NEW YORK, Jan. 8 (UPI) -- A New York City study finds electronic health records can improve patient care in small physician practices if technical help is provided, researchers say.
COLUMBIA, Mo., Jan. 8 (UPI) -- U.S. researchers say a portable X-ray source they've developed could lead to inexpensive hand-held devices for medical diagnosis and terrorism prevention.
THE HAGUE, Netherlands, Jan. 8 (UPI) -- Europeans are losing about $1.96 billion annually from fraudulent use of debit and credit cards, the European Union police agency Europol said.
SHENZHEN, China, Jan. 7 (UPI) -- Chinese company Huawei has announced a smartphone with the largest display screen ever seen, a 6.1-inch device that blurs the line between phone and tablet.
LAS VEGAS, Jan. 7 (UPI) -- A digital device that can track your lost luggage and tell you where it is had been introduced at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.
LAS VEGAS, Jan. 7 (UPI) -- Lenovo has introduced what it calls an "interpersonal PC" -- a multi-user, multi-touch, multi-mode device -- at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.
DURHAM, N.C., Jan. 7 (UPI) -- A U.S. research institute says it is partnering with the Department of Energy to test a method for producing liquid transportation fuels from coal and biomass.
Study suggests worlds may be life sites ... Library of Congress has archive of tweets ... Ancient birds had teeth -- strong ones ... DNA research seeks vaccine for malaria ... Science and Technology news from UPI.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 7 (UPI) -- The U.S. Library of Congress says it has compiled more than 170 billion tweets, which will be available to researchers and other interested parties.
PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 7 (UPI) -- A U.S. health insurer has announced a program to provide its members with services through communications on their smartphones.
Mission would drag asteroid to the moon ... Uses of computers, smartphones compared ... Britain's first hand transplant a success ... Dinosaur feathers may have attracted mates ... Science and Technology news from UPI.
NEW YORK, Jan. 4 (UPI) -- People have different priorities when it comes to smartphone versus computer use although there is some common ground of utilization, a U.S. poll indicates.
BEIJING, Jan. 4 (UPI) -- China's new tightened policy requiring real names of Internet and other users when registering has triggered "heated discussion," the official media reported.
PITTSBURGH, Jan. 3 (UPI) -- A smartphone app may make it easier to wait for a table at your favorite restaurant by alerting you by text when it's ready, its U.S. developer said.
LAS VEGAS, Jan. 3 (UPI) -- Corning Glass says it will introduce a stronger and thinner version of its Gorilla Glass for smartphone and tablet displays in Las Vegas next week.
SYDNEY, Jan. 3 (UPI) -- A positioning technology that could compete with satellite-based global positioning systems can work indoors as well as out, its Australian developers say.
U.S., Google settle antitrust matter ... Google, Yahoo ads are on pirate sites ... Milky Way may have 100 billion planets ... Jan. 1 snow cover set U.S. record ... Science and Technology news from UPI.
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 3 (UPI) -- A report has linked Google Inc. and Yahoo Inc. with websites that feature pirated movies, TV shows and music, saying the companies are placing ads on the sites.
LONDON, Jan. 3 (UPI) -- Ubuntu, the open source Linux-based operating system, has been adapted to run on smartphones as a replacement for Android, its makers say.
PYONGYANG, North Korea, Jan. 3 (UPI) -- It is unclear if North Korean officials will meet with Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt during his planned visit, The Wall Street Journal reported.
JERUSALEM, Jan. 2 (UPI) -- Israel says it has started a program to teach teenagers to be "interceptors" of cyberattacks by teaching them cyberwarfare techniques.
SEOUL, Jan. 2 (UPI) -- South Korean car makers Kia and Hyundai have announced partnerships with Google to feature the U.S. search giant's Google Maps in new vehicles.
SACRAMENTO, Jan. 2 (UPI) -- California and Illinois have made it illegal for employers to demand Facebook or Twitter passwords to access to employees' private information, officials say.
PALO ALTO, Calif., Jan. 2 (UPI) -- U.S. researchers say autonomous rovers exploring moons and asteroids could be a significant step toward a human mission to Mars.
