The Tokyo Institute of Technology has announced a process for creating an inexpensive, nearly transparent, electrically conductive alumina cement.

Nearly half of the respondents to a Marketing Sherpa survey have either globalized their Web sites or plan to do so within the next 12 months, according to the firm’s "Website Globalization Report 2007."

Breastfeeding Promotion Network of India, National Coordinator Arun Gupta today said over 20 per cent of all infant deaths could be prevented by breastfeeding within an hour of birth.

The Carbon Fiber Butterfly is the world’s lightest RC Plane. Between its transparent plastic wings, the carbon fiber skeleton, the prop, controller chip, drivetrain and rudder, it weighs 3.6 grams. That’s less than a sheet of paper. (w/pics)

Everything you’ve ever wanted to know about water, from the hilarious BBC educational film spoof "Look Around You"

Astronomers have detected water in the atmosphere of a planet outside our solar system for the first time.

New loans by financial institutions in Shanghai reached a record high in the first three months as corporate capital demands and banks’ lending intent remained strong, the central bank’s Shanghai headquarters said yesterday.

"It’s a tug-of-war that’s emerging at black schools, where students say outdated rules and homophobia block them from forming the gay campus voice common at majority white institutions."

Next time you decide to take a little joyride behind a Boeing 747 with its engines at full throttle cranking out 58,000 lb. of thrust each, think of this video from the Brit car series Top Gear.  Simply amazing.

The new approach toward suspected bank robbers — dubbed by one FBI agent as "customer service on steroids" — has contributed towards a significant drop in bank robberies in the Seattle area.

New online travel sites are chipping away at some of the expertise that drives people to online travel agencies (OTAs), which are themselves already pressured by travel supplier sites run by airlines and hotels.

Average house prices in Britain have more than doubled in 15 years, forcing many to continue to live with their parents for longer, according to a government report published Wednesday.

More than half of Indian children have been sexually abused, according to a government survey that has prompted calls for tighter laws and mandatory sex education in schools.

An Australian study recently found that playground injuries continue to rise despite safety improvements because the safe new play structures are so boring that kids are taking more risks in order to have fun.

MySpace could lure the majority of heavy users from Google and other big portals, according to JupiterResearch’s "21st Century Portals: Thriving in the Google-MySpace Era" report.

During the past 30 years, the number of male births has decreased each year in the United States and Japan, but researchers are not exactly sure why.

About 50% of Australian parents believe their children’s fixation with technology is robbing the family of precious face-to-face time, a study has found.