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Councillors are expected to confer the titles on Sir Peter Mansfield and Dr Stewart Adams at a full council meeting on Monday, July 8. The honour is considered the highest the council can give and bestows a number of unusual rights, including permission to drive sheep over Trent Bridge and being able to graze cattle on "common lands". Being allowed ... (more)

The University of Wisconsin-Madison is asking state lawmakers for an exemption from the state's open-records law that would allow it to keep research data private until the information is published or patented.

Fame fades. Two centuries ago, readers in America, Great Britain, and on the European continent knew Joseph Priestley well.

A southeast Georgia man has been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole in the death of his girlfriend's 3-year-old son.

In honor of national Geek Pride Day tomorrow, Texas Instruments Inc. today showcased the hobbies and projects of about a dozen of its employees.

If you care at all about America's future as a country of ideas and potential, you'll probably agree that this is a cool story.

This agreement resolves patent litigation that was pending in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas.

This April 2013 photo provided by Joe Kloptic shows a prototype called the Funicular in Madison, Wis.

MARCHLENSKI, Stanley Patrick "Tunney," 88, of Wheeling, WV, formerly of Columbus, OH, died Wednesday, May 22, 2013 at Liza's Place, Wheeling.

This exclusive exhibition will highlight jewelry that defined a pivotal period in Italian design, and will include many pieces from the personal collection of .

In this guide, we provide a list of questions you can use to evaluate the merits of providers and make a thoughtful decision.

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An inventor's romantic proposal idea has come to happy fruition. It took months of work, but Ben Kokes crafted an engagement ring for his girlfriend, Julie, that would light up from within - but only after he put it on her finger and took her by the hand.

The Bare Conductive paint pen contains a non-toxic electrically conductive paint.

In this era of ever-accelerating technological development, we all tend to be so fixated on the gizmos of the future that we rarely take the time to think about the glorious technology of the past.

In this era of ever-accelerating technological development, we all tend to be so fixated on the gizmos of the future that we rarely take the time to think about the glorious technology of the past.

A patent application published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office on Thursday reveals Apple is actively researching methods to ensure a video's multi-channel audio is always played back correctly, no matter how a user holds the device.

Most people probably associate Ethernet with a simple cable cinched with phone-like jacks.

Tech manufacturers that boast how fast their devices can juice up might want to listen up: A California teen has developed a super-capacitor that could lead to a 20- to 30-second phone charge.

When the windows are closed that vehicle becomes like a greenhouse and a pet or person can die of heatstroke.