A Florida researcher Dov Borovsky has come with a novel way to control mosquitoes-put them on a diet. He perfected a diet pill that alters mosquito digestion, making it impossible for them to feed

With only meager support, scientists and international agencies are struggling to tame the malaria parasite that kills 2.7 million people a year-and is spreading. But there are some promising

Brazil's new agribusiness elite, is driving economic development in the upper Amazon basin. The axis of the nation's agriculture, long concentrated in the southeast, is moving north as cheaper and

About five years ago, Harvard University chemist George Whitesides had a brainstorm. Because polymers can be constructed with chemical arms able to selectively grab onto other molecules, why not

Evidence is mounting that deadly bacteria and viruses carried by tourists and scientists are killing off Antarctica's wildlife. At a late-August meeting in Hobart, Tasmania, some 50 Antarctic

America is in the midst of an epidemic of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs). STDs strike some 10 to 12 million people each year. One in five adults now has herpes, for instance. As a defence

The FDA made the right call : When a promising new diabetes drug, troglitzone, was associated with liver injuries in 150 patients and four deaths, many thought the appropriate response was obvious.

In a serendipitous discovery, scientists at Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory and the University of California at Berkeley may have found an inexpensive material for making windows more energy-efficient.

After years of pressure from investors, big U.S. companies may be ready to spin off their tobacco units : a

In September, the Environmental Protection Agency will start seeking public reaction to one of the largest environmental testing programs ever. Under Congressional mandate, the agency proposes to