Scientists in the burgeoning field of artificial life have reached a major milestone, creating a computerized system that automatically creates, evolves, improves and finally builds a variety of

A pilot project into the use of ethanol made from farm crops as a vehicle fuel was announced in Thailand, in a move to ease reliance on increasingly expensive imported oil.A memorandum of

Scientists have developed the forst robot that can evolve and replicate without human intervention, in a key step towards realising the goal of artificial intelligence. Not so many years from now,

The full impact of the year 2000 computer glitch will be largely hidden until mid-to late January, the head of a UN-sponsored Y2K data clearinghouse said. "By the third week in January, we'll be able

Study : International Data Coproration (IDC) predicted an economic loss of $400 million to India on account of the Y2K bug. These findings are based on a three-year 'Magellan Project' undertaken by

new york's attorney general filed a lawsuit against General Electric Company (ge) to put pressure on the industrial giant to dredge parts of the Hudson River that has been contaminated with

Delhi chief minister Sheila Dikshit has said that the city government will soon approach the Supreme Court (SC) to seek more time for relocation of industries. She added that the process of shifting

Honda Motor Co. said it has deveoloped a quieter, nimbler and more efficient experimental fuel-cell powered car for test drives on California roads. Honda's FCS-V3 is among the models that will be

From now on, a simple click of a computer mouse will be enough to make documents legally binding in the US, as the new national digital signature law takes effect. Proponents claim "e-signatures"

Ford Motor Co. and BP Amoco have agreed to examine ways of collaborating in new fuel technologies, traffic management systems and environmental policies, the Financial Times reported yesterday. The