Millions of people could be put at risk because progress in getting the best medicines to the developing world is not being matched by an appropriate monitoring program. The developing world bears almost 90% of the planet's disease burden.

Scientists have developed a new technique for nanolithography that is extremely fast and can be used in liquids and outside of a vacuum. The technique could help make the manufacturing of nanocircuits commercially viable.

After decades of decline, blood pressure levels in children and adolescents are increasing. Researchers said that each one centimeter increase in waist circumference raised the likelihood of high blood pressure by 10 percent and the likelihood of pre-high blood pressure by five percent. High blood pressure is a major public health problem in adults and a common risk factor for heart attack and...

Researchers have developed a new method that allows even the surfaces of living organisms to be examined quickly and simply. The method opens up interesting new possibilities not only in medicine, but also in monitoring foods.

A satellite-tagged bar-tailed godwit takes a week to fly 11,500km from Alaska to New Zealand.

New fossils suggest Asia teemed with life, much of it brutal, 100 million years ago.

Lab results confirm deadly illness outbreak of Ebola fever in southeastern Congo.

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Scientists create a tiny image of the Sun using a technique which could be used to make future silicon chips.

Makah Tribal Council calls members' killing of whale near Seattle 'blatant violation of our law.'

Archaeologists figure city's residents used it to escape Roman soldiers in 70 A.D.

High levels of testosterone in foetuses are linked to a higher chance of developing autistic traits, scientists say.

Scientists recently completed a study investigating one of the changes in gene expression that occurs when individuals take addictive drugs. The studies focus on how the primary RNA transcript is processed by splicing to produce a mature transcript. The fidelity of splicing must be maintained since errors may lead to the development of disease.

A small device implanted in the skull that detects oncoming seizures, then delivers a brief electrical stimulus to the brain to stop them is under study. Participants have a device implanted in the skull, with up to two wires containing electrodes placed near the seizure focus. A modified laptop computer looks at electrical activity picked up by the neurostimulator, then is used to program the...

Being able to read competently is one of the most important skills we need to function in today's fast-paced society. Analysing the way we read can offer valuable insights into how we process visual information. Scientists have been interested in the movements of our eyes while reading for forty years. However, until now most assumed that when we read both eyes look at the same letter of a word...

Author Bill Bryson says rural areas could be "lost forever" under new proposed boundaries for a South Down National Park.

Venezuela and Uruguay have signed agreements worth US$427 million to perform research in pharmaceutics, biotechnology, and cattle genetics.

Venezuela and Uruguay have signed agreements worth US$427 million to perform research in pharmaceutics, biotechnology, and cattle genetics.

AP - Scattered showers and thunderstorms will develop in many parts of the U.S. on Tuesday, as a cold front pushes through the East and...

AFP - Oil firm Cairn Energy said Tuesday that the Indian government had granted it access to land where it hopes to build a major...

A DNA survey aims to identify descendants of Britons who settled in Russia hundreds of years ago.

Stamina-stretching mutation widespread in some groups of people

Genetic analysis reveals population is still well below its historic high

Two panels cite biosecurity breaches at Institute for Animal Health