VENICE, Italy, October 14, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- Climate Policy Initiative (CPI), a global research organization focused on the effectiveness of energy and climate policy and programs, today announced…

AMSTERDAM, October 14, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- Avantium announced today that it has started with the construction of a pilot plant at the Chemelot site (Geleen, the Netherlands). The pilot plant will…

ZUG, Switzerland, October 14, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- New survey research into mobility impairment in multiple sclerosis (MS) has revealed a gap between the perceptions of people with MS and their…

Lunch Hour Lectures have been running at University College London since 1942.  It's terrific to know that even at the height of World War II, British citizens wanted to learn about the latest…

"Male of Dosidicus are gentlesquid." That was today's last hypothesis. In fact, it was the very last sentence of the last slide of the last talk of the first day of the 5th International Symposium…

New research suggests that walking at least six miles per week may protect brain size and in turn, preserve memory in old age.  For the study, 299 dementia-free people recorded the number of…

There is no quick fix for obesity - exercise devices on TV targeting fat are a hoax, for example.  Where is the first place most people lose weight?  Their face, yet no one is exercising…

Intense, passionate feelings of love can provide effective pain relief on a par with painkillers or even illicit drugs like cocaine, according to a new study. That's not to say you should rely on a…

Malware - malicious software written for purposes like identity theft - could get a lot more dangerous. With so much information stored, and advancements in programming, malware programs could soon…

The National Academies (the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, and the Institute of Medicine) announced the recipients of their 2010 Communication Awards today. Part…