The vast majority of people who fish in the world do so for pleasure, not food. 

Latest research on hundreds of new green technology companies in the US shows the patenting activity of a startup climbs by over 73% on average every time they collaborate with a government agency on “cleantech” development – from next-generation solar cells to new energy storage materials.

Research has increasingly shown that an employee's ability to mentally detach from work and recoup during non-work hours is important for their well-being. 

Every year, 1.4 billion mobile phones are produced around the world. 

If you knew that expressing gratitude to a colleague would improve their life and yours, would you do it more often?

A fascination with movie technology that showed robots perform self-repair through a liquid formula inspired a Purdue University professor to make his own discoveries – which are now helping to lead the way for advancements in self-powering devices such as consumer electronics and defense innovations.

Hydrogen production based on wind power can already be commercially viable today. 

Whether the presence of a college or hospital increases a home’s value has to do with the institution’s size and the ZIP code’s population, says a new study by computer scientists at the University of California, Riverside. 

There is a consistently high level of public support across nations for a global carbon tax if the tax policy is carefully designed, according to a survey of people in the United States, India, the United Kingdom, South Africa and Australia.

Penn State researchers say increasing the time gas molecules come in contact with shale oil would greatly increase oil yields in unconventional oil extraction in shale regions.