The United Nations on Wednesday launched Planet Earth International Year for Latin America and the Caribbean during a science seminar at the Brazilian congress. Minister of Science and Technology Sergio Rezende, Minister of Environm ...

HA NOI — Waste should be considered a resource and recycled, rather than buried or burnt, according to scientists from the Institute for Science, Techniques and Labour Safety.

Eight of the joint initiatives are in the field of Agriculture, Environment, Food Processing, Health IT, energy, aeronautics and watershed management, and two are related to partnership-development activities.

Science editor Alan Boyle's Weblog: The X-ray view of a galaxy shows that the feeding habits of black holes are the same, whether they're 10 times or 70 million times as massive as the sun.

Kimberly Newton Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Ala. 256-544-0034 kimberly.d.newton@nasa.gov HUNTSVILLE, Ala. -- Barry Roberts wants to build a better rocket…one that can fly despite record low temperatures, one that hail and rain can’t stop