Metabolic engineering may rescue our energy future. A new strain of yeast that is more efficient at fermenting galactose might make red seaweed a viable future biofuel. Producers of biofuels made…

An asteroid the size of a Volvo exploded over Sudan's Nubian Desert in 2008 and initial research was focused on classifying the meteorite fragments soon after they were strewn across the desert and…

LONDON, December 15, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- Optimax, the Laser Eye Surgery (http://www.optimax.co.uk/) specialist, has created a first for the industry and based their new TV campaign around a typical…

Suppose you want to measure how inherent intelligence is distributed amongst the population.  That is to say, you want to get a sense for how many are born with the potential to be very smart,…

SAN JOSE, California, December 15, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- SoloPower, Inc., a California-based manufacturer of flexible, thin film solar cells and modules, continues to make steady progress with the…

Unlike the American Revolution, the French version is best forgotten, especially to those on the short end of it - and it wasn't just the current monarchy that got punished by the philosophy of the…

Humans are essentially unsatisfied creatures - if you take a starving dog out of the rain and feed him, he will love you forever.   After a few weeks of nice treatment, many humans will decide…

Big squid news, in California at least: the state Department of Fish and Game announced that the fishery for California market squid is hitting its harvest limit and is scheduled to be closed on…

TOKYO, December 14, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- Rasa Industries, Ltd., Tokyo, Japan announces the asset sale of their Sanbongi plant's reclaim operation, to RS Technologies (RSTec), a newly formed Japanese…

Lisa Rudy posted "Misinterpretation of Autism News Can Cause Serious Confusion" over at About.com's autism site, and the comments have gotten interesting and clearly demonstrate the growing gap…