Synthetic Tree Captures Carbon 1,000 Faster Than Real Trees

Technology / Engineering

5 hours ago | 3 / 5 (6) | 5

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists have designed a synthetic tree that traps carbon dioxide from the air in an attempt to combat growing emissions. The device looks less like a tree and more like a small building, ...

Raptor: An Electric Car Nearly Anyone Would Want to Drive

Technology / Energy

5 hours ago | 3.8 / 5 (5) | 4

I love my Prius, it's true. But sometimes, I look at the Dodge Charger (I'm watching Burn Notice this summer) and think, "What a cool car." And when we think of cool cars, it's hard to keep the image of a ...

See your photos in 3D on new website

Technology / Computer Sciences

12 hours ago | 4.3 / 5 (7) | 5

(PhysOrg.com) -- You could turn your holiday snaps or favourite figurines into three-dimensional images with new free software developed by a researcher from Queensland University of Technology and the Australasian ...

NY official: Tagged site stole identities

Technology / Internet

4 hours ago | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

(AP) -- New York's attorney general charged Thursday that Tagged.com stole the identities of more than 60 million Internet users worldwide - by sending e-mails that raided their private accounts.

Google, Microsoft chairmen share laugh together

Technology / Business

4 hours ago | not rated yet | 0

(AP) -- The escalating tension between Google and Microsoft didn't prevent the companies' chairmen from sharing a moment of levity Thursday at an exclusive media conference in the Idaho mountains.