If you’ve ever been waiting at your bank, you’ll know just how hard it is to strike up a conversation. With this waiting light, however, you can announce your frustration to the world.

Glow-in-the-dark materials that shine with the whole range of visible colors, and can even produce white light, have been developed by Japanese researchers.

The global market for contactless smart cards is estimated to reach $1.6 billion in 2011, up from $409 million in 2005, according to Frost & Sullivan.

Ever heard of the ruthenium rush, the bismuth bonanza or the indium stampede? Demand for cellphones and flat-screen TVs is depleting global supplies of a host of uncommon metals.

US scientists have discovered a new type of cells, which they say appear to play a role in the development of cancer.

"Australian researchers have combined art and science to make dresses from fermented fabric, using bacteria to ‘grow’ slimy dresses from wine and beer."

Whether Latinos use the Internet is closely related to whether they are bilingual, and to which language is dominant, according to a new study by the Pew Internet & American Life Project.

If you’re sick of spam, imagine wading through dozens of prerecorded porn and Viagra messages on your voice mail.

A computer program may predict how patients who are incapacitated wish to be treated more accurately than their loved ones.

During the second quarter of Super Bowl XLI, a team of elite, highly-trained pranksters quietly distributed 2,350 packets to the lower east section of Dolphin Stadium. These "Party Packs" contained a six-inch light-up necklace, along with official-looking instructions. By wearing the necklace lights during the halftime show, Super Bowl fans believed they would be spelling […]

Hotels have awakened to the challenge from online travel agencies, and they are shifting money into online marketing to meet it, according to a new study by Hospitality eBusiness Strategies (HeBS).