The $1.0-trillion (750-million-euro) global mobile industry predicted Monday a boom in subscribers to four billion people by 2018 as the world's largest mobile fair opened in Barcelona, Spain.

Technology - Telecom

Feb 25, 2013 not rated yet 0

Energy consumption by China, the world's leading emitter of CO2, rose 3.9 percent in 2012 from the previous year but fell by 3.6 percent per unit of gross domestic product, the government said.

Technology - Energy & Green Tech

Feb 24, 2013 5 / 5 (4) 1

Personal income, interest rates and the price of gas all influence auto sales, but a country's gross domestic product alone is a good indicator of new sales, says a researcher at the University of Michigan ...

Other Sciences - Economics & Business

Feb 20, 2013 5 / 5 (3) 0

Animal scientists say a raw meat diet is a good source of protein for cats, but pet owners may need to supplement with other nutrients.

Biology - Plants & Animals

Feb 19, 2013 not rated yet 4

A study has gained new insight into domestic dogs' fear responses to noises. The behavioural response by dogs to noises can be extreme in nature, distressing for owners and a welfare issue for dogs.

Biology - Plants & Animals

Feb 19, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 0

(Phys.org)—Domestic dogs are much more likely to steal food when they think nobody can see them, suggesting for the first time they are capable of understanding a human's point of view.

Biology - Plants & Animals

Feb 11, 2013 4.9 / 5 (9) 12 |

The population of Yelkouan Shearwater of the French island of Le Levant is seriously under threat due to the invasion of wild cats, according to a French and Spanish joint study. The archipelago is home to ...

Biology - Ecology

Feb 01, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 0

Domestic cats in the United States kill up to 3.7 billion birds and as many as 20.7 billion mice, voles and other small mammals each year, biologists estimated on Tuesday.

Biology - Ecology

Jan 29, 2013 3.8 / 5 (19) 228

The question of how some wolves evolved into the trusty dogs that work on farms, lead the blind and curl up on pillows in bedrooms has remained largely unanswered. Until now.

Biology - Plants & Animals

Jan 23, 2013 4.9 / 5 (7) 6 |

Woodlands and grasslands that support rabbits and small rodents should be protected if we are to save the wildcat, say scientists.

Biology - Ecology

Jan 23, 2013 4.5 / 5 (2) 0

(Phys.org)—Many people view pigeons as pests, or even 'rats with wings' - but according to one student, they are 'super doves'.

Biology - Plants & Animals

Jan 22, 2013 not rated yet 0

Dogs and wolves are genetically so similar, it's been difficult for biologists to understand why wolves remain fiercely wild, while dogs can gladly become "man's best friend." Now, doctoral research by evolutionary ...

Biology - Plants & Animals

Jan 17, 2013 5 / 5 (8) 2 |

A remote Siberian region has placed a bounty on the heads of its wolf population, complaining that thousands of the predators are killing too many reindeer and horses.

Biology - Ecology

Jan 07, 2013 not rated yet 0

The body representing Ireland's leading newspapers was forced to defend the way it enforces copyright law on Friday after revelations that it charges websites that link to its articles.

Technology - Internet

Jan 04, 2013 3.7 / 5 (3) 4

Infectious African sleeping sickness is widespread south of the Sahara Desert. Although the around sixty million people residing in tropical Africa run the risk of becoming infected every day, only around ...

Chemistry - Biochemistry

Dec 14, 2012 not rated yet 0