Some people have a fear of plane crashes, others of tiny little spiders.   Going to the beach?   You may worry about sharks.    But few people worry about diabetes, even though 24…

LONDON, October 28 /PRNewswire/ -- AboveNet Communications UK Ltd., a leading provider of fibre optic connectivity solutions, today announced that customers will be able to access AboveNet's IP…

Scientists believe that complex diseases such as schizophrenia, major depression and cancer are not caused by one, but a multitude of dysfunctional genes. A novel computational biology method…

Current models of global climate change predict warmer temperatures will increase the rate that bacteria and other microbes decompose soil organic matter, a scenario that pumps even more heat-…

An international team of researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine and the University of Basel in Switzerland have issued a report on the mechanism of toxicity of a…

The thickness of sea ice in large parts of the Arctic declined by as much as 19% last winter compared to the previous five winters, according to data from ESA's Envisat satellite. Using Envisat radar…

Armadillo Aerospace of Rockwall, Texas, earned $350,000 in NASA prize money during the Northrop Grumman Lunar Lander Challenge in Las Cruces, N.M.  The challenge is a two-level, $2 million…

LONDON, October 28 /PRNewswire/ -- - Oxley to discuss results of BuzzBack study on Consumer Attitudes about Environmentalism and 'Being Green' Martin Oxley, Managing Director Europe of BuzzBack…

LONDON, October 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Egypt was awarded the prestigious title of Outsourcing Destination of the Year at the National Outsourcing Association's 2008 Awards held in London, beating rivals…

College students are under quite a bit of pressure these days. Trust me, I know. Working to make enough for tuition, fighting with endless hours of homework and worrying about living expenses on top…