Not only are polystyrene fast food containers usually not recyclable, but they also take eons to break down in a landfill, can emit harmful compounds, and require petroleum to create.

Ophthalmology textbooks describe five layers of the human cornea. They’ll have to be rewritten, says University of Nottingham Professor Harminder Dua, who recently discovered a sixth layer.

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has granted US$300,000 to help Vietnam implement a project o­n fighting bird flu and human influenza.

Police in central Hue City yesterday, May 22, seized more than 10,000 Ensure milk cans (237 ml) bearing fake labels at three houses in the city.

Researchers have harnessed the power of thought to guide a remote-control helicopter through an obstacle course.

Japan's Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd said on Thursday it has developed technology to produce fuel for cars from farm waste at a cost that is competitive with imported ethanol made from food products, such as sugar cane.

Shapeways, one of the biggest names in 3D printing, is adding a new squishy plastic material called Elasto Plastics to its available printing options.

Researchers at the University of Alicante have patented a new device that allows more efficiently to cultivate microalgae and can be used as raw material for biofuel or for other valuable substances in the agri-food or pharmaceutical industry.

It can’t be easy, being a lifeguard at a pool full of children.

MSc Phan Anh Tan and young scientists in the Institute of Applied Technology has succeeded in researching and manufacturing equipment to provide potable water collected from the air with high humidity, wind energy, it can be obtained 120 liters of water / day