Researchers want to fly remote-controlled airplanes near Lake Erie to determine whether lighting systems could scare away birds and cut down the number of mid-air collisions with flying fowl.

A federal research vessel struck an endangered right whale just off the coast of Massachusetts, but officials said the injuries don’t appear life threatening.

Federal scientists testing for pharmaceuticals in water have been finding significantly more medicine residues in sewage downstream from public treatment facilities that handle waste from drugmakers.

Research in Motion Ltd., the maker of BlackBerry phones, is set to launch its one-stop shop for add-on applications on Wednesday.

Shares of handset maker Palm Inc. charged up 7.5 percent in premarket trading Friday after an analyst upgraded the company, saying its new operating system has boosted the company’s potential to catch up with smartphone industry leaders Apple Inc. and Res

A Massachusetts anesthesiologist has been accused of faking data for a dozen years in 21 published studies that suggested after-surgery benefits from painkillers including Vioxx and Celebrex.

A Massachusetts anesthesiologist has been accused of fabricating results in nearly two dozen published studies that claimed to show benefits from painkillers like Vioxx and Celebrex.

The Securities and Exchange Commission says it has filed civil charges against the top two executives of BlackBerry maker Research in Motion Ltd. for allegedly tampering with stock options to enrich themselves and other workers.

Cotton candy has delighted children for a century. Now it may have found a new role: helping scientists grow replacement tissues for people.

Canadian regulators are seeking a record penalty that could be as high as US$80 million from the two top executives of BlackBerry-maker Research in Motion for their role in a stock option-granting controversy, the Globe and Mail newspaper reported Thursda