EDINBURGH, Scotland, Sept. 16 (UPI) -- One of the largest marine energy projects planned for Scottish waters will enhance efforts to move the economy away from fossil fuels, the energy minister said.
CUPERTINO, Calif., Sept. 14 (UPI) -- U.S. technology giant Apple's fingerprint scanning system for the iPhone 5S is not a foolproof system regarding fingerprint privacy, analysts said.
LONDON, Sept. 13 (UPI) -- Spanish scientists are reporting the world's first self-healing polymer that spontaneously and independently repairs itself without any intervention.
LONDON, Sept. 13 (UPI) -- London police said Friday that they arrested a gang of 12 men for allegedly attempting to take control of a Santander Bank branch's computer system.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 13 (UPI) -- The American Chemistry Council said non-recycled plastics could provide a source of energy if the right technology is in place.
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 12 (UPI) -- Ray Dolby, whose Dolby Laboratories pioneered audio technology widely used in the film and recording industries, has died in San Francisco, his company says.
SEOUL, Sept. 12 (UPI) -- Korean smartphone maker Samsung, responding to Apple's imminent iPhone 5S and its 64-bit processor, says it also has 64-bit devices under development.
CHICAGO, Sept. 12 (UPI) -- Identifying someone by the way they tap and swipe on a touchscreen might be the future of smartphone security, U.S. researchers say.
BERLIN, Sept. 12 (UPI) -- A hacker has stolen personal details of more than 2 million customers of a German arm of Britain's Vodafone mobile network provider, the company says.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 (UPI) -- North Korea's Yongbyon nuclear reactor can produce plutonium that would boost its weapons stockpile, researchers at Johns Hopkins University said.
LONDON, Sept. 12 (UPI) -- A new model of wind turbines designed specifically for offshore operations was installed at a demonstration site off the British coast, a minister said.
BRUSSELS, Sept. 11 (UPI) -- Seven European countries are involved in a project to test a robotic exoskeleton suit that can be worn by factory workers, European Union officials say.
BRUSSELS, Sept. 11 (UPI) -- A trade group Wednesday rejected European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso's call for dropping roaming charges on cross-border mobile phone calls.
SHEFFIELD, England, Sept. 11 (UPI) -- Stone tools made of obsidian found at archaeological digs can be traced to their geological source in seconds with a new instrument, British researchers say.
CORAL GABLES, Fla., Sept. 11 (UPI) -- Robots trading on global markets and operating at speeds beyond human capability can overwhelm the system and bring trading to a halt, U.S. researchers say.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 11 (UPI) -- The U.S. oil and natural gas industry invested more than $80 billion to lower greenhouse gas emissions from 2000 through 2012, an oil lobby group said.
LONDON, Sept. 10 (UPI) -- In Britain, more men than women check a partner's mobile phone to see if they had been talking to anyone else in a romantic or sexual context, a survey found.
CUPERTINO, Calif., Sept. 10 (UPI) -- Apple introduced new versions of the iPhone at an event in California Tuesday, with upgrades to its flagship iPhone 5S and a new, cheaper phone, the iPhone 5C.
EAST LANSING, Mich., Sept. 10 (UPI) -- Drones have come to America's farmlands, said Michigan State University researchers who unveiled an unmanned aerial vehicle to help farmers maximize yields.
SALT LAKE CITY, Sept. 10 (UPI) -- University of Utah engineers say a home wireless network can detects falls by the elderly without requiring them to wear monitoring devices.
IRVINE, Calif., Sept. 10 (UPI) -- U.S. engineers say they've looked to the common squid to develop a camouflage coating that can make objects -- or people -- invisible to infrared night scopes.
BENTONVILLE, Ark., Sept. 10 (UPI) -- U.S. retail giant Walmart said it has plans to offer trade-in store credit for used smartphones, including up to $300 for an iPhone5 in good condition.
World War II veteran Eugene Morgan of West Memphis, Arkansas, tours the World War II Memorial after members of congress took down barriers to let a group of veterans in to the closed memorial, on October 2, 2013 in Washington, D.C. All national parks and memorials are closed due to the ongoing government shutdown. UPI/Kevin Dietsch
