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Scientists use nanotech to prevent heart disease

University researchers have built nanoparticles designed to cling to artery walls and slowly release medicine - a breakthrough that could help fight heart disease.

By Sharon Gaudin | 20 January, 2010 08:33

Tags: nanotechnology

For sale: NASA slashes price on used space shuttles

Looking to buy a new vehicle at a bargain price?

By Sharon Gaudin | 20 January, 2010 07:17

Tags: space, NASA

Hello world: Bill Gates joins Twitter, Facebook

It's been a big week for social networking.

By Sharon Gaudin | 21 January, 2010 03:55

Tags: social networking, twitter, Facebook

Facebook users booted for hitting message limit

Some Facebook users sending messages about the Haitian earthquake may have been a bit dismayed at times this week to find that they'd been booted off the site for suspicion of spamming.

By Sharon Gaudin | 16 January, 2010 07:59

Tags: Haiti, social networking, Facebook

Google surges; Bing, Yahoo slip in search market

Google Inc. continues to hold its own atop the search market despite being targeted by Microsoft Corp. and its well-received Bing search engine in recent months.

By Sharon Gaudin | 15 January, 2010 06:23

Tags: Yahoo, Google, bing, search engines

Google should boost image with China battle, analysts say

Google's decision to go toe-to-toe with one of the world's most powerful countries could provide huge benefits to its image while having little short-term impact on the company's financial condition, analysts said.

By Sharon Gaudin | 14 January, 2010 03:40

Tags: Google, China, search engines

How will Microsoft, Yahoo respond to Google's China challenge?

Google's move to challenge Chinese censorship demands and threaten to pull its business from the country could pressure search rivals like Microsoft and Yahoo to follow suit.

By Sharon Gaudin | 14 January, 2010 07:03

Tags: Yahoo, Google, Microsoft, China

NASA to seek signs of life from its Mars Lander

More than a year after the Phoenix Mars Lander appeared to effectively freeze to death on the surface of the Red Planet, NASA is getting ready to listen for signs that it's still alive.

By Sharon Gaudin | 13 January, 2010 05:25

Tags: space, NASA, mars

Study: Social networks don't keep students up at night

While a study last year found use of Facebook has led to lower grades among college students, a survey of University of New Hampshire students released this week concluded that the popular social network is not keeping them up at night.

By Sharon Gaudin | 13 January, 2010 05:57

Tags: social networking

Scientists start analyzing Large Hadron Collider data

After billions of dollars were spent to build, start, shut down and then fix and re-start the Large Hadron Collider, the system has finally produced enough data for some long-awaited scientific analysis.

By Sharon Gaudin | 13 January, 2010 07:59

Tags: large hadron collider, CERN

Facebook CEO Zuckerberg causes stir over privacy

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg's contention last week that privacy is becoming less important to online users caused a stir across the Internet and among privacy advocates.

By Sharon Gaudin | 12 January, 2010 09:47

Tags: internet privacy, mark zuckerberg, Facebook, privacy

Google named Word of the Decade

If you had any lingering doubts that social networking is pervading our lives, doubt no longer.

By Sharon Gaudin | 12 January, 2010 03:13

Tags: Google, twitter

Warning Will Robinson! Robotic girlfriends hit the market

The world's first robotic girlfriend has hit the market.

By Sharon Gaudin | 12 January, 2010 06:37

Tags: truecompanion.com, robots

NASA: Hubble peers 13 billion years back in cosmic history

Less than a year after getting a major overhaul, NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has snapped panoramic, full-color images that let astronomers peer more than 13 billion years back into cosmic history.

By Sharon Gaudin | 07 January, 2010 07:07

Tags: NASA, hubble