SOUTHAMPTON, England, May 9 (UPI) -- A British researcher says he's conducted a detailed analysis of the archaeological remains of the lost medieval town of Dunwich, dubbed "Britain's Atlantis."
BROOKHAVEN, N.Y., May 9 (UPI) -- U.S. physicists say they're planning a new experiment in particle physics -- but first there's the small matter of moving a 50-foot-diameter magnet 3,200 miles.
CAMBRIDGE, England, May 9 (UPI) -- British astronomers say silicon, a major ingredient of the rocky material that formed Earth, was found in the atmosphere of a pair of nearby burnt-out stars.
REDMOND, Wash., May 9 (UPI) -- U.S. technology giant Microsoft is considering a $1 billion bid to buy Nook, the e-book business owned by Barnes & Noble, a TechCrunch report said.
NEW HAVEN, Conn., May 9 (UPI) -- After the cold winter of 2012-13, the percentage of Americans who believe global warming is occurring has dropped 7 points since last fall, a poll indicates.
HOUSTON, May 9 (UPI) -- It's going to be tough to replicate the U.S. shale natural gas boom because other countries lack the necessary workforce and infrastructure, an executive said.
WASHINGTON, May 9 (UPI) -- President Obama travels to Austin, Texas, as part of his "Middle Class Jobs and Opportunity Tours" Thursday, the White House said.
AUSTIN, Texas, May 9 (UPI) -- Republican Gov. Rick Perry said through a spokeswoman Texas was "the right place" for President Barack Obama to visit Thursday to tout economic growth.
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., May 8 (UPI) -- YouTube says a new feature lets U.S. users see what videos others are watching in major cities or regions of the country and know their sex and age group.
CUPERTINO, Calif., May 8 (UPI) -- Apple is planning to expand its iPhone lineup with multiple models in an effort to compete with Android-powered smartphones, a U.S. analyst says.
PASADENA, Calif., May 8 (UPI) -- A space telescope has observed surprisingly hot gas falling towards the supermassive black hole at the center of our Milky Way galaxy, U.S. researchers say.
ZURICH, Switzerland, May 8 (UPI) -- Swiss researchers say they've created a sticky-footed robot that can climb rocky cliff faces while carrying five times its own weight.
MADISON, Wis., May 8 (UPI) -- Declining snow cover in a warming world spells trouble for plants and animals that survive harsh winters in a beneath-the-snow habitat, U.S. researchers say.
OTTAWA, May 8 (UPI) -- Is Canada moving toward developing a futuristic arsenal of precision weaponry? That would be both to save costs and to save lives -- its own fighters' lives and possibly civilians in combat zones.
DAVIS, Calif., May 8 (UPI) -- People in Europe are one big family, closely related to one another for the past 1,000 years, a study of the DNA of people from across the continent found.
COLUMBUS, Ohio, May 8 (UPI) -- Adding attractive visuals to a textbook lesson to get children's interest can actually make it harder for them to learn, Ohio State University researchers say.
VALENCIA, Spain, May 8 (UPI) -- European researchers report they've developed an electronic "nose" so sensitive it can distinguish between the odors emitted by pears and apples.
WASHINGTON, May 8 (UPI) -- America's urban forests store some 700 million tons of carbon, an environmental benefit worth an estimated $50 billion, a U.S. Forest Service study indicates.
BERKELEY, Calif., May 8 (UPI) -- U.S. scientist say they've identified the part of the brain that lets a batter pinpoint and hit a 95 mph fastball or a tennis player return a 120 mph serve.
GLASGOW, Scotland, May 8 (UPI) -- British researchers say they've found an insect that can hear at ultrasound frequencies up to 300 kHz, the highest recorded frequency sensitivity of any animal.
EDINBURGH, Scotland, May 8 (UPI) -- Math and reading ability at age 7 may be linked with socioeconomic status, including jobs and income, decades later in adulthood, British researchers say.
TALLIN, Estonia, May 7 (UPI) -- With a satellite launched Tuesday Estonia has joined a not-so-exclusive club, becoming the 41st nation in the world to own a man-made object orbiting in space.
ANN ARBOR, Mich., May 7 (UPI) -- Humans may have played a part in the disappearance of mastodons after the last ice age by hunting and killing the most dominant males, a U.S. researcher says.
BERLIN, May 7 (UPI) -- A German court ruled Apple must change its rules for handling customer data, saying current rules deviate too much from the country's privacy laws.
Jodi Arias (R) reacts as she hears the verdict of guilty of first degree murder after a four month trial in Phoenix, Arizona, May 8, 2013. Arias was convicted of murdering her lover Travis Alexander in Tempe, Arizona in June of 2008. UPI// Rob Schumacher/Arizona Republic/Pool
