Larry Hagman is making the headlines today. The actor who is famous by the TV Series "Dallas" in which he played JR Ewing an (evil) Oil tycoon is now the new face of SolarWorld, a German company that makes solar energy equipment in the US His read more...

Problems with Hospira's Symbiq infusion pumps have resulted in a Class 1 recall this week for two models of infusion sets, as a product defect could cause patients to suffer serious and potentially life-threatening injuries The FDA announced read more...

A study was released by American University and the Centro de los Derechos del Migrante on Wednesday that documents experiences of Mexican women who have migrated to work as crab pickers in Maryland. read more...

A Kentucky scientist whose company has been selling a chemical developed for industrial purposes as a dietary supplement said July 12 that the US Food and Drug Administration may have been "confused" when it called his product an unapproved new drug. read more...

In articles published simultaneously in newspapers in three countries, UK Energy and Climate Change Secretary Chris Huhne, Jean-Louis Borloo and Norbert Roettgen, his counterparts in France and Germany respectively, set out the economic read more...

Graphene-Enhanced Batteries Pacific Northwest National Laboratory scientist Jie Xiao prepares to test lithium ion batteries. The laboratory is working with a Princeton University spinoff firm to develop and commercialize graphene-enhanced Li-ion read more...

Women who struggle losing weight and have pear-shaped bodies are predisposed to suffer from poor memory, scientists have found. Researchers say women with wide hips are significantly more likely to experience memory loss and mental decline as read more...

According to a new Bloomberg poll, American public opinion on the BP oil spill reflects common sense and a rejection of the Obama Administration's legalistic overreaction. read more...

MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) Media Lab If ever you were wondering, if there is a way to create and explore 3D images on a 2D surface, then a collapsible input pen called “Beyond” comes to your rescue. read more...

Europe already caught the Wildfire, and now India is getting in on the action too. The HTC Wildfire, an entry-priced Android 2.1 device featuring the Sense UI has made it to India. read more...

A new futuristic concept high-speed bullet train named Mercury, has been designed by Priestmangoode and unveiled in the UK. The new design would be capable of speeds upto 225 mph. read more...

Do you ever wish you had an easy way to clean all those really germy items in your house like the keyboard, phone and remote? Electronics get so much hand time yet are very difficult to properly clean. read more...

CHICAGO (AP) - Boeing Co. said on Thursday that it will make the interior for some of its new 787 airliners in North Charleston, SC Boeing said it will buy land from Stone Mountain Industrial Park Inc. for the facility, which will be about 10 read more...

There's a Youtube video, hand-held and shakey, of AFT delegates walking out of the convention hall in Seattle. Those walking out were protesting the invitation given to Bill Gates to speak at their convention. read more...

In the end, this morning's markup was short and sweet, full on self-congratulation and lacking any debate or tension. The Senate Commerce Committee approved unanimously a NASA authorization bill that will “refocus and reinvigorate the agency read more...

The Federal Trade Commission has reached a proposed settlement with a subsidiary of Nestle over BOOST, its childrens' nutritional drink. read more...

Under the new health care overhaul law, insurers will be required to pay fully for services that get an "A" or "B" recommendation from the US Preventive Services Task Force, a volunteer group made up of primary care and public health experts. read more...

Warsaw, Poland -- Plants can "remember" and "react" to information they receive from light shining on them, researchers in Poland say. read more...

Some people tell us that we should be using wind power, because the wind is free. Well the wind may be free, but wind power is very expensive indeed. read more...

In the last half century, air conditioning has joined fireworks, swimming pools, and charred hamburgers, as a ubiquitous ingredient of an American summer. read more...