Immunologists have discovered how to manipulate the immune system to increase its power and protect the body from successive viral infections. These findings may point the way toward developing new and more effective vaccines against diseases like influenza or HIV and enhance new developments in immunology....

New research has produced strong evidence of how work stress is linked to the biological mechanisms involved in the onset of heart disease. It is the first large-scale study to look at the cardiovascular mechanisms of work stress in the population and provides the strongest evidence yet of the way it can lead to coronary heart disease, either directly, by activating stress pathways controlled by...

The odometer of a low emission hybrid electric test vehicle recently reached 100,000 miles as the car circled a track in the UK using the power of an advanced CSIRO battery system. The UltraBattery combines a supercapacitor and a lead acid battery in a single unit, creating a hybrid car battery that lasts longer, costs less and is more powerful than current technologies used in hybrid electric...

The medical charity Médecins Sans Frontières has accused a Lancet series on undernutrition of 'undermining' efforts to combat malnutrition.

The medical charity Médecins Sans Frontières has accused a Lancet series on undernutrition of 'undermining' efforts to combat malnutrition.

Chilean private companies will receive tax incentives that will enable them to invest in more R&D.

Chilean private companies will receive tax incentives that will enable them to invest in more R&D.

The European Commission is to detail wide-ranging proposals for achieving its goals on climate and energy.

AP - The European Union's plan for tackling climate change calls for imposing emissions cuts on member states, building more windmills and making it costlier for major polluters, according to documents to be unveiled...

AP - Any two people may be roughly 99 percent identical at the genetic level. But the small differences are what tantalize scientists, and now they plan to map the DNA of 1,000 people worldwide to examine human genetic...

AP - Global warming could reduce how many hurricanes hit the United States, according to a new federal study that clashes with other research. The new study is the latest in a contentious scientific debate over how man-made global warming may affect the intensity and number of...

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Rebels in a get-thin world are blogging away at the mainstream.

A good fight with your spouse may be good for your health, research suggests. Couples in which both the husband and wife suppress their anger when one attacks the other die earlier than members of couples where one or both partners express their anger and resolve the conflict, according to preliminary results of a University of Michigan study.

(AP) -- Apple Inc. blew past Wall Street's bullish expectations in the first quarter with a 57 percent jump in profit, but a dramatically lower forecast sent shares plunging on fears about slowing consumer spending on electronics.

(AP) -- The European Union's plan for tackling climate change calls for imposing emissions cuts on member states, building more windmills and making it costlier for major polluters, according to documents to be unveiled Wednesday.

Researchers at Yale School of Medicine have found that a low concentration of vitamin E in the blood is linked with physical decline in older persons.

(AP) -- Want 300-calorie fries with that? The city Board of Health voted Tuesday to approve a new version of a law requiring fast-food outlets to display calorie counts on their menus, hoping the fat-filled truth will shock New Yorkers into eating healthier.

(AP) -- News that eBay Inc. Chief Executive Meg Whitman may retire comes as the online auctioneer faces slowing growth and disappointing returns from its $2.6 billion gamble on the Internet phone service Skype.

(AP) -- Texas Instruments Inc., the largest maker of chips for mobile phones, said Tuesday that its fourth-quarter profit rose 13 percent and sales reversed a yearlong decline.

(AP) -- Western winters are getting shorter because of dust kicked up by urban and agricultural development, a University of Utah researcher said.

Subs could dodge sonar and columns would not obstruct concert-hall acoustics if the objects were covered in theoretically possible sound-wave-bending material, scientists say....

Getting airborne begins with learning the optimal wing-to-ground angle needed to generate force, a new study of baby birds has found....

Dozens of critically endangered gharials have been found dead recently along the banks of one of the few unpolluted Indian rivers, officials announced this week....