Switching from a low-fat, plant-based diet to one high in fat and sugar alters the collection of microbes living in the gut in less than a day, with obesity-linked microbes suddenly thriving, according to new …

Slowing the growth in U.S. health care spending will most likely require adoption of an array of strategies as well as an improved approach to moving promising strategies into widespread use, according to a new …

Nearly 200 million children in poor countries have stunted growth because they don’t get enough to eat, according to a new report published by UNICEF before a three-day international summit on the problem of world …

It is currently estimated that natural gas resources will be exhausted in 130 years; however, those reserves where extraction is cost-effective will only flow for another 60 years or so…. Read more

Poor countries vulnerable to climate change plot a low-carbon future and challenge richer states to match them. … Read more

A group of students from Aberdeen University have shown that certain strains of E.coli can be used to automatically mend leaking pipes…. Read more

A giant "digital cloud" that would "float" above London’s skyline is outlined by an international team of architects and designers…. Read more

The world’s demand for oil will increase 40 percent within 20 years, the International Energy Agency said. But questions remain whether enough oil is left to meet those demands, even with conservation efforts…. Read more

The science section of The New York Times contained an unusual article. The story about a huge floating garbage patch in the Pacific Ocean was not written by a Times reporter but by a freelance …

British broadcaster Sky launched an iPhone application Tuesday which allows viewers to watch live TV on the move and is thought to be the first commercial TV service backed by the broadcaster itself…. Read more

In an effort to plug gaps of knowledge about key ocean processes, scientists at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego have been awarded nearly $1 million from the National Science Foundation to develop …

The people of this small Dutch town are not against pumping tons of carbon dioxide into the ground to fight global warming…. Read more

South Korea becomes the latest nation to adopt an international standard on carbon labelling…. Read more

Should techniques for training horses be eligible for a patent? What about a system for choosing a jury or fail-proof method for speed dating?… Read more

As more U.S. companies send their sophisticated R&D offshore, America must provide worker retraining to maintain its tech leadership… Read more

British scientists begin a new study to consider how human DNA is used in animal experiments and to determine what the boundaries of such controversial science might be…. Read more

Australian marine scientists have issued an urgent call for massive and rapid worldwide cuts in carbon emissions, deep enough to prevent atmospheric CO2 levels rising to 450 parts per million (ppm)…. Read more

Human embryonic stem cells could help people with learning and memory deficits after radiation treatment for brain tumors, suggests a new UC Irvine study…. Read more

Startup Opower is partnering with power utilities and applying behavioral psychology to energy conservation… Read more

In a recently published paper, Aram Harrow at the University of Bristol and colleagues from MIT in the United States have discovered a quantum algorithm that solves large problems much faster than conventional computers can…. …

Internet giant Google has been ordered to pay 500,000 dollars in damages to Formula 1 racer Rubens Barrichello for hosting fake online profiles of him on its social network Orkut…. Read more

Over the last 20 years, the sequencing of the human genome, along with related organisms, has represented one of the largest scientific endeavors in the history of mankind. The information collected from genome sequencing will …

Corporate might and commercial pressures are undermining research. It’s time for scientists to blow the whistle, say Stuart Parkinson and Chris Langley… Read more

Google Inc. is stepping up its push to sell advertising on cell phones, announcing a deal Monday to buy a mobile ad network, AdMob, for $750 million in stock…. Read more

The body charged with conserving Atlantic tuna has a "final chance" to get things right at its meeting, the US commissioner says…. Read more