Liu Xiao spends her weeks visiting sludge and organic waste treatment plants across China. The travel can be tiring but as a technical and policy adviser on waste management she must help implement President
A thin metal wire that changes shape at different temperatures is set to become a weapon in the fight against food poisoning. Researchers at Scandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque have used the
European Union nations formally adopted controversial proposals on the labelling of genetically modified foods in spite of opposition from Denmark, Sweden and
A new spirit of competition between academic and commercial researchers is invigorating the Human Genome Project, the international effort to unravel our entire genetic code. As a result of two
The El Nino weather phenomenon is departing from the northern hemisphere with a powerful sting in its tail : Mexico is in flames. More than 11,000 fires are raging out of control throughout the
Exports of beef from the UK seem certain to resume on June 1 following moves in Brussels this week to end the two year ban on overseas
Scientists at University College London have identified a gene associated with physical performance in humans. Scientists found evidence that the I type of the ACE gene, rather than the D type, is
A strike at a Canadian nuclear reactor is threatening the global supply of medical isotopes which are used in cancer therapies and to perform imaging procedures. If the industrial action continues,
Plants could become a valuable source of raw materials for certain industrial chemicals and polymers, according to a team of international scientists from Australia, Sweden and Britain who have
Canadian officials and forestry executives are suing for peace with environmentalists to end a damaging campaign by Greenpeace against timber exports from British
Five former Midland Bank workers won a legal test case when a judge in London ruled that they suffered from "diffuse" repetitive strain injuries (RSI) as a result of overworking at keyboards and
