What is the Zika virus? Zika virus is a type of virus which belongs to the Flavivirus family which is similar to the viruses which cause dengue and chikungunya. It was first discovered in the 1940s....
Egypt will launch the Middle East’s first commodities exchange by the end of 2016, Supply and Internal Trade Minister Khaled Hanafy said in a press release Monday, in the hopes of making Egypt an...
When it comes to beauty products, the effects of the ingredients they contain can be more than just skin deep. The cosmetics industry uses thousands of synthetic chemicals in its products, in...
The French government plans to pave 1,000 kilometers (621 miles) of its roads with solarpanels in the next five years, which will supply power to millions of people. “The maximum effect of the...
New York and Washington, DC have just been smothered by another massive snowstorm, which seems strange when you remember that the world is getting hotter Snowmageddon has become something of an...
The Giant’s Causeway is an area of about 40,000 interlocking basalt columns, the result of an ancient volcanic eruption. It is also known as Clochán an Aifir or Clochán na bhFomhórach in...
For the first time, a new study found the live birth of a cancer in an animal from the first affected cell. The researchers were able to track its spread in zebra fish whose embryos are transparent....
Waste management in cities with developing economies and economies in transition experience exhausted waste collection services, inadequately managed and uncontrolled dumpsites and the problems are...
Recycling is a resource recovery practice that refers to the collection and reuse of waste materials such as empty beverage containers. The materials from which the items are made can be reprocessed...