3d mouse: Scientists in the US have developed a fast, high-resolution, 3D mouse embryo visualisation technique that may revolutionise the way birth defects and cancer genes are studied in animal

After weeks of flood since the Danube river broke its embankments in April, there are threats of a disease epidemic in the flood-ridden areas. The water level in Europe's second-longest river rose

Europe's leading food safety agency has approved five genetically modified (gm) crops and foods that were banned in certain European Union (eu) countries claiming they posed no threat to human or

US industry not doing enough about its emissions to mitigate global warming

The European Union's (eu) plans to spend billions of euros on infrastructure projects in new member states will damage the environment and be socially unnecessary, claims an environment group. The

What happened to appropriate technology?

As long as there are ships, they would have to be dismantled. The shipbreaking business is directly proportional to the total global ship fleet. Between 1994 and 2003, about 4,700 ships were demolished worldwide.