U.S. agency wins ruling on clean air
The US Supreme Court has unanimously upheld in the Environmental Protection Agency's authority to set new and tougher clean air standards without first considering the potential economic impact on
The US Supreme Court has unanimously upheld in the Environmental Protection Agency's authority to set new and tougher clean air standards without first considering the potential economic impact on
Claiming victory in its battle against coca farming, President Hugo Banzer said the government had virtually wiped out drug-growing plantations in Bolivia's largest coca-producing
Pilkington PLC said it had invented the world's first self cleaning glass. The new product, Pilkington Activ, was developed for use in windows. The treated glass reacts chemically with the sun to
The European Commission said its ban on exports of live animals, meat and dairy products from Britain following an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease may last for weeks after the initial March 1
The office of the U.S. trade representative said that the Bush administration would not change the Clinton Administration's generous but contentious policy concerning AIDS drugs for impoverished
The recent announcement by the Indian drug company Cipla that it would sell AIDS therapy for $600 a year or less to African countries is a step toward commuting the death sentences now hanging over
Scientists in Philadelphia have combined pieces from two of the world's deadliest microbes, the ebola virus and the virus that causes AIDS, to make a hybrid virus they hope will someday cure cystic
The damage inflicted by the powerful earthquake that struck southwest of Seattle will cost more than $1 billion to repair, officials said, but they marvelled that the millions of dollars put earlier
The damage inflicted by the powerful earthquake that struck southwest of Seattle will cost more than $1 billion to repair, officials said, but they marvelled that the millions of dollars put earlier
AT&T scientists have developed a constantly updated map that can track people with ultrasound signals as they move through the building of AT&T in Cambridge. It pinpoints their locations within