Science And Technology News

3:12 PM EST
2/9/2012 Blind women improve vision after gene therapyThree U.S. women born with a rare inherited eye disease that impairs vision have improved their sight after normal genes were injected in their retinas to replace mutant genes that cause the disorder.

Source:AHN Topics:Health, Medical Research, Science And Technology, Biotechnology, Human Interest, Curiosity

10:35 AM EST
2/9/2012 The world’s oldest ‘Yo Mama’ jokeResearchers decipher work of Babylonian-era cut-ups, but don’t always get it.

Source:TML Topics:Arts, Culture And Entertainment, Archaeology, Science And Technology, Human Science, History, Literature

8:22 AM EST
2/9/2012 Looking to low-tech wastewater treatmentIn Nepal where one of the biggest childhood killers is water-borne diseases, officials are slowly adopting decentralized ways of treating urban wastewater.

Source:IRIN Topics:Health, Disease, Communicable Diseases, Science And Technology, Technology, Environmental Issue, Water

2:38 PM EST
2/7/2012 New York taxis add smartphone shopping during Fashion WeekNew York Fashion Week is pulling out all the stops and adding some high-tech techniques including smartphone shopping via cab rides.

Source:AHN Topics:Arts, Culture And Entertainment, Fashion, Economy, Business And Finance, Economy, Science And Technology, Technology

1:04 PM EST
2/7/2012 Russian drillers reach surface of lake under Antarctic ice sheetRussian scientists in Antarctica have drilled two miles beneath the continent’s ice sheet, on Sunday reaching the surface of the subglacial lake Vostok, which is believed to have been buried under ice for tens of millions of years.

Source:AHN Topics:Science And Technology, Scientific Exploration, Human Interest, Curiosity, Environmental Issue, Nature

2:28 PM EST
2/3/2012 Court rules for Motorola and makes Apple pull iPads and iPhones in GermanyA court ruling favoring Motorola Mobility has forced Apple to pull several of its iPad and iPhone models from its German online store.

Source:AHN Topics:Crime, Law And Justice, Economy, Business And Finance, Business, Science And Technology, Technology

8:13 PM EST
2/2/2012 French mapping firm wins $660,000 damage against GoogleA French mapping company claiming to have suffered business losses because of Google’s free online maps has won $660,000 in damages from the search engine giant.

Source:AHN Topics:Crime, Law And Justice, Punishment, Economy, Business And Finance, Computing And Information Technology, Software, Science And Technology, IT/computer Sciences

4:36 PM EST
2/2/2012 US researchers say sugar tax neededThe government should tax sweetened drinks and food and identify sugar alongside alcohol and tobacco as a threat to health, according to researchers in the United States.

Source:AHN Topics:Science And Technology, Research, Health, Illness

11:48 AM EST
2/1/2012 U.S. expresses concern over cyber threats from China, RussiaThreats from cyberspace are a major concern of the U.S. intelligence community, according to top intelligence officials appearing at a Senate hearing this week.

Source:AHN Topics:Politics, Espionage And Intelligence, Science And Technology, IT/computer Sciences, Crime, Law And Justice, Crime, Computer Crime

2:37 PM EST
1/31/2012 Congress moves toward vote on cyber-security billA congressional committee plans to recommend on Wednesday that Congress vote on a bill to improve cyber-security and information sharing at a time the government’s ability to protect its data and computers is hotly debated.

Source:AHN Topics:Politics, Government, Civil And Public Service, Crime, Law And Justice, Organized Crime, Science And Technology, IT/computer Sciences