London, Feb 7 (PTI) In a first, scientists have ‘uploaded’ the nervous sytem of a worm on a computer, allowing the organism to live as a virtual avatar and even learn new tricks without human coding.

The tiny worm C. elegans is the only living being whose neural network has been analyzed completely. It can therefore be transferred to a computer, creating a virtual copy of the worm which behaves in ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. The Conficker worm's April 1st trigger date came and went without the bedeviling computer virus causing any mischief but security ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. A worm spreading though the AOL instant messaging program is using the name iTunes to mislead users, an anti-virus software firm says.