A simple test of how well people remember animal names could provide an early warning of Alzheimer’s disease, it has been claimed.

Global warming is causing soil to release huge amounts of carbon, making efforts to fight global warming tougher than previously thought, scientists said on Wednesday.

Scientists have made a breakthrough in nanotechnology which could hasten the development of molecular machines that could act as artificial muscles or drug delivery systems in the body.

Working long hours is considered a hallmark of a medical residency. But in recent years, concerns have risen about how shifts that can last days affect a doctor’s ability to function.

Microchips are like potato chips: More of them come out of the oven broken than whole. And of the chips - micro, not potato - that make it to market, many have built-in weaknesses that eventually cause them to fail.

A recent survey of a bulge that covers about 100 square miles near the South Sister indicates the area is still growing, suggesting it could be another volcano in the making or a major shift of molten rock under the center of the Cascade Range.

The sharp growth of the online betting sector came to a halt yesterday when shares in Party-Gaming, the world’s largest internet gaming group, fell 33 per cent.

New Mexico’s Governor, Bill Richardson, is announcing today the inaugural rocket launch in a series of space liftoffs planned for that state’s Southwest Regional Spaceport.

A new solar-powered underwater robot technology developed for undersea observation and water monitoring will be showcased at a Sept. 16 workshop on leading-edge robotics to be held at the National Science Foundation. Great photo.

Instead of erecting wind turbines on the ground, float them in the jet stream, a screamingly fast current of air that circles the globe, fluctuating between altitudes of 15,000 and 45,000 feet. Great photos.

Scientists in Australia and The Netherlands have come up with a diet they claim will cut a person’s risk of heart disease by 78 per cent.
And the good news is, you’ll want to be on it.