Palo Alto Science & Technology News

Retailers big and small have beefed up their presence on Facebook, Twitter and other popular social networks well in advance of this week's traditional start to the annual holiday shopping season. Images More Business This is the first holiday season...

A scrappy upstart called "Google" surpassed them with a minimalist interface ...Progress! Tech bloggers are in a tizzy over the prospect of tech giants Google or Microsoft getting real-time access to the thoughts of Twitterers, but Valleywag has learned that...

The forum, planned by the Palo Alto PTA Council with Lucile Packard Children's Hospital and Adolescent Counseling Services, brought together mental health experts and local students to talk about teen stress and depression. About two hundred people attended the forum...

Staring across interstellar space, the alluring Cat's Eye Nebula lies 3,000 light-years from Earth. The Cat's Eye (NGC 6543) represents a brief, yet glorious, phase in the life of a sun-like star. This nebula's dying central star may have produced...

As a result of the purchase of EDS which was announced in May, HP will cut it's workforce by approximately 8% over the next 3 years. HP will also work on the EDS operating model and apply the same rigorous...

What would it be like to stand atop the tallest mountain on Earth? Visible are snow peaked mountains near and far, tremendous cliffs, distant plateaus, the tops of clouds, and a dark blue sky. Mt. Everest stands 8.85 kilometers above...

Cancer patients have been left free of the disease after being treated with a new drug which harnesses the power of their own immune cells. Four of 38 patients with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma have seen the disease complete regressions following treatment,...

With the help of an autonomously controlled, robot submarine, scientists are all set to explore the world's deepest undersea volcanoes, which lie 6 km down in the Caribbean. According to a report by BBC News, the submarine, known as Autosub6000,...

Dark skies are favored for viewing meteor showers -- so the best viewing of this year's Perseids will occur in the early morning. While the Perseid meteor shower is scheduled to peak over the next few days, bright light from...