Wireless systems used by many hospitals to keep track of medical equipment can cause potentially deadly breakdowns in lifesaving devices such as breathing and dialysis machines, researchers reported Tuesday in a study that warned hospitals to...

A broken compact fluorescent light bulb releases a mercury-containing powder, some of which can evaporate into the air, and is difficult to contain or clean up.Mercury, a neurotoxin, is thought to have the biggest impact on the developing brains...

A broken compact fluorescent light bulb releases a mercury-containing powder, some of which can evaporate into the air, and is difficult to contain or clean up.Mercury, a neurotoxin, is thought to have the biggest impact on the developing brains...

It’s a message being drummed into the heads of homeowners everywhere: Swap out those incandescent lights with longer-lasting compact fluorescent bulbs and cut your electric use.Governments, utilities, environmentalists and, of course,...

At rail stations and shopping malls around the world, reports are popping up of people, particularly young children, getting their toes caught in escalators. The one common theme seems to be the clunky soft-soled clogs known by the name of the...

Thus, the telecom service provider has issued a warning today saying that some consumer VoIP products are using a peer-to-peer (p2p) models resulting in bandwidth being used to carry other individuals’ voice and data traffic without the...