(Reuters) - Toshiba Corp and SunEdison, a unit of U.S.-based MEMC Electronic Materials Inc, have agreed to build solar power plants in Japan, the Nikkei said. SunEdison will sell the power generated at these plants, the paper said. Toshiba expects 27... [Full Article]
Scientists at Massachusetts General Hospital say they have successfully "grown" a kidney in a laboratory environment and transplanted it back into a healthy animal, raising the tantalizing possibility of a future with organs grown in lab di... [Full Article]
(Reuters) - Britain is close to signing a 35-year deal with French energy group EDF to build the first of a new wave of nuclear power plants after reaching an agreement on subsidies, the Independent newspaper reported on Sunday. Energy Secretary Ed D... [Full Article]
MADRID (Reuters) - Spanish police arrested a Panamanian woman on Wednesday who landed in Barcelona from Bogota, Colombia with cocaine stuffed inside her breast implants. The woman was taken to the police at Barcelona's El Prat airport after her ... [Full Article]
When deprived of other food sources, a widespread type of green algae can break down other plant materials and slurp them up as food, a new study finds. (Source: LiveScience.com)... [Full Article]
The cost of needed improvements to the 145 nuclear reactors in the European Union could run as high as €25 billion ($32 billion) over the coming years, the bloc's energy commissioner said Thursday. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
In Chicago, a bustling urban metropolis where skyscrapers are as likely to sprout up as anything a farmer might plant, someone decided there was just enough room to grow something a little more organic: Marijuana. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
In Chicago, a bustling urban metropolis where skyscrapers are as likely to sprout up as anything a farmer might plant, someone decided there was just enough room to grow something a little more organic: Marijuana. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
Research In Motion CEO Thorsten Heins is promising to restore the BlackBerry phone's stature as a trailblazing device even as many investors fret about its potential demise. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
SHANGHAI/BEIJING (Reuters) - Major Japanese firms have shut factories in China and urged expatriate workers on Monday to stay indoors ahead of what could be more angry protests over a territorial dispute that threatens to hurt trade ties between Asia... [Full Article]