science and technology

University of Pittsburgh researcher Joe Boudreau was awake all night watching history unfold on a video display he helped create that shows CERN's Large Hadron Collider in action.Wednesday morning about 4:28 a.m., scientists steered the first proton beam around the 17-mile underground loop that straddles the border of France and Switzerland.

There may not be peanuts and pretzels anymore on airplanes, but someday there may be algae oil.Solazyme -- a South San Francisco, Calif. startup focused on producing oil from algae -- said this week that it had produced the world's first algal-derived jet fuel.

Infinite UndiscoveryPlatform: Xbxo 360.Genre: Role-Playing.Publisher: Square Enix.ESRB Rating: T for Teen.Grade: 3 stars out of 5.

People keep asking me what sort of reaction I get when I wear the Nubrella in public. The truth is, I don't totally know. Because when I'm sporting a 2.6-pound clear plastic dome on my shoulders and I pass someone on the street, I try not to make eye contact.

Every year, about the time of the first big storm, the calls and e-mails from concerned citizens into the National Hurricane Center in Miami pick up a bit.While most have questions about storm tracks and warnings, a few have suggestions about how to turn away -- or turn down -- the wrath of a cyclone.

Hurricanes have grown more and more powerful over the past 30 years as ocean surface temperatures -- probably aided by global warming -- have increased, climate scientists said Thursday.

TUCSON, Ariz. -- The decade ending in 2006 was the warmest such period in the Northern Hemisphere for at least the last 1,300 years and possibly longer, says a new study written by a University of Arizona professor and six other researchers.

Time was when you wanted to browse the Web there was no real choice what tool you'd use to do it. Netscape was the only real game in town. It was small, it was fun and it was free.

MLB Power Pros 2008Platform: WiiGenre: SportsPublisher: 2K SportsESRB Rating: E for EveryoneGrade: 3.5 stars

CAPE HATTERAS, N. C.: -- Turtles are crawling ashore and laying eggs on this windy elbow of sand in record numbers.The number of sea turtle nests is up all along the state's coast this year, but the increase at the Cape Hatteras National Seashore is roughly twice the overall state increase. A rare green turtle laid the 111th nest last week.