Anyone who has used a wireless mouse will know that although they don’t use much power, it’s enough to drain a battery quite regularly and it always decides to run out of power at the most inopportune times. Now comes news of the world’s first exclusively photovoltaic-powered computer mouse currently undergoing trials in the Netherlands.

Researchers at Tohoku University have developed a working prototype of what they are calling the world’s smallest gas turbine engine, a palm-sized motor they hope will one day be used to power autonomous robots and serve as a portable engine for personal transportation devices.

The ingredient that helps give "salt & vinegar" potato crisps (chips) that tangy snap is the key to a new waterproof coating for protecting concrete from water damage, according to a study from Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research.

Canadian researchers have found that children who eat diet or low-calorie food can actually cause children to overeat, leading to obesity, according to a study published in the academic journal Obesity.

Thomas Martel, 28, of Bonnie Brae is a big guy. So he has a hard time using the features on ever-shrinking user interfaces on devices like his new iPhone. At least, he did, until he had his thumbs surgically altered in a revolutionary new surgical technique known as "whittling."

A survey that found many of China’s physicians smoke has prompted the government to initiate an anti-smoking campaign aimed at doctors.

A pensioner has been told she must stop tending a public flower bed unless she agrees to wear a fluorescent jacket, put up warning signs and use a lookout.

With health-care costs rising, some large employers are taking radical new steps to cut corners: They’re charging overweight employees a fee if they don’t slim down.

A parking ticket topped the Oscar Mayer Wienermobile after it was left parked illegally on a downtown Chicago thoroughfare.

More than half of Americans say US news organizations are politically biased, inaccurate, and don’t care about the people they report on, a poll published Thursday showed.

Parties were due to take place around the world Friday for Danish toy firm Lego as its 5,000 global employees prepared to celebrate the company’s 75th birthday. Master carpenter Ole Kirk Christiansen started the company on August 10, 1932 in his studio in the town of Billund in Jutland.