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In some ways, it's an ominous pitch. By measuring the "magnetic fingerprint" of any building in the world, the Finnish company IndoorAtlas can conjure up a startlingly precise indoor map of any building. It's technology ...

Researchers and marketers often want to know what catches your eye, whether it's players on the basketball court or just a new shampoo at the store. They may have an easier time figuring this out with Tobii's latest eye-...

Scientists have caught a glimpse of the processes that lead to the formation of solar flares and the associated space weather.

Microsoft is breaking out the big guns for the launch Surface Pro 3. It trotted out creative software powerhouse Adobe to show off a new version of Photoshop CC it's got in the works. This edition is designed specificall...

New information leaked from Edward Snowden says the NSA used a legal wiretap to jumpstart a wiretapping effort in the Bahamas. A DEA tap was surreptitiously tapped by the NSA, …

Law enforcement agencies seize more than 1,000 computers, smartphones, and hard drives in a massive operation that goes after malware said to have "sophisticated" capabilities and "breathtaking" invasiveness.

The game taps the latest version of Qualcomm's Vuforia technology.

Sea level rise is threatening the majority of NASA's launch pads and multi-billion dollar complexes famous for training astronauts and launching historic missions to space, scientists said on Tuesday.

According to new clinical trial results, two drugs were able to make breathing easier among IPF or idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis sufferers. Nintedanib and Pirfenidone might be available in the market in 2015.

UK-based OwnFone, a company that lets users design their own mobile devices, introduced what it's calling the world's first Braille phone. OwnFone users can now create a phone with Braille buttons, starting at $100 (60 B...

The so-called Roombots can move around and change shape depending on an individual's needs.

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory: It's now more or less official: element 117 will have a seat at the periodic table. Earlier this month an international team of scientists that included researchers from Lawrence Be...

Last month ranked as the world's hottest April on record, tying with April 2010, U.S. weather officials said. Last month was 1.39 degrees Fahrenheit (0.77 degrees Celsius) warmer than the 20th century average.

The next episode of "Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey" airs Sunday (May 18), and it promises to delve into big questions about death and immortality.

Among adults with schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder, treatment with the newer, more costly antipsychotic paliperidone palmitate, compared with the older antipsychotic haloperidol decanoate, found no significant d...

Exercise prescriptions could significantly reduce disability and the risk of recurrent stroke in survivors who also may face other barriers such as fatigue and depression. The research suggests that stroke survivors shou...

The percentage of people reporting chest pain dropped in the last two decades among Americans 65 and older and whites 40 and older, but not among blacks. The national data included too few Hispanics and other minorities ...

Alcohol use is often portrayed positively or even glamorized in movies. A new study looks at how alcohol portrayals in movies may affect viewers. Both positive and negative portrayals can contribute to viewers' emotional...

Mixing alcohol with energy drinks (A+ED) continues to grow in popularity. A new study looks at motivations for both alcohol and A+ED consumption. Results show that hedonistic motives related to sensation and pleasure ide...

A new meteor shower that will blaze up in the early hours of Saturday morning could be spectacular, if Jupiter's gravity has shepherded particles shed by Comet 209P/LINEAR tightly together.

There is a lot to read between the lines of today’s Surface event from Microsoft. Microsoft’s vision for the Surface continues to be of a device both a great tablet and a great laptop. Previous versions of the Surfac...

Multiplexed testing of lung cancer tumors identified genetic alterations that were helpful in selecting targeted treatments, a study has shown. Patients that received matched therapy for lung cancer lived longer than pat...