Intergated Coffee Technologies, a U.S. biotechnology-research company, will begin field trials this month of a decaffeinated-coffee plant that has been under development for seven years, said John

'Let them eat cake' : The U.K. biotech industry has threatened to switch genetically modified crop trials to other parts of Europe if the government cannot protect trial sites from destruction by

As the Philippine economy shows signs of powering up again, its development could be hurt for the second time this decade by an old enemy: electricity shortages. Power prices here are nearly double

"Organic" is the buzzword these days for environmentally conscious coffee drinkers, but they may not know what they're buying. "The first problem arises over the definition of what organic is," said

A U.S. study suggests the small portion of women at risk of developing breast cancer because they have inherited a genetic mutation may be able to lower the risk by having their ovaries removed. The

Sun Microsystems Inc., which is already working to overturn the established order in the software world with its Java technology, is now readying a similar attack on the chip industry. Sun will

Responding to a U.S. complaint, Japan lifted restrictions on imports of certain varieties of cherries and apples, Japan'a Agriculture Ministry said. The decision follows a ruling earlier this year by

As the AIDS pandemic spreads largely unabated outside the U.S., public-health officials have been waiting hopefully for a breakthrough in the developing of a vaccine. Now Merck & Co., after numerous

Intel Corp., offering reassurances about its chip design capability, demonstrated the first working prototype of its next-generation microprocessor at a technical conference. Craig Barrett, Intel's

Two small research groups have received important funding to develop novel AIDS vaccines that will be tested in Africa, in an international effort to accelerate the search for a way to inoculate