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Argonne National Lab researchers say they easily hacked an electronic voting machine model that's expected to be widely used to tally votes in the 2012 elections using inexpensive, widely-available electronic components. More...

A dangerous piece of malicious code responsible for stealing money from online bank accounts is being updated with new functions after its source code was leaked earlier this year, according to security researchers. More...

Researchers have spotted the first malware that exploits a critical vulnerability in Android 2.3, aka Gingerbread, finding samples tucked into legitimate apps on Chinese download sites. More...

Researchers from Microsoft and the Dutch Katholieke Universiteit Leuven have discovered a way to break the widely used Advanced Encryption Standard (AES), the encryption algorithm used to secure most all online transactions and wireless communications. More...

Facebook's move today to follow Google, Mozilla and Hewlett-Packard in offering bounties for bugs got a unanimous thumbs up from security researchers. More...

WASHINGTON – Scientists now have close-up pictures of a hyperactive comet that seems to be spewing water. Hartley 2 isn't the only such comet, but it's the first to be visited by a spacecraft during a flyby, researchers report in Friday's edition of the journal Science. University of Maryland...

Demonstrators march in Vienna, Austria, as part of the 18th International AIDS Conference on July 20, 2010. Researchers in Germany are reporting that they may have cured a man of HIV infection. If true, that would represent a scientific advance, but not necessarily a treatment advance, said...

In a first for stem-cell technology, researchers have produced mice with two fathers. The mice, developed at M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, contain no maternal DNA. Instead, their genomes are made up of contributions from two male mice. The technology could eventually be used to breed...

SEATTLE – A seriously injured whale, apparently hurt in a collision with at least one boat, has been seen swimming in Puget Sound over the past week. Cascadia Research, which has posted photos online, says the sightings go back at least a week and possibly as early as Nov. 13. The photos were...

VANCOUVER - The world's fishing industry is fast running out of new ocean fishing grounds to exploit as it depletes existing areas through unsustainable harvesting practices, according to a study published on Thursday. Expansion into unexploited fishing grounds allowed global catches to...

Temperatures keep body clock in sync DALLAS, -- Internal temperature regulates the body's clock -- circadian rhythm -- controlling sleep and other functions, U.S. researchers say. Researchers at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas found a light-sensitive portion...

Most pro athletes don't drink enough water CASTILLA, Spain, -- Most professional athletes who play indoors are dehydrated before they begin practice, researchers in Spain say. Ricardo Mora-Rodriguez of the Universidad de Castilla la Mancha says many studies have tested dehydration in...

Bad contact lens compliance causes ER trip ST. LOUIS, An estimated 34,000 U.S. children and teens visit emergency rooms annually for injuries and complications caused by contact lenses, U.S. researchers found. Dr. Brock Hefflin and lead author Dr. Cunlin Wang of the U.S. Food and Drug...

Cigarettes plus wood smoke may = COPD ALBUQUERQUE, Tobacco smokers exposed to wood smoke increased their chance of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, U.S. researchers say. Researchers at Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute say their findings suggest smokers try to avoid heating or...

Teen binge drinking now, thin bones later CHICAGO, Teen binge drinking may disrupt genes involved in forming bone, increasing teens' risk for osteoporosis and bone fractures later in life, U.S. researchers say. Loyola University Health System researchers conducted rat studies examining the...

HPV may boost skin cancer risk HANOVER, N.H., (UPI) -- Human papillomaviruses may be linked to an increased risk of developing some skin cancers, U.S. researchers said. The study, published in the British Medical Journal, also found the risk of skin cancers may worsened if the people are...

Models show spill spreading in Atlantic MANOA, Hawaii, (UPI) -- Coastlines along the Carolinas, Georgia and northern Florida could see effects of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill as soon as October, researchers estimated. The possible spread of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill was studied in a...

Many worldwide lack surgical access BOSTON, (UPI) -- The poorest one-third of the world's population account for only 4 percent of all the world's surgeries completed in one year, U.S. researchers found. Researchers at Boston's Harvard School of Public Health said a large amount of global...

Researchers: Male menopause uncommon BOSTON, (UPI) -- British researchers say male menopause is an uncommon condition with only about one-in-50 men between the ages of 40 and 80 showing signs of it. Dr. Ilpo Huhtaniemi of Imperial College London, who published a study online this week in the...

Voters want attractive, mature candidates PRINCETON, N.J., (UPI) -- It may not be what the U.S. founding fathers had in mind but U.S. and British researchers found voters are heavily influenced by a politician's appearance. Christopher Olivola of University College London and Alexander Todorov...