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Boning up: Is it art or science? Norman Barker is an expert on both. [More]

Boning up: Is it art or science?

China has won international plaudits for its commitment to green goals. It has pledged to reduce carbon emissions by at least 40 percent per economic unit by 2020 and is also adding alternative energy sources such as wind farms and nuclear power plants faster than any other country. But the nation is also in the midst of unprecedented economic growth--and an unprecedented surge in the use of energy, which for China means coal

China has won international plaudits for its commitment to green goals.

GENEVA, March 11 (Reuters) - The tsunami set off by Japan'smajor earthquake is currently higher than some Pacific islands [More]

By Chris Gallagher and Linda Sieg TOKYO, March 11 (Reuters) - A massive 8.9 magnitude quake [More]

By Nicola Jones A study transplanting gut bacteria from human twins into mice could help to explain why some malnourished children develop kwashiorkor -- a condition that triggers swelling in the belly, fatigue and vulnerability to disease. [More]

By Heidi Ledford For more than 50 years, the autoimmune disease lupus has confounded drug developers.

On Wednesday March 9, energy and film experts gathered at the historic Austin City Limits studio on The University of Texas campus to discuss the role of energy and movies in our lives . The event was hosted by Dr.

Northwestern University researchers have developed a new switching device that takes quantum communication to a new level. The device is a practical step toward creating a network that takes advantage of the mysterious and powerful world of quantum mechanics.

During the 2008 presidential election, the Internet became a giant rumor mill. For example, there were the viral e-mails claiming that Barack Obama’s birth certificate was a fake

A rare bird species that has never been adequately studied by science will now have that situation corrected. Scientists trapped three endangered yellow-billed cotingas ( Carpodectes antoniae ) last month, fitted them with tracking devices and released them unharmed back into the Costra Rican wilderness. The researchers used a nearly invisible nylon mist net to capture the birds--one female and two males--near the town of Rincon on Costa Rica's Osa Peninsula

Fujitsu today announced the achievement of a 40 gigabits per second (40-Gbps) optical-fiber transmission employing an uncooled directly-modulated laser. This was realized through the combination of a structure specifically adapted to high-speed operation, and a newly-developed structure capable of lowering operating current and enabling high-temperature operation. Featuring power consumption at less than half that of commercialized 40-Gbps optical transmitters, Fujitsu's new directly-modulated laser obviates the need for a thermoelectric controller

How fast an intense laser pulse can change the electrical properties of solids is revealed by researchers from Kiel University in the current edition of Nature.

Sulla, the world’s first talking robot, was so adept at conversation--in four languages, no less--that a human visitor to the laboratory in which she was created refused to believe she was not a real person. Alas, Sulla was not a real robot, either, but a character in Karel Capek’s 1921 play R.U.R. , which introduced the word “robot” to the lexicon.