An international team of scientists predict that our galaxy, the Milky Way, contains a disk of ‘dark matter’, in a paper published in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. Astronomers Dr…

Genetic studies involving the long term storage and study of human samples hold great promise for medical research—but they also pose new threats to individuals such as uninsurability,…

Johns Hopkins scientists report success in significantly suppressing levels of the "hunger hormone" ghrelin in pigs using a minimally invasive means of chemically vaporizing the main vessel carrying…

When it comes to aggression, boys are physical and girls are social, it is said, but a new analysis of almost 150 studies of aggression in children and adolescents has found that there's more overlap…

Young girls from poor neighborhoods with conduct issues are more likely to initiate sex at a young age, according to a new study by researchers from the Université de Montréal, the University of New…

Houses made of hemp, timber or straw could help combat climate change by reducing the carbon footprint of building construction, according to researchers at the University of Bath. The construction…

Diversity is praised as good for business and for promoting creativity but when organizational theorist Viktorija Kalonaityte studied diversity work at a Swedish adult education school, the school…

WASHINGTON, September 16 /PRNewswire/ -- At their September 8-10 meeting in Vienna, OPEC Ministers agreed to abide by their September 2007 production allocations (including new members Angola and…

BLUE BELL, Pennsylvania and TOKYO, September 16 /PRNewswire/ -- NEC and Unisys (NYSE: UIS) today announced that they have completed development of the first generation of a common platform for both…

OVERLAND PARK, Kansas, September 16 /PRNewswire/ -- - One of the world's largest architectural LED lighting grids shines on the Berlin Wall East Side Gallery LightWild today announced the completion…