 Oracle 2Q Earnings Match Analyst Views(AP) -- Oracle Corp.'s quarterly profit surged 21 percent as the business software maker reaped the latest returns from a two-year shopping spree that has eliminated several major rivals and shored up its ... | |
Universities Vulnerable to ID ThievesDec 18, 2006 | pda version
(AP) -- Universities have become attractive targets for hackers who are taking advantage of the openness of the schools' networks, their decentralized security and the personal information they keep on millions of young ... | |
Researchers find two biomarkers with potential to predict breast cancer spreadDec 15, 2006 | pda version
Expression of two different proteins taken from primary tumor biopsies is highly associated with spread of breast cancer to nearby lymph nodes, according to researchers who say this protein profile could help identify at ... | |
 Breast Cancer Drop Tied to Hormones(AP) -- The millions of women who quit taking menopause hormones after a big federal study found that the pills raised the risk of breast cancer now have more reason to be glad they stopped. | |
 Researchers barcode DNA of 6,000 fungi species in Venice museumIn the storerooms of a Venice, Italy, museum, a University of California, Berkeley, scholar and Italian experts are at work on a rare collection, but the objects aren't Renaissance paintings or the art of ancient ... | |
Rice takes zeolite design Into 21st century using TeraGridA room's design helps define how people interact inside it, and it's much the same in the molecular world. The atomic layout of molecular spaces can provoke very different reactions from chemicals that meet there, in much ... | |
Physicists Set New Record for Network Data TransferAn international team of physicists, computer scientists, and network engineers led by the California Institute of Technology, CERN, and the University of Michigan and partners at the University of Florida and Vanderbilt, ... | |
Older men treated for early prostate cancer live longer than those who are notRecent findings from an observational study by researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine suggest that men between 65 and 80 years of age who received treatment for early stage, localized prostate cancer ... | |
 Technology Gives Police Instant ID Info(AP) -- With a quick imprint of a suspect's two fingers on a handheld device, Columbus police can get instant access to the person's identity without making a trip to the booking office. | |
 Hackers crack UCLA database of 800,000 studentsComputer hackers broke into a database containing personal information of around 800,000 students and staff at prestigious UCLA in Los Angeles, the university announced. | |
Va. AG Wants Sex Offenders' Online Names(AP) -- Attorney General Bob McDonnell said Monday he will seek legislation requiring convicted sex offenders to register their online identities with the state to help MySpace and other online hangouts more easily block ... | |
Researchers find new chink in a 'superbug's' armorInfections from drug-resistant forms of Staphylococcus bacteria are skyrocketing and have even recently made headlines by debilitating some of the NFL�s toughest players. Tools to fight these bugs are few, but now University ... | |
New biomarker predicts effectiveness of breast cancer drugsUniversity of Cincinnati (UC) researchers have identified a new way to predict when anti-estrogen drug therapies are inappropriate for patients with hormone-dependent breast cancer. | |
Sales Joining Home Values Online(AP) -- A real-estate site that publishes estimated values for about 70 million U.S. homes began letting homeowners and real-estate agents post sale offers online Thursday. | |
Emperors in crisisRoman emperors had to implement drastic reforms in the third century. In order to retain their position of power in this turbulent period they developed an emperor ideology. With this they increasingly laid claim to their ... | |
