Two French scientists who discovered the AIDS virus and a German who bucked conventional wisdom to find a virus that causes cervical cancer were awarded the 2008 Nobel prize for medicine on Monday.

The real costs of how much different systems cost and their effectiveness

A United Nations agency is quietly drafting technical standards, proposed by the Chinese government, to define methods of tracing the original source of Internet communications and potentially curbing the ability of users to remain anonymous.

Many reports of near-death experiences sound the same: a welcoming white light and a replay of memories. But now scientists aim to study what really happens to the brain and consciousness when someone is on the verge of dying.

With the Large Hadron Collider firing up for the first time Wednesday, some critics have speculated that the world's biggest atom smasher could spawn a black hole that would devour Earth.

New research from the University of Cincinnati (UC) implicates the primary chemical used to produce hard plastics--bisphenol A (BPA)--as a risk factor for metabolic syndrome and its consequences.

Scientists have for the first time recorded individual brain cells in the act of summoning a spontaneous memory, revealing not only where a remembered experience is registered but how the brain is able to re-create it.

A computer virus infection has been found on the International Space Station (ISS), according to US media reports. Since the ISS has no direct internet connection, the infection must have been introduced either by a recently introduced laptop, or from med

A Spanish airliner bound for the Canary Islands at the height of the vacation season crashed, burned and broke into pieces Wednesday

Rex Crum visits the H-P "smart home" in Mountain View, Calif., to see Hewlett Packard's latest development in home entertainment. © 2008 The Wall Street Journal