The United Nations health agency is working closely with the Government of Sierra Leone to prevent the spread of infectious diseases such as malaria and cholera in the wake of last week's mudslides and flooding in the country's capital, Freetown.

 

A new technique protects people's private genetic information—which some fear could be used maliciously—during searches for genes linked to disease.

Daktronics, Inc. today reported fiscal 2018 first quarter net sales of $172.7 million, operating income of $11.7 million, and net income of $8.4 million, or $0.19 per diluted share, compared to net sales of $157.1 million, operating income of $8.0 million, and net income of $5.5 million

Ukraine International Airlines regard the statement of a Raynair manager that has recently hit the media to fully comply with the Irish low-cost carrier’s corporate policy applied during entrance into new markets.

A group of leading companies across the global food supply chain today announced a major blockchain collaboration with IBM (NYSE: IBM) intended to further strengthen consumer confidence in the global food system. 

Research focussing on the Ethiopian banana could help improve food security in Ethiopia and other parts of Africa, especially in areas affected by drought. 

Wood frogs can freeze solid to make it through brutally cold winters, but surviving dry conditions may be a bigger challenge.

Graphene is many times more conductive than copper thanks, in part, to its two-dimensional structure. In most metals, conductivity is limited by crystal imperfections which cause electrons to frequently scatter like billiard balls when they move through the material.  

Hungarian police, who will be taking part in border control operations, have set off for Serbia and Macedonia, the Police website announced on Monday.

Sberbank will finance the restoration and modern-use conversion of the legendary Narkomfin Building, which is one of the most famous examples of Constructivist architecture in Moscow and the world.