Studies with fruit flies have shown that the specialized nerve cells called neurons can rebuild…
Month: December 2009
Sea level is rising along US Atlantic coast, say environmental scientists
An international team of environmental scientists has shown that sea-level rise along the Atlantic Coast…
Video-Game Weakness May Result in a Down Year
Despite record-breaking sales of a single video-game title and a good showing from Nintendo, the…
‘Boom, krak-oo, hok’ – scientists translate monkey talk
Campbell’s monkeys may help shed light on the origins of human language, scientists report.
Feds Go Global To Fight Cybercriminals Overseas
The tip came from another country’s law enforcement officials: Eight major banks in the U.S….
TSA Puts Five Employees on Leave Over Online Posting
Five Transportation Security Administration employees have been placed on administrative leave since it was discovered…
Alone Again, Once-Mighty AOL Struggles at Opening
Nine years after its disastrous 164-billion-dollar merger with Time Warner, Internet pioneer AOL traded as…
Oracle Faces ‘Uphill Battle’ in Europe Over Sun
Oracle, the world’s second-largest software maker, faces an “uphill battle” in persuading European Union antitrust…
SAP Sets Pace on ‘Flexible’ Software Pricing
A bruising third quarter convinced German software vendor SAP that it needed to take swift…
EU forum struggles on climate vow
EU delegates work through the night to try to hammer out a pledge of funding…