The study of modern languages could die out within the next 20 years because of the government’s focus on science subjects, leading academics have warned. … Read more

Acting as a microscope for sound, a new device called a micro-ear could make objects on the micro-scale audible. The device could enable scientists to listen to the sounds that cells and bacteria make as …

New sensors built using nanotechnology could read and write information directly into the brain. … Read more

A journey from Earth to Mars could in the future take just 39 days — cutting current travel time nearly six times — according to a rocket scientist who has the ear of the US …

Coffee producers say they are getting hammered by global warming, with higher temperatures forcing growers to move to prized higher ground, putting the cash crop at risk. … Read more

A single cell in the human body is approximately 10,000 times more energy-efficient than any nanoscale digital transistor, the fundamental building block of electronic chips. In one second, a cell performs about 10 million energy-consuming …

Microsoft on Thursday said it combined technology with an “extraordinary” legal maneuver to cripple a massive network of hacked computers that had been flooding the Internet with spam. … Read more

Scientists have discovered an area of the North Atlantic Ocean where plastic debris accumulates. … Read more

European researchers are creating technology that will treat neighbourhoods like a miniature power grid, sharing energy generated at each house according to need. Allied to a host of other developments, the concept promises huge energy …

For years science fiction writers and astronomers have speculated about the feasibility of terraforming other planets. One dream is to make Mars habitable for humans by warming the planet and therefore building up a wetter …

Many technologists and entrepreneurs have argued that mobile phones can empower people in the developing world by providing civic and commercial resources where traditional infrastructure is lacking. But what actually happens when people start using …

When a gene implicated in human autism is disabled in mice, the rodents show learning problems and obsessive, repetitive behaviors, researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have found. … Read more

In the near future, you might not even have to visit a bank or an ATM to deposit a check. You’ll simply snap a couple of photos of it with your cell phone. … Read …

A collaborative team of neuroscientists at the California Institute of Technology, the University of Iowa, the University of Southern California, and the Autonomous University of Madrid have mapped the brain structures that affect general intelligence. …

In a matter of months, bioengineer Markus Covert, PhD, expects to unveil the first “whole-cell” computer model of an organism. … Read more

Semantics and slicing aside, it’s clear the clients want lower legal costs. And it’s clear that shifting work location and improving processes achieve that result. After negative press about LPO several years ago, it’s ironic …

The civilisation that gave “Greek tragedy” to the world has done it again – but with dramatically different results, making it clear, perhaps for the first time, how serious a factor Greece really is in …

The impact of global warming on food prices and hunger could be large over the next 20 years, according to a new Stanford University study. Researchers say that higher temperatures could significantly reduce yields of …

Leading scientists say that the recent controversies surrounding climate research have damaged the image of science as a whole. … Read more

Some say the world’s population will swell to 9 billion people by 2030 and that will present significant challenges for agriculture to provide enough food to meet demand, says University of Idaho animal scientist Rod …

Policy makers in Europe and United States are markedly underestimating the changes needed to mitigate CO2 emission required to prevent dangerous climate change because they work in ’silos’, according to pioneering research. … Read …

Experts fear if air goes out of Beijing market, the world economic recovery may go flat. … Read more

An engineering professor at the University of Missouri in Columbia is developing an acoustic resonant sensor smaller than a human hair to test bodily fluids for a variety of diseases, including breast and prostate cancers. …

Leaving aside the obvious effects of the global recession — namely, unemployment and tighter budgets in much of the developed world — how does the average person relate to the global economy? The answer might …

The German Digital Library wants to make millions of books, films, images and audio recordings accessible online. More than 30,000 libraries, museums and archives are expected to contribute their digitized cultural artifacts. The idea, in …