The 0830 service from Madrid to Barcelona departs promptly and without fuss. The trip, of 600km (385 miles) used to take four-and-a-half hours. But starting in February 2008, the journey time was slashed to a little over two-and-a-half hours...

An Ottawa company is developing computerized glasses that help people with severe visual impairments see -- as well as zoom in on and replay what they saw with the press of a button.

ScienceDaily (Sep. 10, 2009) -- CSIRO and the Department of Agriculture and Food Western Australia (DAFWA) are collaborating to try to outwit one of southern Australia's worst agricultural weeds.

ScienceDaily (Sep. 11, 2009) -- Most natural rubber comes from rubber trees in Southeast Asia, but this source is now under threat from a fungus. Researchers have optimized the Russian dandelion to make it suitable for large-scale rubber production.

Field trials of a new cotton are verifying previous lab and greenhouse studies indicating the crop could become a source of protein for millions of malnourished people in the world The cotton was engineered so that the toxic gossypol is redu

A chilling story with a smash-hit ending! Follow the life of Harley D. Haworth who has everything, except a trump card against death. Gambling his vast fortune he turns the tables on the grim reaper of finality, entering a strange and different world~~~~

Health Canada received a food additive submission seeking the approval of the enzyme asparaginase for use in the manufacture of wheat dough-based products such as bread, crackers and cookies, cut potato products such as French fries, sliced potato product

Solar cells could soon be produced more cheaply using nanoparticle "inks" that allow them to be printed like newspaper or painted onto the sides of buildings or rooftops to absorb electricity-producing sunlight.

CHICAGO --- Schizophrenia waits silently until a seemingly normal child becomes a teenager or young adult. Then it swoops down and derails a young life.

Should the United States and other governments start supporting climate engineers' research? There is growing support for research into climate engineering, even among scientists who are skeptical that it will work.