Computer Science and Technology News

The fifth edition of Virginia Tech's Green500 List shows that supercomputers continue to use less power even as their capacity soars. Computers raking in top spots a year ago are falling by the wayside to newer models.

Zeus Bot has been named America's most pervasive computer Botnet virus by Network World magazine, reportedly infecting 3.6 million U.S. computers.

Research demonstrates that computing in living cells is feasible, opening the door to a number of applications. The second-generation bacterial computers show the feasibility of extending the approach to other computationally challenging math problems.

New process developed at Rice could be boon to electronics manufacturers.

Private information scattered all over the Internet and impossible to control. A new system, called Vanish, puts an expiry date on electronic text. Communications sent using Vanish -- such as e-mail, would have a brief lifetime and then self-destruct.

As more and more news appears on the Internet as well as in print, it becomes possible to map the global flow of news by observing it online. Using this strategy, Cornell computer scientists have managed to track and analyze the "news cycle."

A team of scientists have developed an innovative robot rat which can seek out and identify objects using its whiskers.

NASA and Japan has released a new digital topographic map of Earth Monday that covers more of our planet than ever before. The map was produced with detailed measurements from NASA's Terra spacecraft.

A team led by Yale University researchers has created the first rudimentary solid-state quantum processor, taking another step toward the ultimate dream of building a quantum computer.

Thanks to the skills of artists who work on cold case investigations, people have a chance to see what the University of Chicago’s mummy Meresamun may have looked like in real life.