America and China are the big hitters, but other nations also punch above their weight. … Read more

Using MR scans doctors say they expect better diagnoses of brain disorders, including malformations, growth problems or injuries that can lead to cerebral palsy and sometimes autism. … Read more

There’s an intriguing idea floating around the media: Microsoft Corp. wants to undercut Google so badly in Internet search that it might pay newspapers to withhold their content from Google. Just don’t count on that …

Cotton seeds are packed with protein but regular plants produce a toxic chemical called gossypol. Now scientists have worked out a way to reduce the toxin. … Read more

Cutting out meat consumption on one day a week can have a major impact on reducing CO2 emissions, Sir Paul McCartney has said. He says halving UK meat consumption would do more to reduce emissions …

It looks more like the Starship Enterprise sinking in the sea – but this huge vertical vessel could be the future of ocean exploration. Called the SeaOrbiter, the huge 51m (167ft) structure is set to …

As if Airbus and Boeing didn’t have enough to worry about already, the looming debt crisis in Dubai has cast a shadow over a backlog of aircraft orders, worth more than $60 billion, from Dubai, …

Studies suggesting the Arctic sea ice has made a modest recovery following its record-setting retreat in 2007 are misleading and underestimate the severity of the polar meltdown, says one of Canada’s top ice scientists. … …

Architecture could help us tackle climate change, if we start to design our buildings with ‘living’ materials, according to Dr Rachel Armstrong, UCL Bartlett School of Architecture. … Read more

A mounting debt crisis in Dubai, the Gulf emirate whose boundless extravagance came to symbolize the excesses of cheap credit, is rattling investor confidence in emerging markets and raising fears of contagion in the financial …

Ecuador and China will form a joint venture to develop an oil bloc in the South American country that has proven reserves of 120 million barrels of crude, an Ecuadoran official said. … Read …

There is hope for those who miss one night too many or whose children keep them up at night. The unwelcome effects of a bad night’s sleep – forgetfulness, impaired mental performance – can be …

Our lives will change in myriad ways as humans scramble to avoid a catastrophic rise in global temperature. Nowhere is that clearer than in Portland and Multnomah County, which recently adopted one of the nation’s …

The next generation of computers may make use of the “spin” of electrons instead of their charge. … Read more

For the first time guidelines are to be published on how broadcasters around the world can encourage audiences to produce better quality user-generated content and to improve media and information literacy. … Read more

The device works by creating something called a plasma, which produces a cocktail of chemicals in air that kill bacteria but are harmless to skin. A related approach could see the use of plasmas to …

Beijing said it would aim to reduce its “carbon intensity” by 40-45% by the year 2020, compared with 2005 levels. … Read more

Scientists now believe fossils found on the famous Allen Hills meteorite, which was discovered in 1996, are of bugs that originated on the planet. … Read more

Dubai’s financial woes have tamed the once-independent emirate and forced it closer to Abu Dhabi, which holds 90 per cent of the U.A.E.’s oil. … Read more

Where do greenhouse gas emissions come from? Which countries are most responsible for causing human-induced climate change? And have governments pledged tough enough cuts so far to keep the global average temperature rise within “safe …

Carbon labelling could unfairly disadvantage economies in the developing world, and mislead consumers, according to an interdisciplinary project carried out by the UK Research Councils’ Rural Economy and Land Use Programme. … Read more

A new theory that multiple sclerosis is a vascular disease that could be treated with simple surgery is so “exciting” and “potentially paradigm shifting” that the MS Society of Canada is calling on scientists to …

They already detect and defuse bombs, control traffic patterns and do some basic household chores. And scientists predict that pretty soon, robots will be using artificial intelligence to play a larger role on the battlefield, …

Climate change poses a huge barrier to a fulfilling future, argues Lord Puttnam, an ambassador for Unicef UK. In this week’s Green Room, he asks what price children will have to pay for three or …

Researchers at Sandia National Laboratories have built a machine that uses the sun’s energy to convert carbon dioxide waste from power plants into transportation fuels such as gasoline, diesel, and jet fuel. The system could …