Good Food is First Food. It is not junk food. It is the food that connects nature and nutrition with livelihoods. This food is good for our health; it comes from the rich biodiversity of our regions; it provides employment to people. Most importantly, cooking and eating give us pleasure. …
The world's population will hit seven billion early in 2012 and top nine billion in 2050, with the vast majority of the increase coming in the developing countries of Asia and Africa, according to a new UN estimate, The Associated Press reported from the United Nations, New York. Hania Zlotnik, …
Despite years of study and analysis, the world is unprepared for climate change and needs to rethink basic assumptions that govern things as varied as choosing cars and building bridges, the National Research Council reported Thursday. Current building, land use and planning practices assume a continuation of climate as it …
Waste heat from industrial plants and electricity-generating stations represents a huge amount of lost energy. David Lindley finds out what engineers and regulators need to do to get it back.
London: Warmer weather and changes in atmospheric pressure may trigger headaches and migraines, rather than pollution, researchers said. A US research team showed that each temperature increase of 5
Washington: US President Barack Obama has said he will not allow human cloning in his country even as he lifted the eight-year-old ban on funding of stem cell research.
Solar cells are expensive, so it makes sense to use them efficiently. One way to do so is to concentrate sunlight onto them. That means a smaller area of cell can be used to convert a given amount of light into electricity. This, though, imposes another cost-that of the mirrors …
In a series of major decisions, the federal courts have effectively done away with nearly all of the Bush administration's clean-air regulations - most of them wrongheaded. That gives President Obama a clear shot at fashioning a new and coordinated attack on pollutants like smog, soot and mercury. The U.S. …
Roni Caryn Rabin AT LEAST nine kidney patients were infected with Hepatitis C while being treated at a Manhattan dialysis center that was closed by US health officials last year, according to the results of an investigation published on Thursday by the federal Centres for Disease Control and Prevention. Four …
The European Union voted for punitive antidumping tariffs on imports of U.S. biodiesel for six months, according to EU officials, threatening an industry that saw $1.5 billion in sales to Europe last year. Tuesday's vote by a committee of trade officials from the EU's 27 member states came amid plunging …
Vitamin B supplements may reduce the risk for age-related macular degeneration, at least in women with cardiovascular disease or at risk for it. Macular degeneration, a disease that destroys the central area of the retina, is the leading cause of severe vision loss in people over 50. In a study …
