For about a decade, researchers have been able to direct the fate of stem cells by tuning the stiffness of its microenvironment, also known...

Researchers have developed the first robot with a 3D-printed body that transitions from a rigid core to a soft exterior and is capable of m...

Harvard scientists have created the world's largest robotic swarm - 1,024 little bots standing on pin-like legs - that can assemble into pr...

Scientists Harvard and MIT developed origami flat-pack robot assembling into complex shape in four minutes crawling without human intervent...

Silver added to antibiotics could make them 10 to 1,000 times more effective and enable them to fight drug-resistant infections

Many American companies are hiring in emerging markets like India, China and Brazil, where sales are surging and the pipeline of orders is ...

When recessions officially begin and end may not mean much to consumers feeling harsh economic pain.

Just showing up counted for a lot. Leaders may have not quite rewritten the rules of global finance in a weekend.

Evidence piled higher, with figures showing Americans are spending less & gloomy about economy. BSE Weekly: Gainers, Losers | NSE Weekly: L...

The government has cleared the way to ship out $125 billion this week to the country's largest banks, beginning the biggest government bail...

Mergers and acquisitions among banks are expected to continue at a rapid pace amid ongoing financial sector turmoil, but these deals are li...

It has been almost an article of faith: Any recession this year will be mild and brief.

The Federal Reserve, working to combat the effects of a serious credit crisis, said on Tuesday it had auctioned $30 billion in funds to com...

US corporate profits are in a recession, and the entire economy may not be far behind. Slower sales and higher energy and labour costs are ...

Policymakers debated how to shore up global defences against any future credit market turmoil on Tuesday in the wake of a report that the t...