South America Science & Technology News

Dell previously confirmed its plans to enter the smartphone business, and   China Mobile and Claro in Brazil will be the second largest PC maker's first two supporting mobile operators to sell Dell Mini 3 smartphones, Sina Tech reported on Tuesday....

Cowen  |  Columnist for The Christian Science Monitor/ November 16, 2009 edition Streams of electrically charged particles from the Sun and outer space are turning out to be major players in our solar system’s cosmic drama. They help shape planetary...

Hurricane Ida slammed into Nicaragua's Caribbean coast on Thursday after dumping heavy rain on little-developed offshore islands where hundreds of people were evacuated from flimsy homes. At 10 a.m. EST (1500 GMT) Ida was located about 75 miles north of...

A stunning new image of one of the Milky Way's nearest galactic neighbors, Barnard's Galaxy, reveals rich star formation and curiously-shaped nebulas. At the relatively close distance of about 1.6 million light-years, Barnard's Galaxy is a member of the Local...

Tropical Storm Ida strengthened off the Caribbean coast of Nicaragua on Wednesday, threatening the Central American nation with torrential rains that could trigger devastating mudslides. Ida, the ninth named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season, was expected to make landfall...

The Palestinian Authority (PA) Tuesday said it had asked the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) to press Israel to release more frequencies for a long-awaited second mobile phone operator. It wants Geneva-based ITU, which defines and adopts telecoms standards, to urge...

A US court has jailed the founder of an online gambling firm for more than four years and ordered him to forfeit more than $43m (£26m) in illicit earnings. Gary Kaplan, 50, had admitted various charges of fraud and racketeering...

Hand gel was banned from a prison after inmates got high and started a fight, it was revealed today. Inmates at HMP The Verne on the Isle of Portland in Dorset were drinking the gel for its alcohol content after...

Modern Peru could learn from the civilization's collapse, they say. The Nazca people of Peru -- famous for their huge line drawings on an arid plateau that are fully visible only from the air -- set the stage for their...