A Cold War-era nuclear bunker in Britain has been put up for sale on online auction site eBay, and by Sunday bidders had pushed the price up to more than 27,000 pounds (30,000 euros, 40,000 dollars).
Internet
Feb 28, 2010
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Fossil corals, up to half a million years old, are providing fresh hope that coral reefs may be able to withstand the huge stresses imposed on them by today’s human activity.
Ecology
Feb 28, 2010
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NASA is discovering that perhaps the only thing harder than starting up a program to send humans to the moon is closing one down.
Space Exploration
Feb 28, 2010
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Microsoft Corp. on Friday made its case publicly for increased antitrust scrutiny of rival Google Inc., while deflecting criticism that one of its European properties helped spur a local investigation of the Internet search ...
Internet
Feb 28, 2010
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(AP) -- A new Web sensation called Chatroulette feels like a throwback to the early 1990s, when online chat rooms brimmed with lonely strangers looking for meaningful connections, meaningless sex, or something in between.
Internet
Feb 28, 2010
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(AP) -- A campaign to make Topeka a test site for a new, ultrafast Internet service is gathering speed.
Telecom
Feb 28, 2010
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Reversing a protein deficiency through gene therapy can correct motor function, restore nerve signals and improve survival in mice that serve as a model for the lethal childhood disorder spinal muscular atrophy, new research ...
Biotechnology
Feb 28, 2010
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Digger wasps of the genus Philanthus, so-called beewolves, house beneficial bacteria on their cocoons that guarantee protection against harmful microorganisms. Scientists of the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology in ...
Biochemistry
Feb 28, 2010
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The first order of business for any fledgling plant embryo is to determine which end grows the shoot and which end puts down roots. Now, researchers at the Salk Institute expose the turf wars between two groups of antagonistic ...
Cell & Microbiology
Feb 28, 2010
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Scientists have restarted the world's most powerful atom-smasher overnight, the European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN) said Sunday, as they launch a new bid to uncover the secrets of the universe.
General Physics
Feb 28, 2010
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