Accepted measures of well-being show that human welfare is on average improving globally, both in poor countries and rich ones despite it being accepted

Bacteria that had become drug-resistant pose a danger especially to healthcare institutions.

While the ways in which these cells become resistant

Dysentry has caused about sixty students and teachers of a technical school and others of a town affected by mudslides in northwest China fall ill and be hospitalized, reports state media.

Workers are concerned about safety in their workplace more than anything else, states a new study at the National Opinion Research Center at the University of Chicago.

Admitting to a delay in its reaction to the crisis, Russia’s health ministry reported that in the worst ever heat wave the country had experienced, the number of deaths had gone up by 50 per cent.

Even as the debate on climate change heats up around the world, boffins ask - is it possible to predict future climate change?

Researchers at Niels

Global warming and greenhouse gas pollution could have caused Pakistan’s destructive floods, reports a British technical services organization.

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Scientists are raising concerns about recycling electronic waste from computers, cell phones and other goods, claiming that this might create significant health and environmental hazards.

A swarm of solar-powered robots may soon be brought in by scientists to clean up Gulf oil-type spills in a record time of 30 days.

The robots, named

A synthetic chemical that mimics a naturally produced stress hormone in plants to help them cope with drought conditions has been discovered by scientists.