A handheld hydrogen reactor has been developed that could power a small home on alcohol and water when coupled with a fuel cell.

Infant mortality has risen in the US for the first time in 45 years, new US government figures have revealed. The worrying rise is being blamed partly on the increasing use of assisted reproductive therapies such as IVF by couples with fertility problems.

Ringtones have become big business - be they Bruce Springsteen’s Born to Run, the latest reggae by Sean Paul or even bars of Beethoven’s ninth symphony - so big in fact that it’s been revealed they have overtaken single CD sales.

In antiquity catapults not only changed the art of war, but also inaugurated a new era in the relations between political power and technical experts.

Virtual museums could offer a way of travelling back in time to experience the past, say researchers.

The video cassette recorder, venerable fixture for more than 20 years in almost every Australian household, is on its sickbed, possibly to be killed by the DVD.
This week Philips, the huge Dutch electronics company that invented the cassette and technology that led to the CD and DVD, announced the closure of its remaining VCR […]