MIT professor Lester Thurow – known for his “new rules for the knowledge-based economy” – says a global economy is emerging and the time to shape it is now. His formula for building lasting prosperity? A universal patent system that encourages companies to apply for more patents and prod governments into enforcement, among other things. [...]

A new method of storing hydrogen gas in crystalline compounds could facilitate its use as a clean and efficient fuel.
Using hydrogen as an environmentally clean and efficient fuel is an active research area worldwide.

A New Mexico funeral home owner received the surprise of his career when a man pronounced dead at a hospital came back to life just before he was to be embalmed.

The latest in bizarre patent applications is a business model patent being applied for by JP Morgan for the concept of buying underwater stock options. How is this patentable? That’s unclear, but the folks at JP Morgan think they’ve hit onto something.

The average sperm count of men may have fallen by as much as 29 per cent over the past 12 years, according to a large new UK study.

In an attempt to unravel how it prolongs lifespan, researchers have pinpointed a mechanism through which caloric restriction activates an antiaging gene.