TOKYO - JAPAN'S Honda Motor Co, seeking a boost in the race to build greener automobiles, said on Thursday it would open a research centre to develop and produce bio-ethanol fuel from non-edible plant matter.
PARIS - A WORLDWIDE team of scientists on Wednesday said the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) was swiftly evolving to avoid the body's immune defences, a phenomenon that adds to the challenge of crafting an AIDS vaccine.
SYDNEY - THE Australian government has announced a multi-million dollar investment in research on reducing gas emissions from farm animals as part of the fight against global warming.
Methane gas from livestock flatulence accounts for about 12 per cent of the country's annual greenhouse gas emissions, Agriculture Minister Tony Burke said as he launched the A$26.8 million (S$26.6 million) project.
TOKYO - CELLPHONES are taking centre stage in the lives of Japanese teenagers, who often send or receive dozens of emails a day while eating, attending school or even taking a bath, according to survey.
Around 46 per cent of middle school students aged 13 to 14 and 96 per cent of high school students aged 16 to 17 carry a mobile telephone, the research shows. One in four school children aged 11 to 12 also has one.
