish", the two-year global documentary, The End Of The Line, highlights the fact around 75% of the world’s fish stocks are severely depleted.

Read more… A species of bacteria, isolated from sediments deep under the Pacific Ocean, could provide a powerful clean-up tool for heavy metal pollution.

Read more… The launch of Honda’s Insight gas-electric hybrid car in February led to talk of a war against Toyota’s new Prius. The rivalry has boosted hybrid sales. Last month, hybrids accounted for 12% of …

Read more… During the past decade, innovation has stumbled. And that may help explain America’s economic woes

Read more… Scientists in Michigan and California are reporting an advance toward development of a new generation of drugs that treat disease by orchestrating how genes in the body produce proteins involved in arthritis, cancer …

Read more… The United States is speeding up visa applications for researchers and graduate students, an official said Thursday, hoping to ease a long backlog that raised fears that scientists would head elsewhere.

Read more… Sunflowers track the sun as it moves from east to west. But people usually have to convert sunlight into electricity or heat to put its power to use.

Read more… Google, already the king of Internet search, rolled out an experimental new search product on Wednesday called "Google Squared."

Read more… European Union ministers supported plans last week to ensure industries get better access to raw materials, as competition for access to commodities such as rare metals becomes fiercer with globalisation.

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A robotic submersible called Nereus has reached the deepest-known part of the ocean.

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What’s the secret to surviving during times of environmental change? Evolve quickly.

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InnoCentive, Inc., the global open innovation marketplace, and Nature Publishing Group , a leading scientific and medical publisher, today announced the launch of the nature.com Open Innovation Pavilion.

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World scientists have announced the agreement to construct a massive, comprehensive virtual observatory of historic importance for the study and monitoring of biodiversity at a planetary level — an online information system for life …

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Google plans to begin selling electronic versions of new books online this year, posing a potential challenge to market leader Amazon.

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The world faces well-known milestones for reducing carbon dioxide emissions in the coming decades to reduce the dangers of climate change. Now an international consortium is doing the same to demand action against threats …

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Monday was a big day at Toronto’s airport as the largest passenger aircraft ever built touches down in Canada for the first time.

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The Obama presidential campaign made groundbreaking use of social networking sites and other tools to organize its supporters. President Barack Obama has promised to use similar technology to bring citizens into government.

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Wind farms on America’s high plains could eventually help power the country’s coastal population centres, experts say.