Barcelona Science & Technology News

That's the message from participants at the Personal Democracy Forum in Barcelona. Andrew Rasiej, the conference founder, says tools such as Facebook, Twitter and YouTube let people organize "to have an impact on the political process and to petition governments...

The first commercial space hotel is expected to open in 2012, according to a plan of the Galactic Suite Space Resort company. If the hotel opens, the Barcelona, Spain-based architects of Galactic Suite say it will cost about 4.4 million...

Is the iPhone set to become the most popular games console around? 7.4 million of the devices were sold worldwide in the last three months alone (helping to boost Apple’s profits to £1bn – up 46 per cent on last...

Photo by Adam Buhler Vice president of engineering for Google and KU alumnus Brian McClendon discusses the technology behind Google Earth and Google Maps. McClendon detailed the various software and hardware behind Google's geo products Monday afternoon in the Apollo...

The now-extinct Myotragus balearicus , or " mouse goat ," stood a mere 19 inches high, but its small stature is by no means its most unusual trait. Paleontologists have determined that this diminutive goat had more in common with...

A new research conducted at the University of Barcelona, which was published in an open access journal, PLoS Computational Biology by analyzing several hundred face images, revealed that the brain extract important information for face recognition principally from eyes and...

It finally happened. After all the rumors, leaks and semi-official teases, LG has officially announced it will launch LG Arena KM900 flagship at MWC 09 in Barcelona.It confirms Wi-Fi and A-GPS capability on L- KM900. And reveals that LG Arena...

Scottish First Minister, Alex Salmond is strongly backing national Scottish web name, either .sco or .scot. Salmond said it will be great opportunity to promote Scottish culture, nation and economic. He's encouraged by success of Catalonian domain .cat, which is...

A reliable survey released by the World Conservation Congress claims that 1 out of 4 mammals is teetering on the brink of extinction. The comprehensive data involved 1700 researchers in 130 countries. 5,487 mammal species were investigated across every major...