Stephen Roach, who predicted the downturn, says the West and Asia need to trade spending habits…. Read more

Advances in digital technologies give writers many avenues to publish and distribute their literary dreams…. Read more

Scientists at The Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee have successfully produced liver cells from patients’ skin cells opening the possibility of treating a wide range of diseases that affect liver function…. Read more

University of Florida chemists have pioneered a method to tease out promising molecular structures for capturing energy, a step that could speed the development of more efficient, cheaper solar cells…. Read more

How dependent have we become on mobile phones, and are social networking sites changing the nature of our relationships with other people? A three-year Oxford University study is to address these issues…. Read more

President Lee Myung-Bak offered full government support to help South Korean firms secure about 10 percent of the global electric car market by 2015…. Read more

A team of researchers from the State University of Pennsylvania (USA) and the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (UAM) have developed a technique to replicate biological structures, such as butterfly wings, on a nano scale. The …

NASA has downgraded the threat from a near-Earth asteroid…. Read more

Clemson bioengineer Frank Alexis is designing new ways to target drugs and reduce the chances for side effects…. Read more

After two years of design, experimentation, fund-raising and building, the University of Arizona’s Solar Decathlon team has completed construction of its 800-square-foot solar-powered house on the National Mall in Washington, D.C…. Read more

Google Flu Trends, an internet search tool that tracks the spread of influenza as an early warning of outbreaks, has expanded to Canada and 15 other countries…. Read more

A battered U.S. economy has sent many of the country’s leading minds packing for "greener" shores. America is losing thousands of top scientists, academics and biotech executives to cities like Singapore, which offer more lucrative …

Two South Korean firms have developed mini firefighting robots to help human firefighters safely plan their course of action before entering a blazing building…. Read more

Major shifts in fisheries distribution due to climate change will affect food security in tropical regions most adversely, according to a study led by the Sea Around Us Project at The University of British Columbia…. …

A growing threat for food-borne illnesses comes attractively packaged, is stunningly convenient and is increasingly popular with shoppers looking for healthy meals: ready-to-eat leafy greens that make putting together a green salad as easy as …

There is a "significant risk" that global production of conventional oil could "peak" and decline by 2020, a report suggests…. Read more

How towns and cities cause the extinction of local plants is revealed for the first time by a new analysis…. Read more

Scientists from the United States and China have revealed the potential for human stem cells to provide a vaccination against colon cancer, reports a study published in Stem Cells…. Read more

The blogger and the search engine spark separate but related controversies by reminding us that we’ve lost control of our brands, information, and ideas… Read more

A new startup called Causata, led by Paul Phillips and boasting a proven team of techies and $4.5 million in venture funding from Accel Partners, aims to push customer-intelligence technology to an unprecedented level…. Read …

A national system of vocational training reduces joblessness… Read more

Ever wonder where newspapers and blogs get some of their tantalizing tidbits? The online document-sharing service Scribd (pronounced "Scribbed") is trying to make it easier to find out. Scribd is giving away a piece of …

IPhones aren’t the only cutting-edge devices on AT&T Inc.’s wireless network. A startup is set to announce that it’s making pill-bottle caps that use Ma Bell’s network to remind you to take your medicine…. Read …

The chairman of the Federal Communications Commission warns of a "looming spectrum crisis" if the government fails to find new ways to ensure there is enough bandwidth for mobile devices…. Read more

For 1200 years, the Maya dominated Central America. At their peak around 900 A.D., Maya cities teemed with more than 2,000 people per square mile — comparable to modern Los Angeles County. Even in rural …