Second Opinion: Government investment in asbestos is morally bankrupt

Quebec has lent Jeffrey Mine Inc. $3.5-million to keep it alive when the asbestos industry should be allowed to die a natural death

Species of Writhing Skink rediscovered

Rare lizard found in Krishna district . HYDERABAD: Zoologists from Osmania University have rediscovered a species belonging to the lizard family, which was last seen way back in 1839 in the then Bengal province.

Termites can turn coal to methane, fertilizer

Using the termites' digestive microbes, scientists have come up with a way to treat coal to make natural gas, clean water and increase agricultural yields, all without producing hazardous waste

Chantilly-based firm uses termites to draw useful byproducts from coal

Using the termites' microbes, scientists and engineers at Arctech Inc., came up with a way to treat coal without producing hazardous waste.

France eyes tests for NDM-1 superbug

France will start screening patients for the NDM-1 bacterium, an antibiotic-resistant superbug that has unleashed a health scare, a medical watchdog said on Tuesday.