Posted Thu, 13 Sep 2012 17:22:00 GMT by Linden VolsunA new nanoparticle technology that has been dubbed 'nano-Velcro' can detect even small amounts of mercury and other heavy metals in water and fish.
Posted Thu, 13 Sep 2012 16:00:00 GMT by Adrian BishopLung cancer sufferers with a history of smoking have 10-times more genetic mutations in their tumours than non-smokers with the disease, according to a new study.
Posted Tue, 11 Sep 2012 18:42:45 GMT by Dave ArmstrongThe most threatened species are often therefore those that seem almost unnecessary, The 'Priceless or Worthless', title of a new conservation report says it all.
Posted Mon, 10 Sep 2012 14:18:51 GMT by Michael EvansEvery year a million people worldwide take their own lives. To help to raise awareness, at 8.00 pm local time on World Suicide Prevention Day, in every country of the world, people are invited to put a lighted candle near a window to commemmorate those who have died in this way.
Posted Mon, 10 Sep 2012 13:23:54 GMT by Dave ArmstrongThe September update from the Panamanian Report on Caribbean coral cover and coral fauna has been published. From starfish to vertebrates, the IUCN and the Global Coral Reef Monitoring Network have published a number of reports on the health of Caribbean coral.
Posted Fri, 07 Sep 2012 16:31:20 GMT by Dave ArmstrongFrom orang-utan to giant catfish, the exotic animals of Asia are just about the most endangered, and loved, on earth.
Posted Thu, 06 Sep 2012 15:12:01 GMT by Dave ArmstrongLauren-Kristine Pryzant and John F. Bruno have written a book review on: Adapting to a Changing Environment: Confronting the Consequences of Climate Change, outlining what we will have to do as sea-levels rise and coastal areas disappear.
Posted Thu, 06 Sep 2012 13:44:00 GMT by Adrian BishopDinosaurs may have been wiped out by the effects of volcanic eruptions followed by an asteroid 300,000 years later, say American researchers.
Posted Wed, 05 Sep 2012 14:31:39 GMT by Michael EvansLiteracy and Peace is the theme of International Literacy Day 2012. Literacy is a means of personal liberation that provides individuals with a method of developing faculties to improve their economic status and general well-being. One is five of the world's adults is illiterate and two-thirds of these are women.
Posted Wed, 05 Sep 2012 08:59:13 GMT by Dave ArmstrongHow does white syndrome destroy coral reefs? Montipora White Syndrome and that of many Acripora and many other corals, is caused or rather associated with multiple infections of ciliates, helminth worms and together they cause multiple lesions and a horrific loss of cells and biomass.
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Several NATO oil tankers were set on fire in the Punjab province of Pakistan, and four policemen were killed in a gunfight with unknown gunmen yesterday, reports say. The  (DPA) news service attributes the attack to the Taleban.

The incidents occurred in the town of . Aslam Tareen, the regional police chief, said that "around a dozen" tankers were set on fire after being attacked with rocket-propelled grenades. "Later on, they exchanged intensive fire with the police and killed four of our officers while two more were injured," Tareen said, adding that a petrol station nearby the oil tankers also caught fire.

DPA says the attack was the deadliest on NATO supply convoys in the province. Close to three quarters of all oil, food, and military supplies to landlocked Afghanistan first pass through Pakistan.